April 18, 2016

GoT Season 6 big news: Thoros of Myr returning

Watchers on the Wall just revealed that Paul Kaye, the actor playing Thoros of Myr, will return in Season 6.

This raises all kinds of questions, because as we all remember he's the one that had the power to bring back Beric Dondarrion six times to life in the name of the Lord of the Light; Melisandre was absolutely astonished and shocked when she heard about this, as she knew that she herself would not be able to perform such a deed.

With the knowledge that Thoros of Myr will be a part of the story again, let's have a short look at this scene from the first trailer:


My first thought when seeing this scene was that it could be someone trying to resurrect Jon Snow, and obviously not Melisandre. I shortly considered Ian McShane talking about his character bringing back a "beloved character back to life that we think is dead", but I don't think he will be the one to raise Jon.

I can not confirm that Thoros of Myr had a tattoo on his hand like the person in the picture above - unfortunately he seems to have worn gloves most of the time in his season 3 appearances.

BUT if you compare that person with pictures of Thoros, it absolutely seems to be possible that he could be the one standing next to Jon; though not clearly to be seen, his hair, beard and even the structure of his coat might be very similar:



And most of all, it would perfectly fit into the storyline: Melisandre knows what Thoros has done before, so she might want him to try his resurrection powers again, this time with Jon Snow.

This could very well be the reason for Melisandre leaving Castle Black in Episode 5. Or Brienne travelling through the Riverlands could meet the outlaw band and / or the ex-warrior played by Ian McShane, who might have brought the Hound back to life in the meantime - well, wouldn't THAT convince Brienne that some people have powers to resurrect the dead?

 So, if any of this should be true, we could have to wait quite a while for a resurrection scene with Jon Snow - and of course, noone knows if Thoros would even succeed IF he tried to raise him from the dead.

But there is also another possibility for a Thoros resurrection: We haven't seen Thoros for a LONG time and don't know where he is and what he has done in the meantime. But we DO know that Thoros not only is a red priest; he also has visions and sees things in the flames, like Melisandre. So he could be right on his way to Castle Black cause he might have seen something like the Azor Ahai being in desperate need for help...

GoT Season 6 Episode Guide

Game of Thrones Season 6 is here - and if you want to know what's to be expected from the upcoming episodes, this is the place to look for! The always up-to-date GoT Season 6 Episode Guide contains heavy last-minute spoilers, so only continue if you do not want to stay unsullied...

I tried to put together what we know about the different episodes in season 6 right now. Sources for this compilation are official trailers and promo stills, information and leaked phots from the shooting and the cast list, and finally the sparse reviews found in the media after the red carpet premiere in LA on April 10th, 2016.

Here are the links to the different episodes:

BEWARE: BIG SPOILERS AHEAD! 

If you want to stay unsullied, do NOT click the following links.


Episode 1: The Red Woman

Episode 2: Home

Episode 3: Oathbreaker

Episode 4: Book of the Stranger

Episode 5: The Door

Episode 6: Blood of my Blood

Episode 7: The Broken Man

Episode 8: No One

Episodes 9: Battle of the Bastards

Episode 10: The Winds of Winter

And finally, a collections of images, scenes and characters from Season 6 which can right now not clearly be atttributed to a specific episode: Unknown Episodes.

  

March 26, 2016

GoT Promo Pictures and Episodes

While browsing through the promo pictures from February and March, I noticed that several pix are having suspicious names that seem to hint to the episodes those pix are coming from.

When you check out the official Making Of GoT page, you will see that the first three pictures have the episode number still left in their filenames, for example GOT602_072815_HS_DSC_8814.jpg or
GOT_MP_092415_EP601-3556.jpg; the rest seems to have been cleared.

But there are other sites where many high-res pictures still bear their original names - including the episode number they are taken from. For example on this page: http://setlistmx.com/tivi/hbo-comparte-imagenes-de-la-sexta-temporada-de-game-of-thrones/.

I hoped to find even more clues in the IPTC information included in those files, but unfortunately this seems to have been more thoroughly cleaned; I found only one pic (Sansa looking down and holding her cloak open) where IPTC keywords are still to be found – they read: “13 sansa, dragon unit, ep601, ext stream, sc12, _cast, _episode, _scene, _set, _unit”.

So if you put together all that information, you end up with the following relation between pictures and episodes:



Or in words, here's what we will see for sure in the first three episodes:

S06E01:
  • Jamie returning to KL with Myrcella’s corpse and meeting Cersei
  • Dany captured and brought bound before Khal Jhaqo
  • Sansa and Theon fleeing
  • Margaery and Septa Unella / High Sparrow
  • Arya as a blind beggar in the streets
  • Tyrion and Varys in the streets of Mereen

S06E02:
  • Balon Greyjoy still alive
  • Yara returning to Iron Islands
  • Roose and Ramsay have a conversation
  • Tyrion with Missandei and Grey Worm, pouring his wine back
  • Jaime and Tommen at funeral of Myrcella

S06E03:
  • Sam and Gilly on their way to Oldtown

Furthermore, there’s Davos in Ep. 04, Melisandre and Brienne in Ep. 05, but the context is unknown.

Of course all these episodes may and will contain many other story lines besides those mentioned (though the first one seems quite stuffed yet ;-) ).