Ep 608 “No One”
Speaking of Arya, it seems Lady Crane has taken her leverage
over the head troupe guy and taken Arya’s advice. Her last monologue is full of
emotions leaving the crowd completely engaged and some were even crying. Lady
Crane goes backstage to relax after her final scene, but hears some movement in
a closet. She checks it out and finds Arya wounded and bleeding. She stitches
Arya up while answering the question of what happened to the younger actress that
tried to have her killed. The girl won’t be getting another acting jobs anytime
soon after what Lady Crane did to her face. (Ooh, a dark side. I like it.) She
invites Arya to join the troupe and take over the roll of Sansa (lol) and travel
to Pentos with them when they leave. Arya knows she won’t be safe until the
Waif is dead and being an actress is not her destiny so she politely declines.
She says she’s seen the west and the east so now she’d like to see the edge of
the world. Lady Crane offers her milk of the poppy, but Arya is hesitant to
drink it until Lady Crane insists she needs her rest in order to heal. Aww,
she’s like Arya’s new mom. I love it! Arya rests there for a few days and Lady
Crane grows very fond of her, even caressing Arya’s face while she sleeps. Who
would’ve thought that a woman, who play’s the role of Cersei, would end up being
a mother figure for Arya? However,
tragedy strikes because you know none of the Starks can be happy. The Waif
disguises herself as a young man and kills Lady Crane while Arya is asleep.
Arya wakes up when she hears the tussle and the Waif tells her it’s all her
fault. The Many Faced God was given a name. Now he has taken it, but there is
another. The Waif chases her through Braavos. (She really hates Arya and/or has
some major anger issues.) They wreak havoc throughout the city and Arya leaves
a trail of blood that leads to her little hidey-hole. When the Waif enters she
asks Arya if she wants to die on her knees or on her feet. Arya grabs Needle
and slices the flame off the candle leaving them in the dark. The next thing we
see is Jaqen following a trail of blood through the House of Black and White
that leads to the hall of faces. It’s not Arya’s face on the wall though. It is
the Waif’s. She got what was coming to her. Arya tells Jaqen, “I am Arya Stark
of Winterfell and I’m going home.” Jaqen smiles and lets her leave.
The Hound comes upon some of the men who killed his
“peaceful peeps.” They are joking and rough housing around a campfire until he
comes up and unleashes his mad axing skills on them. He asks the last guy where
the man with the yellow cloak is, but he doesn’t know. The Hound tells the man,
“You’re shit at dying you know that?” and continues his search, which leads him
to Beric Dondarrion and Thoros of Myr. If you think back to season two you’ll
remember these two men as the leaders of the rag tag Brotherhood Without
Banners. They are hanging three men who were involved in slaughtering a
peaceful settlement. The Hound tells them those were his people so he should
have the right to kill the men. They bargain until Dondarrion tells him he can
have two of the captives, but they must be hanged, no slicing them with his ax.
The Hound calls them a “bunch of nancies”, but he helps them hang two of the
men. He chills with the Brotherhood afterward and they ask him to join. Thoros
and Dondarrion say he can help more than he’s harmed and it’s not too late for
him. So, will the Hound join the Brotherhood Without Banners? That would be
interesting. He should totally be their mascot!
Qyeburn warns Cersei that seven members of the Faith
Militant have been permitted into the Red Keep and are there for her. She goes
out to meet them with her personal bodyguard, the Mountain. They are armed and
demand that Cersei follow them to the Sept of Baelor per the High Septon (aka
High Sparrow’s) orders. Cersei isn’t leaving the security of the Red Keep
though. Her cousin Lancel (also her once lover and conspirator in killing King
Robert) is at the head of the group. The Mountain shields her, but they command
him to step aside or there will be violence. (Lol, really? Lancel of all people
should know what the Mountain could do.) Cersei says she chooses violence and
the Mountain picks up one of the men and chokes him to death. Then he rips his
face off starting with his jaw. The rest of them back away at that point. (Probably
a good idea.) Cersei tells them the High Septon is always welcome at the Red
Keep, but she will not go to the sept. She finds out there is to be a royal
announcement and goes to the throne room. She wants to be by Tommen’s side, but
Ser Kevan won’t allow it. He tells her to go stand with all the other highborn
ladies in the gallery where she belongs. Tommen arrives and announces that a
date has been set for Cersei and Loras’s trials. Oh, and by the way, he also
outlaws trial by combat and Cersei was counting on her champion, the Mountain
to win her innocence. (Damn, I can’t believe he did that to his own mother! He
kind of made me feel sorry for her.) Cersei and Loras will both be tried by
seven septons, which means they are fucked! Tommen leaves the throne room
without so much as a glance in his mother’s direction. As Cersei takes in the
news, Qyeburn slides up to her ear and tells Cersei there may be some truth to
a rumor they were talking about at some point. (We didn’t see the conversation
they are referring to.) Then the show cuts to Tyrion so I hope it doesn’t have
anything to do with him!
