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When Game of Thrones started it would have been easy to presume that it would be largely about Sean Bean’s Ned, Lena Headey’s Cersei and the rest of the big names but, as the season has progressed, some of the best performances have come from less established stars: Maisie Williams’ Arya (who broke my heart tonight), Richard Madden’s charismatic Robb and, most of all, Emilia Clarke who has taken the most difficult role in the show and made it believable and heart-wrenching.
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Nor is Robb the only character to have become increasingly compelling.
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The decision to keep Robb largely in the background for the early half of the season has really paid off allowing the audience to see his growing ability at the same time as his mother and advisers and making us hope almost against hope that he will somehow win the day. Thus Ned wrestled with his conscience, Jon struggled with ties old and new and Robb grew into his position as commander.Īt the beginning of the episode when Varys remarked “there have been boy conquerors before” it was more sly dig than affirmation but by the time Robb had won his first battle, captured Jaime Lannister and agreed to a marriage of strategic convenience there was no trace left of the impetuous boy from episode two. It was also an episode that was all about roles – those that we write for ourselves and those that others try to write for us (oh Cersei you appear to have badly misjudged your son’s willingness to listen to Mummy). With one episode left to go the Game of Thrones writers ratcheted up the tension giving us one (possibly two) unexpected deaths, some fascinating character development and the understanding that all hell is about to break loose. “I learnt that each man has a role to play.” For the purposes of this blog we are also going to (hopefully) avoid book spoilers as well. Spoiler alert: Don’t read on unless you have watched the first nine episodes of Game of Thrones on Sky Atlantic.