Season 6 Episode 5 "The Door" - "Book readers"

Nody · 2016-05-22 12:31:42

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Pre empting the upcoming episode post by including some highlights from the charter. I'll try to set up each episode in advance each week; thread will be unlocked on Sunday evening.

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#2 22-05-2016 07:05PM

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what just happened?

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#3 22-05-2016 07:07PM

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The realisation of how Hodor became Hodor, his death, the implications of Bran's powers, the effect this will have on Bran and what this means on a much grander scale is significant. Are there other moments Bran (has yet to/already has) intervened and has brought about the current situation across Westeros? Argh! So much to take in! A major spoiler for the books too if this is Martin's intention to explain Hodor's origins.

All the other stuff: origins of the Whitewalkers, Castle Black looking for allies, etc, pales in comparison to the significance and loss of Hodor. I am sure the other stuff will be very important, but that final 10 minutes...

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#4 22-05-2016 07:15PM

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I cried! I actually cried!

Then my brain tried to make sense of it. So Bran caused Hodor to be Hodor in the past, by somehow linking his consciousness with his moment of death in the future? What the hell?!

It was so well done! The army of the dead crawling 360 degrees down the tunnel!

In other great events, nice to see Sansa recognising the danger of Littlefinger. Also nice to see her making Jon a Stark outfit.

The Iron Islands. So Theon and Yara are on the run now? And Euron has his eyes on Dany? Be fun to see him try alright!

The new Red Priestess was compelling alright.

I can't WAIT till next week!

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#5 22-05-2016 07:23PM

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I laughed a lot, then i cried. Not really cried, felt kind of sad.

The bombs were a bit much.

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#6 22-05-2016 07:26PM

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So the new alien style children of the forest made the white walkers!! Mind blown.

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#7 22-05-2016 07:33PM

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Great for Kristian Nairn to be the focal point at the end of the episode having spent the whole show at edge of camera. I'm intrigued by the possibilities this opens but also a bit meh at the time travel paradoxes that'll get thrown up.

As for Danza, what's her motivation for suddenly believing/pretending to believe Littlefinger about the Blackfish returning? Always felt he had a part to play but an offstage retake of Riverrun is a bit disappointing.

Loved the play Arya watched, had me pissing myself a few times.

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#8 22-05-2016 07:33PM

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Will Jorah find a cure? I can't see the story devoting time to it. If I were him I'd start with Kyburn.

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#9 22-05-2016 07:39PM

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LionelNashe wrote:

Will Jorah find a cure? I can't see the story devoting time to it. If I were him I'd start with Kyburn.

As he turned and left on the horse, it very much felt that we won't see him again this season.

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#10 22-05-2016 08:06PM

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Awww. That was a tough episode to watch. Raised so many questions. Is Bran the Three Eyed Crow?

Also.....Summer. My favourite wolf. Those squeals. I demand vergence!

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#11 22-05-2016 08:12PM

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PetKing wrote: »

As he turned and left on the horse, it very much felt that we won't see him again this season.

Got that feeling too but I don't think he's done completely.

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#12 22-05-2016 08:15PM

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That episode... Wow.

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#13 22-05-2016 08:29PM

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Nobody to talk about Meera?? is it normal that she killed one of the leaders of the white walkers??

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#14 22-05-2016 08:30PM

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I was the only one who got B movie horror vibes off the final scenes then?

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#15 22-05-2016 08:30PM

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alwald wrote:

Nobody to talk about Meera?? is it normal that she killed one of the leaders of the white walkers??

Dragon glass I assume. Don't forget Sam the slayer

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#16 22-05-2016 08:30PM

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alwald wrote: »

Nobody to talk about Meera?? is it normal that she killed one of the leaders of the white walkers??

Dragon glass spear tip? That's what I assumed.

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#17 22-05-2016 08:30PM

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alwald wrote: »

Nobody to talk about Meera?? is it normal that she killed one of the leaders of the white walkers??

With what was...presumably, an obsidian tipped spear...hardly noteworthy. We knew of this method already.

