SPOILERS: Don’t read this review if you have not yet seen or don’t want to know details from the season premiere of Game of Thrones.
Jon Snow (Kit Harington) has left his “brothers” of the Night’s Watch and traveled a long way with Ygritte (Rose Leslie) and her fellow Wildlings. He meets the much-discussed Mance Rayder (Ciaran Hinds), who was once a ranger, but is now “the King Beyond The Wall.” (It’s great to see Hinds on a weekly series; many of my regular readers will know him from Persuasion, The Mayor of Casterbridge, Rome, and more recently- Political Animals).
Three unlikely heroes of the city: Tyrion, Bronn, & Pod
In Kings Landing, the recovered Lord Tyrion Lannister (Peter Dinklage) still has the loyalty of his (newly knighted) sellsword, Ser Bronn of the Backwater (Jerome Flynn), and young valet Pod. Too bad that his older sister and father still hate him, There is a great scene between Lord Tywin, the new Hand of the King (Charles Dance) and Tyrion, where both actors get to shine and reveal more about their characters. The son is rejected (once again) in a cruel manner.
Ser Davos strikes out at Melisandre when she mentions his dead son
We see that Ser Davos Seaworth (Liam Cunningham) is alive after the terrible battle which claimed his son Mattos. (I was especially waiting to see this fine actor return!) He’s picked up by his old smuggler friend, Salladhor Sam (Lucian Msamati), who advises him to stay away from Dragonstone. (Recall what Davos said to his son in Season 2? “You want me to have a god? Fine. Stannis is my god. He raised me up and blessed me with his trust. He gave you a future I could never have imagined.”) The very depressed Lord Stannis Baratheon (Stephen Dillane) sees no one but the “the red woman,” Melisandre (Clarice Van Houten). We get the impression that she’s running things, even burning prisoners who reject her god (“the Lord of Light”). Unfortunately, “The Onion Knight” is unable to persuade Stannis that Melisandre is evil, so is placed in the dungeon.
The dragons are growing fast while Daenerys, Jorah, and some of the Dothraki sail across the Narrow Sea
Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke) is worried about finding an army. Her dragons are growing up. Ser Jorah Mormont (Iain Glen) is still by her side, though he’s skeptical about the future. (Glen doesn’t get to do much in this episode, but it’s great to see him, as usual. Let’s see him in some new/snazzy outfits!) The Dothraki are very uneasy at sea (“the poison water”). Jorah thinks that the eunuch/slave army, the Unsullied, are worth a look.
Littlefinger comes to have a private talk with Sansa; her loyal handmaiden Shae watches on with suspicion
Lord Petyr “Littlefinger” Baelish (Aiden Gillen) brings Lady Sansa Stark (Sophie Turner, now 17) a bit of news about her mother and little sister, Arya. He says that he can help her escape- soon. The disenchanted Sansa is still part of the royal court, though King Joffrey Baratheon (Jack Gleeson) has chosen Lady Margaery Tyrell (Natalie Dormer from The Tudors) as his future wife/queen. The Tyrells of Highgarden joined with Lord Tywin’s army to defeat Lord Stannis’ army (end of Season 2.)
The politically savvy Margaery visits an orphanage in Flea Bottom, giving kids presents… and hope
I especially liked the dinner scene where we see Queen Cersei (Lena Headey) being supplanted by Margaery in the eyes of Joffrey. (Choosing an experienced actress like Dormer, aged 31, was a smart move after all!) Cersei can no longer control Joffrey, but perhaps Margaery is up to the task?
Tyrion (to his sister, Cersei): You love your children. It’s your one redeeming quality- that and your cheekbones.
Lord Petyr “Littlefinger” Baelish (Aiden Gillen) threatened by palace guards at Cersei’s command
Baelish (after telling a not-so-subtle tale to the queen): Knowledge is power.
Cersei: Power is power.
Lady Catelyn Stark (Michelle Fairley) meets with King Renly Baratheon in Highgarden
Catelyn: There’s a king in every corner now.
King Joffrey Baratheon (Jack Gleeson) gets slapped by his mother, Cersei
Joffrey (to his mother, Cersei, after she slaps him): What you just did is punishable by death. You will never did it again. Never.
Jeor Mormont (to Jon): You want to lead one day? Then learn how to follow.
