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Episode 6 of this season was definitely on the side of us fans in terms of giving us something many people have been pushing for for years now, and I will explain what I mean by that later on in this post.
I enjoyed episode 6, but it also left me a bit confused and curious as to why some decisions were made by certain characters. This episode also left me very angry at one of my favorite characters for the choices that she made, and I don't want to waste anymore time teasing this.
Without further ado, here is the full recap for episode 6 "Blood of My Blood".
**If you don't want to read the entire recap (trust me I'm not offended), skip to the end for a very brief summary of this week's events**
As always, be warned, this post is DARK and full of SPOILERS!
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The opening scene brings us only moments after last week's episode ended (with Hodor's brave sacrifice). Meera is trudging through the woods North of the Wall, pulling Bran on his sledge. Bran is still in his vision, and we are getting many images of things Bran never saw and events in the history of the show, as well as events that took place before the show and books. We see images of Mad King Aerys speaking with his pyromancers, telling them to "Burn them all!" obviously referring to the citizens of King's Landing. We also see a brief scene of Jaime in the throne room approaching Aerys and stabbing him in the back with his sword.
**Obviously this situation was explained by Jaime on the show, but if you forget, the reason why Jaime killed Aerys was because he planned to burn ever man, woman, and child in King's Landing, and he also ordered Jaime to bring his father Tywin's head to him, which of course Jaime would not do.**
Bran soon comes back to reality and somehow knows exactly what just took place. Meera sees the Wights beginning to catch up with her, and soon becomes exhausted and cannot continue any further. She covers Bran with her body and weeps while saying "I'm sorry", and just when we think all hope is lost, something amazing happens (totally spoiled by the scene in the trailer just saying.).
A hooded rider (could it be Daario? Lol) storms into the area wielding a flaming morning star, which he uses to destroy any Wights who are close to the pair of tired children. He tells Meera and Bran "come with me, now. The dead don't rest" as he pulls the two up on his horse and gallops away.
We travel now to Horn Hill, where Gilly, Sam, and baby Sam are arriving at Sam's home. Gilly and Sam are speaking in the wagon and Gilly seems very uneasy that Sam never told his family where she comes from. Sam tells her everything will be fine, and the three arrive and meet with Sam's mother and his sister. They are preparing for dinner, and Sam is informed that his father, Randyll, and his brother are out on a hunt, and we will return to Horn Hill for dinnertime.
We go now to the Great Sept of Baelor where the High Sparrow is talking with Tommen regarding Margery's walk of atonement. He asks Tommen if he wants to see his wife, and brings him to her and the two are reunited after quite a long time.
They begin talking about the High Sparrow, and Margery tells Tommen how she believes he is nothing like people say he is ("the people" being the Lannisters and Tyrells, who hate the Faith). Tommen looks at her weird, but then is quickly overpowered and agrees with what she says. I personally don't believe that Margery is becoming devoted to the High Sparrow and seeing herself as a fake philanthropist, but she sure is a good pretender. She explains how the High Sparrow helped her understand that she cared too much about people seeing her do good deeds, and now she wants to live a better life for herself, and also speaks about how she wants Loras to do the same and atone for his sins.
We return to Horn Hill, where Gilly is dressed in a ridiculous dress for the occasion of dinner. Long story short, the group sits down and Lord Randyll basically harasses Sam and makes him seem like a coward the entire time, and even ruins his appetite. He is clearly very upset but his father's hatred towards him, and it is so bad that Sam's mother and sister even leave the table, saying that Lord Randyll "disgraces himself". He then tells Sam that he is no longer welcome at Horn Hill and wants him and Gilly to leave at once. Sam wants her to stay by herself, but then decides they will leave together, but not before stealing the one thing Sam's father loves more than torturing his own son; his sword. That's right, Sam steals Heartsbane, the ancestral sword of his House passed down for hundreds of years. Oh, and it's also Valyrian Steel, making it a very proper weapon for some potential White Walker smashing. Finally, Sam grew some balls and actually did something cool. JK, love you Sam.
