game of chairs

I love the details in this scene. Littlefinger practically shoves the others aside to sit closest to Tywin and therefore power. Varys sits in the middle and therefore can lose himself in the crowd Cersei takes a chair and sits alone on her father's right hand side and delude herself in thinking she's the favorite Tyrion then drags a chair to the opposite end of the table, therefore placing himself in opposition to his father and sister. And who bloody cares about Pycell at this point

I fucking love Varys' facial expressions 😂

Varys was enjoying this little micro game of thrones. Shows alot about their uniqueness. Silent yet powerful scenes, early seasons of GOT in a nutshell.

I love how disgusted varys looks when petyr talks about lysa being "positvely predisposed" to him.

I love how Conleth doesn't feel the need to keep Varys stonefaced. He pulls the most amazing faces. Reminds me of how Varys is always gasping and giggling in the books like a mummer overdoing his role, always wearing pungent perfumes so that people can smell him coming through solid walls. He makes it seem like he's someone you can anticipate to be his eccentric self, which is just another way of hiding yourself in plain sight.

I love that it's Tyrion who speaks first. Tywin is deliberately using his silence to keep everyone else on edge and nervous. But Tyrion knows what he's doing and refuses to play along. He deliberately changes the mood with his ridiculous description of their local and forced Tywin to react to him.

i love this scene. so much tension without anyone uttering a word

This is one of my favorite scenes. Loves how tyrion isnt a sycophant. He sits across from tywin to show him he is equal to him.

Cersei's desire to break the rules (wanting to rule as a man) yet doing nothing but huff and mock people once she has done so is very telling of her character. Tyrion only wants to be seen as an equal, Varys 'keeps on rowing' while Littlefinger tries to be the second biggest fish, and Pycelle just takes whatevers left. Wonderful writing

No cgi, no great battles, Just chairs and dialogue. Amazing season

Varys’ facial expression is no doubt one of the best parts of the entire show

I love how fucking amused Tywin is when Cersei is bringing her chair to his side. Like he just did to see how everyone would react.

2:52 The way Varys rolls his eyes will never not make me chuckle

Tyrion: "My brother was the youngest Kingsguard in history. My sister became queen at the age of nineteen. When I reached manhood, my father put me in charge of all the drains and cisterns in Casterly Rock.... The water never flowed better. And all the shit found its way to the sea. Never expected to have any real power. So when my father named me acting Hand..." And Tyrion wonders why Tywin made him master of coin.

Varys' face at 3:02 is so damn funny. After littlefinger says postively ...

2:55 The expression Tywin makes looking back at Littlefinger is hysterical; it's like he's saying *"Why are you still talking?"*

littlefinger is the only one who doesn't scoff or laugh at the idea of tyrion being master of coin. A) because he was B) he knows how truly powerful the position is (you control the finances of the crown)

This scene not only shows the politics of Game of Thrones, but the core nature (basically, soul) of the characters too. Tywin Lannister is power. Littlefinger worships and gravitates towards power instantly. Varys sensibly follows power. And Pycelle follows it like an obedient dog. Cersei always makes a shrewd move, thinking she is the smartest and has beaten everybody - until soon proven wrong. And Tyrion. Always sidelined for being a dwarf, stands up for himself and fights his fights on his own.

I love how Cersei places herself right next to Tywin but then for most of this meeting he barely pays her a glance and when he does she looks away in embarrassment at having nothing to contribute.

The way Tyrion dragged that chair so as to be as annoying as possible and how Cersei was absolutely annoyed and they caught herself showing that she was annoyed and changed her whole demeanor to seem aloof was perfect... He won. He knew she was irritated and had to pretend she wasn't.

This is one of my favorite scenes of whole show. The first minute and a half with the chairs is an entire wordless story in itself that perfectly showcases the personalities of all the characters involved: Tywin the power and authority around which everyone moves. Littlefinger cuts everyone off to get to the front. Pycelle is pretending to be old and slow. Cersei is so petty as to completely rearrange to chairs to what suits her best. Tyrion is cleverly finds a way to get a good spot even though it appears as though there isnt one. Its a shame that fun and nuanced moments like this were sacrificed in leu of whatever the hell season 8 was. It was these scenes that got me to fall in love with the show.

My favorite bit in this scene is the throwaway Tyrion’s throwaway quip, “a lifetime of wealth’s taught me a lot about spending money but not managing it” it shows he acknowledges his flaws. Only smart people can see their own flaws and know how it impacts their abilities

That last little squeak when Tyrion is moving his chair is perfect. 😂

Varrys’s reaction to Littlefinger’s comment about Lysa being positively predesposed to him is priceless.

