Episode 175: A STORM OF SWORDS, DAVOS III: ”Shadow and Flame”

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In this episode, Davos cools his heels in jail before chatting with his jailor Melisandre and his fellow prisoner Alester Florent.

 

This week, we: 

 

- Frame this chapter as a crucible pivot point within Davos' ASOS arc

- Explore the ambiguous duality in his dynamic with Melisandre

- Deconstruct Melisandre's rigid binary worldview

- Poke fun at Alester Florent

- Set up Davos' quandary going forward: how does he further Stannis' cause as anything but a suicide mission?

 

Next week: Jon Snow explores several cave systems.

 

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