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Ah, finally, the long awaited episode 7. The reason why I was so excited to watch this week was because the title "The Broken Man" seemed to tease the return of a certain beloved character on the show. I must say, the fact that HBO actually delivered on this made me literally jump for fucking joy.
I don't need to tease any more, let's get to it.
**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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This episode goes right to scene, skipping the intro for few moments. We are taken to a place that we have never seen before, which appears to be green hills and valleys, somewhere in the Riverlands is my guess. We see a group of people who are cutting wood and building what seems to be a temple of some sort. They are being led by none other than the brilliant Ian Mcshane (whose character's name is Ray), who honestly spoiled this entire episode in an interview earlier this year. Oh well, we can't all be a carefree as he is, lol.
We go to a scene of men carrying logs, at least four to a log, and the last man in the group appears to carry a log all by himself. His face is covered and he walks strange, as if he has a leg injury. A moment later, the man drops the log, and the camera pans up to his face, and a beautiful face at that.
Does anyone else hear those dogs barking, cuz you bet your asses I do. The Hound is BACK! Now I know why they had to skip the intro.
I am going to refer to him as Sandor from now on, as it seems as if he has given up his killing ways and all the terrible things that "the Hound" was known for, so it only seems fit to refer to him by his real name.
We return to this wonderful place where Sandor is going to town with an axe. Ray is telling him "I've never seen a man swing an axe like that" and then asks him how many men it took to bring him down, to which Sandor replies "only one, he was a woman". Ray laughs, and it is just a funny and lighthearted moment for the both of them, and I am so happy to see he is still alive.
After some hard work, the dinner bell rings and then men, women, and children sit down to a nice meal. Sandor is off by himself enjoying his mean, and Ray brings him a cup of water and sits down to chat with him. He begins telling Sandor about when he found him, how Sandor had a serious wound in his leg and he honestly thought he was dead. Ray tells him that there has to be a reason why he is still alive, and that "the Gods have a plan for Sandor Clegane". I hope to God this is foreshadowing for an event later this season, which I can explain in another blog post if you want to check it out.
Sandor tells him that he has heard it all before, and that if the gods are real, then why hasn't he been punished? It is clear that although he has definitely had a near-death experience which has changed him greatly, Sandor still has some trouble accepting the ideas of the gods, which isn't anything new.
We travel now to the Great Sept where Margery is reading a chapter in the Book of the Mother. The High Sparrow enters and the two begin reciting passages from the book. Margery tells him more about how she has seen the error of her ways (still think she's just a great actress) and the High Sparrow begins asking her about her and Tommen. He tells her that Tommen talked about his lack of sexual intimacy with his wife, and tells her that she has a duty to bear his heirs for him. Margery tells him that the desires that once drover her no longer do, and he tells her that she doesn't need to be enjoying it, but she must do her duty.
Margery then goes to visit with her grandmother, and the two are awkwardly joined by Septa Unella as well. Lady Olenna makes a comment about why she is even there, and Margery tells her that the Septa is a good friend of hers and that she trusts her (yea, right). Margery continues her pious bullshit by telling her grandmother that Loras must repent his sins if he is to continue living as a free man, to which Olenna is obviously thinking that her granddaughter is going crazy. Margery then gets on her knees and continues to talk, and we see her slip something into Olenna's hands as her back is to Septa Unella. Margery tells her that she must return home to Highgarden for her own safety, and although she has to swallow her pride to do so, Olenna seems to head Margery's words.
Olenna then walks out on her own and opens the note, and we see a drawing of a rose, which we can assume is meant to represent Loras Tyrell (The Knight of Flowers). We can now make the case that Margery is only doing what she is doing to help free her brother (who is accused of having sex with men which is a pretty heavy crime to the Faith) and is willing to risk her own pride to help him be free of his crimes. I am very interested to see where this travels, as we have not seen Loras in a few episodes and he could be in a much worse state than we think he is, which is why Margery is acting so quickly.
Travel now to the free-folk camp in the North, where Tormund and the other leaders are discussing things with Jon. He is asking them to march with him against Winterfell, trying to tell the group that the Boltons will have them all slaughtered if they remain in power in the North. Some of the elders are having a tough time siding with Jon, saying that they never agreed to fight in the wars of Westeros, but Tormund steps in and tries to convince them all otherwise. He tells them that Jon literally died for the free-folk and if they are not willing to do the same for him, then they are cowards. Wun-Wun the giant seems to agree, or I guess he does, since he stands up and just says "Snow", and then walks away. He is definitely not one for words, but still a very awesome addition to the Stark cause.
We now return to King's Landing where Cersei is walking to Lady Olenna's chambers, and when she arrives, I honestly cannot tell who is the least happy to be there. Cersei tells Lady Olenna that she had heard she was leaving the city, and Lady Olenna begins blaming Cersei for everything that has happened; Loras's imprisonment, the Faith Militant rising, the downfall of both houses, etc (which in mostly true). Surprisingly, Cersei takes full responsibility for everything, but also said that she and Lady Olenna need each other and they have to work together.
Olenna then tells her that if she is smart, she should also leave the city, to which Cersei replies "Never, I will never leave my son". This does sound noble of her, but Cersei seems to forget that she literally has no allies in the city at all (Jaime just left for the riverlands), and Lady Olenna reminds her of this as well. In the books, Cersei goes much more insane than she is on the show, but you can still see she is so full of anger but has no idea what to do about it.
Now we see Jaime and Bronn arriving at the Frey camp around Riverrun, which both the men are unimpressed by. One of Walder's sons is yelling at the castle to the Blackfish, threatening to hang his nephew Edmure if he does not yield the castle. The Blackfish seems to know that they won't do it, and he is absolutely right, as the Frey men eventually give up the effort and take the noose off his neck.
Jaime then approaches the Frey commanders and basically tears them a new one on the subject of siege and warfare.
Summary:
Major deaths this week:
Top power plays of the week:
Until next time.
Night gathers, and now my Watch begins.
-Tyler
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