Game of Thrones: Season 6, Episode 7 - The Broken Man

Game of Thrones: Season 6, Episode 7 - The Broken Man

iMDB Rating: 8.5

Date Released : 5 June 2016

Duration :  51 min

Genre : Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

Director: David Nutter

Writers: George R.R. Martin, David Benioff

Starring : Peter Dinklage, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Lena Headey

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Synopsis Game of Thrones: Season 6, Episode 7

The Hound was saved by Brother Ray, the leader of a community, and has a peaceful life working as woodman. When three men from the Brotherhood threaten the villagers, The Hound is worried about but Brother Ray does not believe in violence anymore. Margaery seems to be converted by the High-Sparrow, but when she learns that her grandmother Oleanna Tyrrell is in danger, she contacts her to convince Oleanna to leave King's Landing. Jon. Sansa and Davos are searching for allies to vanquish Ramsay and retake Winterfell. Jaime and Bronn arrive at the Blackfish Castle and Jaime tries to convince him to surrender to the siege to his castle. Theon and Yara are resting in a brothel and waiting for uncle Euron's attack. Arya makes arrangements to return to Westeros but she is stabbed by the Waif.

Review :

The Art of Revenge

Firstly, Never has the first 60 seconds of a TV series hit me as hard as I have been hit tonight. It's been a strange 'Game' of late, with so many significant characters falling to the sword (or bolts). So to see the Hound, one of the best GOT characters ever return was honestly profound.

Despite the major shock of the Hound's return being an astronomical moment in the series, the rest of the episode didn't disappoint either. Finding out what we expected all along, that Margaery was plotting against the High Sparrow certainly wasn't a surprise, but it was a significant moment in the show. We also got a well written confrontational scene between the Queen of Thorns and Cersei, A scene that may also foretell of a darker future for the Queen of Thorns based off Cersei's reaction.

However for me the real highlight of this episode was the much needed return of Bronn. Bronn's return ensures the return of the wit that has been so lacking this year, but also tells of an interesting future for his character. Whilst Arya also isn't in the best of places having been stabbed by Waif, i feel fairly certain she won't face fatal repercussions and it isn't a significant moment in the series.

Lastly i'll return to where I began, with the "Broken Man", Sandor Clegane. That ending was dark, haunting and exactly what Game of Thrones does best, I expect Sandor to have his revenge, in more ways than one. Truth be told this wasn't the most exciting Thrones episode ever, but it returned to the terrific story-telling which has been seemingly absent of late.