Arya notices Lady Crane drinks rum and nobody else does. Summer was killed by the demons of winter (winter is coming, and so goes Summer). Their escape is not without casualties. — Jon leaves a miserable Dolorous Edd in charge of Castle Black, as the 999th Lord Commander, with winter coming and an army of undead ready to march into Westeros. Which is horrible enough. Every sweep is fierce and deliberate and there's a determination to the old woman's movements that testifies to far greater battles she's fought in the past. Leaf uses a grenade to take out a bunch of swarming wights, and herself, like Vasquez in Aliens. He’s there with hundreds of thousands of wights. RELATED: Game of Thrones Exclusive EW Portraits: Queens of the Throne Age. One of the most recurring themes in Game of Thrones is that actions have drastic unintended consequences, and it seems this applies even to nonhuman races. "Hold the door!" Meera springs into action, grabs a dragonglass tip spear, and kills a White Walker. But no — the troupe is putting on the stage version of Game of Thrones. And now Bran is being pulled by Meera through the snow. Later, it’s the middle of the night, the Raven is asleep and Bran is bored. In other words, he’s now forgiven, finally. She and Jon continue to plot out the reclamation of Winterfell, with help from Davos. Actually, two bits. Wylis in the past starts repeating “hold the door.” His screaming gradually becomes … “Hodor.” And we realize: It was this brain-nuking command by an increasingly powerful Bran Stark that caused young Wylis to become Hodor in the first place. I’m wondering if the staff is going to be Arya’s preferred weapon moving forward, like Morgan on The Walking Dead. When the drowned priest calls for claimants, Yara is the first one to step forward. The last leader to try to enlist the church for political muscle was Cersei and that didn’t work out too well. We feel play-within-a-play meta dizziness as we realize Arya is tasked with killing off an actor playing a part in a warped mirror version of Game of Thrones within Game of Thrones. While young Ned Stark and the fate of his sister, Lyanna, have been the big stars of these flashbacks, another character got a curious amount of screen time. With Jon resurrected, Melisandre’s now thinking Jon is the Chosen One. Meanwhile Bran wargs back to old Winterfell as the Raven tries to catch him up on what he needs to know, and he isn’t coming out despite Meera’s efforts to wake him. Her task should be exceedingly simple: Kill an actress named Lady Crane. this link is to an external site that may or may not meet accessibility guidelines. Some of the onlookers are outraged at the thought of a woman leading them, until Theon, the only male heir to the last king, throws his support behind his sister. But the experiment apparently misfired when the Night’s King rebelled and created his own army of dead wights. The Children of the Forest were battling with the First Men. The episode, by the way, was helmed by first-time Thrones director Jack Bender (who was the main director on ABC’s Lost). And how Arya’s long-lost Nymeria comes into play is anybody’s guess (though there was a warrior queen in Dorne with the same name). “You’re always right, everything is the lord’s will,” he says with rare outright snark. So not in voice-over, not in Winterfell, but actually see him on camera say the word in the cave. Upgrade your lifestyleDigital Trends helps readers keep tabs on the fast-paced world of tech with all the latest news, fun product reviews, insightful editorials, and one-of-a-kind sneak peeks.Digital Trends may earn a commission when you buy through links on our site. His physical body has been branded and, according to the Raven, this means the Night’s King can pierce the magical shield that protects them. Sansa looks like perhaps she’s not sure herself. He reminds her that Melisandre had proclaimed Stannis as their savior, before Stannis lost two major battles and his life. She tells Varys that she knows he heard a voice from the flames that day, and that she knows what it said. Tricky, but on point: How many times in this episode do we see present-day Hodor (not Wylis) say the word “Hodor”? How much did the Raven know, exactly? The priestess seems enthused, as she claims Daenarys is the Prince That Was Promised (then again, she hasn’t met Jon Snow). He can’t resist calling Jon Snow her “half-brother.” He wants Sansa to trust him, and only him, and their newfound alliance might not serve his eventual purpose. Sansa, Jon, and their new allies depart The Wall, but Sansa does not tell them her information came from Littlefinger. Game of Thrones recap: The Door. I’ll always love you.”. That would add yet another meta level to this whole endeavor and I suddenly have to hit pause, take a few deep breaths — and this is all before Game of Thrones abruptly turns into a time-travel show. A whole lot, as it turns out. He reaches the Night’s King, who looks straight at him. "The Door" is the fifth episode of the sixth season of HBO's fantasy television series Game of Thrones, and the 55th overall. It’s an extremely creepy shot. “I made a mistake a horrible mistake,” he says. This means she could be able to wrangle a Tully army in her fight against the Boltons. All rights reserved. While the Raven sleeps, Bran is eager to continue his training. So that will be her killing technique. At first Arya is amused, but then the play’s hillbilly version of Ned Stark comes along. What’s in a name? In turn, they will become the officially endorsed religion of her empire. Bran wakes with a scream, the King left his mark on his arm. Copyright ©2020 Designtechnica Corporation. In Braavos, Arya continues her training to become one of the Faceless Men. Entertainment Weekly is a registered trademark of Meredith Corporation All Rights Reserved. As it turns out, his ward Bran Stark is responsible, thanks to some reckless, inadvertent time travel. By the time she's done, the snow has covered the pavement again — which for Emerenc doesn't mean … Bran finally wargs into Hodor and gets him to pull him down a long tunnel, the cave’s backdoor escape route. Speaking of which: Tomorrow we’ll have another edition of the podcast with more to give away, and, as usual, we’ll have plenty to discuss (subscribe and listen). The Lord of Light moves in mysterious ways. When Davos claims they don’t have enough supports in the North to challenge the usurper, Ramsay, she brings up the Blackfish. Arya goes to check out her target’s play. That seemed to change tonight — as Varys and a priestess of the god R’hllor debate the existence of the Lord of Light and fate, Bran’s reckless use of his greenseer abilities sets Hodor’s fate from childhood, leading to his sacrifice at the end of tonight’s episode.