The door opens, an Unsullied looks out….and bends the knee to Daenerys, who steps into the pyramid without warning, after her long absence. The monotony of uncomfortable drinking games is broken up by the slavers from the other cities returning to claim “their property.” The masters launch an attack on the city, fire-bombing Meereen from their ships as Tyrion, Missandei and Grey Worm argue over strategy.ĭeciding to hunker down in the pyramid, they get ready to defend themselves at the sound of a threat close by. The trio tells some painfully bad jokes, and once again, we’re cheated out of the punchline of the honeycomb and the jackass story. Honestly, Tyrion is that sad guy who wants to drink all the time but doesn’t want to drink alone because he knows what it means, so he peer-pressures people. Varys is now apparently headed out of town on a mission, looking to acquire more friends in Westeros to further their cause.īack at the pyramid, Tyrion forces another awkward drinking game on Missandei and Grey Worm with marginally better luck this time. R’hllor’s charismatic preachers are doing their work as promised, selling Daenerys (and her advisors) to the crowds. The idea that Sandor can still do good in the world is revisited, and he’s once again left pondering his uncertain future. “The cold winds are rising,” Beric warns, and they need good men. Over dinner, the Brotherhood makes the Hound an offer- to join them. Mostly they haggle over the hanging men a bit and Sandor steals Lem’s boots after he finally executes the outlaws who killed Brother Ray. Despite the fact that Clegane fought with Dondarrion last time they met, this time they get on swimmingly. BWB leader Beric Dondarrion and his mad red priest Thoros of Myr are punishing them for violating the BWB’s ways. Later, Sandor does find Lem- and the rest of the Brotherhood without Banners, who have Lem and two other men strung up for their attack on the innocent villagers. They don’t die well, but Sandor is in fine old form. The outlaws who sacked the hippie commune last week- minus Lem Lemoncloak, who is occupied elsewhere at the moment- are relaxing and talking trash when the Hound and his axe finds them. Sandor Clegane is on a roaring rampage of revenge, and that’s bad news for a few men this week. With her plan of trial-by-combat out, and her own son doing nothing to help her, Cersei might be going kamikaze. “That rumor” Qyburn references, the one that his little birds have confirmed- my best guess is it’s wildfire, based on Bran’s visions. Qyburn steps up and confirms to Cersei vaguely that “that rumor” is true, after all. There is no way Cersei is going to fool seven septons who all bow to the High Sparrow. The combat ace in the hole she was counting on is useless. Instead, seven septons will determine their fate at trial. He sets the long-awaited date- and throws a nasty curveball in Cersei’s plan by forbidding all trials-by-combat. Her uncle Kevan shows up just long enough to be a misogynistic ass, and I’m wondering how long it will be before Uncle Kev gets the FrankenMountain neck adjustment.įinally, Tommen makes his pronouncement, regarding the trials of Cersei and Loras. In the Throne Room, Cersei finds there’s an announcement due shortly. One ripped-off head later, Cersei and Qyburn are smiling like proud parents, and Lancel knows they are deeply outmatched.
Threatened with the possibility of violence, Cersei accepts it furiously and sics FrankenMountain on the boyband. Lancel and his unpleasant boyband try to force Cersei to meet with the High Sparrow, and Cersei finally gets the opportunity to show off her new toy. The Faith Militant are running rampant in the Red Keep, thanks to Tommen’s alliance with the church. If you haven’t read the books yet, please check out our non-book-reader recap. The post and the comments section will contain spoilers from the novels! Because no, we are not all Unsullied now.
Spoiler Note: This post is for those who have read the A Song of Ice and Fire series. In tonight’s new episode of Game of Thrones, the siege of Riverrun came to an end, and no one was safe.