Is
it hot in here, or is it just Game of Thrones?
Ever
since Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke)
scored herself a trio of dragons back in season 1, it was only a matter of time
until she took one into war — and on Sunday, August 6, that moment finally
arrived.
In
an episode titled "The Spoils of War," Team Targaryen hit back and
hit hard, in a blazing conflict with the Lannister army. Meanwhile, in the
North, a bittersweet family reunion turned violent … but in a fun way! Read on
for the best moments from this week's Game of Thrones.
At
long last, Arya Stark (Maisie Williams)
has returned to Winterfell, and, well, it's complicated, as she enjoyed a
somewhat lukewarm reunion with Sansa (Sophie
Turner) — never her favorite sibling — and a somewhat awkward one with
Bran (Isaac Hempstead-Wright),
whose supernatural gifts have made him medium prescient but extra-strength
weird.
Fortunately,
she found joy in a hardcore sparring match with a fellow lady badass and the
only person at Winterfell who beat The Hound in single combat. Watching Arya
and Brienne (Gwendoline Christie)
sparring in the courtyard was a pleasure, even if Littlefinger (Aidan Gillen) kinda ruined the moment
by smarmily watching them from that balcony where he's always standing. On the
plus side, there's now a chance that Arya might learn about his role in her
father's death and knock him off her kill list as fast as she puts him on it.
Meanwhile,
Jon Snow's (Kit Harington)
adventures in the dragonglass mine on Dragonstone led to an exciting discovery:
a secret chamber full of petroglyphs drawn by the Children of the Forest, who
mostly communicated their history through vague sun-like symbols, except when
it comes to White Walkers, who were conveniently painted on the wall in a
photorealistic style worthy of Gerhard Richter.
The
painting swayed Daenerys where Jon's testimony didn't; she promised to join his
fight just as soon as he swears loyalty to her. But in the meantime, there were
bigger problems afoot: Cersei's (Lena
Headey) people were preparing for a siege, stockpiling all the kingdom's
resources inside the walls of King's Landing. Dany impulsively vowed to fly her
dragons to the Red Keep but Jon, asked for his opinion, advised her that it
would be counterproductive. But, hey, if you wanted to fly your dragons
somewhere...
Fire and Blood
Overseen
by Jaime (Nicolaj Coster-Waldau)
and Bronne (Jerome Flynn), a
wagon caravan containing the spoils of war was being slowly ushered toward
King's Landing. But not quickly enough. As the distant, thundering sound of the
Dothraki army drew near, the Lannister men fell into formation — offering up a
nice, fat, flammable clump of meat for Daenerys and Drogon the dragon.
Chaos
and carnage ensued, as the wagons (and a fair few soldiers) went up in flames —
all but Bronn, who had the sense to locate Qyburn's (Anton Lesser) giant, dragon-piercing crossbow, load it, and fire.
Wounded, Drogon plunged to the earth, where Daenerys struggled to remove the
arrow. But wounded is not dead, and when Jaime Lannister thought to plunge a
spear into Dany's back, his assault ended prematurely in a blast of dragonfire
… and a hasty plunge into the safety of the river. Last we saw, Jaime was
alive, but we wouldn't assume anything just yet. That water is awfully deep,
and that armor he's wearing is awfully heavy.
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