I don’t know about you, but I found the season six Game of Thrones finale to be DEEPLY satisfying.
Cersei promised revenge—and boy, did she deliver. As you know, my main problem with this season of Game of Thrones was that it created too many new story lines on a show where I already only get to see some characters once a month. Throughout this season they teased the fact that Wildfire was buried beneath King’s Landing, and it could be unleashed at any time. Tonight on the season finale of season six, the powder keg finally blew.
Not only was the Wildfire explosion a great spectacle, it also did a bang-up job of completely erasing the High Sparrow story line that had gone stale. They should put Wildfire under every city, in case they need to hit CTRL+ALT+DELETE on a narrative. (Hi Dorn!) You wouldn’t even have to show me Dorn blowing up. You could just say it happened, and I’d move on with my life. The sparrows angle was entertaining and put a bunch of different characters on the defensive, but it was a drag by the end of the season. I’m looking forward to what they’ll do with a clean slate now that Cersei has assumed power.
ALSO, SO MANY DEATHS:
Arya Stark party crashed Walder Frey’s Riverrun celebration, killed his sons, then baked them into a pie and fed them to Walder. Obviously we knew she was great at disguising herself, but I was not aware the House of Black & White had a culinary program. People complain about tuition, but those liberal arts murder colleges are worth every penny.
When Tommen sees what’s become of the Sept of Baelor, he takes off his crown and jumps out of the window. Makes perfect sense that the first decision he would make on his own would be to throw himself out a window.
Pycelle is lured into Qyburn’s cellar and then murdered by every first grader in King’s Landing.
OTHER COOL STUFF (NOT DEATHS) FROM THE EPISODE WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT:
Daenerys friend-zoned Daario so hard as she left Mereen. She should’ve just ghosted him, but it’s hard to do that AND ask him to be mayor.
Lady Tyrell has safely arrived in Dorn and correctly hates everyone there immediately.
We finally see Ned Stark go into the Tower of Joy, and he finds Lyanna has given birth (and is now dying). She makes him promise to take care of her son, which I think we can all assume is the baby Jon Snow.
With Unella tied up, Cersei dumps wine all over her face and mocks her. Safe to say that wineboarding will not be outlawed during Cersei’s reign.
Sam, Gilly, and the baby make it to the Citadel where Sam finally gets to see the giant library. It’s cool, but I have wifi so I’m probably not appreciating it as much as I should be.
Melisandre is banished from Winterfell after Davos rats her out to Jon. You burn one sweet little girl at the stake and everybody freaks out.
Jon holds a meeting to rally support and it doesn’t start well. Eventually, Lady Mormont stands up and unleashes a string of the sickest burns in the Seven Kingdoms, shaming everyone into supporting Jon as “King in the North.”
IN CONCLUSION:
A ton of characters are dead, but there are still a ton of characters that are alive. It was a fun season, gang. Only about nine more months until we get to do it again! Will Yara and Daenerys kiss? Will Brienne and Tormund kiss? Will Jorah find some ointment or maybe get a sleeve tattoo? ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE. I hope you had fun and these recaps didn’t make you any dumber. Until next time…
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