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Game of Thrones: Valar Dohaeris Recap



We are back in the world of Westeros. When we last left Westeros, the season ended with Samwell Tarley being face to face with the White Walkers. This season starts off with Samwell running in a Blizzard, A White Walker Zombie (A Wight?) are about to take Sam out but his bacon is saved by Ghost. Commander Mormont chastises Sam for not being able to send the Ravens (Although, guy is in the middle of the blizzard, how was he supposed to send ravens when he was out in the field?).

Next we move onto Jon and his story north of the Wall, Jon is taken to the camp of Mance Rayder, (Who is played by Ciaran Hinds! Yes, love that guy!) King Beyond the Wall. He has a tense moment with Tormund, until Mance finally questions Jon on why he wants to join them. Jon speaks to the point that when Master Craster allowed the White Walkers to take the babies, that Lord Commander Mormont knew and did nothing about it. Jon wants to fight for the living (Is Mance buying this?).

Other plot threads that we encounter in the season premiere includes Davos, who we finally see again after the Battle of Blackwater, He is stranded on a rock and makes his way back to dragonstone (Via a helpful hand by an old pirate buddy!). He confronts Melisandre, who eventually has to throw Davos into prison. Sansa and Shae has some nice bonding time on the decks, where Little Finger makes his presence known and gives Sansa a possible chance to escape Kings Landing. Lady Margaery stops her carriage next to an orphanage, where she dotes on the children and promises aid to the orphanage, which is followed up by dinner with the Royal family where Joffrey acknowledges that Margaery has quite the proficiency with charitable works.

we finally end with Danaerys reaching Astapor, where she is trying to find an Army to take back the Iron throne. Eight thousand hardcore soldiers (They have to kill a baby in front of its mother’s eyes. Crazy!) called the Unsullied are there to be had by her. As she is walking around on the docks, a little girl who is more than she seems tries to kill her. A hooded man stopped the assassination attempt and revealed himself to be Berristan Selmy, A Former Kings Guard to Danaerys Grandfather, he pledges himself to her service.

Final Thoughts: A Very Nice return to Westeros, This show’s strength is also its greatest weakness, while we get many interesting plots and characters, the problem can arise when you focus on too many threads in one episode so as not being able to actually connect with the characters. We met knew characters today such as the King beyond the North, and we will continue to meet more characters as we go through this story progression, I just hope that the producers of this series can juggle it just enough so that we can establish more connections with the players in this game.

Otto Rogers