Game of Thrones – 6.08 – No One
This episode
was another season low for points, taking 132 overall. In spite of that, I
really enjoyed it. The reintroduction of Beric Dondarrion and Thoros of Myr
makes me feel that the ending of A Storm of Swords could actually get realised
on screen. It also gives me a lot of amusement that every single character in
my Where Are These Fuckers group has returned to the show during Season Six
with one rather large exception – GENDRY! A third of the players in the league
chose him as their Group I champion, he’s really letting them down. Could he
turn up in the last two episodes, kill a white walker and get declared
official ruler of Westeros in time for Season Seven, making a huge reversal in
fantasy league fortunes? It’s really not likely, but perhaps he might turn up
in Oldtown to greet Sam to the Citadel, or maybe he’s still rowing and might
bump bows with the ship Arya is presumably going to take for her passage to
Westeros? I’m very intrigued to see what Cersei is going to do now her trump
card has been discarded. The deck is stacked against her, maybe she really
should have fled like Olenna suggested. There’s been a common theme of people
stubbornly staying in locations this season but certain characters, like Arya
and Jon, and even to some extent Edmure have come to realise when they should
admit defeat and do something different. I’ll be interested to see how the
final two episodes comment on this theme.
Here are my
reasons for some debatable scores in the eighth episode of Season 6.
Possible points of contention:
Jaime is
seen riding his horse on three separate occasions, granting him Rides Horse
points thrice.
Cersei and
Lancel gain points for reuniting with each other as this is the first time they’ve
been together since Cersei’s imprisonment.
On initial
viewing, Grey Worm and Missandei seemed a lock for gaining both Drinks Wine and
Turns Down Wine but on closer inspection, they don’t turn the wine down, they
just hold the glass.
We can
assume the liquid that The Hound is drinking from Thoros’ skein is wine as he
is known to moan if it’s any other liquid. The lack of griping suggests it is
wine, thus they both gain points.
Qyburn says
that Tommen is currently praying, which is enough to gain Tommen points for
communicating with deity.
Arya drinks
the soup but as soup is a food, she may have points for eating.
Arya does
NOT get minus points for killing the Waif, and that’s due to one line of
dialogue in the episode. Arya says that the Waif is a girl with no name, therefore
she is no one. Specifically you lose points if you kill SOMEONE. Killing no one
doesn’t count as killing someone and so with that in mind, technically Arya
cannot lose ten points for killing the Waif.
Character Scores
Here is a
full list of the characters and their awarded points. If one of your characters
does not appear in the following lists, this is due to their absence from the
episode, for which you shall be deducted five points per character:
Group A –
Main Characters
Arya Stark –
62 points: appears (+5), first line
(+10), first on screen (+15), takes milk of the poppy (+5), eats (+7), gets
injured (-5), last line (+10), last on screen (+15)
Cersei
Lannister – 43 points: appears (+5),
drinks wine (+8), reunites with previously lost blood relative (+30)
Daenerys
Targaryen – 5 points: appears (+5)
Jaime
Lannister – 35 points: appears (+5),
3 X rides horse (+10)
Tyrion
Lannister – 13 points: appears (+5),
drinks wine (+8)
Group B –
Supporting Mains
Brienne of
Tarth – 30 points: appears (+5),
rides horse (+10) travels by boat (+15)
Varys – 5 points: appears (+5)
Group C –
Rest of the Mains
Jaqen H'ghar
– 30 points: appears (+5), says
episode title (+10), last on screen (+15)
Missandei – 13 points: appears (+5), drinks wine (+8)
Ser Bronn – 20 points: appears (+5), says C word (+15)
Tommen
Baratheon – 20 points: appears (+5),
communicates with deity (+15)
Group D –
Side Characters
Grand
Maester Pycelle – 5 points: appears
(+5)
Grey Worm – 13 points: appears (+5), drinks wine (+8)
Podrick
Payne – 30 points: appears (+5),
rides horse (+10), travels by boat (+15)
Group E –
Side Characters to the Side Characters
Kevan
Lannister – 5 points: appears (+5)
Lancel
Lannister – 35 points: appears (+5),
reunites with previously lost blood relative (+30)
Mace Tyrell
– 5 points: appears (+5)
Group F –
Weirdos
Qyburn – 5 points: appears (+5)
Ser Robert
Strong – -5 points: appears (+5),
kills someone (-10)
Group G –
Animals
Drogon – 5 points: appears (+5)
Group H –
Definitely Dead?
Sandor
Clegane – 0 points: appears (+5), 2
X kills (-10), eats (+7), drinks wine (+8)
Group I –
Where are these fuckers?
Beric
Dondarrion – -5 points: appears
(+5), kills someone (-10)
Thoros of
Myr – 13 points: appears (+5),
drinks wine (+8)
The Leaderboard
Players can
see their scores by consulting their initials in the table below. Well done CH
for a practically unbeatable team, somehow managing to stay on top despite her
Group A character being absent for two straight episodes. Special
congratulations must be given to RCB for being the player to earn the most points
this week! Well done, darling.
This is so
close to ending, what will happen to the leaderboard over the next two weeks? I
cannot wait for episode nine: The Battle of the Bastards!
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