Hello and welcome to the NotACast, the one true chapter-by-chapter podcast going through A Song of Ice and Fire one chapter a week!\n\xa0\n\nIn this episode, Jaime grabs a sword and gets his butt kicked by Brienne before the Bloody Mummers show up to make everything worse.\n\xa0\nThis week, we:\xa0\n\xa0\n\n- Arrive at Maidenpool to find the town sacked and the castle locked\n- Wave farewell to Cleos Frey, who dies as he lived: without dignity\n- Break down how Jaime's certainties falter throughout his duel with Brienne\n- Trace the shifting dynamics as Jaime fails to take control of the Mummers\n- Reframe the Jaime-Brienne duel as it actually is: as a sex scene\n\n\n\xa0\nNext week: Arya rides across the countryside with the Merry Men in pursuit of Robin Hood in ASOS, Arya IV!\n\xa0\nOur patreon:\xa0www.patreon.com/NotACastASOIAF\n\xa0\nOur merch store:\xa0https://notacastasoiaf.threadless.com\xa0\xa0\n\n\n\xa0\nOur twitter:\xa0twitter.com/NotACastASOIAF\n\n\n\xa0\nOur facebook:\xa0www.facebook.com/groups/289889118235797/\n\n\n\xa0\nOur youtube page:\xa0www.youtube.com/channel/UCmmDfPdG\u2026iew_as=subscriber\n\n\n\xa0\nEmmett's twitter:\xa0twitter.com/PoorQuentyn