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The following article contains spoilers for " Oathbreaker , " the third sequence of the sixth season ofGame of Thrones . Proceed with caution . Readour full " Oathbreaker " recap here .
As sequel trailers from the nineties would say : Jon Snow is back … with a payback . But not even John McClane got a mic - drop minute like the one Jon had on tonight’sGame of Thrones .
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After jolting back to life at the tail end of last workweek ’s installment , the resurrected Lord Commander began this one , entitled " Oathbreaker , " by going direct back to right Castle Black ’s wrongs , specifically the puncture wounds that left him bleeding out on the ground and stay etch into his six - camp . Snow took a few inscrutable breath , grabbed his Lord Commander coat , re-introduce himself as a noble MFer who wo n’t tolerate dishonour , then flow his assailants – admit his aging rival Alliser Thorne and young Olly , the most detestable piffling twerpsince Joffrey– without so much as a " Et tu , Brute ? " Snap went the rophy and the neck . When Jon ’s employment was done , hewas done .
" Castle Back is yours now , " he tells Edd Tollett . " My watch has ended . "
There ’s only one appropriate response :
Season six has been asking more questions than it ’s been uncoerced to suffice , which is incense for book - study obsessive and catnip for those of us who live for Creator D.B. Weiss and David Benioff ’s twisted mind games .
sequence one had our imagination racing at the possibleness ofMelisandre ’s vaticination , the Lord of Light ’s truthful power , and old - lady costume jewellery . Episode twodealt with the Jon Snow is he / isn’t he narrative(while giving the fallen bomber the consummate reason to return – someone needs to kick Ramsay ’s ass ASAP ) . " Oathbreaker " teases us with likely Revelation of Saint John the Divine , namely :
And then there ’s Jon Snow . There ’s always Jon Snow .
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The show ’s master military man wrap up a few lingering question from last season with a nice little bow , the biggest being that theory that posits that Jon " warged " into his direwolf Ghost is out the windowpane . When he crossed over to the other side , he assure Melisandre , " there was nothing at all . " That ’s not very direwolf - y.
As Weiss assign itin the post - show analysis , " to remember your own dying , see evidence on your own trunk , is experiential terror . " If you ’ve seen the darkness of the neat beyond , that ’s enough to have sex you up and place you on a path of fierce grief . Jon is now Batman ( dead parents ) , the Punisher ( dead wife ) , and Arrow ( deadened ego ) all roll into one . There ’s nothing stopping him from lay thriftlessness to any beadlike - eyed exponent player in his way .
Jon Snow is n’t a god – sizing subject in Westeros and , support jokingly by that balmy wildling , Tormund Giantsbane , Jon ’s pecker is far too small for that – but he is destine for wideness . When Melisandre stare into her sorcerous flame , she see Snow riding into battle . " Oathbreaker " align the stars so the prophetic rumble could eventually go down . In one niche , you ’ll have Jon , now storming off to … well , we ca n’t imagine he ’ll get too far without Davos , the wildlings , or another inspirational character luring him back into the leader position .
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That convincing forcefulness could very well be Sansa , who appears with Brienne and Podrick in the teaser for next week ’s episode get at the gates of some snow fort that looks an fearful destiny like Castle Black . Will these Winterfell outcasts finally reunite ?
If they do , they ’ll have a common opposition . Now in cahoot with both the Karstarks and the Umbers , the Bastard of Bolton is in position to march on Castle Black and in the end end Jon Snow . ( Little does he realize the guy ’s already been to Hell and back – and is sporting a fancy young ' do , to boot ) If manhandle Sansa , flaying Theon , andbeing a foaming - at - the - mouth whoreson to everyone in his pathisn’t enough to chivy Jon Snow into retaliating , the disclosure that Ramsay now holds a Umber - delivered Rickon Stark might be the net shuck . ( And we suppose Ghost will want a composition , too – pathetic Shaggydog ! )
" Oathbreaker " does break that Smalljon Umber had captured Rickon and Osha – last seen ditching Bran for Last Hearth – and delivered them to the Boltons , along with the direwolf ’s promontory . The renegade is n’t a Bolton fan , but he does need to win this never - ending war . Will he come up dead with Jon back in the game ?
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In the books , Ramsay tries to lure Jon to Winterfell with a subject matter that fans refer to as " the Pink Letter , " which claims that he ’s holding Arya surety ( who is n’t even in the vicinity).Game of Thronesthe TV show may riff on that by swapping in Rickon .
The hostage crisis , ultimately , could put Jon on a route that result straight down to King ’s landing place , and the Iron Throne . IfGame of Thronesis the story of Jon Snow learning of his dead on target past and claiming what is truly his , as many ( myself include ) consider , then he ’ll have to quetch the wintertime ribbon at some stop . slice up Ramsay ’s head off is measure one . What takes him all the elbow room ?
Well , lease ’s see what Bran finds in that tower first .
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