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Ugh, I suppose when you get a child character who's as awesome as young Arya Stark you should also have a few horribly wretched brats to balance things out. While Prince Joffrey still takes the douchebag cake (yum?), suckling simpleton Robin Arryn sure gives him a run for his coin. "I want to see the bad man fly!" Robin demands, wanting his mother, Cat's sister Lady Lysa Arryn, to throw Tyrion off a cliff. Man, what a nightmare of a kid.But awful children aside, " The Wolf and the Lion " was the best episode of the series so far. And that's saying quite a bit considering the fact that all the episodes are good and that "The Wolf and the Lion" didn't even feature any of Jon Snow's ice wall exploits or Daenerys ' barbarian adventures from across the narrow sea. You'll notice though that the opening credits now show "The Eyrie," as if it were an unlocked achievement.And while I really like how strong and determined Cat is as a female character, I think we can all agree that her capturing of Tyrion, while making for a great episode ender last week, was a bonehead move. Especially due to the fact that she didn't consider how much her actions would actually blow back onto poor Ned back at King's Landing. Of course, she also probably didn't expect him to resign as King's Hand either, leaving him vulnerable to attack.It's hard to tell if Tyrion is taking any of this imp-napping seriously as he doesn't exactly go out of his way to argue his side of things. And even when he gets the chance to escape, he decides to save Cat instead; landing his first kill. It's entirely possible that he's well aware that he's been framed and that he is just looking at Cat as some sap who's been duped. And that maybe if he tags along he'll be able to actually figure out who framed him. Or maybe, due to his stature, he's just not used to putting up a fight. It was nice to see him bond with Bronn; the one man Cat didn't call on to help capture Tyrion last week. He was actually the man who sold his room to Tyrion for a shiny gold piece. And he's also the one who seemed to crack the most "hill tribe" skulls during the ambush.I don't know what kind of justice Cat expected to find at the Eyrie, but Tyrion's use of the word "touched" to describe Lysa was overly kind. Even Cat begins to show signs of regret when she see how paranoid and daft her sister's become. In fact, if Varys didn't all but confirm Jon Arryn's poisoning to Ned, one might even wonder if Lysa was telling the truth just based on how crazy she is. But, as it turns out, it is indeed "murder most foul" and thanks to Cat, Ned might not even make it out of King's Landing alive, much less complete his investigation. Poor Jory. Jaime ganking him right in the eye was so much more powerful now given the scene that the two of them had in front of Robert's door last week. At least he got to see a nice pair of brothel boobs before he met his end.And it's a shame that we didn't get to see "Ned vs. Jaime" play out to a clean finish after all the smug blustering that Jaime's been doing. But it was still a fantastic way to end this episode.Yes, things got really tense back at the capital city for Ned this week; with the main arc focusing on Ned and Robert's falling out over Daenerys' unborn Dothraki child. First we got a bit of a bonding scene during the joust, with Robert once again tormenting his squire, Lancel Lannister. Of course, we never believe Robert's anger toward Ned, as he usually just breaks out into laughte r r ight after, but by the end of this one you really wonder how serious Robert is over Ned's resignation. And his amazing scene with Cersei even makes you start to see his side of things as it pertains to the assassination of Daenerys. His description of what Khal Drogo could do to the land and people and how powerless he'd be to stop him given everyone's split loyalties really made sense. Perhaps Ned was too stubborn for his own good.The Robert/Cersei scene was also spectacular because it let us in on how at peace the two of them were with their loveless union. Of course, it's taken 17 years for them to finally comes to terms with each other, but it was still fascinating to learn that Robert basically waged a rebellion and stole a throne because of the murder of his one true love; Ned's sister.Piece by piece, we're getting more information about the Greyjoy rebellion, which is actually a separate war that happened nine years earlier (unlike Robert's rebellion which was 17 years ago). The war that left Theon Greyjoy as a ward to Ned Stark and a servant of Winterfell. Robert mentions not having had a good war in nine years. Last week, Jory and Jaime remembered battling side by side. And two weeks back, Tyrion and Theon bickered a bit over the Greyjoy's attack on the Lannister's ships. Theon is starting to grow resentful, most notably over the red-headed whore Roz's affections toward Tyrion. Roz, the wench that Jon Snow wouldn't seal the deal with if you recall. Yes, there were a ton of things that were more important in this episode, but this is the kind of great stuff that adds such juiciness to the series.Sure, it's more fun paying attention to thing like horse beheadings and giant dragon skulls under the Red Keep, but it's worth noting that the Greyjoy's sigil (according to Bran's quiz) is a freakin' Kraken! Wolves and lions are pretty boss but I'd take a damn Kraken over them any day.Once again, please tread carefully on the boards as there's a chance some cheesedick might spoil certain plot points for you. Enter at your own risk.