Game of Thrones‘s latest episode of season 5 saw a strong sense of dread in the air…
“Kill the Boy” was one of the darkest episode of Game of Thrones in recent memory. At least in terms of its color scheme. As most of this week’s action took place in the North, the weather proved to be pathetic fallacy for the sense of doom pervading the air — and possible foreshadowing for the deaths that will surely come. But despite its gloomy mood, Game of Thrones also gave us plenty of exciting and memorable moments. Check out our five favorite scenes from the episode below, and don’t forget to tell us yours in the comments!
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‘They will eat you if I tell them to. They may eat you even if I don’t.’
The episode began with a morose reminder of Westeros’s dangerous stakes as Barristan Selmy had succumbed to the injuries he endured during the Sons of Harpy’s ambush. Furious that she lost such a valued adviser and trustworthy friend, Dany set out trying to identify the assassins by rounding up the masters and turning them into dragon dinner.
Let’s be honest, any scene with a dragon in it is always going to be most people’s favorite moment. But it wasn’t just the awe-inspiring CGI that earns this scene a place on the list; it’s the Mother of Dragons’s sheer ruthlessness. She eventually repented (U-turning so far that she decided to marry her captor), but this week reminded us Dany may be a fair leader, but she’s also strong. Is she tough enough? Hell yes she’s tough enough.
Sexiest Scene
Equal parts sexy and creepy, Ramsay Bolton’s biting romance with Miranda featured plenty of nudity.
‘I do not fear death.’
Barristan Selmy may have passed away, but thankfully Grey Worm managed to hold on. And when he came around, he was greeted by Missandei, who had been waiting by his bed for three days straight.
The two then share a touching moment, when the Unsullied commander finally admits his feelings for the girl. Their blossoming romance has been one the series’ slowest-burning story-lines, but it’s been handled so well that everyone watching has always been rooting for the couple. The culmination of their love story proved to be a brief, heart-warming break from all of the doom and gloom everywhere else.
‘That’s enough talk of battles.’
After weeks at the Wall, King Stannis Baratheon and his forces finally began their march to Winterfell to defeat the Boltons and (hopefully) rescue Sansa from her psychotic betrothed. It looks like we’ve found the subject of this season’s infamous episode 9…
And so yet another group of story lines go their separate ways. We’ve seen how much Stannis has rubbed off on Jon already — as the Lord Commander has learned how to rule with conviction and demand respect. Let’s hope that Jon has taught Stannis a bit of humanity as well, because with where he’s headed, he’s going to need it.
‘An apology doesn’t mean anything if you’re not looking the person in the eye.’
Stannis and Jon may have said their goodbyes, but Sansa found herself reunited with someone from her past. Though having said that, Theon is now just a shadow of his former self. Ramsay relishes this macabre reunion by forcing Reek to apologize for murdering her brothers. Of course, Theon didn’t actually murder Bran and Rickon. Meanwhile, Roose DID murder one of Sansa’s brothers though, yet he doesn’t have to apologize.
Iwan Rheon continues to excel in the role, making every single scene he’s in infinitely more disturbing. We were convinced that Theon was about to meet a severely sinister end when he was on his knees, but the newly-legitimized Bolton instead offered him forgiveness and mercy. We’re not halfway through the season, and Ramsay still hasn’t gone on a psychotic rampage of any kind. Let’s hope he’s not saving it all for his wedding night.
Most Gruesome Death
The master of Meereen who was burnt to death before being ripped apart by Dany’s dragons. Ouch.
‘Flames that shot so high and hot that even dragons burned.’
Game of Thrones‘ fifth episode finally delivered the poster moment that fans had been going mad over for months. With Tyrion Lannister and Jorah Mormont not quite having the bromance we might have hoped for, there was a stony silence in their small sailboat. Unfortunately for them, that wasn’t the only stony thing around. But we get ahead of ourselves.
As they sailed through the ruins of Valyria, the men seeking Dany’s forgiveness encountered the rogue Drogon. (DROGUEon? No? Okay.) Just like every other week, Peter Dinklage once again knocks it out of the park. They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but a facial expression from the actor is worth a million. The realization that everything he was taught about dragons was wrong, the fear, the shock, and the sheer awe, all conveyed in a single glance. Keep your fingers crossed that Jorah manages to get the Imp to his Queen before the grayscale consumes him — because the more time the character gets with the dragons, the better.
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