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Meanwhile, In Westeros \u2026 Deadly Threats Still Loom Large on \u2018Game of Thrones\u2019 [RECAP]<\/b><\/p>\n

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Oh, did you think last week\u2019s Battle of Winterfell was going to be the end of heartbreak and tragedy on Game of Thrones<\/em>? While some fans bemoaned the lack of marquee names that got the axe, after two huge deaths in last night\u2019s episode, no one could be blamed for wanting to return to a simpler, less deadlier time.<\/p>\n

Yes,\u00a0Game of Thrones<\/em> dispatched two big characters last night in bloody, dramatic fashion, but that wasn\u2019t the only source of heartache. <\/p>\n

Let\u2019s review how the winners of the war with the Night King (briefly) celebrated their victory before agonizing in defeats.<\/p>\n

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

Time for one last goodbye to the fallen from last week\u2019s great Battle of Winterfell. Daenerys weeps over Jorah\u2019s body, Jon looks over little Lyanna Mormont and even Sansa slips a Stark pin onto Theon\u2019s corpse before the many, many, many funeral pyres are set ablaze.<\/p>\n

The mood shifts from solemn to celebratory inside as everyone lets loose with food and drink. Gendry is on the lookout for his Night Kingslaying crush, but before he can find her, Daenerys calls<\/a> him out in front of everyone.<\/p>\n

\u201cHey! Aren\u2019t you one of those Baratheons that systematically hunted down my whole family?\u201d Dany questions, menacingly. <\/p>\n

Gendry explains that he\u2019s a bastard who barely even knew his father. Instead of having the hunky blacksmith Dracarys\u2019d into a sexy BBQ skewer, she instead legitimizes him as a Baratheon and names him Lord of the Stormlands. Neat!<\/p>\n

He\u2019s so excited he runs to Arya and proposes on the spot. She can be the Lady of the Stormlands! Wouldn\u2019t that be neat?! <\/p>\n

Oh, you sweet summer child. Of course Arya doesn\u2019t want to be a Lady. That\u2019s not who she is, and it never will be.<\/p>\n

Back inside the hall, the party is getting lit. It\u2019s basically one, big medieval fantasy \u201cTurn Down For What.\u201d Tormund proceeds to boot and rally like he\u2019s a cast member on Vanderpump Rules<\/em>, and he sings the praises of Jon Snow so loudly, it makes Dany\u2019s head split. Seeing how the Northerners revere her lover-nephew (yikes), makes her wary.<\/p>\n

She finds him privately and wonders on a scale of one to make out with your aunt, exactly how drunk is he? They kiss (mercifully) briefly, before Dany tries to convince Jon to keep the whole thing about them being related just between them (and Sam and Bran). Jon tries to assure her he has no intention of challenging her claim to the throne, but she\u2019s seen the way the people look up to him. Jon, of course, is virtuous to a fault (it\u2019s what got him stabbed to the death in the first place), so he asks to at least share the secret with Sansa and Arya. With Sansa already breathing down her neck, Dany\u2019s not on board with arming her with information that could be used to undermine her claim to the throne. If he just keeps this secret, they can be together like before.<\/p>\n

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Not everyone is so unlucky in love on this night. Brienne, Pod, Tyrion and Jaime find themselves playing something of a Westerosi version of \u201cNever Have I Ever,\u201d but when the talk turns to Brienne\u2019s virginity, the newly knighted Ser Tarth abruptly excuses herself from the table. Jaime follows, leaving a poor, dejected Tormund looking on.<\/p>\n

(He\u2019s not down for long, since a friendlier female<\/a> hits on him soon after. Another woman<\/a> picks up Podrick, but a third strikes out with the Hound. Don\u2019t worry about him, he has a great little chat<\/a> with Sansa where she tells him if it weren\u2019t for the horrors she suffered at the hands of Littlefinger and Ramsay, she would\u2019ve been a Little Bird forever.)<\/p>\n

A drunken Jaime follows Brienne to her room, and it\u2019s not long before they\u2019re stripping down by the fire. \u201cI\u2019ve never slept with a knight before,\u201d he says dryly. \u201cI\u2019ve never slept with anyone before,\u201d she replies. Get it, gurl!<\/p>\n

