Game Of Thrones Episode 6 Review: Mini Surprises, Bigger Meanings!

From having kept a constant method of binging tiny bits of new elements to produce bigger hints for the larger run, Game of Thrones isn’t worried about not cracking up bigger surprises. May be the makers have already realized the long coming conclusion to which they’ll be needed to set all sidelined portions in place. The 6^th of the episode despite walking over lesser (or none at all) talked about subjects aims to build a new way.

Jon and Sansa sat this one out for the first time in this series and that only implies a greater screen time for them in the next episode. What stood out in its credit in this episode titled Blood of My Blood, was yet another blow in the faces of Jamie and Cersei who with all their scheming had hoped to put the High Sparrow down. Instead, he gets the king (Young Tommen) to form an unforeseeable alliance between the crown and the faith. Jamie who is later commissioned to Riverrun where the Blackfish have lost yet again is distressed and is found sharing her concerns with Cersie. Cersie assures him of revenge with planning as she mostly does and only does the talking which is all pretty much does these days.

And for viewers who thought Sam Tarly was only going to be on the run with young Sam and Gilly, we are introduced to his rather charming family with an obtuse father who can’t stand the sight of a Wildling that Gilly apparently is. Insulted, downgraded as he often is, Sam along with his newly formed family leaves House Tarly. If there’s any fruitful taste of element attached to the subplot, please advance its schedule for it’s been long enough we have got anything substantial, anything at all.

Bran and Meera on the other hand who were on a run after their very faithful Hodor held the door for them were rescues by someone who you’d have only read about in the book. Benjen Stark, uncle of Bran who serves to the three eyed raven is introduced as we try and take away a hint about his coming in. The man however appears to be a half white walker who probably cured himself from turning in one.

 Moving over to the city of Braavos where a clueless girl being made a faceless assassin isn’t working out too well, displayed signs of coming back in her shells. After she enjoys the theatrics of Joffery dying in the arms of her mother, she gets in a conversation with Lady Crane who she has been assigned to murder. However, despite having mixed poison to her drink, she lets her know about it and does away with the killing. Of course, her annoying monitor is in the picture to convey it to the master who only sheds killer expressions to assert his views.

Talking of killer expressions, guess who we saw after a long time? Walder Frey! After his sons disappointed him in the battle of Riverun, he brought out a card unseen by revealing Lord Edmure Tully. Someone we didn’t see since the red wedding if you remember.

With an act of pulling down the curtain on the episode, Daenerys with her freshly earned army of Dothrakis leads them to believe they can do anything by standing beside her. They will help her win the seven kingdom is what our Khaleesi convinced them for and she did it how? Yes, by riding on her giant dragon we were missing all this while.

As much as this episode offers significant importance to characters who were down and out or less contributing to the narrative, the resulting features only makes us believe of some long way hints. While there’s a far road ahead for viewers to look forward to, GOT entering its latter stage in the series will start cashing up on the build-up.

Season 6 is officially in its second half now, let’s expect some more of ‘we didn’t expect that’ coming!