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Meanwhile, In Westeros: Everything Goes Up In Flames On Last Night\u2019s Epic \u2018Game of Thrones\u2019 [RECAP]<\/b><\/p>\n

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Last night\u2019s episode of\u00a0Game of Thrones<\/em>, titled \u201cThe Spoils of War,\u201d holds two distinctions: It is the shortest episode of the series, and it also holds the record for the most stuntmen simultaneously set on fire, which is an insane thing to even track.<\/p>\n

It certainly paid off, because the stunning sequence was ablaze with drama and visual spectacle, creating one of the memorable scenes in\u00a0Game of Thrones<\/em> history.<\/p>\n

In addition to that fiery action, there were more reunions, more scheming, more swordplay and more hot Tarly brothers to enjoy and pick over. Let\u2019s dive in with our recap below!<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, in King\u2019s Landing \u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cersei is having a pretty smug chat<\/a> with a rep from the Iron Bank about how she\u2019s about to pay back their full debt in one swift payment, thanks to the gold she\u2019s swiped from Highgarden. The banker is practically tripping over himself to court more of Cersei\u2019s business. Sure the Golden Company is great, heard great things, but if you take out another loan with the Iron Bank today, he can lock her in at an unbeatable rate, plus no service fees and she can use whatever ATM she wants!<\/p>\n

Enjoy feeling like a winner\u00a0while you can, Cers!<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, at Winterfell \u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

Littlefinger knows better than to put all his manipulation eggs into one impressionable Stark child basket. He finds Bran chilling by the fire in a Westerosi wheelchair, and he offers him a sort of strange gift. It\u2019s the dagger that nameless assassin tried to kill him with in season one. You remember. Catelyn intervened and his direwolf ended up saving them both. Then Catelyn confronted Littlefinger about it, and he tried to claim he lost that dagger to Tyrion, and then Tyrion was captured for trying to get Bran killed even though he totally didn\u2019t, and then it basically started the wheels in motion for the War of the Five Kings. But you knew all that already, didn\u2019t you, BRAN? Of course, he did. He knows everything. And to prove it, he parrots back one of Littlefinger\u2019s signature lines\/my favorite Prince lyric that never was: \u201cChaos is a ladder.\u201d<\/p>\n

Before Littlefinger can shake the Stark boy<\/a> down for how he knows about that, Meera enters. She\u2019s there to tell Bran that she needs to be with her family (or what\u2019s left of it) when things really get real. He\u2019s like, \u201cCool, smell ya later,\u201d and that\u2019s not exactly the sort of send-off Meera was hoping for. After all, she dragged his ass<\/a> through the snow when he was all\u00a0Nick Cannon Presents: Wargin\u2019 Out<\/em> and her brother, Hodor and even poor Summer died protecting him. The least he can do is feign like he\u2019s sad to see her go. Now that Bran\u2019s become the Three-Eyed Raven, though, he\u2019s not really a person anymore, let alone Brandon Stark. \u201cYou died in that cave,\u201d Meera tells him before walking her fabulous furs and badass self right out of there.<\/p>\n

Outside, there\u2019s a visitor at the gate, and it\u2019s none other than Arya Stark! Only problem is there are two bouncers taking their job a little too seriously. \u201cOoh, sorry, we\u2019re at capacity.\u201d She tries to explain that this is her home, she is Arya Stark, and they\u2019re like \u201cHmm, you\u2019re not on the list.\u201d After a little more \u201cDon\u2019t you know who I am?\u201d namedropping, they agree to let Arya in if she just stays still while they check in with Sansa. Of course, the second they turn their backs, Arya disappears.<\/p>\n

Sansa finds her in the crypt, and their long-awaited reunion is sweet. They don\u2019t dwell on all the misfortune that\u2019s hardened them both since they\u2019ve last seen each other, but it\u2019s clear they also have both matured. \u201cIt\u2019s a long story. I imagine yours is too,\u201d Arya says. \u201cYes, not a very pleasant one.\u201d \u201cMine neither, but our stories aren\u2019t over yet.\u201d<\/p>\n

Indeed they\u2019re not.<\/p>\n

Sansa takes Arya to see Bran hanging out with his tree friends. Bran gives the dagger to Arya, which makes a lot of sense. She\u2019s sure to get more use out of it. (Plus, anyone with a Valyrian steel weapon \u2014 including Brienne, Jaime, Sam Tarley and Jon Snow \u2014 will need them when the White Walkers descend.) Sansa\u2019s suspicions are raised when Bran tells them he got the dagger as a gift from Littlefinger, because that is not a man<\/a> that ever has purely altruistic intentions.<\/p>\n