The great thing about this scene is that there is just as much body language as there is dialogue. Cersei only has one line, but Lena Headey's facial expressions do the job. This was Game of Thrones at it's peak.

Varys being so amused by everything is ultimately so hilarious

Not a word said and you findout everything about the characters in the room!

Love how Tyrion calls out the unqualified nepotism of his own appointment.

There's no dialogue from any till Tyrion starts about a minute & three quarters in, but we can see how they're all cuddling up to Tywin with Baelish & Varys hurrying for the nearest seats to him. Then Cersei drags her seat next to her father; then Tyrion pulls his seat to the opposite head of the table. These kind of scenes, with no dialogue but you can still tell what is going on by the character's actions, are a rarity.

God, they messed up the later seasons and we never got any scenes like this. It's like as the show went on all the characters started sharing one single brain cell.

I love how Littlefinger cuts in front of Varys as he attempts to approach the first seat of the Council table lol Pure Comedy😂😂😂

Littlefingers acting is just soo good, his smiling, him throwing a gag a Varys and revealing his power. He gets more arrogant as it goes on, and satisfied. Varys said the most dangerous man in Westeros is Littlefings and for good reason, he fucking brilliant and effective.

the silent beginning of this scene is better than season 8's dialogue by a mile.

The look on Varys’s face is priceless.

Lol cersei's reaction at 3:33

reminds me of my family reunions

That little smirk from varys at 1:45 is great

Varys is such a well portrayed character. You can see what he’s thinking through the entire scene.

Knowing Tywin, he would definitely want littlefinger close. He doesn't miss a beat and I'm sure he definitely knew how duplicitous Baelish was.

I LOVE Conleth Hill lmao his wtf face when Cersei grabs the chair, then the little smirk when he sees what she was doing, THEN TYRION ONE UPPING HER, priceless lmao

One thing I like about this scene is that despite his hatred for Tyrion Tywin assigns him a position that he is absolutely perfect for. He has the temperament mind and strength to be Master of coin and he is smart enough to know how to manage it even if he has no experience.

It's been years since I've first watched this scene and I still keep coming back to rewatch it every now and then. Can't say that for any scene of seasons 7 and 8.

Pure class acting without any words ! Even they are not any words , they are actualul saying something about every character in this scene. Amazing !

Varys' facial expressions fucking KILL me. omg i love him

I love how this is basically one big classroom Tywin: The teacher Littlefinger: Teacher’s pet Varys: The smart kid Cersei: The favorite student Pycell: Senior who doesn’t care anymore Tyrion: Class Clown

So much is said without words in the first 2 minutes.

Tyrion made the most noise and made the biggest scene and still ended up with more power at the table because he himself decided he should be there. If Tyrion hadn't killed Tywin's wife in birth, he would have loved him far more than either of the twins the depths of this series is amazing

I love how Varys respects Cersei’s “Gordon’s Knot” approach to the seating arrangement

Just this scene is better than whole season 8...

Almost 2 minutes of sitting down and moving chairs, and it is so enjoyable to watch.

Cersei’s and Varys’ expressions 🔥

The only Hand that this trio actually feared.

1:42 that little grin Varys gives Tyrion is priceless!😆

"Titles do seem to breed titles" is a magical phrase

I think the most ironic part of this is if Tyrion had been the monster everyone believed him to be ue could have easily stolen the entire kingdoms wealth and easily betrayed them all. The fact that he actually does care about the kingdom and his family really was always his biggest weakness

Back when game of thrones was still a legendary show

I love their faces when one person does things it is so funny especially after cersei moved her chair and seated next to him in 1:14 you can see in tywin's eyes 'your move' and then at 1:27 when tyrion moved the chair cross tywin varys' face like 'OHHH BEAT THOSE BALLS!!'

That chair bit shows off everyone’s character so well lol

Varys' faces are priceless.

I love that last little tiny scoot Tyrion does at the very end of his musical chairs. real power move

Oh man, it's just delicious to come back to moments like this, and remember how simply fucking amazing this show was.

Tywin: Tyrion you are now Master of Coin Tyrion: Price of the Brick is going Up.

The beginning of this scene makes me laugh every time. So much being said and all without a single word.

