Another great episode in Game of Thrones.
After the insane twist with Joff’s death, we see the plot slowly unfolding before us.
At King’s Landing, Sansa becomes a fugitive with the help of Ser Dontos. She arrives at a hidden ship and we see Littlefinger (after a 6 episode absence) being a part of this conspiracy against the King. Baelish kills Dontos and is planning to take Sansa to safety (High Garden perhaps?)
Lord Tywin, now, is preparing young Prince Tommen for the throne. It’s quite possible for a marriage between him and Margaery to be prepared (since the Lannisters cannot break their alliance to the Tyrells).
Cersei is devastated, looking for revenge for her son’s murder. She is convinced that Tyrion is the culprit and asks Jamie to avenge him and kill Tyrion.
Jamie refuses and goes on to… rape Cersei. Now why that happened is beyond me. I do not compare the books to the Tv Series (EVER) so I guess the rape could be translated into Jamie’s effort to gain control despite being a broken cripple now (or not…).
Lord Tywin, confronts Prince Obreyn and asks him whether he had anything to do with his grandson’s assassination. Oberyn denies everything and in turn asks Tywin if he had ordered Elia’s and her children’s murder with Tywin following the Prince’s example. Now something interesting happens.
Tywin asks from Oberyn to be one of the judges for Tyrion’s trial and offers him a place in the King’s Council. He admits that he has too many enemies coming his way and that the Dornish were the only ones who could fight off the Dragons. This is very interesting as it places Oberyn not only in the main cast but in a position of power, and promises viewers that he will play a big part in both the King’s Landing plot but also the war in general.
One thing is for sure, Oberyn does not seem the kind of man who will become one of the Lannisters’ puppets.
We also get to see Tyrion in his sell, finding out from Pod that he has no witnesses for his defense. Even Pod was asked to testify against him and Tyrion before ordering him to bring Jamie, asks of Pod that he leaves before “they” kill him.
At Dragonstone, Stannis and Davos get the news of Joffrey’s death and believes that the Red Witch’s spell caused this.
Stannis blames Lord Davos for letting Gendry go, since he believes that with Gendry he could have made a move towards the the capital.
Ser Davos now trying to gather an army for his King (before Staniss’s claim is forgotten), decides to send a letter to the Iron Bank of Bravos to ask for a loan.
Will we get to see Bravos? That would be very exciting since this is the birth place of Arya’s sword master and the city of the Faceless Men.
Now to Arya, little is seen, with her and Clegane, (pretending to be a family) seeking refuge into a kind man’s house for the night and The Hound
despite Arya’s protest, robbing the man of his silver, since he believes that the man will be dead when Winter comes and dead men don’t need silver.
Across the Narrow Sea, Mhysa arrives at Meereen and is greeted by the city’s champion. The champion insults her and her army and challenges one of her men.
Dario Naharis offers to kill the challenger and succeeds in doing so (no matter how un-knightly his methods are). Daenerys gives a speech to the slaves of Meereen, telling them that in every city she has been to, the slaves were released and stand now free by her side. She tells them that their Masters are the true enemy and throws barrels on the city walls, quite the goose bump moment) full of slaves’ collars.
Well, it’s been since last season that my interest was at Daenerys’s story, but with that last scene with the collars, I have to admit, I can’t wait to see what happens at Meereen. Sure, Tyrion’s trial is coming up, he is left friendless and alone but I believe that hi might just find a friend in Jamie.
Many things to wait for and yet again, Game of Thrones’ “Breaker of Chains” was far from a disappointment.
Ta ta.
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