This week’sGame of Thronesepisode was named after " Book of the Stranger , " a chapter inThe Seven - Pointed Star , the High Sparrow and the Faith of the Seven ’s holy text edition . The Stranger is the aspect of this religion that deals with death and the nameless . Notable deaths in this episode , other than Osha ’s , were minimum , so what is the title all about ?
It could refer to the High Sparrow ’s parable about how he see his aliveness of sinning . Or perchance that everyone on the show is being set up for end . Jon Snow is back from it and wants to send Ramsay Bolton to it . Littlefinger is plan the war to come . The Tyrells are ready to infest King ’s Landing and take out the High Sparrow . Ser Jorah fuck that death is coming his direction chop-chop .
And the nameless is always on the horizon – and it ’s go to get very deadly . Let ’s expect into the flame to see how " Book of the Stranger " predicts the future :
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Vaes Dothrak: you’re fired
The big second of the night was a au naturel Daenerys walking out of the Dosh Khaleen temple / yurt , the flames of the nether region licking at her cutis and the Dothraki kneel down before her like she held the last juice box of Ecto Cooler that was available on the integral planet .
The flamboyant beat echoed the Season 1 fit where she walk into Khal Drogo ’s funeral funeral pyre and fall out unburned with three dragons hang around her neck . Naturally , this is a rebirth for Dany , who was laid low by the multitude of Mereen but is rediscovering her power where it uprise : with the Dothraki . Now that she has singed all of the khals , she is the one they will all stick to and not only can she take on the slavers of Astapor and Volantis but she ’ll have an even bigger regular army to take on Westeros when she gets there . It turns out that Drogon dropped her off correctly where she need to be all along .
The involvement of Ser Jorah and Daario in the end was quite trifling – a fight in the streets for a fight in the streets ' sake , unless Ser Jorah blowing Baroness Dudevant in that one guy ’s cheek bulge out a greyscale epidemic that will ravage Dany ’s mass . At least Daario get to keep his ribald naked lady tongue . As Crocodile Dundee once said , " ' At ’s not a knife –‘at’sa knife . "
Meereen: the not-so-great compromiser
Dany might not be that excited when she draw back to Meereen and learns that Tyrion sell her out with the leaders of Astapor and Volantis . Her fresh consultant made a deal no one could reject : abolish slaveholding in seven year and be compensated for the loss of their holding , or be an foe of the state of matter . He knows this is the only way to get them to hold back funding the Sons of the Harpy and he ’s uncoerced to let slavery continue for a bit longer to get the slaver to give it up voluntarily and for their in force interest .
The plan does n’t impress Missandei and Grey Worm , who think Tyrion gave in . Last weekI thought the scene where he essay to have a conversation with the two seemed unnecessary , but I ’m glad we got to see more of it this week . Tyrion say that he was a slave briefly , so he knows how defective it is . Still , his two low - born counterparts tell them that he ’ll never sympathise . It seems like even if he can get the Sons of the Harpy to arrest set on , the disconnection between the luxuriously - born and the low may be too great to bridge .
With his position on slavery , do we guess that Dany is survive to burn him ( pun intended ) as soon as he start back or will she see that he is just trying to make peace ? She wo n’t be well-chosen with the compromise . This is sort of like have a bun in the oven Donald Trump to only a frame a rampart that is three feet gamy .
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The Eyrie: Littlefinger on the pulse
The funny affair about Tyrion urinate a accord with the slavers is that he say , “ A smart world once assure me , ‘ We do n’t make peace with our friends , only our enemies . ” The individual who told him that was Littlefinger , who said the same thing to Ned Stark in Season 1 . Never draw a blank that Littlefinger is the one who set all of these event in move when he convinced Lysa Arryn to belt down her husband and set up the Lannisters all that time ago .
In " Book of the Stranger , " Petyr Baelish say that he is croak to need Lord Arryn , who shoots a bow and pointer like Katniss Everdeen if she take up eight Ambien and was jade a blindfold , for “ the wars to issue forth . ” What state of war is he plan precisely ? Did his lie to Lord Royce about Sansa being kidnapped and forced into marriage by Ramsay Bolton mean that he is lead to seek to use the world of the Eyrie to help him take over Winterfell ? Is he doing this because he still roll in the hay Catelyn Stark or is this just a power grab to be King of the North , and eventually , the human race with his ass on the Iron Throne ? The last option really seems like the most potential . Littlefinger is playing the long secret plan ( of toilet ) .
Castle Black: Starks, raven, mad
at long last we ’re get the Stark sib to tattle that “ reunite and it feels so good ” song . Just as Jon Snow – now with 100 % more man bun – was about to provide , his half - sister Sansa shows up with Brienne and Podrick looking all bedraggled . It ’s called ironic shampoo , guys ! The crew spends its clip talking about soup , meat , and ale , because they have so little to do with one other that they can only verbalize about what they ’re eating . This is the Westeros version of talking about the conditions , which is off the table because it ’s constantly freezing .
Anyway , Sansa seek to win over Jon that he needs to get his wildling army together and go get their home back . He ’s untalkative . mayhap that human roll is making him less concerned in combat and more interested in kale salads and bespoke cocktails ? The hereceives a mean letterfrom Ramsay differentiate Jon that if he does n’t give Sansa back , he ’s pass away to obliterate Rickon and rape Sansa in front of his face , which he will then remove the eyeballs from . Geez , whatever happened to whatever happened to " my sword is bigger than your broadsword " ? The threats convince Jon to take action . Will Sansa assume her sire ’s place as loss leader of Winterfell , or is she poise to go out in a mo of violent fearlessness ? Whatever the futurity holds , she ’s up for the fight .
Ramsay , of course , is as vicious as ever , shiving Osha in the neck before she can use her sex gambit to entrap him . Does this mean that Osha and Rickon really are plants render to destroy Ramsay and usher in a Northern rebellion or are they just attempt to get out of the rook because Rickon does n’t want to have any of his body parts ( especially those south of his wall ) cut off by Ramsay ?
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Either way , Ramsay ’s father was right : sending letters like this one are only lead to people reckon he is a mad blackguard . Everyone is going treat him like shit .
King’s Landing: the waiting is the hardest part
There was a lot run on in King ’s Landing , but everything there seems like small potatoes to me mighty now .
Technically , there ’s a draw going on with the High Sparrow and the planetary house of Lannister and Tyrell . The High Sparrow strike Margaery to her pal as a advantage for listening to his long , boring saga about waking up one morning after a feast and hating all of the drinking and fornicating he had done the night before . We ’ve all been there before , but that must have been one serious hangover if that made him give up his shoe and cheat around the country making everyone sense bad about themselves .
The High Sparrow allows Margaery see her brother Loras who looks like a old bag of rags soaking up water on the floor of his cell . He tell he ’s not strong , but Margaery convert him that he is the future of their family and he needs to do what is right . Which will probably get him drink down , permit ’s be honest .
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Her spoken communication clear me retrieve that the High Sparrow is setting everyone up for a cakehole . Why would the High Sparrow tell Tommen that Margaery was going to confess her sin and do a walk of satisfaction where people shake their schlongs at her while a big dame in a big headdress yells , “ Shame ! ” at her and peal a bell ? ( Girl , I mother on an app on my phone that does that . ) She ’s staying strong ; she does n’t need to confess .
Because the High Sparrow knew Tommen would tell Cersei , who would tell the Tyrells , who would get their United States Army . Since he knows what is going on , he is blend to skillful that regular army and have even more control of the country for himself . Or he wants to burn off all of the establishments of culture to the soil and start something anew – Dany style .
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