GAME
OF THRONES
SEASON
SIX
EPISODE
FOUR:
BOOK
OF THE STRANGER
At Castle Black, Jon
Snow packs his possessions. Eddison Tollett, now Commander of the
Night’s Watch at Jon’s bidding, tries to convince him to stay,
referring to what happened at Hardhome. A despondent Jon insists that
with his death he has fulfilled his oath to the Night’s Watch and
will soon be ready to leave. For good.
A horn sounds once
bringing Jon and Edd outside into the courtyard. The gates open to
reveal that Sansa Stark, Brienne of Tarth and Podrick Payne have
completed their journey and arrived at their destination.
Filthy and worn out
from the journey, Sansa looks around the courtyard for her
half-brother Jon. , The two stunned siblings spot and approach one
another, hugging joyfully.
Once Sansa and her
travelling party are clean, warm and having dinner in the safety of
Castle Black, Sansa apologizes to Jon for being badly behaved to him
as a child. The two agree to stay together and look after for one
another.
Sansa then tells Jon
that as the last surviving Stark’s they must take Winterfell back
from the Boltons. He protests that he is done with fighting but she
insists that she will take it back by herself if she has to.
Outside, Davos asks
Melisandre if she plans to stay at Castle Black. Melisandre tells him
that she will do as Jon Snow commands her to but lowered her eyes in
shame when he presses her to tell him what happened to Shireen and
Stannis. Brienne interupts them and surprises them with her
revelation of justly killing Stannis herself.
Silently eating with
Sansa, Jon and Edd, Tormund is unable to take his eyes off Brienne
who looks at him with surprise at such attention. A letter suddenly
arrives from Ramsay Bolton, taunting Jon with Rickon’s imprisonment
in Winterfell, threats of raping Sansa and acts of unspeakable
violence against Jon himself.
Ramsay’s final taunt is declaring
himself as Lord of Winterfell and Sansa realising that Roose Bolton
is dead, again urges Jon to take up arms and reclaim the North with
an army of Wildings behind him.
In the Vale,
Littlefinger arrives with a gift for Robin Arryn and enraged by the
sudden mention of his betraying Sansa Stark, Robin’s guardian Lord
Royce protests his innocence. Looking to his ward to defend his
innocence, Royce is surprised to find that Robin sides with
Littlefinger and after mention of the Moon Door, proclaims his
faithfulness to House Arryn.
Littlefinger
manipulates Robin into forgiving Lord Royce and pledging to help
Sansa Stark escape Ramsay’s clutches.
Back in Kings
Landing, the High Sparrow has Margaery Tyrell brought to him and
tells her of his own humble origins: He was a cobbler who worked for
nothing but luxury and then walked away when he realized that all the
finery he had achieved meant nothing to him.
Margaery then shares
what she has learned of the Seven Pointed Star and impressed by her
knowledge, the High Sparrow allows her to finally visit her brother
Loras.
To her surprise and
horror, her brother is almost broken in spirit and Margaery urges him
to stay strong but a defeated Loras just tells her to let them win.
At the Red Keep,
Cersei Lannister is surprised to find Maester Pycelle attempting to
mentor her son and King, Tommen Baratheon. Cersei angrily dismisses
Pycelle from her sight and is surprised to learn that her son has
been secretly meeting with the High Sparrow.
Tommen is reluctant
to share what he has learned with his Mother but she urges him,
telling him that he can always trust her.
Jaime Lannister and
Cersei interupt the Small Council and reveal that a Walk of Shame has
been planned for Margaery, immediately bringing Olenna Redwyne over
to their side and Kevan Lannister, Hand of the King, finally agreeing
to hear them out.
Jaime suggests that
the Tyrell forces take Margaery back into royal custody while the
Royal forces stand aside and do not interfere.
Finding Kevan
wavering in her favour, Cersei mentions that this might be the only
way to save his son Lancel and he points out that these actions could
bring about civil war. A determined Olenna acknowledges that civil
war is a price worth paying.
Theon Greyjoy
travels home to the Iron Islands and enters Pyke’s hall, unable to
look his sister Yara Greyjoy in the eye after his previous betrayal.
Demanding that he
look at her, Yara soundly berates her brother for the men she lost
trying to save him accuses him of coming home only to claim the Salt
Throne after Balon’s death. Theon tells her that he only just heard
the news of their fathers death and that she alone should rule the
Iron Islands, with his help.
At Winterfell,
Ramsay Bolton is in his private chambers as Osha is brought in and
then left alone with him. Her lack of fear of him gains his interest
and claiming no affection for Rickon, Osha attempts to seduce Ramsay.
During, Osha spots a
pairing knife and attempts to grab for it, realising too late that
Theon had told Ramsay everything about her helping the Stark boys to
escape but she unfortunately isn’t fast enough.
Ramsay shoves a
dagger into her neck and resumes a snack as Osha bleeds out onto the
floor at his feet.
In Meereen, Tyrion
invites three envoys who serve the Masters to broker a deal: The
Masters will have seven years to abolish slavery and be more then
well compensated for their losses. To Missandei’s unhidden
disapproval Tyrion leaves the men to think over the deal with whores
to pleasure them into submission.
A group of angry
freedmen confront Tyrion angry that their enemies have freely entered
the city, causing Missandei and Grey Worm to somewhat unwillingly
defend his actions. Afterwards both warn him that the Masters can
never, ever, be trusted.
On a cliff,
overlooking Vaes Dothrak, a jealous Daario Naharis teases Jorah
Mormont about his having bedded Daenerys Targaryen on multiple
occasions and wearing himself out in the process, telling Jorah he
would not have the stamina for her.
Jorah does not rise
to the baiting and removes his weapons to follow the rules of Vaes
Dothrak, Daario follows suit but then notices Jorah’s greyscale,
opting to hide his weapons himself instead.
At night, Jorah and
Daario sneak into the city but are soon spotted by a few Dothraki
men. Daario fights and snaps the next of one, while Jorah is knocked
down and beaten by the other. Daario stabs the other Dothraki from
behind with a hidden dagger and then crushes his head with a rock to
avoid suspicion.
Inside the temple of
the Dosh Khaleen, Daenerys Targaryen is introduced to the other wives
of dead Khals. As they share what happened to them and knowledge of
the gathered Khal’s deciding her fate, Dany makes an excuse to go
outside, taking a young priestess with her.
Suddenly, Daario
emerges from the shadows and grabs the priestess, holding a dagger to
her throat but Dany commands him not to kill her. The ever loyal
Jorah is also present and Dany says that she needs both his and
Daario’s help.
The next evening,
Daenerys faces the Khals alone. They berate and attempt to humiliate
her with threats but she bravely stands up to them, berating them
right back. Suddenly, she claims that she will be a better leader
then all the assembled leaders before and an enraged Khal Moro
threatens her with endless rape and finally death.
Daenerys does not
react at all to these threats, calmly pushes over lit brazier after
lit brazier, settling the temple ablaze and watches as the terrified
Khals all burn to death in the flames.
Finally emerging
from the raging flames triumphant, naked and unburnt, Daenerys, now
leader of the most massive Dothraki army ever assembled, looks on as
every khalasar, Dosh Khaleen, an astonished Daario and adoring Jorah
all bow before their new leader.
The Unburnt
Khaleesi.
Review:
Another
fantastic episode! Apart from more Meereen related unnecessary
awkwardness. Oh my… This is certainly setting up even more epic
things to come!
Keep
watching!
Also
#TARTHBANE! And that hug… Aww…
Fake Westeros
Thoughts:
TARTHBANE.
The hug that was promised.
I
basically imploded over Tarthbane.
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