Jon grants this request, burning her a pyre just beyond the Wall. Though he doesn’t seem to hold any great sentiment for the dead, he does tell Jon that Ygritte belongs in the North for her final resting place. Jon invites him to say some words over the dead bodies before they burn them and Tormund seems to find this ludicrous. (Speaking of, did Gendry ever make it out of that boat?) Massive Ginger King Kong Tormund Giantsbane ( Kristofer Hivju) has recovered from his multiple arrow wounds and he is PISSED about it too. Watch out Snow, she’s gonna strip you down and leech you if you aren’t careful. Of course, Melisandre ( Carice Van Houten) gives Jon Snow the creepy eyes through the fire. Jon also gives them a hot tip: burn the dead before nightfall as a preventative tactic against those icky zombie wights.Īt Castle Black, Aemon Targaryen ( Peter Vaughan) is presiding over the mass funeral pyre of the fallen Night’s Watch men, along with witnesses Davos, Stannis, and Stannis’ family. However, Jon Snow manages to save Mance’s tail by offering up his opinion what they should do with Mance (take him prisoner listen to him), which Stannis respects because he’s Ned Stark’s son. Mance quickly surrenders, but he won’t kneel to Stannis (who is way too obsessed with his quasi kingly status and the useless rituals that go along with it-this ain’t King’s Landing, bro). Wha-wha-WHAT? Apparently these dudes have spent the last couple of episodes bringing their massive army all the way up to the Wall. Out of the mist rides Stannis Baratheon ( Stephen Dillane) and Davos Seaworth ( Liam Cunningham). Excuse my French, but who the FUCK could this be? All the while Jon eyes the knife left out, though it’s clearly a suicide mission to attempt to kill him.īefore anything can happen between these two enemies, a massive army on horseback descends upon the woods, efficiently hacking and axing the Wildlings to smithereens. Essentially, Mance is just a guy trying to defend his people. Mance explains they want the wall for protection (from WINTER) and need to get access to the tunnel, so that they aren’t beyond the wall whenever WINTER arrives. While one of Mance’s men prepares a snack, Mance lets Jon know that there are already Wildlings climbing the wall at another location. They also drink to the departed Grenn and Mag the Mighty (the giant who lost his life in the tunnel). Of course, Mance brings up the issue of Ygritte ( Rose Leslie), and the two men drink to her memory with some hideous fermented chunky milky moonshine. ![]() Quite the accessible guy, this Mance! He invites Jon inside for a chat, despite his clear disapproval at Jon’s return to the fold at Castle Black. He doesn’t make it more than a few feet into the woods when he’s surrounded by guards and in front of Mance Rayder’s tent. I was a bit surprised that this episode picked up right where the last one left off, to the minute in fact, with Jon Snow ( Kit Harington) making his way out beyond the wall to find and kill Mance Rayder ( Ciarán Hinds). ![]() That’s definitely a tall order, and “The Children” pulls it off. But this finale definitely lived up to the hype, with some incredible twists, turns and monologuing along the way as well.ĭirected by Alex Graves, who has directed several episodes this season (including the incredible Purple Wedding and the botched Jaime/Cersei rape scene, so, mixed results), this is an episode that has to wrap things up, move things forward and check in with many dispersed characters whom we’ve left for many episodes to focus on other, more pertinent matters (like the massive Wildling army). ![]() ![]() If anyone checked out the news about the Emmy submissions last week, you might have noted that this week’s finale “ The Children” was the only episode that HBO submitted for best writing, so we were expecting a lot from this one (though last week’s episode “ The Watchers on the Wall” would have made a fine submission too, as though it was rife with action and bloodshed, had some damn fine speeches and story moments. Here we are, time to bid farewell to another season of “ Game of Thrones,” just as soon as we get through this extra long (66 minute) episode-with slim chances that all of our characters are going to make it out intact.
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