Game of Thrones Season 4 Ep 8 (TV Show Review)

Last weekend Game of Thrones took a break since it was the Memorial Day Weekend, and thus we’ve had to wait two weeks to see the fabled fight between the Red Viper of Dorne and the Mountain in King’s Landing. The build-up has been quite immense and last episode certainly ended on a very interesting cliffhanger, although in regards to a different subplot altogether. I keep saying this, but season 4 has been very mixed so far for me, and while I kind of enjoyed this new episode as well, I certainly don’t see the trend changing any time soon.

With a title like “The Mountain and The Viper” and knowing what happened in episodes 6 and 7, you know full well what is going to happen in this episode. And the big fight between Oberyn Martell and Gregor Clegane certainly delivers on expectations, although the ending is kind of really daft, as far as I am concerned. And elsewhere, we see ever more heartbreak as various things happen to make it clear that all these characters are just getting their asses kicked again and again. Kind of ruins the fun as far as I am concerned.

Note: Some spoilers from the various ongoing plotlines are mentioned, as is the result of the Viper-Mountain duel.