But I have no idea whether Martin plans to wrap this up in a more satisfying way. After suffering severe stab wounds last week, the internet filled with theories about Arya’s fate – including questioning if it was indeed Arya at all. By cutting her off from this option, Tommen’s essentially sentencing her to death. Arya made her way backstage and found comfort and care in Lady Crane, who’s apparently used to patching up bad men.
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This aid is short-lived.
If the Kingslayer and the Maid of Tarth’s goodbye was the episode’s most moving, Tyrion and Varys’ was a surprisingly close second. Each episode of this season has left viewers wanting more, and everybody waits for this day of the week with desperation just so they can tune in to the Game Of Thrones season 6, episode 8 live stream. Arya tumbles downstairs and further injures herself, eventually meeting with the Waif again. Will this end much like last week? The Waif is ready to kill Arya, but our favorite Stark pulls out Needle and uses it to cut a candle, the only source of light in the room.
Perhaps now we will learn who was wounded: Arya, a disguised Waif or Jaqen, or was it simply No One?
Unfortunately, it looks like we gave the writers too much credit with Arya’s freaky storyline last episode: We thought they might pulling something clever and she was really Jaqen in disguise, as she was acting wildly out of character, but it turns out it was just shitty writing. I’m super upset that trial by combat was outlawed this week. It’s tense, action-packed and if you didn’t cheer multiple times, then you are no one. That, and how much leaving them behind can hurt us. Tyrion (Peter Dinklage) insists he, Grey Worm (Jacob Anderson) and Missandei (Nathalie Emmanuel) get drunk and celebrate. Again, very character driven whilst lightly mixed with a little action – it’s a ideal blend of the series’ strengths, creating an episode that constantly keeps us on our toes whilst simultaneously being visually captivating. It’s really a metaphor for life. It’s a amusing scene, but it’s quickly interrupted when the masters attack Meereen. Don’t fret, though. Daenerys is back, dragon in tow.
Elsewhere, Dany returned home, Varys and Qyburn are keeping mysterious secrets and the sexual tension between Jaime and Brienne reaches an all-time high. Let’s all take a minute to remember their time together. Blackfish said that he didn’t have enough men to help Sansa take Winterfell, and he wasn’t going to leave his home. Jamie allows, but she loses the opportunity.
I’m not sure what the “rumor” is between Qyburn and Cersei, but the elimination of trial by combat is a awful ruling for her. He coaxes Edmure into taking control of Riverrun and having the army surrender.
The Blackfish died offscreen. She refuses and for good measure, the Mountain literally rips a guy’s head off. Cersei, of course, chooses violence. It’s nearly as if they want to make us hate Game of Thrones slightly before giving us reasons to love it all over again with the year’s final double-whammy of episodes. But it doesn’t sound promising. As they walk to the docks of Meereen, where the spymaster plans to depart for Westeros to drum up support for Daenerys, the pair banters about politics and their physical deficits; doing anything else would be too painful to contemplate.
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All in all, a solid if frustrating installment, though nothing will prepare us for next week, given its preview and extended running time. Cersei enters the throne room to find it’s full of people waiting to hear about a “royal announcement” that she was not informed about.
