Oh it's that wonderful time of the year my friends, Game of Thrones has returned with
its long awaited season 6 and last night's episode was pretty good and it served to catch
us up on what has happened since the season 5 finale.
It's likely been a week or two since then and we've caught up with almost all our characters,
minus some who'll get screen time next week.
This episode was...it was good.
I liked it but I did notice it was probably one of the shortest premieres we've ever gotten,
clocking in at around 49 minutes without the intro and personally I never understood why
they never open the seasons with an hour and 30 minute premiere.
They definitely could've given us an extra 30 minutes to catch up with Bran, introduce
us to the Iron Island plot and update us on Petyr Baelish among other characters.
Hopefully the shortened episode is just because they're saving their good stuff for later.
Now without my rambling, lets get to the review.
First lets start with the Night's Watch scenes.
We open up at Castle Black minutes after Jon is stabbed with Davos and the others running
to get him inside.
I was wondering if the traitors of the Watch had gotten to Jon's supporters and friends,
like Edd, but they didn't.
I was also wrong about the Pink Letter being sent there, thinking Ramsay was behind the
orders to stab Jon but they actually did it because Jon's an asshole who let the wildlings
through the gate.
Because Thorne didn't go with Jon to Hardhome, he didn't see the reason why the wildlings
are needed.
As much as I think Alliser Thorne is a dick?
I loved the speech he gave because you can feel the hatred that he and the other brothers
have for this century long conflict between the two groups.
Wildlings and Night's Watch.
Thorne firmly believes that the wildlings will destroy them all and in a way I can't
blame him for thinking that.
They have a giant for fuck's sake and hes been in this fight for longer than Jon Snow
has been alive.
Thorne was originally a targaryen supporter and when they were overthrown he was given
a choice...lose his head or the night's watch.
Hes been doing this longer and you can assume hes lost a lot friends.
Also, keep in mind that time is never given in the show but its estimated to be around
2 to 3 years since Jon Snow joined the night's watch.
Thorne thinks Jon is young and naive but I also fault Jon for this betrayal.
Had he taken Thorne with him?
they would've seen what he saw, and yes there are other Night's Watch people who could've
opened the gate.
So Jon's supporters are guarding his body, with ghost at his side and Davos gets the
idea to have Edd go out and get some of the wildlings to help.
Eventually Melisandre comes in and she sees his body and you can just look at how depressed
she is over it.
She sees something in Jon and maybe has plans for him too.
It really does add to the idea that he is the son of the dragon and Melisandre probably
senses it.
The main thing to take away from this episode has to do with Melisandre and what happened
to her when she took off the necklace...now in my previous video I talk about how when
she takes it off she became an old woman...so either 3 things are possible here.
She either has eternal youth, immortality or magic.
It did seem like she uses potions to help keep her appearance youthful but I wonder
how they'll explain this.
In the past they've rarely explained how her powers work in detail so I wonder if that'll
happen this season and like I said before...we've seen Melisandre without her necklace in season
4 episode 7 when Stannis' wife Seylyse walks in.
Someone in the comment section made a great point about how the reason they could give
for this is that Selyse was such a devout followers of the lord of light that she couldn't
see past the wall of illusions Melisandre has put up.
To Selyse, Melisandre appears to be beautiful and charming woman but to everyone else not
deeply devoted...shes an old woman when she takes off that necklace you can see it
But yeah the scenes at the night's watch were great.
I didn't expect Jon to be resurrected the first episode but I did like what I saw.
Owen Teale who plays Alliser Thorne was amazing this time around and I enjoyed his performance
with Davos.
For the Castle Black scenes they did exactly what they needed to, to keep us guessing and
wanting more.
No complaints here and I hope they keep up the awesomeness.
Next up we have the stuff going on with House Bolton and Sansa's escape which I would argue
is one of the best moments in the episode.
We see that Myranda did in fact die and that Ramsay is a little sad that he lost her...kind
of.
Then he tells the maester to feed her body to the hounds because...you know...when you
think Ramsay is being a nice guy he just proves to you how much of a dick he really is.
The one thing I really liked about that Roose and Ramsay scene is how calm and collective
Roose is about the situation.
He knows that regardless of whether his son is able to produce an heir or not it doesn't
matter.
Some people believe that Ramsay will kill his father and his step mother by the end
of it and if that were to happen it really come as a shock to me.
Roose has always been that one guy you know has got shit figured out.
He isn't a player like Petyr Baelish but he places his bets carefully and that's what
makes him strong and feared character.
Over with Theon and Sansa we get some good stuff going.
They run away from the Bolton men only to get caught early on and are saved by Brienne
and Podrick.
Everybody kept getting teary eyed over Brienne swearing her loyalty to Sansa and how that
harkens back to when she did it for Catelyn and I did like the similarities.