Episode 2: The Night Lands
Janos Slynt: (angrily) Are you drunk? I won’t have my honor questioned by an imp! Tyrion: I’m not questioning your honor, Ser Janos. I’m denying its existence.
Samwell Tarly (John Bradley) befriends Gilly (Hannah Murray), one of Krastor’s daughters/wives
Sam (to Jon re: Gilly): I can’t steal her. She’s a person, not a… goat.
Ser Davos Seaworth, “The Onion Knight” (Liam Cunningham), forms an alliance with charming smuggler, Salladhor Sam (Lucian Msamati)
Salladhor Sam (to Mattos, Davos’ son): I’ve been all over the world, my boy, and everywhere I go people tell me about the “true gods.” They all think they found the right one.
Episode 3: What is Dead May Never Die
Ser Loras Tyrell, the “Knight of the Flowers” (Finn Jones), & Brienne of Tarth (Gwendolyn Christie) after their fight- she won
Margaery Tyrell: Loras! Highgarden! [Loras knocks his opponent’s shield away, then the flail. The other knight charges at Loras, grabs him by the waist and knocks him to the ground. The crowd boos in disapproval. Loras’ opponent opens his visor and holds a dagger near his unprotected face.] Loras Tyrell: I yield! I yield! [Margaery sits down, disappointed at her brother’s defeat. The winning knight stands and sheathes the dagger. Loras stands and quickly moves away from his opponent.] Renly Baratheon: [claps his hands] Well fought! Approach. [Loras removes his helmet. His opponent approaches Renly and bows.] Renly: Rise. Remove your helm. [The knight rises and removes the helmet. Catelyn and the rest of the crowd are surprised to see it is a woman.] Renly: You are all your father promised and more, my lady. I’ve seen Ser Loras bested once or twice, but… never quite in that fashion. [Loras is visibly annoyed to hear that.] Margaery: Now, now, my love. My brother fought valiantly for you. [Renly smiles at his queen.] Renly: That he did, my queen. But there can be only one champion! Brienne of Tarth, you may ask anything of me you desire. If it is within my power, it is yours. Brienne: [bows gracefully] Your Grace, I ask the honor of a place in your Kingsguard. [The crowd gasps, for this is unprecedented request.] Loras: [quietly] What? Brienne: I will be one of your seven, pledge my life to yours, and keep you safe from all harm. [After long moment of silence, Renly answers:] Renly: Done! Rise, Brienne of the Kingsguard. [Renly claps his hands, and Margaery joins him. The crowd applauds, but rather feebly. Brienne stands.]
Varys (to Tyrion): Power resides where men believe it resides. It’s a trick. A shadow on the wall. And a very small man can cast a very large shadow.
Episode 4: Garden of Bones
Tyrion: What kind of knight beats a helpless girl? Meryn Trant: The kind who serves his king, Imp! Bronn: Careful now. We don’t want to get blood all over your pretty white cloak. Tyrion: Someone get the girl something to cover herself with. [Sandor Clegane (The Hound) gives Sansa his cloak.] Tyrion: (to Joffrey) She’s to be your queen. Have you no regard for her honor? Joffrey: I’m punishing her. Tyrion: For what crimes? She’s not fighting her brother’s battle, you halfwit. Joffrey: You can’t talk to me like that. The king can do as he likes! Tyrion: The mad king did as he liked. Has your uncle Jaime ever told you what happened to him? Meryn: No one threatens His Grace in the presence of the Kingsguard! Tyrion: I’m not threatening the king, Ser. I’m educating my nephew.
[to Bronn] Tyrion: Bronn, the next time the Ser Meryn speaks, kill him. [Back to Ser Meryn] Tyrion: That was a threat. See the difference?
King Renly (Gethin Anthony) meets with King Stannis (Stephen Dillane), his older brother
Melisandre (very seriously): You should kneel before your brother [Stannis]. He’s the Lord’s chosen- born amidst salt and smoke. Renly (amused): “Born amidst salt and smoke.” Is he a ham?
Episode 5: The Ghost of Harrenhal
Harrenhal (reputed to be haunted)
Tyrion (to Bronn): The king is a lost cause. It’s the rest of us that I’m worried about now.
Episode 6: The Old Gods and the New
The royal entourage on the streets of King’s Landing
Tyrion (to Joffrey): We’ve had vicious kings and we’ve had idiot kings, but I don’t know if we’ve ever been cursed with a vicious idiot boy king!
