Did you notice who wrote this one? None other than George RR Martin himself. They needed the writer of the books - and a skilled screenwriter - to put this one together. If you think about the sheer time covered in this one episode. At the beginning, Robb calls the banners. The Stark bannermen gather in Winterfell to plan the campaign. The Greatjohn Umber is one of them ("his meat is bloody tough"). The Umbers live at the Last Hearth, 350 miles away from Winterfell. How long does it take an army to march 350 miles? Roman armies are thought to have marched 20 miles a day. So, with preparation time as well, let's say it's at least 20 days until the Umbers arrive. Other bannermen will be coming from further away. They march towards the South and the Riverlands ("the Northmen have crossed the Neck"). Another 700 miles, a month, two months? Battles happen. Jaime 'covers himself in glory'. Yet it all slides past so effortlessly, that you're unaware of the passage of time unless you stop to think about it. I'm always impressed by the construction of this one. The only thing that doesn't fit is Tyrion's journey from the Eyrie to his father's camp - it surely didn't take months.
Thank you for doing what could to help those dogs. 🩷 Also, the spy that Robb released had counted the Northern troops wrong, he thought there were 20,000 when Robb didn’t actually have that many. By releasing him, Robb fed the Lannisters incorrect information.
Oh, it's hard.. When you've watched the whole thing come back to one of these episodes and just imagine, how hard it is to choose words for a comment.
Did you notice who wrote this one? None other than George RR Martin himself. They needed the writer of the books - and a skilled screenwriter - to put this one together.
If you think about the sheer time covered in this one episode. At the beginning, Robb calls the banners. The Stark bannermen gather in Winterfell to plan the campaign. The Greatjohn Umber is one of them ("his meat is bloody tough"). The Umbers live at the Last Hearth, 350 miles away from Winterfell. How long does it take an army to march 350 miles? Roman armies are thought to have marched 20 miles a day. So, with preparation time as well, let's say it's at least 20 days until the Umbers arrive. Other bannermen will be coming from further away.
They march towards the South and the Riverlands ("the Northmen have crossed the Neck"). Another 700 miles, a month, two months? Battles happen. Jaime 'covers himself in glory'.
Yet it all slides past so effortlessly, that you're unaware of the passage of time unless you stop to think about it. I'm always impressed by the construction of this one.
The only thing that doesn't fit is Tyrion's journey from the Eyrie to his father's camp - it surely didn't take months.
REally great reaction by the way. I'm following Doctor Who as well, where I know you're miles ahead, maybe up-to-date.
Wooooo game of thrones
Thank you for doing what could to help those dogs. 🩷
Also, the spy that Robb released had counted the Northern troops wrong, he thought there were 20,000 when Robb didn’t actually have that many. By releasing him, Robb fed the Lannisters incorrect information.