This week on Game Of Thrones, Daenerys is distraught over what happened to Barristan and Grey Worm, someone needs to pay for it. Sansa finds a familiar face and partakes in a dinner from hell. Jon "kills the boy' within him, by making a practical but very unpopular decision. Tyrion and Jorah travel though the ruins of Old Valyria.
Warning: Spoilers Ahead (From the show and books)
In Meereen, Grey Worm looks to be in bad shape, and Barristan is as dead as he could possibly be (sorry book purists, now GET OVER IT!!!!!). Daenerys stands vigil by his corpse. This little scene is great, Emilia is doing great this year and she's getting the emotions down well. Especially in the very next scene when the tone takes a major U-turn as Daenerys decides to round up the leaders of the great Families of Meereen and bring them to the dragon pit. This scene, I don't know if Daenerys is just extremely pissed or she's going insane. Probably a bit of both. The CGI for the dragons is stupendous, and Emilia gives a scary performance as she feeds one of the Masters to her dragons.
Back with Grey Worm, we get a nice little scene with him and Missandei. Grey Worm feels he has failed Barristan, his men, but he feels ashamed for being afraid. Being afraid he'd mever see Missandei again. Daenerys feels one of the only people she can rely on now is Missandei, she asks for Missandei's council. Missandei feels she isn't qualified to, but reminds her that although Daenerys may listen and ignore council, she always tries to think of a better way. With this in mind, Daenerys decides to reopen the fighting pits and marry Hizdhar to appease the Masters and hopefully stop the Sons of the Harpy insurgency.
At the Wall, Sam and Aemon talk about Daenerys, Aemon feels terrible that a Targaryen is alone in the world. Right after that, Jon Snow walks in. Another R+L=J hint? Jon knows he has to save the Wildling's but he also knows that the Night's Watch will hate it, and he wants Aemon's advice. But before Jon can say anything, Aemon tells Jon to do what needs to be done, "Kill the boy, and let the man be born", he says. A great line from the book that I'm glad they kept in. But as Jon suspected, the Night's watch hates the idea. But Jon lays it all out for the naysayers that the Wildling's are far better than what the White Walker's will turn them into. Jon knows it's the most practical decision, but also the right one. And he's not gonna let naysayers tell him otherwise. On a side note, I love how Stannis is still quite the grammar-nazi. Jon has a meeting with Tormund, asking where the Free Folk are. Tormund at first refuses, but after Jon gives him a reality check, and unchains him, Tormund tells Jon the Free Folk are at Hardhome. A place we haven't seen in the books but now we will in the show. Sweet! Jon also mentions using Stannis' fleet to pick up the Wildlings. I hope that means we see Shalador Saan again. Speaking of Stannis, after he asks Samwell for information on the White Walkers, he decides it's time to march on Winterfell. The departure is amazing, and there's even enough time for Jon to wish Stannis good fortune and and a heartfelt thank-you.
In Winterfell, Brienne has holed up in a tavern. As Brienne is staring at Winterfell wandering how to contact Sansa, an old man walks in. She asks him to send a message to Sansa, but he doubts her intentions. Brienne simply walks up to him in an intimidating manner and makes her intentions clear, and who she serves. After a little pillow talk between Ramsay and his physco girlfriend Myranda, Sansa recieves a message from the old woman from episode 3 to light a candle in the tower should she need help. Sansa goes to the tower and runs into Myranda. After an extremely awkward conversation with her, Myranda brings Sansa to the kennels and shows her Theon, the moment I've been anxiously awaiting is here. And Alfie Allen and Sophie Turner knock it out of the park! Sophie just gives an incredible mixed emotion performance where I can't tell if she wants to embrace Theon, or stab the shit out of him! And Alfie is as great as ever. And this isn't their only meeting in the episode.
Now we get to the Bolton dinner straight from the pits of hell. An incredibly awkward scene where Ramsay does his damnedest to be a douchebag and make Sansa feeling uncomfortable. Hell, even Fat Walda makes her uncomfortable, and Walda wasn't even trying to. To make matters worse, Ramsay brings in Theon/Reek to apologise to Sansa for killing Bran and Rickon, then decides that Theon will give Sansa away at the wedding. Oh Ramsay, you lovable monster, you! But just as Ramsay is reaching the peak of his sick little joke, Roose breaks the news that Fat Walda is pregnant. Ramsay does not look pleased, and Sansa subtley uses this to turn the tables on Ramsey. Sansa surely isn't a lost child anymore. Later, Roose tells Ramsey the story of how he raped his mother and was gonna throw Ramsey in the river, but didn't, because Ramsey is Roose's son. With that, Ramsey agrees to help Roose fight Stannis when he comes for Winterfell.
Meanwhile, Tyrion and Ser Jorah are still on that Dinghy. But they're making their way though the ruins of Old Valyria. Another location we got to see in the books, but I'm glad we get to see it now. It looks amazing! Tyrion and Jorah bond over their mutual knowledge of the Doom of Valyria. Just then, the promotional poster of season 5 comes to life as Drogon flies over them. The look on Tyrion's face says it all. But the scene does a 180 into a horror movie when Stone Men (people who are infected by greyscale beyond repair) jump into their boat. It's a tense scene, since Tyrion and Jorah can't let the Stone Men touch them, and the Stone Men look fantastic. The scene ends as Tyrion is dragged underwater by a stone man, but it appears Jorah dragged him to shore in time. Jorah wasn't so lucky, as he looks at his arm and finds his skin is starting to turn grey as the score let's us know that Jorah is well and truly, fucked.
Season 5 Episode rating:
Kill The Boy - 10/10 - The episodes just keep getting better and better!
Sons Of The Harpy - 10/10
High Sparrow - 9.5/10
The House of Black and White - 9.5/10
The Wars To Come - 8.5/10
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