This Game of Thrones review contains spoilers.
Game of Thrones Season 6 Episode 1
And like that winter is over.
Is Jon Snow really dead?
Weiss have remained adamant that Jon Snow is dead.
Of course, the real question has never truly been whether Jon Snow is dead.
Rather, the more substantive query is will Jon Snowstaydead?
Seeing how few are willing to rally around Jon Snow is a strange mixture of pride and despair.
Quickly, Edd is dispatched to rally the wildlings to their cause.
Still, its better than waiting around to be killed.
Of course, Brutus loved Caesar like a father while Thorne loathed Jon Snow from day one.
And it is sadly, and easily, sways far too many brothers.
After all, Alliser and the other conspirators are allgood, honorablemen who will not deny their righteous action.
This door must not be opened until it is time for Ghost to rip throats.
And Ghost wont be ripping any throats until breath stirs once more within Jon Snows chest.
And honestly, does anybody really expect Jon Snow to stay dead?
It is also transparent that Melisandre will be the eponymous Red Woman to make it happen.
Still, the way the tension is slowly increased more than makes up for any such delays.
Consider alone the premieres startling revelation about Melisandre.
Her visions showed Jon Snow standing victorious on Winterfells battlements… a feat we might yet see.
But in this moment, she does not comprehend how she can reach that achievement.
One wonders if those extra years makes the murder of babes weigh heavier on her conscience?
And hopefully, this will occur next week!
In the meantime, the action happening in and around Winterfell is every bit as riveting.
I cannot say that his affection for a woman equally as wicked as he earns any real sympathy.
For however much Ramsay calls himself a Bolton, he will be ever only a Snow.
And the mean bastard knows this too.
This scene is chilling for several reasons.
Tis a thing of beauty when the knight of Tarth sliced even that one beggars throat.
But more importantly, Sansa is finally safe enough to begin fulfilling her destiny.
But not all of The Red Woman took place in the North.
Much farther to the south, there was a mixed bag of scenes.
Cersei has lost much.
I do not like Cersei.
I probably never will.
Not after all the evil she has inflicted, or let her son inflict, upon this world.
But as Tyrion once said, her love for her children is her one redeeming quality.
And no mother should have to bury two children (though Joffreys wake was a happy one!).
He showed similar understanding and patience for Cersei, and we all sawwhere that got her.
If she confesses to that knowledge, would it condemn Loras to certain death?
Somehow, I expect Loras days are numbered no matter what.
And it is for this very reason that I dont want Margaery to betray her brother.
Poor writing shortcuts are still poor.
Worse still were the scenes of the other two Sand Snakes murdering Dorans son, Tyrstane Martell.
Obviously, Cersei would answer blood with blood.
So, why have the Sand Snakes kill him?
Presumably, it is meant to make the Sand Snakes seem more dangerous after last years clunky misuse.
But nope, we are given a scene that makes absolutely no sense.
Better luck with all of that next week… And amongst those qualities were the developments in Essos.
I suppose it matters not, for he is really no one.
Similar queries about status and manipulation arise in Daenerys scenes as well.
Still, it is an acutely demoralizing change of fortunes.
But this time it gets her only so far.
But theyre only half-right since she simply wont be sailing from Meereen.
Overall, it was a tremendous hour of television that broke the norm forGame of Thrones.
I even feel comfortable in calling Theon by his name again!
It really is a near flawless episode.
But Dorne… they really need to do something about Dorne.
Or better yet, nothing at all.
Cersei and Jaime have their hands full right now with the Sparrows and Tyrells.
Yet, as the series goes forward, I imagine Cerseis bloodlust will make war with the south inevitable.
Rating:
4 out of 5