Eastward towards Braavos, Arya is watching the play again to scope out her target, Lady Crane. The actress gives a riveting and somber monologue as the Joffrey actor lays dying in her arms. Arya also sees the younger actress (who paid to have Lady Crane killed) behind the set mimicking the words of Lady Crane, and Arya's face takes a different turn.
We go backstage with Arya, who runs right into Lady Crane herself. She tells Arya that she has seen her at the last three plays and never saw her pay any money, and Lady Crane begins telling her about her childhood and how she joined up with the group of actors. She asks Arya for suggestions about how she would change the play if she could, and also compliments Arya on her eyes and asks her on of themost ironic questions in the series so far; "do you like to pretend to be other people?" Dan and Dave, you slay me.
Arya then says she has to leave and runs off, and Lady Crane returns to her chambers where the poisoned Gin is waiting for her. She begins talking with some of the other actors, and after a brief argument, goes to drink her Gin and....the cup is knocked straight out of her hand and shatters on the floor. Arya looks at the woman and points to the younger actress saying "be careful of that one, she wants you dead." This would be an awesome Arya Stark moment of self-realization only if the Waif wasn't standing right outside the door and watching the whole thing.
We see Arya outside digging through the pile of rocks, and we hear a soothing clang of steel as she pulls out Needle after such a long time. We then see the Waif enter the Sanctuary where Jaqen is working on a body, and the Waif tells him what happened. Jaqen says "a shame, the girl had many gifts" to which the Waif replies "you promised me" and Jaqen tells her "don't let her suffer". So there you have it, the Waif bet against Arya the whole time and now is contracted to kill her. For those of you who don't know, Arya is my favorite character in the series and I hope to God she somehow gets herself out of this and can return home to Westeros.
Speaking of Westeros, we go now to King's Landing where Jaime and Mace Tyrell (lol) are leading the Tyrell Army to the Great Sept to challenge the High Sparrow. We see Margery clothed in rags, and it would definitely appear that she is going to complete the walk of atonement. The High Sparrow speaks to the people as Jaime rides up to face him and demand he release her and her brother. The High Sparrow tells Jaime that to "die in the service of the Gods would please each and every one of us", and after a very heated moment, he tells the crowd that there will be no walk of atonement.
Wait...what?
Yea I guess Margery is playing some serious games. The High Sparrow announces "Margery has already atoned for her sins by bringing another into the true light of the Seven" and Tommen emerges from the Sept and stands with his wife to face the people. He announces that there will be a newly-formed alliance between the Crown and the Faith to bring harmony and peace. Tommen's guards are even clad in shiny new gold armor crested with the Seven-Pointed star emblem on the chest. Honestly, hearing his annoying voice talk for more than 30 seconds just killed this moment for me, but the look on Olenna Tyrell's face just made me laugh out loud. That poor woman.
Back in the throne room, Jaime is shedding his golden Kingsguard armor in front of Tommen and Lannister soldiers. Tommen tells him "when you attack the Faith, you attack the Crown, and anyone who attacks the crown is unfit to serve as Lord Commander of the Kingsguard". Jaime tries to tell him that he does not need to listen to anyone on this decision and that he doesn't need to dismiss Jaime. Tommen tells Jaime that he will continue to serve his house, but not in King's Landing.
We go now to the Twins where Walder Frey (how the fuck is this guy still alive? He's like a living fossil) is speaking to a few of his 10,000 sons about how they lost Riverrun to the Blackfish (Catelyn Stark's uncle) and his army. So it is confirmed now that Riverrun is back in the hands of the Tully's which could mean good things for the Stark cause up North, but bad things for Jaime. Walder tells his sons that they must take back Riverrun. His sons try to explain to him that the Castle can withstand any siege and that the Blackfish will never yield, but Walder has one last trick up his sleeve; his prisoner, Edmure Tully. Walder plans to use Edmure to bargain with the Blackfish to have him give up the castle, which I don't think will go according to plan.
