Game of Thrones: Mockingbird (2014)
Season 4, Episode 7
10/10
A PERFECT EPISODE, HOWEVER IT'S NOT REALLY A STRONG STORY EPISODE.
14 January 2024
Warning: Spoilers
I'm going to analyze and criticize the first three scenes of the episode, as there are many and there are many details that I don't want to leave out.

SCENE 1: The opening scene begins with an aftermath of the events in court, giving us the result and Jaime's reaction to Tyrion's speech. Tyrion recognizes that twyin knows he's innocent but wants him dead anyway. Tyrion talks about being aware of Jaime's activities with Cersei in the form of sarcasm and Jaime responds by making it clear that he is the only one there with Tyrion, But not for long if Tyrion isn't careful what he says. The problem finally comes to an end, Tyrion demanded a trial by combat but he doesn't have his champion, we finally gain information about the results of Jaime's training with Bronn, And the results are none. We see an improvement in their relationship as they laugh at their father. We're left with the cliffhanger of whether Bronn will actually fight for Tyrion, if he accepts, so the script already It says what the consequences will be if Bronn accepts, but without exposing too much as it is not important. The question of who will be Cersei's champion is actually revealed and then we get Tyrion's guess, Who thinks it will be Maryn Trant, and then the character gives us a short presentation of one line from Maryn, just enough line to give us an understanding of the man's character. We know it won't be who Tyrion thinks and the suspense is created for a second until we transition from Jaime's response to the scene of the mountain being presented.

The scene is only 3 minutes long, but the script is a 10.

SCENE 2: Right away, the script suggests that the mountain has recently arrived in the capital, under Cersei's command. This right after giving us a brief presentation of the character's strength and brutality, while While killing outnumbered men, one of them prefers to drop his weapon and kneel down begging for his life and he has no mercy. He soon asks who he's going to fight and Cersei knows that it doesn't matter at all due to the man's strength.

The scene lasts almost 1 minute, it's simple but great, it doesn't mess around or exaggerate the presentation.

MY FAVORITE SCENE IN THE WHOLE EPISODE IS ARYA AND SANDOR'S FIRST, I'M NOT GOING TO DO AN ANALYSIS BECAUSE THERE ARE TOO MANY THINGS TO DETAIL, SO I'LL MAKE A BRIEF SUMMARY OF HOW GAME OF THRONES MANAGES HAVING AN EXCELLENT SCRIPT IN A SCENE OF ALMOST JUST 6 MINUTES.

In the scene we are introduced to Arya's learning up to this point, Sandor has his kind side shown and his role as a mentor also very well shown, including teaching Arya two lessons here. They receive news of Joffrey's death and are attacked by two bounty hunters looking for Sandor, one of the men was on Arya's list and she ends the scene by killing him. Not only removing one more name from his list, but at the same time showing what Sandor presented to him a few seconds ago in the same scene, they then continue their journey, leaving the cliffhanger for the next appearance.

It's a perfect episode in terms of writing, but there aren't any big moments that really change the story, other than the ending where Pinky throws Lysa out of the moon door, which makes it a little weak.
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