Jon Snow has been brought back from the dead but it's taken a toll on him. He looks terrified, he can't catch his breath, he doesn't know what's going on. The wounds on his chest freak him out.
Luckily Ser Davos is there to catch him before he falls. Davos asks him what can he remember. The last thing he can see was young Olly stabbing him in the heart. The look of upset and betrayal across his face is hard to take. The look of awe on Davos' face is great though.
Melisandre is amazed her spell worked. She grips his shoulders and asks him what he remembers, what he saw after he died. He has to disappoint her now. He can't remember anything. No bright lights, no nothing.
Jon's head is melted by the betrayal and his resurrection. Some straight and very direct talk from Davos shakes him out of it. He'll go on, he'll fight, he'll lead. He was brought back to do so.
He emerges to the amazement of the Night's Watch men & Wildlings who stood by him. Tormund embraces him and makes a joke about his knob. No change there. His buddy Edd is delighted to see him too. His oldest buddy left now that Sam has left the wall.
Speaking of Sam, he's on his way to the Citadel in Oldtown to become a Maester. Him and Gilly are travelling by boat. He has to make a stop first though. At his father's home to find Gilly a place to live. Women are not allowed in the citadel.
This turn of events does not please her. But she knows it's for the best. Sam would only do right by her and baby Sam. She's named her baby after him. He mightn't be the baby's blood but she sees him as the baby's father.
Bran is warging/time travelling again. Him and the Three Eyed Raven are at the base of a remote tower in Dorne. A young Ned Stark turns up with 3 other soldiers, one called Harlen Reed, father of Bran's travel companion Meera. He's looking for his sister Lyanna but the 2 men guarding the tower aren't giving anything away.
A vicious swordfight breaks out. 2 of Ned's men are destroyed straight away and one is badly wounded. The fight ends with Ned killing the remaining injured guard much to Bran's horror as he sees it as dishonourable.
A woman screams in anguish in the tower above Ned. He turns to climb the tower and Bran calls out his name. Ned turns, he can see or hear Bran but he sensed something. Can Bran's time travel affect the past??? Very interesting. Ned looks and sees nothing so runs up the tower.
The Three Eyed Raven drags Bran out of his vision. He's pissed off. He wants to go back to his father as he knows his father heard him. He's happier in his visions. He can walk. He can see his dead family. His reality is a miserable existence.
The Raven is annoyed with Bran. He wants Bran to learn how to use his gift but Bran can't see that yet. He's sick of this place.
Daenerys is sick of things too. She's being taken to Vaes Dothrak, the Dothraki holy city. It's where she must go as the widow of a Khal.
She's escorted into a temple where the next phase of her life is explained to her by other widows. She's stripped and made wear the grieving clothes of a widow. They look down on her. She looks like she wants to kill them all.
In Meereen Varys is figuring out ways of stopping the Sons Of The Harpy's. A prostitute named Vala is brought before him. She knows some of the Sons and he needs her info. A subtle threat is made towards her son which opens her up. For her info she's offered safe passage away and a bag of silver. The judas!!!
Meanwhile Tyrion, Greyworm and Missandei are having a chat. Well Tyrion is. The other two don't do smalltalk very well. He's relieved when Varys turns up with information. The Sons of the Harpy are being financed by the slave masters of Yunkai and Astapor. Greyworm wants to sort it out with violence. Tyrion points out this will leave Meereen defenceless.
Varys has another idea. He'll do what he does best. He'll call up his gang of little birds, street children that he uses to find out his information. He'll send out his little army of spies to send messages to the masters of Meereen, Yunkai and Astapor that the Son's reign is about to be ended.
In King's Landing Qyburn has a gang of little birds too and Cersei asks him to use them as spies in Dorne and the North. She wants to know who's making gains from Lannister losses.
Jaime is wondering what exactly Qyburn did to resurrect the Mountain. Me too tbh. I think he's a zombie but i'm not sure. He wants the Mountain to kill the High Sparrow but Cersei has her own plans for him. She next interrupts a small council meeting and informs them Ellaria Sand has taken Dorne but they are more pissed off about her presence there.
Maester Pycelle, and both Mace and Oleanna Tyrell don't hide their distaste for her. Her atonement has made her a fallen woman in their eyes and they all walk out. You can tell by Cersei's face she's going to relish her revenge on all of them.
King Tommen marches on the High Sparrow with his King's guard. He wants his mother to be left alone and his wife Margaery to be freed from captivity. The Sparrow isn't one bit cowed by him. It's good to see Tommen taking charge though. He's growing up.
Arya's back in the House of Black and White. She's still training with the waif and doing better. She's still taking a lot of wallops though. But finally she's able to defend herself as she reels off her list of names she wants to destroy.
Her list is getting shorter and shorter as the names on it are killed off one by one before she can get to them. The Waif asks why The Hound's name isn't on it. Arya can't answer but she says she left him to die. She's confused about how she feels about him. He was a prick but he looked after her after her mother and brother died.
Jaqen Hagar asks her one last time who she is. She's no-one. Her training is complete. She's given up her old identity. As a reward for her work she gets her eyesight back. Yay. Deadly.
In Winterfell Ramsay Bolton is creating allegiances with other Northern family's to strengthen his position as Warden of the North now that his father is dead. His latest new friend is Smalljon Umber of the Umber household.
He's a hard Northener but he's a scumbag. Him and Ramsay will get on great together. To cement their new relationship he gives Ramsay a gift. 2 people in hoods. Who could they be?
Why it's Rickon Stark and Osha. Last seen years ago. I'd forgotten Rickon existed. I've a feeling the other Stark's have as well. Now Ramsay has a very valuable prisoner. One he can use if Jon Snow ever marches on Winterfell to take it back.
Back at the wall it's time for justice. The four main mutineers have been captured. Little Olly, Ser Alliser Thorne and two others. Jon has to deal with them. He has to show the others how treachery is dealt with by the men of the Night's watch. He has to execute them all himself.
The four are placed in nooses. They're to be hung. Jon listens to their final words. Ser Alliser's are full of invective bile. He's an angry bastard right to the end. Fair enough. Olly says nothing but looks at Jon with hate. This is killing him.
He swings his sword and cuts the rope holding them up. They fall choking and die in agony as the others look on. Jon's had enough. He hands his cloak to Edd and passes over the name of Lord Commander to him too. He's done.
A mighty episode that took a seriously dark turn near the end. Jon Snow is not a man to be reckoned with. The boy is gone. The man is about to leave Castle Black to find his family again. Great to see Arya get her eyes back too. The storyline was dragging a bit too much. The Bran storyline is finally getting intriguing too. What's going on with these looks into the past? And the fact that he can affect past events too is an interesting turn of events.
Next up - Book Of The Stranger
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