Brienne and Pod arrive at Riverrun and Brienne notices Jaime
among the Lannister army. Riders come to meet them and she asks them to inform
Jaime she is there and that she has his sword. While Jaime and Brienne are in
the tent catching up someone sneaks up on Pod and tries to choke him. It is
just Bronn joking around. Bronn asks Pod if he thinks Jaime and Brienne are
fucking in the tent and he says he would fuck her. Pod tells him Brienne is
teaching him how to fight. Jaime is both surprised and impressed that Brienne
actually found Sansa. He says he is proud of her, but now Cersei wants Sansa
dead because of Joffrey’s murder, so he’s stuck in the middle. (Get some balls
Jaime! Man I’m wanting some book Jaime in the show.) Brienne informs Jaime of
Sansa’s plans to march on Winterfell and that she needs the Tully army to do
it. It’s clear to Brienne that Jaime has fallen back to his old ways. She says
there is honor in him and he can take Riverrun without bloodshed. Her plan is
to persuade the Blackfish come back with her to help Sansa. Then Jaime can go
back to Kings Landing. Jaime asks if she has ever met the Blackfish because he
is more stubborn than she is. She wants Jaime’s word that if the Blackfish
surrenders they can go north so he gives her until nightfall to get the job
done. She tries to return Oathkeeper since she has achieved the purpose it was
given to her for, but he says the sword will always be hers. She also brings up
a potential problem. If Jaime does end up fighting the Tully’s, Brienne will be
compelled to fight for Sansa’s family. Which means she and Jaime will be on opposite
sides.He says “Let’s hope it doesn’t come to that.” When Brienne meets with the
Blackfish he will not surrender. He will not abandon his family’s seat to the
Lannisters. She tells him everything Jaime did to help Brienne find Sansa and
also says she will protect Sansa until the day she dies. This must move the
Blackfish in some way because he finally reads the letter Brienne carried from
Sansa. As he reads it, he says Sansa is exactly like her mother, but he doesn’t
have enough men to help her take Winterfell back and refuses her plea. It’s
still not enough motive for him to surrender Riverrun to his enemies. Brienne
asks Pod to find the maester so she can send a raven to Sansa letting her know
she failed.
Jaime has a plan B in mind that hinges on Lord Edmure.
Remember that Lord Edmure is Catelyn’s brother and technically he is the lord
of Riverrun since their father, Hoster Tully died in season two or three. Jaime
apologizes for the Frey’s treatment of him. Edmure says his uncle (the
Blackfish) will never surrender the castle, so Jaime tries a new tactic. He
asks Edmure about his newborn son. The one he conceived with his new wife on
the night of the Red Wedding. Edmure hasn’t even met his own son nor has he
seen his wife since that night. Jaime promises the child will be well taken
care of, including education and arms training, at Casterly Rock. Edmure thinks
Jaime believes himself to be a good man, but he massacred Edmure’s family, kept
him prisoner and stolen his lands. Jaime reminds him that their houses are at
war because Edmure’s family rebelled with Robb Stark against the crown. (Well
Jaime, your little sociopathic son, Joffrey, chopped off Ned Stark’s head, what
did you expect Robb Stark to do?) Edmure says Jaime is an evil man and wonders
how he lives with himself because you have to believe you’re decent in order to
sleep at night. “How do you tell yourself that you’re decent after everything
you’ve done?” Jaime says he admired Edmure’s sister Catelyn. She reminded him
of Cersei in her love for her children. Edmure tells him not to talk about
Catelyn. Jaime repeats a line he said in the very first episode of Game of
Thrones, “The things we do for love.” He loves Cersei no matter who sneers at
it and to get back to her he has to take Riverrun. So he will launch Edmure’s
son into Riverrun with a catapult if that’s what it takes. Cersei is the only
thing that matters to him and he will do whatever it takes to get back to her. So,
Edmure decides to enter Riverrun and have the men stand down. The Blackfish is
furious that the men let him in because it’s obviously a trap. They let Lord
Edmure in and lay down their arms. The Blackfish gets Brienne and Pod into a
small boat so they can get out before the Lannisters get to them. Brienne urges
the Blackfish to go with them, but he says he will die fighting for his home
because he hasn’t had a good sword fight in years. He says Brienne will serve
Sansa better than he ever could. Tommen’s banners are hung from the castle.
Jaime asks where the Blackfish is and the men tell him he died fighting. Jaime
sees a boat going down the river and sees Brienne and Pod. He waves to Brienne
and she waves back. He’s a man torn in half. Until Cersei is gone he will not
let go. It doesn’t matter how many men she sleeps with or what stupid plan
blows up in her face.
Word is spreading in Mereen of how Dany and her advisors
have saved the city and now there is peace. Dany and her dragons are a gift
from the Lord of Light. Tyrion is walking Varys to the gates because Varys will
be going on a secret mission to Westeros. Tyrion says he will miss Varys. (Aww,
I think he will just miss having someone smart to talk too. More awkward
conversations with Grey Worm and Missandei in his future.) Now that he is stuck
with them, Tyrion tries to persuade Grey Worm and Missandei to have a drink
with him. They toast to Dany. Tyrion goes on about how he wants a vinyard some
day when things settle down and his wine will be called “the Imp’s Delight.”
(On shelves June 30th.) He will only allow his close friends to
drink it though. He asks them to tell a joke and he finally gets them to open
up and speak a little. Just as they are having some fun, bells start ringing.
When they go outside to see what is going on there are ships in the harbor. It’s
not Theon and Asha though it’s the slave masters. They’ve come to wage war. So
much for peace! There are fireballs being catapulted at the pyramid as well as
the city. They run back inside and Tyrion admits he made a mistake trying to
make peace with the masters. He thinks they should go out and fight them, but
Grey Worm says their best chance is to defend the pyramid so that is what they
must do. There is noise on the top of the pyramid and the Unsullied prepare for
an attack, but when the doors open they kneel. Dany is back thanks to Drogon’s
speedy flying. Let’s hope the Dothraki aren’t far behind. And scene…
It seems like we’re gearing up for a few big battles on next
week’s episode. They always seem to save the big battles for the penultimate episodes.
We got so much action early in the season and these past few episodes have been
laying the groundwork making them seem less active in comparison. I’ll take
every episode I can get though. So, Jon and Sansa against Ramsay Bolton and
Dany and at least one rideable dragon, not to mention 100,000 Dothraki and
10,000 Unsullied and her freedmen. Maybe the masters should turn their ships
around…
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