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| Dany, The Foreign Invader |
The Northern fool heads all the way to Dragon Stone to see the Foreign Invader. We've waited for this scene a long time and it didn't disappoint. Their conversation is filled with points and counterpoints with both making solid points to prove their case as Jon tries to persuade her to leave her fight with Cersei and fight the Night Walkers with him and Dany demands an oath of fealty from the Bastard of Winterfell.
Euron GreyJoy delivers on his promise to return with a gift and delivers Ellaria, her daughter and Yara Grejoy and Cersei makes a cryptic promise to marry him but we know that's never happening.
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| Cersei Lannister, Queen of the 7 Kingdoms |
Cersei reaffirms her position as The Queen Mother of Evil as she carries out the perfect revenge on Ellaria for murdering Myrcella, making her watch her daughter go through a very slow and painful death that might have felt a bit "above and beyond," but this was all still within her right as a wronged, grieving mother.
Just when we thought we've had enough of the Lannister incest freak show, they decide to do the nasty and this time they aren't hiding it, confirming all the town gossip, "I am the Queen of the 7 kingdoms, I shall do as I please" she says
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| Lord of the North, Sansa Stark |
Sansa for the first time ever is doing a good job of leading as Lord of the North in Jon's stead but all that "Lord swagger" crumbles as Bran arrives Winterfell and she tears up. We can't wait for Arya to arrive, that's if she didn't turn around after meeting Nymeria.
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| Sam locking arms with Ser Jorah. |
Back at the Citadel, Sam Tarly's little experiment with Ser Jorah pays off and the Knight is back to full health and should be swinging his sword in Dany's ranks soon.
Like last week's episode, "The Queen's Justice" ended with a big battle, but one of a different sort. Sure, it all didn't turn out well for Dany's forces in the end, but the entire sequence felt different. Here, as the Unsullied army stormed Casterly Rock, Tyrion's voice led us through the plan and we finally got to learn about Tyrion's time as the lowly sewer master of the Rock.
It was all still a big diversion though, and a way for Cersei, who's pretty damn good at this strategy shit, to knock out Dany's other important ally - the Tyrells. So while we were all excited to finally see Casterly Rock this week, the show magnificently tricked us by also showing us, for the first time, Highgarden, and that was the actual important war tactic. Tyrion was duped (again) and we were duped. It was a superb double-duping.
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| Jaime Lannister and Olenna Tyrell before her death |
The final scene of the episode, between Jaime and Olenna. It was awesome to see him show mercy to Olenna by allowing her to die painlessly but then it was also great to see her spit that charity back in his face when she told him that she was one of the masterminds behind Joffrey's agonizing death. We all knew that she was behind Joffrey's choking, but Jaime and Cersei didn't. I don't know where Jaime fell on the verdict side of things, but we all know Cersei blamed Tyrion and Sansa.
Danaerys Stormborn seems to be losing this war having lost two battles and three allies. Will she unleash her dragons? What secret weapon does Cersei have for the dragons? Will Jaime tell Cersei about Olenna's confession? Is Arya walking around in King's Landing in another face?
4 more episodes! It's a game of thrones, you lose you die.
