At Mole's Town, near Castle Black Sansa meets up with Littlefinger (ugh). To say she's pissed off with him would be an understatement. He married her off to Ramsay Bolton, a marriage that nearly ruined her.
He lies and claims he had no idea Ramsay was a cunt. She doesn't believe him at all and Brienne standing at her side looks like she wants to cleave him in two. Sansa rubs Littlefingers face in the gory details of what Ramsay did to her. He's highly uncomfortable.
He tries to tell her that the Knights of The Vale are at her beck and call but she's too angry to care and rightly so. She tells him Jon Snow and her don't need him, they'll take back the North on their own terms.
As he leaves he tells her that her uncle, the Blackfish Tully, is back at Riverrun. He hasn't been seen since the Red Wedding and that he'd be a good person to have on her side. Sneaky Littlefinger, giving her a gift before he leaves.
At the House of black & white in Braavos, Arya has gotten excellent at fighting the Waif now that her eyesight has been restored. The Waif is still better though but Arya doesn't know how to back down.
Jaqen Hagar gives her more of the history of the faceless men telling her that they started as slaves and highborns like her don't usually fit in. One way she can fit in is to carry out a murder on Jaqen's orders. An actress called Lady Crane.
As part of her pre assassination recon Arya goes to see Lady Crane in a play. The play features the death of King Robert and Lady Crane as Cersei. Arya is dismayed to see her father Ned featuring in the play as a Northern buffoon.
She's even more hurt when the play shows a recreation of his execution. This is the second time she's seen her father die. A horrible scene. Rapidly she also finds out her Sister Sansa was married to Tyrion Lannister against her will.
She sneaks backstage to spy on the actress and soon enough she has an idea of how to kill her. She has a weakness for rum. Arya has the skills to sneak poison into that rum with no bother at all. She then tells Jaqen how she will carry out the murder but questions the why behind the murder. She's told to stop asking questions.
In the North Bran is still practicing his warging skills. He's in the past learning about the history of Westoros. Him and the Three Eyed Raven witness a group of mythical beings called the Children of the forest sacrificing a tied up man with a dagger made of dragon glass. This man then becomes the Night's King. Feck!
He finds out the Children of the Forest created the White Walkers to help them defend themselves against the first men thousands of years ago. An risky experiment that backfired massively on them and everyone else.
On the Iron Islands, Yara Greyjoy is taking part in a decision on the new ruler of the Islands. She has a solid claim to leadership being the daughter of the ex-king and Theon supports her. Euron Greyjoy, the brother of the king and the man who murdered him makes a claim too.
He has no shame about murdering his brother. He tells the gathered crowd he will marry Daenerys Targaryen because she hates the lords of Westoros too and their combined army will take over the world.
This sways the crowd and they begin to shout his name. He's the clear pick and now he's the new leader of The Ironborn. They have very very short memories on that island.
As he's baptised to become leader Yara, Theon and 1000's of those loyal to them steal the best ships of the Iron Fleet and escape before Euron can have them massacred. Smart move. Euron's first move is to start construction of a new super fleet. He's an imposing enemy but he's coming into the show very late in the day aint he?
Above Vaes Dothrak Daenerys is surveying her new kingdom with Daario and Jorah by her side. She has finally forgiven Jorah after banishing him twice. He decides to tell her about his greyscale infection. And he finally tells her he loves her.
She sends him away again. But this time there's a caveat. He has to go away, find a cure and then return to her. Excellent. Jorah's a great character. He should get more credit. Daenerys then leads her new army out of the city. I presume she's bringing them all back to Meereen. Unsullied + Dothraki. JESUS!
In Meereen Tyrion and Varys have noticed that the Sons Of The Harpy killings have dropped big time since they came to an agreement with masters of Astapor & Yunkai. It seems violence isn't always the answer. But they need someone to keep the peace until Daenerys returns.
Tyrion meets with a Red Priestess called Kinvara. She worships the Lord Of Light like Melisandre. She promises to preach about Daenerys to the people of Meereen and to tell them she is the chosen one of the Lord Of Light. Varys is sceptical of her but her knowledge of him, things she couldn't possibly know, changes his mind.
In the North Bran decides to do a bit of Warging without the Three Eyed Raven. Uh Oh. this won't end well. He needs someone supervising him or he'll stay in a vision too long and get trapped.
His warging brings him to the true North. While there he witnesses a terrifying sight. The Army of the dead. Hundreds of thousands of the bastards. Rotting zombies armed to the teeth and mad to kill. He passes through them unseen until...
He comes across the Night's King and his white walkers. The King's head turns in his dirrection. He can see Bran. How is this possible. The army of the dead can now see him too. The King grabs his arm and Bran is jolted out of his vision. The King's touch has left a scar on him too.
The Three Eyed Raven freaks out. By touching Bran the Night's King now knows where they are. They need to leave. But first Bran has to fulfil his destiny and become the Three Eyed Raven. His eyes cloud over as the Raven transfers his knowledge into his head.
At the Wall, Jon is worried. They don't have enough men to fight the army of the Dead and retake Winterfell. They decide to start small and shore up the support of the smaller Northern family's. Once they have them more will fall in line behind them. Sansa also sends Brienne to Riverrun to get the support of Blackfish and the Tully army.
Jon and Sansa head south to get support. Edd is now in command of the wall. Tormund is still staring at Brienne who is beyond disgusted by the prospect. She prefers her fellas more like Jaime.
The dead arrive to destroy Bran and the Raven. He's in a vision of Winterfell getting info from the Raven. Meera's scream is somehow heard in his vision. He splits his warging between the past in Winterfell and Hodor who he uses to carry his body away from the attacking dead. Man this is confusing as hell to type.
The dead swarm the cave. The Night's King shreds the Three Eyed Raven. Bran's Direwolf Summer dies trying to protect him. While Bran is in past Winterfell and Hodor's head simultaneously he accidentally wargs into young Wyllis's head. Meanwhile Hodor is holding the cave door shut on the dead using his immense strength at Meera's command.
Because Bran is now in young Wyllis's head Wyllis can hear Meera's shout of hold the door. He collapses and has a seizure shouting "hold the door." This eventually morphs into Hodor. We now realise young Wyllis had his entire life ruined for this one moment. His entire existence was to save Bran Stark. Man it's brutally upsetting.
His life's mission is complete. He manages to hold the door as Bran and Meera escape. The dead break through and rip him to shreds. The gentle giant of Winterfell is dead. Poor Hodor. Jesus christ what an ending.
Finally Bran's story got exciting. What an ending. Immensely action packed and totally heartbreaking. We learn the story of Hodor while seeing him die. Brutal. Brilliant. A lovely moment between Daenerys and Jorah too. More of that please.
Next up - Blood of My Blood
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