The one thing I'm wondering about now is how will Theon be received by the other Northern
lords.
We've seen in the trailer that Sansa does eventually find refuge when we see her wearing
those clothes but I wonder if Theon will be with her or will they let him go but to never
come back but that he eventually is caught by the Boltons again.
I think the one final acts of cruelty left for him is to be one of the people Ramsay
burns towards the battle in the north.
Hes done his job, hes rescued Sansa and gotten her to safety...what else is there for the
character to do?
where else is there for him to go?
Yara told the other Ironborn that her brother is dead in season 4 and I doubt she'll come
back to him.
Theon has made his mistake and redeemed himself all the same so I'm thinking hes going to
be a goner this season.
As for Brienne and Podrick?
we see that they won't stay in the North for very long because they do manage to find their
way to the Riverlands again.
My guess is that Sansa orders Brienne to head down there to recruit the blackfish to her
side to maybe help in the war against the Boltons.
But I will say the stuff in the north was great this episode.
I loved Sansa and Brienne, it was a beautiful scene and not just the acting but the snow
falling around them and Podrick helping her along.
It was just great scene and I absolutely loved it.
Next up we have the shit storm brewing in King's Landing.
I'd say this and the Arya stuff was really uneventful and a little disappointing.
While I get that they're setting things up for next episode?
I feel like they could've given us some extra time to really feel out the situation since
last season.
Jaime finally comes back and Cersei's world just crumbles and you can see that in her
expression.
I did like the conversation between them and how she explains to Jaime the Maggy the frog
prophecy.
I didn't think she'd ever do that in the show but I am wondering about the Valonqar part
of the prophecy and why the show has left that out.
Unless Cersei plans to reveal that later on?
It may not happen which is a shame because it does have a lot of mystery and a Shakespearean
element to it.
Jaime trying to talk some sense into her was also pretty cool but I really wish we got
to see him interact with Trystane and even Bronn for that matter.
They skipped over one of the most hyped moments this season...
the awkward boat ride to King's Landing after Myrcella's death.
I wanted to see if Bronn was going to hold him down while Jaime beat him with a sock
full of pennies.
It would've been interesting but...of course we need more pointless Martell scenes.
Oh and no I won't be going over the Margaery stuff because nothing really happened there.
So let's just...get through this before I vomit all over my keyboard again.
Sigh...okay so the Dorne stuff was terrible and we all knew this going in.
To me Dorne feels like that moment when you're a child and you have to take that medicine
that tastes like garbage...you don't want to take it but you kind of have to get it
over with so we can move on?
yeah.
That is basically what this was.
Not only that but lets talk about the worst scene and most idiotic character I've ever
seen....Trystane.
Holy shit how much cock do you have to suck to be this dumb?
Two people want to kill you...and you turn your back to one of them?
Look I'm not a seasoned warrior but even I know that when you're up against two people
who want to take you out you don't fucking turn your back on one of them.
The fuck man.
Not only that but Areo Hotah what the hell man...you let "bad pussy" kill you?
look if she stabbed you in the neck or back of the head that is one thing but you're a
big muscular guy...how the fuck did she kill you so quickly?
None of this really makes much sense.
And you know what really pisses me off even more?
the showrunners said a week ago that after season 6 they only have 13 episodes left of
material....you would've had more if you didn't kill these fucking characters and actually
stuck to their book plot lines.
This is such a big cop out and we all know what's going on here...Dorne sucked so much
last season that they had to conclude it as quickly as possible while making it as shitty
as possible.
Oh and before i move on....let me just ask how the hell did the other two crapsnakes
get on the boat so quickly?
Trystane went with Jaime to King's Landing and we see him there painting the eyes on
the rocks for Mycrella's funeral and then those two show up...okay but at the end of
season 5 we saw them all standing at the harbor of the water gardens watching the ship depart.
There is no way they could've reached the ship that quickly in such a short amount of
time.
This is why I think its been a week since season 5...because it takes a while to travel
and Cersei's hair grew out a bit...but at the same time Jon Snow's body is still there
like 10 minutes after he was stabbed.
They've really done a shit job of making time a consistent thing here and it's just confusing
all around.
Before I get annoyed again lets move on to Essos and in Mereen we see the dynamic duo
back again.
The Abbott and Costello of Game of Thrones: Tyrion and Varys.
I love these two and I love the little one liners they throw at each other.
Once again not much going on here but we do see that the lord of light religion is making
its way into Mereen and it wont be long until we get the other Red Priestess.
I'm waiting for that to happen mainly because I want to see how Varys handles that situation.
Keep in mind that Varys hates anything to do with magic and will go at great lengths
to make sure those people won't have their way.
It seems that the lord of light's religion is kind of supporting Dany and I wonder if
they'll also oppose the harpies.