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#18 22-05-2016 08:31PM

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alwald wrote: »

Nobody to talk about Meera?? is it normal that she killed one of the leaders of the white walkers??

Staff/Spear tipped with Dragon-glass.

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#19 22-05-2016 08:33PM

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Falthyron wrote: »

Staff/Spear tipped with Dragon-glass.

Makes no sense as to why the Children of the Forest weren't all using it then really then tbh...

They were far too weak in general really imo.

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#20 22-05-2016 08:36PM

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Daith wrote: »

Awww. That was a tough episode to watch. Raised so many questions. Is Bran the Three Eyed Crow?

Also.....Summer. My favourite wolf. Those squeals. I demand vergence!

Last of the summer whine.

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#21 22-05-2016 08:46PM

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Hodor! ðŸ˜

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#22 22-05-2016 08:46PM

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Winter has come. Summer is dead.

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#23 22-05-2016 08:47PM

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Liam O wrote: »

I was the only one who got B movie horror vibes off the final scenes then?

Thought it looked a bit naff myself

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#24 22-05-2016 08:50PM

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PetKing wrote: »

Dragon glass I assume. Don't forget Sam the slayer

The last 10 minutes were so intense that I didn't notice the dragon glass.

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#25 22-05-2016 08:53PM

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Very emotional ending. Poor Hodor.

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#26 22-05-2016 09:03PM

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So young Wylis had some latent warging ability, but when he hears a voice from his future screaming "HOLD THE DOOR!", it blows his mind. Literally. :eek:

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#27 22-05-2016 09:09PM

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alwald wrote:

The last 10 minutes were so intense that I didn't notice the dragon glass.

This episode was by far the most compelling for me (in the absence of a major battle). Wow. Just wow. But I'm definitely thinking there's more to meera. No mention of dragonglass, so maybe it was, maybe it wasn't. Maybe she's the third head of the dragon. Somehow, I hope so. What the children of the forest said to her about bran needing her sticks with me.

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#28 22-05-2016 09:24PM

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I was in bits when Summer sacrificed herself and then Hordor. I'm glad I watched it on my own, in tears. Did not see any of that coming. You'd think I'd be immune by characters deaths in GoT by now, but this really hit in the feels. It was one of those episodes where I watched the credits to process what I'd just witnessed. I really thought nothing could have topped the Red Wedding or Hardhome, but this took it up several notches. I thought the episode name, The Door meant an opening, you know you open the door to reveal something. Never did it cross my mind that The Door was to keep something in. Poor Wylis / Hordor / Hold the Door

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#29 22-05-2016 09:25PM

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bnt wrote: »

So young Wylis had some latent warging ability, but when he hears a voice from his future screaming "HOLD THE DOOR!", it blows his mind. Literally. :eek:

Warging ability? Bran warged into him surely.

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#30 22-05-2016 09:26PM

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That episode broke my heart, just those last few minutes. Summer and Hodor.

I enjoyed the bit between Sansa and Jon, how she made him a cloak and he was all happy with it. I'd imagine it was the first gift he'd ever gotten off one of his family members, being kicked about by her and Cat especially when he was a kid, you could tell after she'd walked off it meant a lot to him.

The new Red Woman intrigues me, I feel like she might be introduced to the dragons before the end of it though, she's too schemey for her own good.

I'm also excited to see how Arya does killing that woman. Overall, a solid 5/7 episode. V.sad though.

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#31 22-05-2016 09:28PM

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amos13 wrote: »

This episode was by far the most compelling for me (in the absence of a major battle). Wow. Just wow. But I'm definitely thinking there's more to meera. No mention of dragonglass, so maybe it was, maybe it wasn't. Maybe she's the third head of the dragon. Somehow, I hope so. What the children of the forest said to her about bran needing her sticks with me.

Obsidian/dragonglass is frequently mentioned as being left by the Children of the Forest. It looked like an obsidian dagger they used to create the White Walker at the beginning. I think it's pretty open and shut that Meera picked up an obsidian spear and there's nothing more to it.

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