Daenerys receives an unexpected visitor. Jon faces a revolt. Tyrion plans the conquest of Westeros.
Director: Mark Mylod
Writers: Bryan Cogman
Stars: Peter Dinklage, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Lena Headey
by Mary Cox
In tonight’s installment of Game of Thrones, Daenerys’ first real foray into the Great Game came crashing down on her head as Theon and Yara suffered a devastating blow when facing up against their cousin, Euron. Daenerys has made it this far on the backs of her dragons with her Khalasar and Unsullied armies at her side, but she’s never been up against the likes of Cersei Lannister. Her claim to the Seven Kingdoms seems to rest on forming an alliance with Jon Snow and the North. The question remains: after tonight’s spectacular military failure, will Daenerys continue to trust Tyrion’s counsel, or will she take Olenna Tyrell’s advice and finally “be a dragon”?
Despite Daenerys’ popularity with the small folk of Westeros, memories of the Mad King are still fresh in members of the gentry. However, Jaime Lannister’s unsuccessful appeal to Lord Tarly seems to forecast that the Lords and Ladies of the Seven Kingdoms are willing to take a risk on Aegon’s successor. Speaking of the Tarly’s, Samwell seems determined to gross us all out while getting kicked out of the Citadel as he embarks on his quest to save Jorah Mormont from the death sentence that is Greyscale.
On learning that Jon and Sansa are alive in the North, Arya makes an incredibly frustrating decision to cut her trip to King’s Landing short and to return to her ancestral home. However, after almost not being recognized by her own Direwolf, Arya’s return to Winterfell might not go as well as she hopes. Littlefinger is clearly counting on Jon to make a fatal misstep so he can seduce Sansa and become the Lord of Winterfell himself, but a second Stark daughter throws a wrench into his plans for succession. Will Arya, who both Jon and Sansa assume is dead, be welcomed back to the North? Or will she receive
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“Mary Cox is an entertainment writer from the United States. Her hobbies include making good beer and bad decisions, watching drag queens fight on the internet, and overanalyzing everything. Mary one day hopes to be the person shouting “World Star” in the back of a Waffle House brawl video. She is currently tolerating life in Toronto. You can follow her on Twitter at @M_K_Cox”t
