How does such an epic sea battle, with fire and blood and chaos on the decks of multiple ships seem so anticlimactic? We’ll get to that, as Game of Thrones latest episode, “Stormborn” eventually did. But first: exposition and further foulness in The Citadel. Plus, one anticlimax so disappointingly unimaginative it invites ridicule. Only too happy to oblige.
War Council
Episode 2 resumed where “Dragonstone” left off, at…well, Dragonstone. A storm reminiscent of the day Daenerys was born rages, while inside the castle Dany grills Varys about his ever-shifting allegiances and his role in attempting to have her murdered back in Essos.