The King of the North, Robb Stark (Richard Madden), plans war strategy
[Robb Stark receives news that Theon Greyjoy has betrayed him and seized Winterfell.] Robb: This cannot be true. Roose Bolton: We’ve had ravens from White Harbour, Barrowtown and the Dreadfort. I’m afraid it is true. Robb: Why? Why would Theon…? Bolton: Because the Greyjoys are treasonous whores. Robb: My brothers… Bolton: We’ve heard nothing of them… but Rodrik Cassel is dead. Catelyn: [angrily] I told you- never trust a Greyjoy! Robb: I must go north at once. [Robb stands and starts to walk out of the tent. Roose Bolton approaches him.] Bolton: There’s still a war to win, Your Grace! Robb: [angrily] How can I call myself “King” if I can’t hold my own castle? How can I ask men to follow me if…? Bolton: [firmly] You are a king! And that means you don’t have to do everything yourself. Catelyn: Let me go and talk to Theon. Robb: There will be no talk. He will die for this! Bolton: Theon holds the castle with a skeleton crew. Let me send word to my bastard at the Dreadfort; he can raise a few hundred men and retake Winterfell before the new moon. We have the Lannisters on the run; if you march all the way back north now, you’ll lose what you gained. My boy would be honored to bring you Prince Theon’s head. Robb: Tell your son Bran and Rickon’s safety is paramount. And Theon… I want him brought to me alive. I want to look him in the eye and ask him “Why?”… and then I will take his head myself!
Episode 7: A Man Without Honor
Tyrion: It’s hard to put a leash on a dog once you’ve put a crown on its head.
Arya: Visenya Targaryen was a great warrior. She had a Valyrian steel sword she called “Dark Sister.” Lord Tywin Lannister: Hm. She’s a heroine of yours, I take it. Aren’t most girls more interested in the pretty maidens from the songs? Jonquil, with flowers in her hair? Arya: Most girls are idiots.
The Prince of the Iron Islands, Theon Greyjoy (Alfie Allen), takes over his former home, Winterfell
Theon: It’s better to be cruel than weak.
“The Kingslayer,” Jaime Lannister (Nicolaj Coster-Waldau), is re-captured by Stark allies
Jaime Lannister: I was sixteen once. I also had to replace someone’s squire on short notice. Alton Lannister [a distant cousin]: Which knight was it? Jaime: Barristan Selmy. The fight against the kingswood outlaws, before your time. Alton: What was he like? Jaime: He was a painter. A painter who only used red.
Episode 8: The Prince of Winterfell
Tyrion (to Cersei): I will hurt you for this. A day will come when you think you are safe and happy, and your joy will turn to ashes in your mouth. And you will know the debt is paid.
Lord Varys (Conleth Hill) & Lord Tyrion Lannister (Peter Dinklage) discuss war strategy
Varys (to Tyrion): You’re quite good at being Hand, you know. Jon Arryn and Ned Stark were good men, honorable men. But they disdained the game and those who play it. You enjoy the game. And you play it well.
Bronn (Jerome Flynn), bluntly tells his employer/friend, Tyrion (Peter Dinklage), that books won’t help him win a war
Bronn (nodding to an axe in Tyrion’s hand): Do you know how to use that? Tyrion: I chopped wood once. No, actually, I watched my brother chop wood.
Episode 9: Blackwater
Sansa Stark (Sophie Turner) & her handmaiden Shae (Sibel Kekilli) watch King Joffrey Baratheon, palace guards, & other men leave for war
Shae: Some of those boys will never come back. Sansa: Joffrey will. The worst ones always live.
Tyrion (shouting encouragment to the Lannister troops): Those are brave men knocking at our door. Let’s go kill them!
Episode 10: Valar Morghulis
Maester Luwin (to Theon): You’re not the man you’re pretending to be.
Catelyn (to Robb re: her marriage to Ned): Love didn’t just happen to us. We built it slowly over the years, stone by stone. For you, for your brothers and sisters, for all of us. It’s not as exciting as secret passion in the woods, but it is stronger. It lasts longer.
Cersei (Lena Headey) drinks and (bitterly) educates Sansa on the realities of being a queen
Cersei (to Sansa): …but this is Stannis Baratheon. I’d have a better chance seducing his horse.
