(Spoilers Main) Game of Thrones Rewatch: Season 4, Episodes 4-7
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Welcome to our discussion series leading up to the Game of Thrones Season 7 premier. Each week we are going to feature a few episodes and this week, we are looking at Season 4, Episodes 4-7. Summaries unabashedly stolen from Wikipedia.
Remember, this is a Spoilers Main thread, so we're assuming people are caught up on both the 5 main novels and the first 6 seasons. Please cover any other content -- including unaired TWOW preview material -- with spoiler tags.
##Season 4
Episode 4: Oathkeeper
Directed by Michelle MacLaren - Written by Bryan Cogman
Daenerys successfully captures Meereen amidst a slave revolt, and immediately seeks justice for the slain slave children by nailing 163 masters to posts. At sea, Petyr admits to Sansa that he was responsible for poisoning Joffrey, despite his alliance with the Lannisters. In King's Landing, Olenna also intimates to Margaery that she ordered the poisoning, and encourages Margaery to seduce Tommen before Cersei has a chance to turn him against her. Jaime meets with Tyrion, and is convinced he is not guilty. However, Cersei is adamant about Tyrion's guilt, and orders Jaime to hunt down and kill Sansa. Jaime instead tasks Brienne with finding and protecting Sansa, and sends Podrick along with her. In the North, in an effort to get rid of Jon, Alliser Thorne and Janos Slynt conspire to allow Jon to lead an expedition against the Night's Watch mutineers occupying Craster's Keep. Meanwhile, Bran and his party stumble upon Craster's Keep, where they are captured by the mutineers, and Bran is forced to reveal his identity to them. Further north, a White Walker takes Craster's last newborn son to a secret ritual site, where another White Walker touches the baby's face, turning its eyes blue.
Episode 5: First of His Name
Directed by Michelle MacLaren - Written by David Benioff & D. B. Weiss
Tommen is crowned king. Meanwhile, Cersei meets with Margaery, Tywin, and Oberyn, hoping to sway them to her advantage in the coming trial against Tyrion. In the Vale, Petyr takes Sansa to the Eyrie, where she is to pose as his niece. Petyr is then pressured to marry Lysa Arryn that same day. While hospitable at first, Lysa quickly grows suspicious of Sansa, who she fears is attempting to seduce Petyr. In Meereen, after Jorah Mormont informs her about the fallback to slavery of Astapor and Yunkai, Daenerys decides to postpone her invasion of Westeros to bring order to Slaver's Bay and pronounces herself queen. On the Kingsroad, the Hound catches Arya practicing her water dancing, and he angers her by saying how that fighting style and her teacher Syrio Forel are worthless. On the road, Brienne finds out that Podrick has no practical skills as a squire. However, she is impressed with the fact that he killed a Kingsguard in order to protect Tyrion. Beyond the Wall, Jon's group attacks the mutineers in Craster's Keep. Locke attempts to kidnap Bran in the confusion, but is killed by Bran using Hodor's body. Bran and his company then continue their trek north while Jon kills all of the mutineers and burns down Craster's Keep.
Episode 6: The Laws of Gods and Men
Directed by Alik Sakharov - Written by Bryan Cogman
In Essos, Stannis and Davos travel to Braavos to appeal to the Iron Bank to grant them a loan. Even though the Iron Bank refuses them at first, Davos manages to convince them to back Stannis' cause, while also resecuring Salladhor Saan and his pirates to Stannis' cause. In Meereen, Daenerys attempts to take on her new role as Queen as she listens to the requests of her subjects, including Hizdahr zo Loraq and a man whose goats were killed by Daenerys's increasingly uncontrollable dragons. At the Dreadfort, Yara leads an attack in an effort to rescue Theon but fails when Theon refuses to come with her. After seeing Theon's current state as Reek, Yara tells her men that Theon is dead. Ramsay rewards Reek for being obedient and, in order to take Moat Cailin, tasks him to pretend to be someone he's not: Theon Greyjoy. In King's Landing, Tywin puts a price on the Hound's head and instructs Varys to continue spying on Daenerys. Later that day, Tyrion is brought to trial for Joffrey's murder. However, all of the witnesses brought in testify against him, including Meryn Trant, Pycelle, Cersei, Varys and, to Tyrion's shock, Shae, who gives a false testimony. Angry and humiliated, Tyrion demands a trial by combat.
Episode 7: Mockingbird
Directed by Alik Sakharov - Written by David Benioff & D. B. Weiss
After learning that Cersei has appointed Gregor Clegane as her champion in the upcoming trial by combat, Tyrion is desperate to search for someone to be his champion. When both Jaime and Bronn refuse to fight for his cause (Jaime because he cannot fight anymore, and Bronn because he will not risk it, despite his friendship with Tyrion) Oberyn Martell steps up, seeking a chance to avenge his sister by killing Clegane. Daenerys has sex with Daario, before sending him off on a mission to deal with the resurgent slavers at Yunkai. Melisandre and Selyse prepare for their departure from Dragonstone, and Jon Snow faces off against Alliser Thorne over the incoming wildling threat. Arya and the Hound come across some people from her past: Rorge and Biter. The Hound is wounded but refuses to cauterize his injury. Brienne and Podrick meet another of Arya's former companions, Hot Pie, and learn of her survival and her time with the Brotherhood. They then resolve to travel to the Vale, reasoning she would go there in search of living relatives. In the Vale, Aunt Lysa is enraged when she witnesses Petyr Baelish kissing Sansa, for which she later threatens to push Sansa through the Moon Door. However, Baelish intervenes in time and instead pushes Lysa to her death.
####Season 4 Rewatch (2017)
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Posted May 22, 2017, 10:01 PM UTC