‘Game of Thrones’ kicks off with dragons, more questions

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In case you’ve noticed that the lines at H-E-B have been longer on Sunday evenings with people buying deli meat, wine and cheese, I have an explanation for you: “Game of Thrones” is back on.

After waiting almost an entire year, “Game of Thrones” fans can rest assured that they will now have a new episode to look forward to every week for the next couple of months, unless they watched the first four episodes which leaked. In that case, I’m sorry that due to your lack of self-restraint you will now have to wait over a month to see a new Game of Thrones episode.

Here’s the recap of what we’ve seen in the first two episodes (legally) so far. (Disclaimer: stop reading if you hate spoilers.) 

Episode One:

We get to see that Cersei was just as psycho and demanding as a kid as she is now. She gets her fortune told by a witch, and it has all come true so far.

Tywin Lannister is dead. What does this mean? It seems like Tywin was the thread holding the Lannister realm together, and now that he’s dead, the Lannisters may lose some loyal swords, or at least their authority will be challenged. It’s about time.

After killing his father, Tyrion Lannister has managed to escape King’s Landing via a crate on a ship, with Varys’s help. Tyrion is mad that he has been confined in the crate the entire journey and forced to throw his poop out of the crate by pushing it through a hole. Varys is mad that he had to fling Tyrion’s poop off the ship so no one would notice he was in the crate. But Tyrion is safe!

Daenerys seems to be struggling to control her people and her dragons. Her boyfriend, or boytoy, kindly reminds her that a dragon queen without dragons is not a queen. Daenerys tries to visit her remaining two dragons in the dungeon she has kept them locked up in, but they almost burn her to bits. A queen burned to ashes by her dragons is also not a queen.

Stannis sentences Mance Rayder to death for refusing to bend the knee to him. Before that, Jon Snow had tried to convince Rayder to bend the knee and help Stannis defeat Roose Bolton, but Rayder refuses. When Snow tells Rayder he thinks he’s making a mistake, Rayder retaliates with my favorite line this season so far: “The freedom to make my own mistakes is all I ever wanted.”

Sansa and Petyr “Littlefinger” Baelish seem to have teamed up.

Where is Arya?

Episode Two:

Nice of you to join us, Arya. Where was she? On a ship, sailing to Braavos BECAUSE WHY I DON’T KNOW. What do I know? She must become no one and her God is still death. Also, she’s a badass.

The mother of dragons who previously could do no wrong, Daenerys Strongborn, makes her first major missteps, minus that one time she accidentally contributed to her husband’s death.

She tries to stick to her moral conscience and ends up with her people literally hissing at her. She loses her peoples’ trust, consequently poking the fire of a class war that had remained dormant since she took over the city of Mereen. Also, dragon Drogo comes back and acts like a typical teenager who is so over his mom. So. Over. Her.

Tyrion is on his way to save the Mother of Dragons with his stellar advising skills, but he might drink himself to death first. Also, Tyrion and Varys have decided they hate people, but love power. Talk about a power couple. 

Meanwhile, Stannis and Jon’s relationship is in hot water. Jon Snow rejects Stannis’s proposal and keeps his last name even though Snow dreamed of the last name Stark ever since he was a little boy. Though he knows nothing, Jon Snow is offered the post of Lord Commander of the Night’s Watch. How many hearts do you have to break before you’re happy, Jon Snow? Mine. Please, mine.