Varys (to Tyrion): There are many who know that without you, this city faced certain defeat. The King won’t give you any honors, the histories won’t mention you, but we will not forget.
Tyrion (to Shae): I do belong here. These bad people are what I’m good at, out-talking them, out-thinking them. It’s what I am. And I like it. I like it more than anything I’ve ever done.
The Dothraki were actually fashioned as an amalgam of a number of steppe and plains cultures… Mongols and Huns, certainly, but also Alans, Sioux, Cheyenne, and various other Amerindian tribes… seasoned with a dash of pure fantasy. So any resemblance to Arabs or Turks is coincidental. Well, except to the extent that the Turks were also originally horsemen of the steppes, not unlike the Alans, Huns, and the rest…
In general, though, while I do draw inspiration from history, I try to avoid direct one-for-one transplants, whether of individuals or of entire cultures. Just as it not correct to say that Robert was Henry VIII or Edward IV, it would not be correct to say that the Dothraki are Mongols.
-George R. R. Martin, creator of A Song of Ice and Fire series of books
In Season 1 of GoT, we hear about the Dothraki when Ilyrio (a very wealthy/respected merchant in the city of Pentos on the island of Essos), brokers a marriage between “the great Khal Drogo” (played by American actor Jason Momoa) and the exiled princess from Westeros, Daenerys Targaryen (played by a British newcomer, Emilia Clarke). Her older, controlling, brother Viserys (Harry Lloyd, a British actor best known for Doctor Who and Robin Hood) presents his sister with a diaphanous (almost see-through) gown which she’ll wear for the bride viewing. The girl has no say in the matter, as it’s all been strategically arrranged by her benefactor (Ilyrio) and brother.
Khal Drogo, with his bloodriders (men closest to him/sworn to protect him), ride up to Ilyrio’s house (the palace of the president of Malta) and take a look at (the very scared/worried) Daenerys. “See how long his hair is? Khal Drogo has never been defeated in battle,” Viserys explains to his sister. Daenaerys hesitantly walks closer; Drogo says nothing and rides off just as quick as he came. That is a good sign, Ilyrio reassures the Targaryens.
Drogo and Dany’s marriage is not only the marriage of two people (strangers), but two very disparate cultures, languages, belief systems. Dany hails from Westeros, though she was born in exile. Drogo’s people are horse-worshipping nomads, living in tents, never staying in one place too long. They travel in large packs (khalasars); Drogo commands about 40,000 total (which Viserys thinks will be a great asset to him). Though Dothraki fear “any water that a horse cannot drink,” Viserys thinks he can get 10,000 of these warriors to cross the Narrow Sea and retake the Iron Throne (which he says is his right by birth).
Drogo gives his new wife a beautiful white stallion as a wedding gift. After Ser Jorah Mormont (veteran Scottish actor Iain Glen) reveals the wine merchant’s deadly plan in Ep 7 (You Win or Die), Drogo says he can have any horse he wishes. (Glen appeared on Downton Abbey in its second season as one of Mary’s beaus. You may have seen him in the 1999 miniseries Wives and Daughters.) The Dothraki don’t build, but have one sacred city (Vaes Dothrak), where bloodshed is forbidden. “Don’t let them see you carrying a sword here,” Jorah warns Viserys in Ep 6 (A Golden Crown).
At the wedding (by the seaside), Dany watches the dancing, violence, and other acts w/ horror. In Ep 1 (Winter is Coming), Ilyrio comments: “A Dothraki wedding without at least 3 deaths is considered a very dull affair.” Dany’s face brightens a bit when she meets Jorah, who presents her with some books (“songs and stories from the Seven Kingdoms”). Jorah is a very important character (esp. in S1)- acting as guide/translator/friend to Dany. After he was exiled from his homeland by Lord Eddard Stark for selling slaves, his “expensive” wife went off w/ another man, and Jorah traveled all over. The knight knows the Dothraki language and culture very well.
Daenaerys has other allies on her journey in S1, including a clever young handmaiden named Doreah (played by Roxanne McKee, a Canadian-British model/actress), who Viserys freed from a “pleasure house.” Doreah advises Dany to be more assertive with Drogo in Ep 2 (The Kingsroad). She reassures the hesitant khaleesi: “If he wanted the Dothraki way, he would’ve married a Dothraki.”
