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Podcast Winterfell 
1. Samwell Tarly – Night’s Watch
2. Ghost – Jon Snow’s Direwolf
3. Night’s Watch Commander Joer Mormont – DEAD
4. Rast – Nights Watch former rapist
5. Edd – Night’s Watch
6. Grenn – Night’s Watch
7. Jon Snow
8. Lord of Bones – Wilding
9. Ygritte – Wilding
10. Tormund Giantsbane – Wilding
11. Mance Rayder – Wilding King Beyond the Wall
12. Bronn – Tyrion’s sellsword
13. Podrick Payne – Tyrion’s squire
14. Tyrion Lannister – the Imp
15. Cersei Lannister – Joffrey’s mother
16. Meryn Trant Kingsguard
17. Davos Seaworth – former smuggler sworn to Stannis
18. Salladhor Saan the pirate
19. Robb Stark – King in the North
20. Roose Bolton – Stark bannerman
21. Catelyn Stark
22. Karstark – Stark bannerman – DEAD
23. Talissa – Robb’s wife
24. Qyburn – maester without a chain
25. Tywin Lannister – Cersei, Jaime, Tyrion’s father
26. Sansa Stark
27. Shae – Sansa’s handmaiden/ Tyrion’s whore
28. Petyr Littlefinger Baelish
29. Ros – whore – DEAD
30. Danaerys Targaryen – the Khaleesi, Mother of Dragons
31. Jorah Mormont – knight sworn to Danaerys
32. Stannis Baratheon
33. Melisandre – the Red Prietess
34. Margaery Tyrell – Joffrey’s fiancé
35. King Joffrey Baratheon
36. Loras Tyrell – Margaery’s gay brother
37. Kraznys – slave trader – DEAD
38. Missandei – interpreter
39. Barristan Selmy- old knight now sworn to Danaerys
40. Bran Stark
41. Jojen Reed – new friend of Bran
42. Summer – Bran’s Direwolf
43. Three-Eyed Raven
44. Rickon Stark
45. Shaggy Dog – Rickon’s Direwolf
46. Osha the wilding
47. Hodor
48. Theon Greyjoy
49. Jaime Lannister the Kingslayer
50. Brienne of Tarth
51. Lady Olenna Tyrell – Margaery & Loras’ grandmother
52. Grey Wind – Robb’s Direwolf
53. Orell the Wilding who can warg
54. Meera Reed – new friend of Bran
55. Gendry – King Robert Baratheon’s bastard
56. Arya Stark
57. Hot Pie – friend of Arya
58. Thoros of Myr
59. Anguy the Archer
60. Theon’s original torturer – DEAD
61. Boy who claimed Yara sent him to help, but actually tortures Theon
62. Sandor Clegane The Hound
63. Locke – Lord Bolton’s hunter
64. Edmure Tully – Cat’s brother
65. Blackfish Tully – Cat’s uncle
66. Varys
67. Grand Maester Pycelle
68. Willham Lannister – 14 year old prisoner of Starks – DEAD
69. Martyn Lannister – 15-year old prisoner of Starks – DEAD
70. Master Greizhen – white haired slaver – DEAD
71. Nights Watch who called Craster a bastard
72. Person who cut Varys
73. Beric Dondarrion – Leader of the Brotherhood Without Banners – Living Dead?
74. Craster – DEAD
75. Gilly
76. Gilly’s Baby
77. Selyse Baratheon – Stannis’ wife
78. Shireen Bratheon – Stannis’ daughter
79. Grey Worm – Leader of the Unsullied
80. Olyvar – Littlefinger’s gay whore
81. Lame Lothar Frey – 12th son of Walder Frey
82. Black Walder Frey – great grandson of Walder Frey
82. Three Dragons
83. A Giant
84. Razdal mo Eraz – leader from Yunkai
85. Bolton soldier returning Jaime to King’s Landing
86. Whores who help torture Theon
87. Mero the Titan’s Bastard – capt of Second Sons – DEAD
88. Prendahl – capt of the Second Sons – DEAD
89. Daario Naharis – capt of Second Sons who joins team Dany
Important Characters out there in the mix
But Not Yet Seen This Season
1. Yara Greyjoy – Theon’s sister
2. Balon Greyjoy – Theon’s father
3. Tommen – Joffrey’s younger brother
4. Myrcella – Joffrey’s younger sister
5. Lancel Lannister – cousin to Cersei, Jaime & Tyrion
6. Kevan Lannister – Tywin’s younger brother/ Lancel’s father
7. Gregor Clegane- The Mountain – Lannister bannerman
8. Walder Frey – Robb’s would-be father in law
9. Lyssa Arryn – Cat & Edmure’s sister
10. Robin Arryn – Lyssa’s son
11. Pyp – Nights Watch steward
12. Maester Aemon Targaryen – Nights Watch
13. Kavarro – Dothraki guard for Dany
14. Greatjon Umber – Stark bannerman
15. Illyrio – Varys partner from across Narrow Sea
16. Wisdom Halleyne – the Pyromancer
17. Ser Dontos the Red – drunk knight who’s now Joffrey’s fool
18. Alliser Thorne – Jon Snow’s cruel Night’s Watch drill sergeant
19. Janos Slynt – former commander of King’s Landing City Watch who Tyrion sent to the Wall
As always…thanks Bubba for your character count! 🙂
My rating: 7 Roasted Leeches out of 10
Some good scenes; I laughed at times, and the end with Sam was very effective. But 7 Hells is it S – L – O – W. This is episode 8 and it’s still slow?!?!
