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This was an episode all about brotherly relations, actual or platonic. We saw Ned and Robert desperately try to reclaim their former closeness in the light of the former's resignation, it became clear how fractured Robert's relationship with Renly actually is, we watched Tyrion form a bond with brother-under-the-skin Bronn, and learned that, while Robb and Theon have grown up together, their friendship might be more fragile than either realises.
The most powerful scene, however, belonged to the Targaryen siblings. The trembling moment when Viserys realised that his sister would not come to his rescue was all the better because it was so deserved. Viserys, as we had repeatedly been shown, was weak, abusive, cowardly and half-mad – yet when he met his brutal end, literally crowned by the man he had dismissed as a savage as he called piteously to his stone-faced sister, it was difficult not to feel for him. He might not have been much of a man but surely he deserved a better end then this?
That Viserys could rouse such feelings after six weeks of pretty despicable behaviour is testament to Harry Lloyd who has taken a fairly one-note character and given him depth; even in his most vile moments, Viserys was understandable. Emilia Clarke also deserves credit: her final line showing the moment a frightened girl became a queen – and suggesting that power will come a lessening of humanity. To gain a level of control Dany had no choice but to cut herself off from the one person she has known all her life. In doing so she condemned him to death.
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