Game of Thrones 6.5 FAQ
What’s it called?
“The Door.”
Who’s responsible?
Teleplay is credited to showrunners David Benioff & D. B. Weiss.
What says HBO?
“Tyrion seeks a strange ally. Bran (Isaac Hempstead Wright) learns a great deal. Brienne (Gwendoline Christie) goes on a mission. Arya (Maisie Williams) is given a chance to prove herself.”
Last week. On “Game Of Thrones.”
* “Don’t you wish we could go back to the day we left” Winterfell? Sansa asked her “brother” Jon. “I want to scream at myself, ‘Don’t go, you idiot!’” (You know who might be able to scream something like that to Young Sansa Stark? Hint: He’s hanging out with Hodor on the Magnetic North Pole.)
* Melissandre told Davos she now follows Jon Snow, the “prince who was promised,” then learned it was Brienne who executed Stannis Baratheon.
* Robin Arryn, distracted by his new bird, asked Petyr Baelish if Lord Yohn Royce should be thrown through the Moon Door. Robin then decreed that his armies would help his cousin Sansa in her quest to retake Winterfell.
* To the displeasure of many, Tyrion gave the masters of Astopor and Yunkai seven years to free its slaves -- in exchange for the masters calling off their terrorists in Meereen.
* The High Sparrow recalled his days as a hard-partying cobbler.
* The Queen of Westeros advised her weepy brother to stay strong, but the Knight of Flowers seemed little interested in her advice.
* The Lannisters and Olenna Tyrell hatched a plan for the second-largest army in Westeros to invade King’s Landing and take Margaery, Loras and the High Sparrow into crown custody.
* Theon returned home and pledged to help his sister ascend to rule The Iron Islands.
* Ramsay Bolton, Lord of Winterfell and Warden of the North, stuck a knife in Osha’s neck.
* Jon learned Bolton had custody of his brother Rickon, and Sansa talked Jon into helping her take back Winterfell.
* Daario used a large rock to disguise a stab wound, then prevented the exits of many Khal.
* The Unburnt burned.
Last week brought the highest-rated fourth episode of “Game of Thrones” ever.
Game of Thrones
(adults 18-49; newer weeks to the left):
(---) (3.9) (3.7) (3.7) (4.0) 2016
(4.1) (3.6) (3.4) (2.5) (3.1) 2015
(3.5) (3.6) (3.5) (3.6) (4.2) 2015
(3.8) (3.7) (3.9) (3.9) (3.4) 2014
(3.9) (3.7) (3.5) (3.4) (3.6) 2014
(2.9) (2.8) (2.6) (2.4) (2.9) 2013
(2.8) (2.6) (2.4) (2.3) (2.4) 2013
(2.2) (1.6) (2.0) (1.9) (2.0) 2012
(1.9) (1.8) (1.8) (1.9) (2.0) 2012
(1.2) (1.1) (1.2) (1.2) (0.9) 2011
(1.2) (1.2) (1.1) (1.0) (0.9) 2011
9 p.m. Sunday. HBO.