We enter Cersei's chambers where she and Jaime are discussing their next move. Jaime says that he does not want to go to the Riverlands and plans on enlisting Bronn and any sellswords he can find and plans to kill the High Sparrow. Cersei tells him that this is a foolish idea, and that he should instead lead their armies against Riverrun and take the castle back. In her speech, Cersei seems to emphasize patience saying that she will treat her enemies "without mercy" but doesn't plan on doing anything at the moment. I'm not sure how well this plan will work for her, seeing as her one and only ally in the city is now gearing up for the Riverlands.
We move North of the Wall, where Meera and Bran are speaking with the man who rescued them from the Wights and seems to have very cold hands (HAH). The man tells Bran that he hasn't seen them since he was a boy, and when Bran asks "who are you", the man removes his hood for the two to see.
And guess who's back motherfucker, it's Daar...oh shit I mean Benjen!
Yeah, remember Benjen? Youngest sibling to Ned Stark, Benjen mysteriously disappeared after traveling North of the Wall in the third episode of the show. Benjen's reurn was something GoT fans talked about for years and years, and I am so excited that we finally see him again. He explains to Bran and Meera that while ranging in the North, his group was attacked by White Walkers and he himself was stabbed in the stomach. By some miracle, he was found by the same Children of the Forest who were with Bran at the Tree, and they were able to counteract the Walker's magic from taking hold.
So basically, Benjen is halfway to death, but he's still fine. That's why he looks terrible, and also why his hands are so frostbitten. In the book, the character "Coldhands" is the same exact way but George RR Martin stated that Benjen is not actually Coldhands in the book, so this is just another example of one of the hundreds of book-to-show changes and alterations.
Well anyways, Benjen is here to help Bran. and he surprisingly knows a ton about Bran and his visions and what he has seen. Obviously, he has been working with the Three-Eyed Raven to help Bran in the future, and now that Bran is the only Greenseer left, I hope he can teach him some discipline and patience because that kid desperately needs some.
Now we go to the Dothraki Sea where Dany and Daario are speaking about ships and how many would be needed to transport her armies. Dany tells Daario that she plans to return to Westeros to "take what is mine", and the group is stopped when Dany tells them to "wait here" and rides ahead by herself.
We hear a terrible scream and see Drogon flying above, who lands right in front of all the warriors and leaves them speechless. Dany then delivers one of the greatest speeches in the series so far, one that is very similar to the speech given by Khal Drogo in season one. She tells the warriors that instead of choosing three Bloodriders as tradition for a Khal or Khaleesi, she chooses all of her warriors as her Bloodriders.
She asks the men if they will follow her across the sea to the ends of the world, to help her kill her enemies in their iron suits and take back the Seven Kingdoms in her name. The group is roused by her speech, and it looks like Yara and Theon better hurry and get their asses to Meereen, because Dany is ready to get the fuck back to Westeros.
Summary:
After so much buildup over the last six seasons, Dany is finally going to return to Westeros. How will she do that without ships? Well, whichever Ironborn get to her first I'm sure will receive a very warm welcome. She has managed to rouse the group of Dothraki to her cause completely, and this, paired with a few sell sword companies and the Unsullied army (not to mention Westeros is a shit show right now) might be enough to cause a bit of commotion.
Arya has broken her contract yet again, and is now being hunted by the Waif. My guess is that she will try to escape Braavos ASAP because she knows she's screwed if she stays.
Bran and Meera have a frosty Benjen to lead them to the Wall, but my guess is that he will not be with them long. I just think it would be too good to be true, which is a shame, but I'm excited to see how that all plays out.
Jaime is now headed to the Riverlands to lead the Lannister army, but I'm not sure how well that will go for him. He was really reluctant to leave Cersei, so my honest prediction is that something will happen to her right before or right as he returns and it will haunt him for the rest of his life.
Major deaths this week:
There are no actual deaths, besides the death of the ridiculous fan theory that said that Daario was actually Benjen in disguise, which I still think is hilarious.
Top power plays of the week:
Sam steals his father's sword, Heartsbane, and will leave Horn Hill
Arya breaks her contract and leaves the Faceless Men
Until next time.
Night gathers, and now my Watch begins.
-Tyler
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