the man in the high castle season 1 episode 5 recap

All of Jon’s support has melted away, it seems, putting him in a precarious position.īrienne and Pod doggedly continue to pursue Sansa, with an eye out for her safety.

The prominent leaders within the Watch, young Olly his steward, and even Jon’s friend Edd all reject the decision to work with the wildlings. The men of the Night’s Watch take the news of this alliance about as well as anyone would expect. Tormund relents, and says the people are mostly up at Hardhome- and he’s not going up there without Jon Snow.

The big ginger is reluctant (the lord commander is having a bad month with redheads) but he convinces him that he wants them on his side and is willing to let the wildlings safely pass beneath the Wall and settle on the south side. Jon resolves to seek an alliance with Tormund, to gain the support of the wildlings. “Kill the boy…and let the man be born.” And Unsullied viewers breathed a sigh of relief, because the episode title wasn’t literal. Aemon encourages Jon to take the action he knows he should, even though it will make half the men hate him (because heyyyyy, they already do! When you’re 100 years old, you don’t have to be diplomatic). Jon arrives to seek the old maester’s wisdom in acting on a tough decision. We swing from one Targaryen to another, finding Maester Aemon in the Castle Black library with Sam, hearing news of Dany’s actions in Slaver’s Bay. Whenever Daenerys switches to Valyrian, it’s like she taps into some inner firepower of her own. Hizdahr shows some guts, declaring “Valar morghulis,” and the khaleesi lets all the remaining masters go…for now. One begging master is thrown to the dragons (in a gnarly burning and tearing- nice job, VFX people!) and the others are terrified by the display of power. “Kill the Boy” wastes no time in confirming the fates of Grey Worm and Ser Barristan Selmy: Barristan lies in wake on a slab while Grey Worm lays unconscious and tended to by Missandei.Ī grieving Dany blames the rich families for the massacre committed by the Sons of the Harpy, and has their noble family leaders dragged before her dragons- including Hizdahr. Last week’s episode ended with a cliffhanger (that was spoiled by HBO and several press outlets but I digress) that left the lives of Daenerys Targaryen’s most dedicated guards at stake.

The post and the comments section will contain spoilers! If you haven’t read the books yet, please check out our non-book-reader recap. Spoiler Note: This post is for those who have read the A Song of Ice and Fire series. In tonight’s episode of Game of Thrones, Daenerys takes action, Jon Snow makes a huge decision and the Boltons have the worst family dinner ever which is saying a lot in Westeros.

The man in the high castle season 1 episode 5 recap