Recap of Thrones 6.1 – The Red Woman

MissBleecker — Mon, 25 Apr 2016 21:15:42 +0000

If you're not caught up on season 5, watch HBO's previously on above, or read my GoT Round-Up post.

Enter at your own risk - SPOILERS OBVS

EPISODE STATS

Death Toll: 2 onscreen deaths (Doran and Trystane Martell), and 2 confirmed deaths (Jon Snow and Miranda) Reveals: Melisandre's necklace makes her appear young and beautiful, she is actually an old hag. Biggest Climb: Sansa finally escaped from the Bolton's and has a new protector in Brienne and a running crew to boot. Lowest Fall: Khaleesi went from Dothraki sex slave to being banished to live out her days with the rest of the Khals' widows.

WESTEROS

The Wall Jon Snow's body, Ghost, Melisandre, Davos, Thorne, Night's Watch What We Know: Season 6 gets right into the thick of it. Davos discovers Jon's body and he and a few of Jon's Night's Watch boys lock themselves in a room with Melisandre and Ghost. Thorne admits to killing Jon and is like, "So?" But the Goodies left in the Night's Watch aren't having any of it, so they send one of their own out to round up some Wildlings to overthrow Thorne's new hold over the Crows. Meanwhile Davos is vouching hard for Melisandre to do something magical with Jon, but all we get from her is another unnecessary boob scene, which reveals her favorite accessory, is actually a source of her powers. She removes the choker every night to tuck herself into bed, as nude old Rose from Titanic. Also, who gave her her own room and undisturbed alone time during this stand-off? Predictions: It's been rumored that Thoros, the red priest we met in season 3 who can bring people back from the dead, is going to be making an appearance in season 6. Perhaps he's going to help Melisandre bring Jon back? One can only hope. Winterfell Sansa, Theon, The Boltons, Brienne, Pod What We Know: Ramsay mourns the loss of his KMD (kennel-master's-daughter) and then feeds her to the dogs she loved so much, talk about an old-fashioned romantic. He's getting major pressure from Roose to get his shit together, because wifey is pregnant with a boy (because of all the sonogram machines they had in the North.) Meanwhile, Bolton Bannermen are on the hunt for runaways Sansa and Theon, who decide to take a little nap, because running for your life is really tiring. They are caught and all hope appears lost until Brienne and Pod come riding in swords-a-swinging. They defeat the Bolton Boys and form a new super-group. Predictions: It's been a long time since anything positive has happened to any of these characters, so fans should revel in this moment. HBO released the title of Episode 3, it's called "Oathbreaker." This could be foreshadowing something bad happening to/involving Brienne, who's sword is named "Oathkeeper."

King's Landing

Cersei, Jaime What We Know: Cersei sees Jaime's ship returning and runs to the bay to meet him, only to discover Myrcella is returning home under a golden shroud, kind of like what the witch told her in the opening scene of season 5. Predictions: In the next on, we see Cersei and Jaime gearing up for an all out battle with the Faith Militant. While Jaime seems to be getting his own hands dirty, Cersei is going to be employing Franken-Mountain in the upcoming episode. Margaery, Sparrow, Septa What We Know: Septa continues to seek a confession from Margaery, who refuses to admit anything. Sparrow comes into Marg's cell to reason with her, but she's only concerned with her brother's well-being. Predictions: Marg and Loras are going to have to do compromise with the Seven to save their skins, since the Tyrells and King Tommen seem to be MIA in the matter. Marg, who is popular with the public, might repent and become their new spokesperson, or at least make the offer to manipulate her way out of prison. Dorne Ellaria, The Sand Snakes, Doran, Trystane What We Know: Ellaria is walking around the water gardens with Prince Doran (he can walk now?) when he gets news of Myrcella's murder. So Ellaria and her daughter shank Doran and his one loyal bodyguard, while the Sand Snakes take care of Trystane. Predictions: So this means there are no more legitimate Martells left, only Oberyn's bastard daughters, the Sand Snakes. It appears as if Dorne is now a female run nation, which is kind of cool, I guess... But it also probably means they are going to wage war with the Lannisters. ESSOS The Grass Sea (Dothraki Territory) Daenerys What We Know: Dany is taken prisoner by the Dothraki hoard. I guess they don't know who she is, because all they can talk about is whether the carpet matches the drapes. She is brought to the new Khal Moro, who's wives want her head. Khal is like, "bitches be jealous, but I am going to lie with you." Khaleesi gives her whole name-title schpeel, which doesn't work. Then she remembers the loophole to Dothraki rape, a Khal's widdow is off limits. As soon as she name-drops Drogo, Moro releases her. But when she asks to be taken back to Meereen, Moro is like, "No, no, you're going to Vaes Dothrak, that's where we send all the Khal's widows." Predictions: Things are not looking too good for Khaleesi, she just went from slave to being banished to a land of Dothraki Widows. Maybe she'll add a new title to her endless name? Warden of Widows? We see Drogon flying over the Dothraki hoard, so it mustn't be long before her #1 dragon son comes to momma's rescue, right? Seriously, there were no dragons in episode 1, can we get some scales please?! Jorah, Daario What We Know: We catch up with Jorah and Daario where we last saw Dany, in the middle of an unknown field somewhere in The Grass Sea. They catch onto the fact that she's been taken by the Dothraki and go on their way in rescuing her, but not before Jorah takes a moment to pick at his Greyscale. Seriously, the more you pick a scab the worse the scar, he needs to leave that alone, and definitely stop touching everyone. Predictions: It's only a matter of time before Daario discovers Jorah's Greyscale. Has anyone tried cutting off the infected limb? It seems like the first thing to try, maybe he's waiting until it spreads to the elbow? We see helmeted knights with a three-headed dragon emblem in the season 6 teasers murdering some dudes, it's probably safe to say Daario and Jorah are going to run into some unwanted company soon. Meereen Tyrion, Varys What We Know: Tyrion and Varys dress like commoners so they can explore the hard streets of Meereen. They see some political graffiti comparing Dany to the Masters, meaning our favorite Mhysa is sliding in popularity since executing one of her free people. Then there's a big commotion, which Varys and Tyrion have to run towards. It turns out that someone, probably the Masters/Sons of the Harpy, have set all of the ships on fire and now no one can leave Meereen, bummer. Predictions: While Varys and Tyrion are walking through an empty square we see someone watching them, now who could that be? In HBO's 6.2 description they basically say Tyrion has to make his own good news. Is it possible that Tyrion could release the dragons tied up in the Meereen palace basement? Braavos Arya, The Waif What We Know: Arya is now a blind beggar in Braavos, say that 5 times fast! She's really down on herself for fucking up so hard with the Many Faced God, but apparently things aren't over for her yet. The Waif (didn't know that was her name until I looked it up) goes to Arya, tosses her a stick and beats her silly until she decides she's had enough, and leaves, promising to return the next day. Predictions: The Waif is obviously training Arya to be a blind assassin. If Arya picks things up she'll basically become the Daredevil of Braavos, but I guess she'd still need to go to law school...

