Welcome back Faith Militants, to your weekly review of Game of Thrones. The episode I shall be recapping is episode 10 of season 6 — ‘The Winds of Winter.’ This episode is actually the longest in GoT‘s history, with a run time of 69 minutes, and a whole dragon’s worth of deaths.
King’s Landing
Cersei, Tommen, the High Sparrow, Margaery, and Pycelle all dress for the trial ahead, mirroring preparation for battle. Cersei in particular is dressing in attire unusual for her, a black leather dress with a chain from shoulder to shoulder. Cersei is going to war. Tommen finishes getting ready and prepares to leave his chambers, but the Mountain does not let him through the door. The trial in Baelor’s Sept commences for Loras Tyrell, and he confesses he is guilty of sleeping with Renly Baratheon, amongst other offences.
His atonement is to join the Faith Militant, which he does, and his forehead is cut into the Seven-Pointed Star. Margaery and Mace Tyrell both watch on, unable to do anything without angering the Faith. Next begins Cersei’s trial, but she is nowhere to be found. A child tells Pycelle (Julian Glover) that the King wants to meet with him, but instead it turns out to be a trick of Qyburn’s. Before Pycelle can leave Qyburn’s dungeon, children with knives shank him to death. Margaery tells the High Sparrow that both Cersei and Tommen aren’t there, which means something bad is going to happen, but the High Sparrow disregards her warning, refusing to let anyone leave. Instead, he tells Lancel to get Cersei from the Red Keep where she resides. Lancel spots a child watching him from the steps outside Baelor’s Sept, and starts following him. The child leads him, always looking back to make sure Lancel is following. In a dimly lit room the child stabs Lancel from behind and leaves him lying on the ground. Lancel processes the room from his position on the ground: rows upon rows of barreled wildfire lines the shelves, glowing green they sit near something glowing in the distance. Lancel comes closer and realises that candles are burning in a puddle of wildfire on the floor, which touches barrels nearby. He crawls as fast as he can with his wound, but doesn’t make it in time to stop a candle melting to its end. The wildfire ignites and Baelor’s Sept is blown up.
Countless people die, including all of the Faith Militant, the High Sparrow (Jonathan Pryce), Margaery (Natallie Dormer), Loras (Finn Jones), Mace (Roger-Ashton Griffiths) and Lancel (Eugene Simon). Cersei watches on with pride from the Red Keep, sipping wine in victory. In a dungeon, Cersei has Septa Unella strapped to a table and tells her that she will kill her slowly every single day, for the rest of her life. The Mountain enters and begins torturing Septa Unella as Cersei walks out saying, “Shame. Shame. Shame.” Meanwhile, Tommen (Dean-Charles Chapman) sees the aftermath of the Sept of Baelor from his window; he knows Margaery is dead. Setting down his crown on a table, he steps onto the window ledge and jumps to his death. (Looks like Maggy the Frog’s prophecy was correct.) Qyburn and Cersei examine Tommen’s body, she orders it burned and the ashes buried where Baelor’s Sept once stood. Jaimie arrives back at King’s Landing with the Lannister army, shocked to see King’s Landing in such a disaster. He makes it inside the Throne Room just in time to watch as the new-and-improved Cersei is crowned Queen of Westeros by Qyburn.
The Twins
Walder Frey is celebrating the recapture of Riverrun by having a feast, while Edmure Tully remains locked in the dungeon. A gorgeous serving girl is seen multiple times throughout the course of the evening, a harmless flirt. Later on in the evening, Walder is alone eating dinner and repeatedly asks the gorgeous serving girl where his sons are. She replies that they’re here, right there in fact, pointing out his food. After examining his food, Walder realises that they are in fact made of humans. The serving girl peels off her mask, and tells Walder that she is Arya Stark. She then slits his throat which gushes blood. Another name crossed off her list.
Dorne
Lady Olenna Tyrell is meeting up with the Sand Snakes to discuss revenge. Her granddaughter, grandson, and son all died in the Wildfire explosion that Cersei set, she doesn’t care about survival anymore. Just vengeance. One of the Sand Snakes says there’s a way to do that. Varys walks out of a hiding spot inside and simply says, “Fire and blood.” (The words of House Targaryen.)
Meereen
Daenerys tells Daario that he will now be the leader of Meereen. Daario wants to go to Westeros with her, because he loves her, but she says she must marry a Lord. Daario says he doesn’t mind being her mistress, he doesn’t care for his pride, only her. She refuses, and tells him that she has left a list of her orders. After leaving the room she meets with Tyrion, naming him the Hand of the Queen, to which he gets a bit teary-eyed. With the Iron Fleet, the Tyrells, and the Sandsnakes to back her, Daenerys begins the voyage to Westeros. Her ships are uncountable, beautifully painted with dragons as the heads, as her three dragons fly overhead.
The Citadel
Sam arrives at Oldtown to finally become a maester. After trying to clear some confusion, he is finally allowed to enter the library till a maester is ready to deal with him. He enters the library, leaving Gilly and little Sam to fend for themselves in the lobby, and nearly collapses in awe of the vast collection of books.
Beyond the Wall
Uncle Benjen declares that he cannot stay with Meera and Bran any longer, because only the living can pass through the magic of the wall. He leaves them beside a Weirwood tree, in a forest on the outskirts of the wall. Bran finally continues the vision of his father at the Tower of Joy. Ned finds his sister Lyanna dying in a pool of her blood after giving birth . She begs Ned to protect her son, who is then handed to him by the wet-nurse. Ned looks down into the baby’s dark eye, which then change into the eyes of Jon Snow. Jon Targaryen, son of Prince Rhaegar and Lyanna Stark. Nephew of Daenerys.
Winterfell
Davos accuses Melisandre of burning Princess Shireen alive at the stake. Melisandre defends her actions, to which Davos declares he loved that little girl like a daughter. Jon tells Melisandre that she must ride south and never return or else she shall be hanged. A white raven arrives from the Citadel signalling that Winter has come. Sansa apologizes for not telling Jon about the Knights of the Vale, but Jon tells her that trusting each other is the most important thing right now. Later on, Sansa sits near the Weirwood, reminiscing about the easier life she lived as a girl, when Littlefinger interrupts. He tells Sansa his big dream is to be seated on the Iron Throne, with her by his side. She remarks that it’s a pretty picture, and leaves him.
Bannerman, Wildling leaders, and other Northern Houses gather in the feast hall with Sansa and Jon. Lady Mormont scolds three House Lords who question Jon’s judgement, after which they rally support to Jon. They call him, “King in the North,” and, “The White Wolf,” to which Jon smiles happily at.
Well that was quite the finale! Is Cersei sure she isn’t related to the Mad King? Jaimie killed his own King, so that the people of King’s Landing wouldn’t be burned alive, and Cersei just wiped his sacrifice out with one plan. Poor, poor Margaery. She would’ve been a lovely queen. Do you think Arya is going to kill everyone from her list before heading to Winterfell? What do you think creepy Petey is planning on doing to secure the Iron Throne and Sansa? Comment, share and like below, or tweet me @SohoDoll. And as always, “Winter has come.”
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