The young “bloodrider” Rakharo (Elyes Gabel) and handmaiden Irri (Amrita Acharia) are very loyal to/protective of their khaleesi. When he lashes out at Dany, Viserys is choked and nearly killed by Rakharo, and forced to walk back to camp in Ep 3 (Lord Snow). Rakharo knows some of the “common tongue” and has an interest in other cultures, as we learn in a nice scene w/ Jorah in Ep 3. “Dothraki do not wear steel dresses,” Rakharo proudly says, referring to armor. Irri is very blunt-spoken, but caring. (Yes, these actors have South Asian roots, as I suspected! Gabel is British Asian and Acharia is Indian/Norwegian heritage. Love to see my desis onscreen…)
In time, Dany learns Dothraki and accepts (most of) her new people’s ways. (She insists on saving the Lhazareen women.) Dany manages to eat the heart of a horse during a crucial ceremony. Drogo is very proud of his wife. Viserys becomes angry b/c he feels she’s getting the respect and love that has been denied to him for so many years. Even after Drogo falls off his horse, and most of the khalasar ride away, Doreah, Irri, and Rakharo stay close to Dany. Jorah tells Dany that “the Dothraki do not honor blood,” like the people of Westeros. She assumed that her child would be their leader once Drogo died.
The Dothraki culture seems like a favorite of many GoT fans, from what I’ve seen! They are violent (“barbarian” seems as apt word), yet straightforward. We see how love grows between Drogo and Dany (Momoa and Clarke had terrific chemistry). They are not ambitious (like a lot of the people in Westeros) and “have no use for money.” They exchange gifts with the merchant society. They take slaves; the Lhazareen (“lamb people”) are looked down upon by the Dothraki, as they are shepherds. We get the sense that Dothraki don’t mix too much with outsiders, which keeps their traditions strong. Dany accepts their ways, because there is no other choice at first, but she grows to admire them, too. Viserys, on the other hand, saw nothing to admire in these people (felt he was superior since he was a Westerosi).
Ned (to his youngest son, Bran): The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword.
Tyrion (to Jon): Let me give you some advice, bastard. Never forget what you are. The rest of the world will not. Wear it like armor, and it can never be used to hurt you.
Tyrion: Well, my brother has a sword, and I have my mind. And a mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone. That’s why I read so much, Jon Snow.
Jon (after presenting his little sister w/ a specially-made sword): All the best swords have names you know.
Arya: Sansa can have her sewing needles. I have a Needle of my own.
Ned (to Jon): There’s great honor serving in the Night’s Watch. The Starks have manned the wall for thousands of years, and you are a Stark. You may not have my name, but you have my blood.
Ned (to Septa): War was easier than daughters.
Sam (to Jon): On the morning of my eighteenth nameday, my father came to me. “You’re almost a man now,” he said, “but you are not worthy of my land and title. Tomorrow, you’re going to take the black, forsake all claim to your inheritance, and start north. If you do not,” he said, “then we’ll have a hunt, and somewhere in these woods your horse will stumble, and you’ll be thrown from your saddle to die. Or so I’ll tell your mother. Nothing would please me more.”
Jon (to other recruits): Sam’s no different from the rest of us. There was no place for him in the world, so he’s come here. We’re not gonna hurt him in the training yard anymore. Never again, no matter what Thorne says. He’s our brother now, and we’re going to protect him.
Jorah (to Daenerys): The common people pray for rain, healthy children, and a summer that never ends. It is no matter to them if the high lords play their game of thrones, so long as they are left in peace. They never are.
Daenerys (finally standing up to her older brother, Viserys): I am a Khaleesi of the Dothraki! I am the wife of the great Khal and I carry his son inside me. The next time you raise a hand to me will be the last time you have hands!
Jaime (to twin sister, Cersei): The boy [Bran] won’t talk. And if he does, I’ll kill him. Him, Ned Stark, the King, the whole bloody lot of them until you and I are the only people left in this world.
King Robert (to Cersei): Someone took her [Lyanna Stark] away from me, and seven kingdoms couldn’t fill the hole she left behind.
King Robert: Sometimes I don’t know what holds it together.
Cersei: Our marriage. (They both laugh ironically.)
King Robert: So, here we sit, 17 years later, holding it all together.
Don’t you get tired?
Cersei: Every day.
King Robert: How long can hate hold a thing together?
