The premiere of the second season of Game of Thrones has finally come and gone. Joffery is still a jerk, Ned is still dead and, naturally, Winter is still coming. Carla has chimed in from her non-book-reader perspective, and my partner-in-crime Bob and I have shared our observations from the A Song of Ice and Fire fan perspective. Now it is time to look to the second episode, “The Night Lands.”
Each week – as long as HBO sends us advance screeners – we will attempt to let you know exactly how far one would have to read to stay ahead of the series. The goal is to make these posts as spoiler-free as possible, just sharing information on which chapter you’d have to read. Also, I’ll be leaning on Tower of the Hand, a great reference for fans of ASOIF and Game of Thrones – their spoiler filters are ingenious – as a touchstone for which chapter I’m referring to.
For the second episode, “The Night Lands,” one would need to have read through Chapter 25: Theon II. This is likely the last chapter where this question will be easy to answer. Next week, and especially the following, things aren’t as cut and dry.