What We’re Watching

• Game of Thrones
  • Season 6, Episode 5 “The Door” (wiki)
    • Sansa meets Petyr Baelish, who offers the support of the Vale and tells her that Brynden Tully is gathering an army at Riverrun; she refuses his help. Jon and Sansa leave Castle Black to gather support from the other Northern houses.
    • In Braavos, Arya trains with the waif and is given a second chance to prove her loyalty by killing an actress.
    • In the Iron Islands, Euron Greyjoy wins the Kingsmoot despite confessing to killing Balon, causing Yara and Theon to flee.
    • Beyond the sea, Daenerys learns about Jorah’s greyscale.
    • At Meereen, a red priestess, Kinvara, meets Tyrion and Varys and offers to support Daenerys.
    • Beyond the Wall, Bran learns that the White Walkers were created by the Children of the Forest to protect themselves from the First Men. — Bran’s unaccompanied vision causes him to be touched by the Night’s King, making the cave vulnerable. The Night’s King, along with White Walkers and hordes of wights, ambush the cave, killing the Three-Eyed Raven, several Children of the Forest, Bran’s direwolf Summer, and Hodor.

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