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Arya spots Brienne training Pod and requests Bri starts training her. They spar, and it\u2019s seriously one of my favorite sequences ever on the show. It\u2019s thrilling, but tender all at the same time. There\u2019s a mutual respect and understanding there that transcends so many levels. Here\u2019s Arya, filled with admiration for Brienne and beaming with pride over her own mastery. And then Brienne is treated with someone who not only doesn\u2019t see her as a freak, but she sees her as a hero. As they fight to an apparent draw, Brienne asks who taught her to fight like that. \u201cNo one,\u201d is Arya\u2019s reply. Clever girl<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As Sansa watches on, she\u2019s less impressed. Or is she? It\u2019s hard to tell, but she\u2019s certainly feeling something. Before their scrimmage ends, Sansa storms off, leaving Littlefinger lingering, no doubt wondering how he can exploit this.<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, at Dragonstone \u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dany is waiting for news from the Unsullied over at Casterly Rock, when Jon Snow comes up all \u201cLook what I found! Look what I found! Come look! Come look!\u201d While mining for dragonglass, he stumbled upon some old cave drawings of the First Men and Children of the Forest working together against the White Walkers back in the day. Daenerys is all, well, that certainly sounds serious. We definitely should team up \u2026 once you bend that knee.<\/p>\n

Jon Snow, despite giving this whole speech about working together and trusting each other in the face of a common enemy still won\u2019t be the first to budge on this. Ugh, men<\/a>, right?<\/p>\n

Before the debate can rage on, Tyrion and Varys have news. They took Casterly Rock! Hooray!<\/p>\n

Wait, hooray?<\/p>\n

They explain that although technically they took Casterly Rock, the Unsullied are now stranded there, and also while they were busy with that, the Lannisters seized Highgarden and all the supplies from the very fertile Reach. This, of course, does not please Dany.<\/p>\n

Later, Jon and Davos play a little 20 questions with Missandei. They want to know how she came to work for Daenerys. It feels a little like gotcha journalism with each follow-up question, but Missandei makes a clear case for what a benevolent and fair ruler Dany is. Maybe this will be what sways Jon to finally bend that damn knee.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s about when Theon Greyjoy comes ashore to ask Dany for help rescuing his sister. Jon resists the urge to beat him to death, because he did save his sister from Ramsay (but also he\u2019s sort of partially to blame for Ramsay rising to power in the first place) (but also also he has suffered a lot for that sin already). Anyway, Jon doesn\u2019t have time to parse out the ethical dilemma here. Plus, Dany\u2019s not home anymore.<\/p>\n

Which brings us to \u2026<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, at the Reach \u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jaime and Bronn are leading their caravan back to King\u2019s Landing. Bronn wants that castle Jaime promised him, but he\u2019ll have to settle for this satchel of gold for now. Don\u2019t worry though, Lannisters always repay their debts!<\/p>\n

Later, they get word the rest of their gold has made it safely to King\u2019s Landing. Now they just need to get these\u00a0supplies back.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s new with Dickon Tarly? Well, for starters, he\u2019s still super hot, and secondly, he\u2019s a little shook over the whole battle they just had with his former allies. Poor thing. Come here, Dickon, let mama help.<\/p>\n

Before I can really get started on my Dickon\/Jaime slashfic, Bronn hears something thundering in the distance. Why it sounds a little like a hoard of Dothraki soldiers \u2026oh! It is<\/em> a hoard of Dothraki soliders! And Daenerys flying on the back of Drogon. Eep!<\/p>\n

What happens next is quite possibly the most stunning Game of Thrones<\/em> conflict ever. The dragon descends and burns right through the Lannister phalanx. The Dothraki ride their horses through the men<\/a>, slashing and screaming as they go. Dany does another pass, torching more men<\/a> and more supplies. This is bad. Very bad.<\/p>\n

Jaime is almost too stunned to process what\u2019s happening around him. He sends Bronn to go to Qyburn\u2019s giant crossbow thingy (it\u2019s maybe called a scorpion, sorry too busy worrying about Dickon to look it up!). Bronn barely escapes a Dothraki and fires a bolt right into Drogon. The dragon is down, but certainly not out. As Daenerys goes to assist Drogon, Jaime sees an opportunity to take her down. He charges at her, but Drogon sees him coming. We see Drogon\u2019s throat begin to glow (which is SO cool), but Bronn knocks Jaime into a lake just in the knick of time.<\/p>\n

The last image we see is Jaime, weighed down by his golden hand and armor, sinking into the depths.<\/p>\n

Is this the last we\u2019ve seen of Jaime? (No, absolutely not.) But if (when) he emerges from this literal baptism by fire, will shedding his golden adornments help him shed some familial ties as well?<\/p>\n

What did you think of last night\u2019s episode?<\/p>\n

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