And speaking of Harpies...let me reinforce my theory here that Daario is the leader of
them.
First off...who else is there that they could take orders from? in the book it's more of
a mystery because there are a million characters to chose from but in the show? he seems like
the only likely option here.
Varys said that they were well organized which means they take orders from someone, someone
who knows strategy and ambush tactics.
Personally I think it is him simply because there is no one left to put the blame on.
That's just my take though.
Now I'm going to skip Daario and Jorah mainly because there wasn't much going on with them
but lets move on to Dany and I got to say...her scenes have gotten a lot better.
Maybe its because shes been taken off her high horse or because shes interacting with
people that don't take her shit...but it was just a fun scene.
Watching her interact with Khal Moro was really interesting and I loved how he says "seeing
a beautiful woman naked for the first time is the best thing" and then his buddies throw
in a couple of good things too and hes like "okay okay it's one of the best five things".
It's almost like an SNL comedy skit.
I loved it....but did anybody notice how Emilia Clark's contact was also on screen?
anybody?
like how he was about to rip her clothes off and then he realized shes not allowed to do
nudity anymore.
It was such a slap in the face too and it didn't break immersion but i just thought
it was funny how the handled it.
And before anybody in the comment section bitches about this...I'm not saying Emilia
Clark needs to get naked 24/7 but...what I am saying is this...she was for the first
3 seasons and then suddenly it stops.
That's fine...but if you're in bed with your lover and you want us to believe you had sex?
you wouldn't cover yourself.
I just find it a little immersion breaking from time to time that when a situation calls
for it, like an intimate scene with her man, she covers up.
Once again I'm not saying she has to do it in every scene but in certain situations where
it would be appropriate like a love scene or if shes covered in fire? then yeah I would
expect to see that.
So you can all calm down now but overall the Dany stuff was pretty great and I really enjoyed
them.
I'm going to call it now though...they get to Vaes Dothrak and shes eventually found
by Jorah and Daario and they have to sneak her out mission impossible style but soon
they get discovered and then drogon comes and saves them.
That's what I think is going to happen...but hey I've been wrong before.
And last but not least we have Arya and not much was going on but it did serve a purpose.
Shes still blind from last season because she wasn't ready to become no one and she
put on a face...which acts like poison to someone who hasn't shed their identity.
You need to become, in a sense, a nobody to tackle on the big jobs.
Now that Arya is blind shes been reduced to being a beggar in the streets of Bravos.
Eventually the Waif comes and starts beating her with the stick...now I'm sure some of
you thought it was mean spirited of her to do that but it's really all apart of Arya's
training.
It's like one of those sensei teachings you see in kung fu movies where they say stuff
like "in order to truly see you must be blind" which I really like.
Arya got her butt handed to her this time but it's all a matter of listening and feeling
out the opponents next move.
I don't know maybe I've been watching too much Daredevil but to me?
it seems like by the end of this season?
Arya will definitely be stronger....and maybe awaken her warging powers.
She may be blind but she can use that to her advantage.
We'll have to see though.
Overall this episode was pretty good but it left me wanting more and not in a "oh my god
that was awesome" kind of way.
We didn't get too much and that's really disappointing especially for a show that has only 10 episodes
and a lot of characters.
I would've liked a longer premiere for every season so we can fully catch up with all the
characters and not just half of them.
The first episode should really be used as a way to set up the season and then start
it off on episode 2 instead of taking 1 and 2 to set everything up.
Not only that but it was incredibly short and it'll probably be the worst episode this
season simply by how little they gave us in this year's opening.
Castle Black, Sansa's ecape and Dany's interactions with the Dothraki were all good stuff this
episode and the only down side was how bad House Martell was.
Margaery, Daario and some of the stuff in Mereen was kind of pointless and I felt that
they were only there just to hold us over and remind us of where these characters are
before we go forward.
Arya's scenes were okay and I didn't expect much out of her in the first episode but I
do hope that changes in the next 3.
But in the end the episode was good I just wish they filled it with more material to
keep me wanting more for episode 2 and not waste it with the Martell stuff which amounted
to nothing and wasted perfectly good characters and actors.
This was the weakest premiere we've ever gotten and I hope they saved all their best stuff
for the second half.
And before I end the video I want to start doing this new thing in all my reviews for
season 6 and that is to put the spotlight on some of the most talented fans in the community.
whether it be an artist or a YouTube channel I want to put them out there simply because
I think they're awesome and today we have Miss.Lauren and her beautiful charcoal paintings.
You guys know me and how much I appreciate talented artists and I absolutely love this.
If you like what you see head on her to her Etsy page and get your own one of a kind copy.
I'll leave a link in the description and as always let me know what you guys thought of
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Have a good one.