Note: Full spoilers for the episode follow.
Due to the fact that "Dark Wings, Dark Words," the second episode of Season 3, was still under the obligation to catch us up with main characters we didn't get to see back in the premiere, there was a definite undercurrent of "Premiere Pt. 2" in place. Arya, Bran, Jamie and Brienne all took the stage for the first time this season, while those characters we already saw in "Valar Dohaeris" popped in to slightly continue the threads they began last week. Except for Sansa and Margaery over in King's Landing, who made some big important strides involving Jofferey.
Despite a rather crowd pleasing sword battle at the end, this episode didn't have many big dangerous moments like last week's Wight attack on Sam or Warlock attack on Dany. What it did have however was a bunch of new characters to throw at us; The Reeds, Lady Olenna, and the Brotherhood without Banners all made their debut. That's a friggin' lot for one episode. And by the look of the hunters who showed up right at the end, under the Bolton banner, the Bloody Mummers from the books have been replaced/morphed.
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