Cersei: Well, 17 years is quite a long time. (They drink a toast.)
King Robert (to Lancel re: his armor, which is too small for him): You heard The Hand. Go find the breast plate stretcher. Now!
Ned: The breast plate stretcher?
King Robert: How long before he figures it out?
Ned: Maybe you should have one invented.
Robert (to Ned on his deathbed): I never loved my brothers. Sad thing for a king to admit, but true. You were the brother I chose.
Renly (to Ned): He [his older brother, Stannis] inspires no love nor loyalty. He is not a king. I am.
Ned: Stannis is a commander. He’s lead many to war, twice. He destroyed the Greyjoy fleet.
Renly: Yes, he’s a good soldier. Everyone knows that. So was Robert. Tell me something. Do you still believe good soldiers make good kings?
Ned: I will not dishonor Robert’s last hours by shedding blood in his halls, and dragging frightened children from their beds.
Samwell (to Jon after the boys get their assignments): Now, listen to me. The old man is the Lord Commander of the Night’s Watch. You’ll be with him day and night. Yes you’ll clean his clothes, but you’ll also take his letters, attend him at meetings, squire for him in battle, you’ll know everything, be part of everything. And he asked for you himself. He wants to groom you for command.
Baelish (to Ned, while holding a dagger to his throat): I did warn you not to trust me.
Syrio (calmly): What do we say to the God of death?
Arya (very frightened): Not today.
Syrio (facing off against the palace guard w/ his wooden practice sword): Go.
Tyrion (introducing his companion to his father): And here we have Bronn, son of…
Bronn (with a shrug): You wouldn’t know him.
Maester Aemon: If the day should ever come when your Lord father had to choose between honor on the one hand and his family on the other, what would he do?
Jon: He would do whatever is right, no matter what.
Maester Aemon: Then Lord Stark is one man in 10,000. Most are not so strong.
Daenerys: I have never been nothing. I am the blood of the dragon.
Robb (to Jaime): If we do it your way, Kingslayer, you’d win. We’re not doing it your way.
Joffrey: I’ll tell you what. I’m going to give you a present. After I raise my armies, and kill your traitor brother, I’ll give you his head as well.
Sansa: Or maybe he’ll give me yours. (Then Joffrey has a guard slap Sansa hard on both cheeks.)
Lord Commander Mormont: Honor made you leave. Honor brought you back.
Jon: My friends brought me back.
Lord Commander Mormont: I didn’t say it was your honor.
Yes, this is a soap opera for the period drama crowd, but I have to admit the last 2 eps have been esp. good! I cried, then laughed, along w/ the family upstairs and the servants downstairs. The new kids on the show (Alfred, James, Ivy) are fitting in quite well, too. Miss O’Brien & Thomas as enemies is quite good fun! And yes, everyone wants to see more of Anna & Bates…
House of Cards (Netflix; online)
WARNING: Do not watch this show if you have an addictive personality! (You will get hooked right away!) I’d describe it as a mix of The West Wing & Damages. Kevin Spacey (Who doesn’t love him!?) embodies a character that has been described as “part Richard III & Iago.” (For fans of Law & Order: UK, Ben Daniels is in some eps.)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Season 14 (NBC)
You STILL watch that show!?But Stabler is not in it anymore! (Please stop whining over Christopher Melon’s decision. We ALL loved Stabler, OK?) I suppose I “grew up” w/ SVU (13 seasons have gone by)! My lil bro & some friends are big fans, too. Det. Benson (Mariska Hargitay) continues to be one of the strongest (and hottest) leading women on network TV! Amaro (Danny Pino) pretty seamlessly fit into the show. Not a big fan of Rollins; they’re not giving her much to do… And yes, we ALL want to see more of Munch (but he probably has stuff going on & lives partly in France).
Robin Hood: Season 1 (BBC; DVD)
Yes, I watch it for Richard Armitage! (Most ladies over the age of 21 probably do, too.) I will post reviews of S1 eps soon.
Shakespeare Uncovered (PBS; online)
I saw one ep last SAT on my local PBS station. The above pics are from the new Henry V (2012) starring Jeremy Irons (fabulous) & Tom Hiddleston (one of the UK’s hottest young leading men). I’m looking forward to seeing the ep on Macbeth w/ David Tennant! You can buy the DVD, too.
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