Somewhere, someone is saying “a lot of good character beats” and I’ll respond “yeah, but character beats can also come in fast-paced scenes… you can have slow character moments and forward momentum in the same episode … Breaking Bad can win drama & acting Emmys while still having edge of your seat forward momentum.”
I pulled some quotes from AV Club’s two reviews:
The Non-Book Reader Review: “Game of Thrones plods toward the finale … Alright, dudes. It’s time to get things moving. I know I’m going to write this slightly frustrated, toe-tapping..”
The Book Reader Review: “… the structure of the episode—which bases its climax on a character we haven’t seen since the very beginning of the episode two weeks ago—is just bizarre. .. A sense of stalling… not much actually happens … the story seems to be killing time… yet another episode of shuffling the deck… By dragging the third book into two seasons, Game Of Thrones has found room for things other than sheer forward momentum… ”
I compared the number of “scenes” in “Second Sons”, to my favorite from this season: Episode 5 “Kissed By Fire” and GRRM’s Episode 8 “The Pointy End” from Season 1.
“Second Sons” had 15 “scenes”, while “Kissed by Fire” had 23. “The Pointy End” had 18.
My count:
SECOND SONS scenes:
1. Arya & the Hound 2.Dany spies on Second Sons at Yunkai 3. Second Sons meet with Dany
4. Melissandre, Gendry land 5.They meet Stannis. 6. Davos, Stannis talk 7. Second Sons plot 8. Tyrion and Sansa pre-wedding 9. Wedding 10. Gendry gets leeched 11. Wedding Recpetion 12. Tyrion & Sansa in honeymoon suite 13. Dany’s bath, Daario switches sides 14. Tyrion & Sansa morning after 15. Sam & Gilly meet White Walker
KISSED BY FIRE scenes:
1. Hound & Beric fight 2. Jon gets quizzed by Orell & Tormund 3.Jon Ygritte have cave hot tub times 4. Hound complains he’s being ripped off by Brotherhood 5. Jaime & Brienne arrive at Harrenhal 6. Jaime screams as Qyburn works 7. Cersei tells Littlefinger to spy on Tyrells 8. Olenna meets with Tyrion 9. Gendry tells Arya that he’s staying with Brotherhood 10. Karstark kills Lannister boys 11. Robb sentences Karstark, Cat pleads not to kill him. 12. Robb beheads Karstark 13. Arya learns of Beric’s rebirths 14. Stannis visits wife & daughter 15. Jaime & Brienne bath. 16. Davos gets reading lesson from Shireen 17.Jorah & Barristan/Dany meets Grey Worm 18. Robb tells Talissa of plans to attack Casterly Rock 19. Sansa & Margaery watch Loras fight 20. Loras beds Squire 21. Squire talks with Littlefinger 22.Littlefinger talks with Sansa 23. Tywin tells Cersei & Tyrion wedding plans
THE POINTY END scenes:
1. Arya & Syrio practice/Lannisters attack/Sansa & Septa/Arya kills stable boy 2.Varys visits Ned 3. Castle Black brings in corpses/ Jon learns of Ned’s arrest 4. Cersei & co. force Sansa to write a letter to Robb 5.Robb reads letter/ calls the banners 6. Lyssa tells Cat that she won’t help 8.Tyrion & Bronn meet hill tribes 9. Wight attacks Cmdr Mormont, Jon saves him 10. Dany stops rape of Lamb women, Drogo rips out tongue 11. Greatjon loses finger when questioning Robb 12. Robb says goodbye to Bran, Rickon 13.Bran prays at Godswood, Osha fears, Hodor flashes 14. Jon and Sam watch wights burn 15. Cat joins up with Robb’s army 16. Tyrion and hill tribes join Tywin’s army 16. Robb lets Lannister spy go with false intel 17. Ned moans in dungeon 18. Joffrey fires Barristan / Sansa begs for Ned’s life