As readers of George R.R. Martin's Game of Thrones[1] are rapid to point out, season five has deviated the most from Martin's original source material. And of all the episodes so far, last night's "Hardhome" took such a sharp departure that we're beginning to think there may be no turning back to the books. But when said episode is this thrilling and sharp, can we really even be mad about it? Let's rehash all the highlights (including the most epic GoT battle—ever), and then decide for yourselves.
Tyrion in, Jorah out. Tyrion works his way into the position of Daenerys' adviser (her third, at this point), and recommends that she banish Jorah from the city (as punishment for his betrayal) in his first piece of royal wisdom. The " two terrible children of two terrible fathers" then sit around, drinking and trading quippy one-liners, in the start of what promises to be an awesome relationship. The best line? "I'm not going to stop the wheel—I'm going to break the wheel." Fierce, Dany.
Cersei's seen better days. In all five seasons, we've never seen the queen mother anything but perfectly coiffed—but now she's locked up in a prison cell where a bad braid day is the least of her problems. Cersei's refusing to confess to the multiple crimes she did commit, and is left to lap up water droplets from her cell floor. In other words, things are looking bleak.
Arya's been promoted from washing dead bodies. And now she's Lana, oyster-seller and deliverer of justice to the men of the harbor. Her first mission: Administer the deadly House of Black and White fountain water to the Braavos bookie.
Sansa gets her first glimmer of hope in Winterfell. The other living Stark girl catches a break when she forces Theon/Reek into revealing that her brothers, Bran and Rickon, are alive. Sansa now has something to live for in the otherwise horrible Bolton-town.
Jon Snow tries to ally with the Wildlings to fight the White Walkers. Snow travels way far north to convince the Wildlings to come live with the Night's Watch, where they can fight against the White Walkers together. Wildling Tormund offers his people a pretty airtight argument about why they should join forces with Snow—"He's prettier than both my daughters, but he knows how to fight."—and a few agree to come back (including the female lead of Das Sound Machine from Pitch Perfect 2). But before they can get on their way, the White Walkers show up and the most intense, 30-minute battle in GoT history (particularly because it was so unexpected) ensues. It's gory, and gray, and we have absolutely no nails left thanks to those terrifying snow zombies—but the main takeaways we need to be concerned with are 1) Jon Snow lives and 2) Valyrian steel kills White Walkers.
So what do you think—can we forgive the show for straying from Martin's plot? And for more from the seven kingdoms, watch the Game of Thrones actors share what other characters they'd give up their roles to play:
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References
- ^ Game of Thrones (www.glamour.com)
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