Summary: Bran and Meera are saved by an undead Benjen in their escape. Sam takes Gilly to his family's home. He tries to keep Gilly's wildling heritage a secret but it gets out. His father tells him to leave and that he will never be allowed back. Sam prepares to leave and decides to take Gilly with him at the last moment. Arya follows through with assassinating Lady Crane but stops at the last second. Arya escapes and tries to leave. The Waif reports this to Jaqen who is disappointed. Jaime and Mace confront the High Sparrow to stop him from going through with Margaery's walk of atonement. However, the High Sparrow reveals he never intended to since Margaery converted Tommen to the sparrows' side. Jaime is relieved of his position in the Kingsguard and sent to besiege Riverrun. Drogon arrives at Dany's location, completely winning the loyalty and support of the Dothraki.
The Good: It was nice to see Sam's family. The scenes were good for the most part and I was pleased that Randyll Tarly lived up to being the monster that Sam said he was. The conclusion of the storyline was pretty great as Sam continues to showcase his newfound courage by escaping with Gilly and taking the family sword along with him in hilarious fashion. I really enjoyed the developments in King's Landing. The reveal that Tommen had joined forces with the sparrows was a legitimate surprise to me and I thought it was a terrific twist. Margaery is extremely charming and opportunistic, and she saw an opportunity to gain even more control. After some well-timed moves she has gained total control over Tommen and the sparrows, while also being beloved by the people. She has made the best out of a bad situation and positioned herself to be more unstoppable than ever. It was a perfect example of the political scheming that made me fall in love with this show to begin with. I'm really excited to see how the sparrows will be stopped since they have gained an insane amount of power. Arya's storyline was really good and it appears that her Faceless Man training has ended. Arya tried to swallow her emotions and kill Lady Crane, but she failed. She saved Lady Crane but it appears that she may pay the price for this. Even though she has escaped, Jaqen has sent the Waif against her, and with her face-changing abilities, you get the sense that Arya will never be safe no matter where she goes. This should lead to a really exciting and tense cat and mouse game to span out the rest of the season. I was glad to see Walder Frey again. I had almost forgotten about his awfulness. He has sat in power for a long time, and is still abusing his children unsurprisingly. I do hope that the siege of Riverrun goes badly and that Blackfish marches straight to the Twins and executes him but that may be hoping for too much. I am intrigued by Edmure being brought back into the story. Would the Tully heir be enough for Blackfish to surrender to the Freys? Also, Jaime is heading to Riverrun, so this siege may end up being more important and climactic that it initially seemed. I am excited to see what happens. The final scene with Dany rallying the Dothraki was pretty good. It wasn't anything new, but it was good to know that the Dothraki know exactly what they are getting into by supporting Dany so they aren't just blindly following her. Dany's speech was very good and it made sense that the Dothraki would follow her after that. The Bad: I'm still annoyed that we haven't been given more information about the sparrows. Apparently they have the support of the people, which doesn't make sense to me at all. last we saw, they were ransacking the city in search of sinners, so how did the people start supporting them? We need to see developments like these occur instead of having the people be loyal to whomever when the plot demands it. We spent a bit too much time with Sam for my liking. His story didn't need to get so much focus, especially since we didn't learn anything important by seeing the Tarly household. It's a fine side story, but it shouldn't be given more time than every other storyline in the episode. It's awfully convenient that Dany says she needs 1000 ships an episode after Euron announces that he will make a thousand ships. The Unknown: What were Bran's visions while Meera dragged him away? I saw the Mad King in there which is interesting. What will Bran learn next in the past? Also, we finally saw Benjen! He was apparently made into an undead by the Children, and has resided beyond The Wall. What is his purpose? Does he fight the White Walkers? Where does he live? How does he survive? Cersei's trial is coming and Jaime has left. While Cersei has The Mountain and is confident, this show has trained me not to expect that to go well. I get the sense that something is going to happen to prevent Cersei from using The Mountain in her trial. But now the question is, what will happen? Best Moment: The reveal that the Faith have allied with the Crown was really well done and caught me off guard. Character of the Episode: Margaery. Conclusion: While this was a really quiet episode, the developments were good and there weren't any major issues with this. It was an enjoyable episode throughout. It was around this time that season 5 started to sharply decline in quality. This season has had very strong set-up, so hopefully we can have a stronger climax this time around. Score: 66
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