Game of Thrones Season 5 has another wedding and another horror for viewers.
Plus, Margaery receives a grim surprise from her mother-in-law.
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It is in this vein that Tyrion and Jorah journey towards Meereen and the fabled Mother of Dragons.
Even Tyrion keeps his mouth shut.
But now they are being sent to Meereen instead of Volantis.
Arya will never be a Faceless Man.
But that doesnt mean she cannot mimic them.
This isnt Hit-Girl; its something much sadder.
It certainly did tonight as Jaqen revealed to his new protege the Faceless Mens grisly secret.
They dont change their faces with magic.
No, they mask them with the dead flesh of those who have tasted from their waters.
It is a viscerally surreal sequence that even takes the hallowed out Arya Starks breath away.
Rather, it is time for the Girl Who Will Always Remember Her Name to prowl Braavos canals.
Yet, not all changes from this weeks episode are winners.
And the inside of that head echoes like a deafening thud.
Perhaps under the limits of time constraints, the Sand Snakes are the biggest anti-climax inGame of Throneshistory.
It all comes across as very rushed because that is exactly what it is.
But he saves his greatest condescension for the Queen Mother.
Martinsreal world inspirations for right hereand worse still she is alienating the best allied House she currently has.
He also fascinatingly reveals that Sansa Stark is in Winterfell, ready to wed Ramsay Bolton.
Why play the Baratheons and Boltons off each other when he can throw the Lannisters into the mix too?
Perhaps, he plans to marry a soon-to-be widowed Sansa Stark for himself?
I just know one thing: he isnt siding with Cersei any longer than that meeting lasted.
When the Queen of Thorns comes to town, you should give her your most undivided attention.
Instead, she finalizes her engineered trap to spring around Margaery Tyrell, bringing her dangerously close to ruin.
In fact, Margaery walked in upon them without ever batting an eye.
And with that, feels like Natalie Dormer will once more play Queen Anne Boleyns final days.
Meanwhile, the Tyrells are going to want blood.
Increasingly, it appears likely that Tommen will not be king long enough to dispose of his motherly regent.
Still, the biggest stunner of the night comes, again, with Sansa Starks marriage to Ramsay Bolton.
The build up to the wintry ceremony is actually quite lovely.
Barren and cold, it felt suitably stark (pardon the pun) in the godswood.
A quiet form of protest, mayhaps?
But alas, he is Reek, which rhymes with weak.
Sadly though, while demonstrably unforgivable, this rape was also nigh inescapable.
This is a repellant extension of that logic that has made George R.R.
Martins world both fascinating and nihilistic in its ugliness.
And again, he let me down as he cowered in inaction at Ramsays bark.
Her wedding is finished.
Sansa deserves better, and Ramsay surely deserves a death worse than flaying.
Thus ended this hour ofGame of Thrones.
But it appears I arrived just in time for our first taste of bitter winter on the series.
At least the snow looked nice?
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Rating:
4 out of 5
