Meanwhile, Ygritte gets over the abrupt end to the love affair by trying to turn Jon into a human pincushion. The Freys parade Robb’s body with his Direwolf’s head sown onto it, while a barely conscious Theon begs Ramsay to end his torture. Heavily criticised for the ending, which sees Dany held aloft by a bunch of worshipful people of colour all of whom are calling her ‘Mother’, this is a grim episode largely concerned with the fall-out from the Red Wedding. It’s also the episode where Cersei has Loras Tyrell (remember him?) arrested and the Meereenese guerrilla warfare campaign against Dany culminates in Ser Barristan Selmy’s untimely death. Sons of the Harpy (season five, episode four)Īnother Sand Snakes episode – the first in which they appear, let us all weep together. Unfortunately, this is the high point of an episode which also sees the genesis of Jon’s kidnap-a-Wight plan. Long-suffering Gendry fans rejoice as he finally returns from wherever he’s been rowing for multiple seasons. Not only is it a stupid quest, but it ends in the death of Daenerys’ dragon, Viserion, subsequently raised by the Night King in chains. A mismatched group including Tormund, Jon and The Hound head off on Mission Improbable AKA an attempt to capture a Wight because it’s somehow meant to make Cersei join the battle against the Night King. This cuts to the heart of the issues with season seven. Beyond the Wall (season seven, episode six)
This is also the episode in which Ramsay rapes Sansa while Theon is forced to watch a scene which in effect centres a woman’s trauma through male eyes. Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken – in which Jaime and Bronn take them on in the most poorly choregraphed fight in the show’s history – is no exception. It’s a general rule of Game of Thrones that anything featuring the Sand Snakes, AKA Dorne’s answer to Fox Force Five, is best avoided. Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken (season five, episode six) This comes rock-bottom for the dreadful decision to rewrite a consensual scene from the books between Cersei and Jaime into a rape. Breaker of Chains (season four, episode three) Here’s my (highly subjective) countdown from 73 to 1 …ħ3. With the dust settled, the great game over and the board cleared once more, it is a fitting moment to look back over all the murder and mayhem of eight seasons.
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