But here comes Sansa, objecting to his judgment like a lawyer for the prosecution, wanting to throw those adorable teen lord-lings out of their castles and into the freezing winter for their relatives’ betrayal. Jon declares they will be forgiven since the traitors who made the decision are dead and now they all need to band together to fight the army of the dead. What will this gift be, we wonder? ( Next: Sansa, you’re spoiling it, you’re spoiling everything! ) Winterfell: In the Great Hall, Jon Snow deals with a matter before the Northern lords - what to do with House Umber and Karstark after they betrayed the Starks to side with Ramsay Bolton. Jaime may have privately engaged in some delightful Seven Kingdoms trash talk with Cersei, putting down the Iron Born to Cersei as “bitter, angry little people.” But he recognizes the desperation of their situation and, despite his misgivings, knows that they have to accept any help they can get.Įuron declares he’s willing to do some work on speculation, saying he’ll bring Cersei a gift. Even his apparent praise of Jaime for his combat skills years ago is actually a subtle put-down - Jaime before his dismemberment was a very different man, and they all know it. He amusingly insults Jaime’s lack of hand and suggests Cersei kill her brother. He can’t help but test Cersei’s boundaries by advancing on her, watching The Mountain step protectively forward. The man’s totally showing up next time in a fedora. Euron has seemingly been reading pick-up artist forums and is peacocking and negging all over the place, trying to demonstrate his social proof. He pitches himself to Cersei, not treating her like a queen worthy of respect, but like a woman in a tavern he’s hitting on while she sits right next to her boyfriend (in this case, Jaime).
To have somebody traipse onto the stage with a swagger and the attitude that Euron has, it’s a lot of fun and lets a lot of air into the room.”Įuron wastes no time.
Everybody in this world cares very deeply - whether they’re awful, wonderful, or, most of them, somewhere in between - they all care deeply about the politicking and give a lot of thought into everything they do. As showrunner Dan Weiss points out in our interview with actor Pilou Asbæk about his return in this episode, “We haven’t had somebody with a rock star swagger who doesn’t give a s- before. Euron last season was like an angry ambitious warrior, something we’ve seen before on this show and others. Martin fans, Euron still doesn’t have an eye patch, which in the books the character wears just for the hell of it I think that would be one pirate trope too far.) I’m very curious to hear the reactions to his physical and personality makeover. Cersei has one in mind, but Jaime’s not going to like it.Įnter Euron Greyjoy 2.0, all black leather pants and low-cut pirate shirt, looking a bit like an R-rated Captain Hook from Once Upon a Time. Jaime tries to temper Cersei’s Donald Trump-ian impulses, pointing out she can’t just piss off everybody you need at least some allies to rule. Can you imagine if Cersei had dragons instead of Dany? She’d just roast everybody so nobody would be left alive to threaten her. Jaime looks disturbed at her new James Bond villain decor as she lists her enemies.
King’s Landing: Speaking of which, Cersei is having her patio painted with a giant map of Westeros so she can visually keep track of everybody who hates her - and she doesn’t even know about Arya yet! She literally strides across the Seven Kingdoms like she owns the world, stepping on the little people at her feet. Fans have assumed that Arya would go home to Winterfell, not King’s Landing, but with her newfound confidence at striking down tyrants she wants to take out the biggest level boss in Westeros. In the end, she bluntly reveals her intentions: “I’m going to kill the queen,” which the men laugh off.