This is a recap of Game of Thrones season 6 episode 8
“No One.”
********Show and Book SPOILERS below**********
The Hound killed some (gross) people in order to find the
Brotherhood without Banners. It didn’t help, but he found them anyway. And they
were in the process of killing the three men who slaughtered the Hound's
religious friends. So the Hound and the Brotherhood ended up being as friendly as
the Hound can be, and Dondarrion and Thoros tried to convince him to stay and
help them do… whatever it is they’re doing now. It seems they plan to go north
to fight “the cold winds.” But will the Hound go with them?
Brienne made it to Riverrun, and even got inside the castle
after speaking with Jaime, who let her pass in hopes that she would convince
the Blackfish to surrender. He didn’t, apparently preferring to fight the
Lannister army to the death rather than leave to fight for his niece’s kin.
When Brienne’s plan failed, Jaime sent Edmure in to resume his Lordship and
then order the surrender of his men. In the surrender, the Blackfish was
killed. Brienne and Pod escaped down the river in a rowboat.
A wounded Arya went home with the actress after hiding in
her dressing room. Arya told her that she wanted to go west of Westeros, and
then accepted the milk of the Poppy. When she woke up, the actress was dead and
the Waif was waiting for her. After a long and painful chase, Arya led the Waif
into her hovel, where she used Needle to kill her. Then Arya went back to
Jaquen Hagaar and told him that she was Arya Stark.
Cersei chose violence when the sparrows came for her, which
led to King Tommen declaring the end of Trial by Combat and ensuring his mother’s
impending imprisonment/death.
Daenerys is back in Mereen, just in time to see it being
attacked by slavers.
Oh, and Varys is off on some secret mission.
We didn’t see anything from the other various corners of the
world. But next episode is the Bastardbowl, so who even cares about this
episode, really.
Conclusion:
I was a little disappointed in the missed opportunities for violence; there were fights I really wanted to see that just got skimmed over, probably
in the interest of time. That said, I get it I guess. I felt like so much happened this episode, and the tension was
thick.
Every part was tense—except for one: Tyrion. I don’t much
care for Tyrion bonding with …well anyone really. We’ve been seeing a lot of
this lately, and I feel like it just doesn’t fit with the tension of everything
else that’s going on. It’s kind of making me like Tyrion less and less instead
of more. Boo.
But overall, I liked the episode. I’m really riding on this
wave of stress and fear. This is what Game of Thrones does well. Even though
there were things I disliked about the writing and the things they chose to
focus on this episode, the negs were overshadowed by just how much I’m into all
the crap.
I give this episode 3.5 out of 5 kings.
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