Holding on for dear life, he soars along with Daenerys through the wintry wasteland, until they arrive at a beautiful waterfall grotto and, uh, make out. In the episode’s most spectacular and romantic sequence, Jon - er, Aegon - goes for a dragonride with his queen for the very first time. (Almost.) She certainly won’t be thrilled to learn that her new bedwarmer let his niece Yara escape from imprisonment aboard his flagship, courtesy of a daring rescue by her traumatized but slowly healing brother Theon. It gets to the point that when Euron Greyjoy, the swaggering nihilist commander of Cersei’s fleet, finally convinces her to fuck him, you’re almost worried for him. But hiring their mutual bestie Bronn to do the deed? Not even actor Jerome Flynn’s deadpan panic about catching a fatal STD from one of the women he’s having sex with can lighten the mood. It’s not like anyone would expect her to forgive her brothers Tyrion and Jaime for turning on her assassination was always going to be on her agenda. Her Grace’s heart remains as dark as her taste in clothing, too. Her Queensguard have gone from wearing white cloaks to black, in emulation of the monstrous Ser Gregor Clegane. If it weren’t for that, the most uncomfortable encounter would be the one between the Khaleesi’s trusted advisors Missandei and Grey Worm and, well, the people of Winterfell, who view these darker-skinned strangers with distrust and disgust.ĭown in King’s Landing … well, it should probably be renamed Queen’s Landing, because Cersei has remade the place in her own awful image. Dany also meets Sam she thanks him for saving the life of her old friend Jorah Mormont, then admits to taking the lives of his father and brother when they refused to bend the knee. Foremost among these are Sansa and Daenerys, whom the suspicious Lady of Winterfell greets with a cold courtesy that would make Cersei Lannister proud. A new supergroup is forming, with characters who’ve never met before finally standing face to face. (In all fairness, the Kingslayer feels pretty bad about it.)īut it’s not just a getting-the-band-back-together affair. And the episode ends with the most awkward reunion of all: Bran and the repentant rogue knight Jaime Lannister, the guy who threw him out a window way back in the pilot. “Had its moments,” she replies.) Arya also meets up with the Hound, who she left for dead, and Gendry, her first crush she handles both encounters a lot more smoothly this time around. It’s the night’s most deeply satisfying moment - even if it comes at the cost of learning that his beloved “father” Ned Stark was really his uncle, his long-lost siblings are his cousins … and, er, his girlfriend Daenerys is his aunt.Įlsewhere, Tyrion Lannister reunites with his ex-wife Sansa Stark for the first time since the late King Joffrey’s wedding. He returned with the revelation that Jon is, in fact, King Aegon Targaryen, true ruler of Westeros. Then there’s his best friend Samwell Tarly, whom Snow sent off to become a maester. Oh, my sweet summer child.) He’s also thrilled to see his brother Bran, who was comatose when he left Winterfell and is now some kind of telepathic higher being. Jon sees his sister Arya for the first time since he gave her her sword at the start of Season One. What follows is like a combination family and high-school reunion.
GROWING UP GAME OF THRONES ROLLING STONE PLUS
We begin with the return of Jon Snow to Winterfell, accompanied for the first time by his new queen Daenerys Targaryen - plus her entourage of advisors, super-soldiers and two enormous dragons.
0 kommentar(er)
