GAME OF THRONES: "The Climb" S3E6 (recap)

By Kevin Cafferty

Game of Thrones has done a lot of great two-character scenes over the course of its run, but I now feel that was all warm-up to this week’s epic verbal showdown between Tywin Lannister and Olenna Tyrell. 

Charles Dance and Diana Rigg act the hell out of this scene, and the verbal jabs – about aging, about Loras, about Cersei and Jaime’s relationship, etc. – are outstanding, capped off by Olenna’s fantastic, “It’s rare when a man lives up to his reputation.”


 Step aside, Jaime and Brienne – I have a new favorite couple on this show.


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