Another week, and it’s another tremendous hour of Game of Thrones Season 6.

ThisGame of Thronesreview contains spoilers.

For last week was a definite showstopper from David Benioff and D.B.

Aye, for two weeks in a row now, we have had breathtaking showcases forGame of Thrones.

Tonight, she wielded that proverbial weapon like Robert Baratheons hammer on the Trident.

… Point is that this is the kind of glossy and thinly-explained plot development that George R.R.

I dread that the show might be having Sansa go down her parents doomed road.

I do not believe Brienne is being sent on a wild goose chase.

This would definitely blow a hole in myendgame theory for Jon and Sansa.

Yet, I do not believe that this bit of misdirection is how it will play out.

Sansa did (stupidly) lie to Jon Snow, which Brienne rightfully brings up.

Hopefully, its a lesson that could very well be Baelishs end.

However, I really do not wish for that coldhearted storyline to be picked up in the series.

Still, the moment led to a surprisingly visceral pain.

And unlike others, Williams did not have a fiery monologue to deliver her revulsion and sorrow.

This scene is doubly important, and not at all for the reasons the immediate plot would indicate.

But also, much more subtly, this sequence might have set up the death of Tyrion Lannister.

More interesting, however, is what this might suggest about Daenerys own endgame.

Ever so quietly, this reveals Melisandre to be a loner and outsider even in her own kooky religion.

And more acutely, it sets Daenerys and Jon Snow on a more direct collision course.

Alas, then that this pesky greyscale continues to afflict him thusly, keeping them apart once more.

And Emilia Clarke also deserves kudos for playing this bitter sendoff so sweetly.

And like that, he lost a voice amongst his kinsman forevermore.

This is confirmed when Euron Greyjoy returns to deliver what is likely thefinalbook spoiler onGame of Thrones.

For those who have never read a George R.R.

Martin novel, Eurons reemergence probably was promptly followed by a head-scratching, Huh?

He even confesses it… at the kingsmoot and in front of everybody!

In the books, murdering a blood relative is viewed as every bit as horrible as slaughtering your king.

And now Euron Greyjoy admits to killing his brotherand his kingat the kingsmoot.

And what do these blokes say?

Still, I cannot entirely blame them.

Oh sure, Euron, that will only give Yara a 50-day head start!

And I thought Theon was supposed to be the ineffectual Greyjoy?

Our annihilation, made explicitly to destroy the World of Man, was born from our own flesh.

The show spends far too little time considering the major ramifications of this shock.

One wonders if he might even be related to the Three-Eyed Raven?

They certainly seemed to know each other well during that jaw-dropping stunner of a climax.

If this were any nerdier, Bran would have pulled out a 20-sided dice to defeat the Nights King.

And yet, it worked to tragic effect.

Things quickly spin out of control, however, and the results are deadly.

Before even knowing it was due to great danger, Meera was already packed and jazzed to get going.

That climax inside the tree is the stuff that nightmares are made of.

But that is not wherein lies the rub.

Seriously, Benioff, Weiss, and Martin:Stop.

It.Im not kidding either.

Kill whoever else you want; feed the Starks to Danys dragons.

Just no more dead direwolves!

Compounding the heartbreak, especially for Bran, is the revelation thathe is responsiblefor Hodor being a one-word simpleton.

Hodor dies repeating Meeras command: hold the door.

Hence, Bran turned a young boy into Hodor.

This raises the question of whether Hodor knew he was always going to die holding that damned door.

In which case, did he have a choice in the matter or was it preordained?

Seven Hells, the whole Stark family could laugh on the strange day over drinks and mutton!

…Butcan the past ever be truly changed?

Hence why were really in more of aTerminatoranalogy, as opposed to anX-Menone, right?

In short, that was another five-star episode ofGame of Thrones.

This also keeps the bar raised in a big way for next week.

Rating:

5 out of 5