One of the most anticipated season premieres of the year aired Sunday night and left fans with even more questions.
“Game of Thrones” began its sixth season, and while the premiere covered many of the characters, we got very few answers. It will lead to a very interesting season and it is even rumored that this season is the beginning of the end.
The episode opened with the brothers of the Night’s Watch learning of Jon Snow’s death. Sansa and Theon are shown surviving the fall and were reunited with Breanne and Podrick.
Jamie returns Myrcella’s body to a distraught Cersei, who recalls the prophecy of a witch shown last season. In Dorne, Doran hears about Myrcella’s death and is immediately murdered by Ellaria before his son is murdered by two of the Sand Snakes.
Daenerys is taken to Khal Moro, where she reveals she is a Dothraki widow. Khal Moro says he will take her to the temple of Dothraki widows to live out her life. Arya is challenged to fight the Waif, but fails due to her blindness.
The episode was extremely successful at leaving fans with questions on top of the other unanswered ones from last season. But, it is comforting to know that the writers have roadwork for the rest of the series, so all of these questions will lead somewhere.
While some worried that the writers have surpassed book material, it was not as bad as some were expecting. The episode was very well-written and, besides crucial points, everything was purely done by the writers.
As usual, all of the actors were incredible. They have worked so hard on this show and are extremely dedicated to their characters, giving their all to the crew and fans.
“Game of Thrones” airs every Sunday at 9 p.m. on HBO.
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