6x06 POST-Episode Discussion (airs 29th May)

Anyone think that after filming INSIDE THE EPISODE David and Dan go outside and laugh their asses off?

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I liked that there seemed to be inner conflict brewing with Daario. He definitely thinks she should be queen of the world and incredibly hot, and he wants to be her consort. But it isn't really in his nature to be a follower - if she's just going to treat him as one follower among many, I think he's going to abandon her. I could totally see one of the Westerosi power players tempting him to betray her next season. Or Daario refusing to go along with the Greyjoy plan and Dany executing/exiling him for insubordination.

I think the show is holding onto Cersei's infidelity with Lancel to deploy at an important time. If the speculation that Jaime ends up killing Cersei is true, he should probably learn of the infidelity in that season. And if Jaime doesn't end up killing Cersei, that might have been their final goodbye and I don't begrudge them a happy moment.

I did like that it was Tommen that sent Jaime to the Riverlands, since it wouldn't have made sense for show Jaime and Cersei to decide to send Jaime there. I've been saying for years that I wanted Cersei and Jaime to have to deal with Tommen as their king - a real person with an agenda different from theirs. That day has come.

Such a funny detail that Mace has somebody leading his horse. I wonder if Olenna instituted that policy after his father rode off a cliff. It is a little frustrating because we don't know the full situation, but it seems like Cersei is still confined to the tower, so she's forcibly removed from a lot of the action. And both Jaime and Olenna screwed up by not paying enough attention to Tommen's interactions with the High Sparrow. Margaery had no way of communicating with them, and she already knows that Tommen can't deal with machinations so she has to play it straight with him. Olenna, in particular, should have been paying attention to Tommen, as the only outlet that she had for getting messages from Margaery. And Jaime should have been paying attention to his own Kingsguard, who obviously had enough time to redecorate their armor. It is unclear how much Kevan knew and when he knew it, but he is definitely positioned contrary to both Cersei and Olenna now.

I liked that Arya recognized similarities that she has to Cersei - similarities that Tywin saw way back in season 2. The whole use of the Braavosi play in Arya's arc was really good.

Regarding Benjen/Coldhands - why are we assuming that Coldhands is a one-off in the books? I agree with KingTommen that Benjen can't plausibly be alive north of the Wall after all this time. But in the books, maybe he's another "good wight" like Coldhands. Or he's just a loose end like Tyrion's adventurous uncle - some dude that went off and died and nothing more came of it, because that's what happens sometimes.

Now in gif form.

Oh Mace, KL would be boring without you.

BTW just a detail that I didn't see anyone mention because we were all distracted by Mace's speech and foppish getup...but my mum who's recently become quite equestrian observed in our rewatch that in the leadup to the great Sept kerfuffle Mace is having one of his soldiers lead his horse for him. So on top of everything else the man rides a horse like a child.

He truly is a god amongst mere mortals.

Which I guess was meant to contrast Jaime's horse-riding skills as he rides up the Sept stairs. 

Yeah he remembered the end of the Last Hero story and said, "The Children of the Forest will help him!" Which we were I guess meant to think was naivete instead of prescience, but it looks like he was right. Again.