Summary: Bran is with the Three-Eyed Raven and is learning to visit the past with his powers. Tommen prevents Cersei from attending Myrcella's funeral as the sparrows would take her into custody again. Jaime confronts the High Sparrow who threatens him with his power. Ramsay kills Roose, his wife and his son to take control over Winterfell. Tyrion tames Dany's dragons to ensure that they can be used as assets. Sansa and Brienne head to Castle Black while Theon chooses to go home. Euron Greyjoy returns to Pyke and kills Balon. The wildlings come to Davos' aid. Alliser is thrown in a cell. Davos has Melisandre attempt to bring Jon back to life. Jon wakes up.
The Good: It was great to see Bran again after he was absent for an entire season. His new ability to visit and interact with the past is a really exciting development and opens up the story in a big way. I expect that we can get some big reveals about the past through Bran and I can't wait to see what the story has in store for us. Tyrion talking to the dragons was a fantastic scene. Tyrion's character has always been a ton of fun, and his tongue is his strongest aspect. To have him play off of this aspect by speaking with dragons was creative, tense and exciting in a way that Tyrion's story hasn't been in a while. I am looking forward to seeing Tyrion attempt to repair Meereen, and I hope that it can be somewhat similar in quality to Tyrion's time as Hand of the King in season 2. I am intrigued by the new Greyjoy storyline. I like that we finally caught back up with Balon who finally died (the leeches took their sweet time didn't they), and his death has been used to introduce a new character. Euron is interesting and I suspect that he will become a major player in the story. It's about time that the Greyjoys become a central point in the story once again. Jon waking up was a good development and a huge moment. I really hope that his relationships with everyone are radically changed now that he has come back to life and I'm excited to see what this will lead to. Furthermore, I am looking forward to seeing Melisandre's reaction to realizing that she actually succeeded in bringing Jon back to life. This could be a huge moment for her character as well, and I'm quickly becoming more invested in her. There were a few other moments I really liked. The arrest of Ser Alliser was a great moment, and I like the development of the wildlings taking control over the Night's Watch, highlighting that Alliser didn't make a smart move by killing Jon but rather an idiotic and prideful move. I really liked that one guy who was bragging about what happened with Cersei. Of course some people would make stupidly fake rumours about what happened and I thought it was a lovely bit of detail. Having The Mountain kill him was pretty satisfying too. Lastly, I appreciated Brienne telling Sansa about Arya. While Sansa hasn't really cared for Arya in any of her scenes, it's a good way to demonstrate how much she has grown by having her reflect about Arya as much as she does. The Bad: There were some big problems in this episode which was disappointing. The sparrows remain too murky to pose a real threat. We have no idea about their numbers, who has sided with them and how much control they have over the city. This makes the High Sparrows threat to Jaime lack impact because we aren't sure how much power these people actually have. If I can't figure out how much of a threat they pose, the drama created from their story is lessened. I did not like Ramsay killing Roose at all. Roose orchestrated the red wedding, yet this is how he dies? It's very unsatisfying to see him die such a lame death with no impact. I suppose it's sort of fitting that he died similar to how he killed Robb, but to have Ramsay do it was just ridiculous. Furthermore, I hate that his death had the sole purpose of making Ramsay even more despicable. We already hate the guy, so this was completely unnecessary. I'm annoyed that Ramsay has been prioritized over the more interesting Roose. Then we had to sit through Ramsay killing Roose's wife and kid. This show has lost all of the restraint that it used to have. We didn't need to see this scene for any reason. Additionally, having Roose get killed in a similar way to Balon in the same episode was a bad idea. Theon's redemption wasn't as good as it should have been which is disappointing. I wish he was exhibiting more trauma from his time as Reek, but instead he is behaving like a clichéd hero which is not who Theon was. The show has always been good at portraying gray characters and Theon was always one of the best. As such, it's disappointing to see his character go in such a bland, stereotypical direction. There were some issues with the story at Castle Black. The main one is the predictability of Jon's return. It took away any surprise from the moment and made every scene in this episode feel like it was just building up for Jon's return, preventing the moments from standing on their own. Another issue is the entirety of Davos' character who is behaving in quizzically. As I said in my review of "Mother's Mercy", Davos should be much more affected by the loss of his entire cause, yet for some reason he hasn't even addressed it. Apparently he is just loyal to Jon now and has completely abandoned his attachment to Stannis. I can hardly buy his desperation to get Melisandre to bring Jon back to life, and I feel like he should have been more worried about what happened to Stannis instead of focusing on saving Jon. The Unknown: What happened to Hodor? Why is he simple? It feels like there is an actual story behind his character which is very interesting. It isn't a story I was expecting, but if there is a reason behind it, I'm curious to learn what it was. What else will Bran find in the past? Surely there is a reason he has been given this power, and there will be some important things for him to discover. What is Euron up to? Is he trying to become the Salt King? What are his goals? Will he make the Greyjoys relevant again? Will he raid The North like Balon did? How will everyone treat Jon when he makes his revival known? What will Melisandre's reaction be? How will her powers be affected by this? Best Moment: Tyrion talking to the dragons. Even as this show stumbles, I still love Tyrion. Character of the Episode: Tyrion. Conclusion: This was a decent episode with some big developments but a consistent amount of flaws in its stories. Like in the last episode, the good and the bad cancelled out and I was left feeling neutral towards the episode. But the story is picking up, so let's hope that there can be better stuff in the later episodes this season. Score: 60
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