This might be the most quality acting scene among the whole GoT episodes. Still laughing out loud when Tywin takes a glance at Tyrion after Cersei takes her seat wondering how Tyrion will act. Top class acting, utterly excellent! Grand Maester's surprised look at the very beginning is of another elite acting. Lord Baelish's eye rolling when Cersei carries the chair made me get into laughing crisis. Varys's look at Tyrion when Baelish talks about the relationship with Lysa Arryn just hit the spot. A perfectly shot scene in all senses. Even Cersei could manage to be funny with her dull temperament. This is the only scene in which she looked pretty to me. Miss the old days guys, the days when GoT was a legend. It then turned out to be shit.

3:02 my favorite moment from the entire series.

The way everyone acted in this scene shows all their personalities.

Nails on a chalk board! Totally awesome response. His father should be proud.

The writing in this scene is better than the entirety of Season 8.

2:33 Varys takes a not-so-subtle swipe at Littlefinger.

Littlefinger trying to show boldness, varys just wanting to be done, the old guy just nervous and trying to not do anything, cercei telling little finger to go duck himself and Tyrion mocking them all. Absolutely amazing

''Living a life speding money didn't taugh me how to manage it'' Wise words

Varys would have a fantastic reaction channel on KZfaq with all his facial expressions.

Who ever thought that a bunch of people entering a room, saying nothing, dragging chairs and staring at each other could be so funny :))))

wow... when I see scenes alone like this instead of whole series or whole episode, I understand the hidden humor🤣

The writing was so good they didn't even need to speak for half of it 😭 one of my favorite scenes

"conveniently located close to your quarters...." hahahaha

Verys facial expressions had me laughing right through this video 😂😂😂😂😂

I first watched this when I was 15. im now 22 and can actually understand not just the dialogue but the reasons of the chair dragging/ power dynamic going on. brilliant

I just love the way Tywin face looks when his son starts moving the chair to the other end of the table haha

This happened 7 years ago?... Damn... I'm getting old

The way Varys looks at Bailish when tywin mentions Herrenhall and Riverrun, almost taunting him in a way that he got tricked my a dwarf.

The part where Tyrion moves his chair opposite his father is comedy gold

Watching great scenes like this makes me so sad about how poorly the show ended.

Did Tyrion move his chair to: - Piss everyone off? - Ridicule Cersei's behaviour? - As a sign that he wants to sit as far away from Cersei as possible? - To prove something by sitting opposite from Tywin? GODS THE SCENES WERE STRONG THEN

One of the most subtle and yet brilliant power moves of the series!

Varys looks proud and amused when tyrion drag the chair,

This is why we needed more episodes. I was always driven crazy by how slowly the show went because there were such a finite number of minutes and I wanted the plot to progress. But at the same time, this moment is absolutely golden, even though it eats up a ton of time and nothing happens. If we’d have just had more episodes, we could have moved the plot and had these moments.

I wonder if we'll ever be able to enjoy a comment section just praising the good acting, without immediately ranting about season 8. Season 8 happened, it's part of the story and there's nothing you can do about it. Shitting on the entire show will not help.

I love how for the first 1 minute 50 seconds, not a single word was spoken. It's all about the actors body language and facial expressions. Amazing!

Easily my favorite small council meeting of the series. So much character definition in the first part, without a single word being said.

The season when GOT was still golden.

Awwww! The famous Pissing contest at the small council meeting! I would love to know how many takes it took to get this down? OR if it was only one take, how did they stay so composed. And at 3:33, Cersei’s ‘high speed wobble’…..it looks like the little body shake you would do while urinating if you held it too long!!! 😂🤣

I love how Varys’ facial expressions when Tyrion does bold things is like a little fan girl.

Varys face while Tyrion pulls the chair & while he describes the room are so funny to me 😂

Interesting scene Little finger: sits closes to tywin to feel like he is at the same level and has some influence the others don't over tywin. Varys: sits close but let's his enemy make the first move so he can observe,study and then react Pycell: sits far seeing that he knows tywin is on to him and his disguise and occasionally put in his opinion but not overstepping his boundaries. Cersei: sits as tywins "right hand" wanting to feel important and putting herself on tywins level wanting to emulate tywins behavior Tyrion: put himself on the opposite side of tywin. Rarely agreeing or understanding each other but still respecting each other and their opinion tyrion knows who he is and that's not tywin nor does he wish to be him.

I just realized the show never changed the location of the "new" council chamber that was chosen by Tywin.

Whenever Tywin says “fully agreed” you know that that was the “good news” part of the “good news, bad news” formula 😂

Varys facial expression are the best

Vary's be like "This madlad!"