Sansa and Dany clash over strategy, as the former advocates for giving the troops some rest before engaging Cersei. Daenerys, frankly, ain\u2019t got time for that, and they both look to Jon for backing. True to his word (like always), Jon supports his queen, running afoul of his sisters.<\/p>\n

The Stark siblings ask him for a word by the Weirwood tree, and it takes all of moments before Jon spills the beans. Well, actually, he has Bran do the honors (and worse yet, we don\u2019t even get to see it happen, so who knows their immediate reactions).<\/p>\n

Just as quickly as Jon blabbed to Sansa, she turns around and tells Tyrion. Is this Game of Thrones<\/em> or Mean Girls<\/em>? Can anyone keep a secret? Who has eyes on Varys\u2019 Burn Book?<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, en route to Dragonstone \u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

On ships en route to Dragonstone, Tyrion and Varys discuss how they deal with the news of Jon Snows true lineage. (Oh, also, Varys know now, too.) Missandei and Grey Worm are being cute up on the deck, and Dany is flying Drogon beside an injured (but still alive!) Rhaegal. <\/p>\n

Oops, spoke too soon! Rhaegal is blasted out of the sky by one of Qyburn\u2019s giant crossbow bolts courtesy a sneak attack from Euron\u2019s ships. They\u2019ve all been outfitted with Qyburn\u2019s devices, which, turns out, can destroy ships just as well as they decimate dragons.<\/p>\n

Most of our crew washes up ashore, but no sign of Missandei.<\/p>\n

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

Cersei is quite pleased with Euron\u2019s work sinking Dany\u2019s ships, so she rewards him with some good news! She\u2019s pregnant! And it\u2019s his!<\/p>\n

(No, it\u2019s not.)<\/p>\n

At Tyrion\u2019s behest, Daenerys shows up at King\u2019s Landing with Grey Worm, Drogon, Tyrion and a smattering of Unsullied to give Cers an official shot at surrender. We all know she\u2019s not gonna go for it, but if they put the onus on her, it\u2019s her fault if thousands get flamb\u00e9ed by Drogon in the process.<\/p>\n

Cersei awaits them on a high wall with the Mountain, Euron, a bunch more of Qyburn\u2019s dragon-busting scorpions and a captive Missandei. Tyrion appeals to her love of her unborn child, but Cersei is unmoved. Instead, she has the Mountain behead Missandei and shove her off the wall.<\/p>\n

At least she had the courtesy to give her the opportunity to say some last words, which Missandei uses to defiantly shout \u201cDRACARYS!\u201d<\/p>\n

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

Varys and Tyrion begin to confront the reality that they may have bet on the wrong horse here. Not necessarily in the Dany\/Cers clash, but banking on Dany over Jon Sno-, I\u2019m sorry, Aegon Targaryen. His Stark and Targaryen heritage is an impressive pedigree, plus he\u2019s got the temperament that Dany seems to struggle to maintain. Now that she\u2019s lost another dragon and one of her most beloved advisors, who knows how long before we\u2019ve got TWO Mad Queens on our hands \u2026 and have you seen two mad queens fight before? Gurl, it\u2019ll be a bloodbath.<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, back in Winterfell \u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tormund and the Wildlings are going back to Castle Black, and Jon is sending his direwolf, Ghost, with them. Sam and Gilly are peacing out too, and, by the way, Gilly is pregs with Sam\u2019s baby, which they will name Jon if it\u2019s a boy<\/a>. (I think Aegon Tarley has a better ring to it, personally.) Arya and the Hound took off riding to King\u2019s Landing on horseback together, but not like \u201ctogether\u201d together, you know?<\/p>\n

It looks like Jaime and Brienne won\u2019t be traveling any which way together. Word of recent developments motivates Jaime to head back. Brienne begs him to stay with her. She tries to convince him he\u2019s not the man<\/a> Cersei thinks he is. But, it\u2019s too late. He rides off and leaves her heartbroken.<\/p>\n

What did you think of the episode? Who will get to kill Cersei? Will Daenerys go beserk? Has anyone checked in with the Knights of the Vale? Sound off in the comments!<\/p>\n

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