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BREAKING BAD 5.1 Recap

MissBleecker — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 01:05:00 +0000

You're wondering where I've been and all I can say to you is that I've been busy. I could fill you in on all the gory details of the past year but thats not why you clicked this post. You're reading this because you're like me and you've at last been released from television pergatory to only be welcomed into the kingdom of our savior Walter White.

Yes Breaking Bad season 5 premiered last night on AMC and it was a glorious, albeit somewhat befuddling return. The episode opens with Walt, our father of the blue crystal, rearranging some bacon into a 52, because, guess what? Its his b-day! (Or at least the birthday of his new identity) and everyone knows you eat for free at Denny's when its your birthday and you sign an integrated marketing contract. What's worse than the blatant advertising ploy, most likely a result of AMC initially trying to can BB because of the high production costs, is the amount of hair on Bryan Cranston's head. Walt appears to no longer be in the 7th circle of hell aka Arizona and meets up with some rando guy in the bathroom and gives him an envelope. So much mystery already. Where are Skylar and the kids? What state is this Denny's in? Why is Walt tossing the bald look? The plot thickens as Walt goes to the parking lot and pops open the trunk of (not his) a car to find a BIG ASS gun and some instruction manuals. Cue opening sequence! Welcome to Season 5! JUMP FOR MORE BREAKING BAD RECAP-I-NESS!!! We return to right after Gus goes boom, Skyler is still annoying and mostly useless as ever. While Hank is still hobbeling around the case of the blue meth. Apparently hasmat suits now come paired with stylish walkers for the every day DEA agent exploring a giant exploded meth lab. And it wouldn't be BB if Hank didn't stumble across something that totally harshed the mellows of the three bald wisemen. Walt and Jesse find Mike, who's still really pissed off about the whole blowing up Gus thing and is ready to kill Walt and give Jesse some dad-like advice, 'cuase 'ya know, they're BFFs. But before Mike can pull the trigger, Walt reminds him that the police have Gus' laptop with the video record he kept of all the meth making/dealing. Mike grumbles and agrees to go on a road trip to Jesse's house where the baldies try to figure out a way to keep the cops from seeing the tapes. Being the genius that he is, Jesse asks, "What about magnets yo? Like every time I put my cell phone next to my metrocard that shit can't swipe for like 3 days!" Sorry, NYC reference. But it's so crazy it might just work! Like any man of science, Walt wants to test out Jesse's theory, of course, at a scrap yard. In another fit of AMC's attempt to lower their bottom line, they wreak a shitty Dell computer with the test magnet and it works! Meanwhile, in another storyline Saul goes to Skyler to tell her that, guess what, Ted, the rere that tripped his way, head first into a bannister, is actually not dead like we all thought, he's awake! And he looks like Pinhead. But it's all good because Skyler's goons scared the shit out of him when he got all paralyzed and shaved down so he won't be spreading any news about the Whites anytime soon. Later, Jesse and Walt head over to the police station and park their sketchy ass truck next to the evidence room and turn the magnet on full blast, ripping the evidence room apart and rendering Gus' evidence laden laptop in smithereens. But wait, it appears that all the flying of evidence broke one of Gus' pretty picture frames, revealing some scribble scratch that will probably come back to haunt our heroes later on in the season. But for now, Walt is none the wiser and returns home to hug his wife. With a fairly solid season opener, we're left wondering what the scribble scratch could mean, is it a stash of evidence, a stash of money, a stash of Gus' DNA so he can be reanimated only to continue tormenting Walt? The possibilities are endless. But what I'm still curious about is how that curly mop got on Walt's head and when it's going to go back to where it came from?!

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Recap of Thrones 6.1 – The Red Woman

EPISODE STATS

WESTEROS

King's Landing

BREAKING BAD 5.1 Recap