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It just might happen but first, the Hound’s got a Brotherhood to slaughter.The penultimate episode of the season is mostly taken up with Jon and friends' strange decision to trek into the frozen north in order to retrieve a "living” wight that can be presented as evidence of the looming threat to naysayers at King's Landing. That’s the thing people have been drooling over, the source of many memes, and used as a good excuse to get hype since the show began. There are a lot of interesting developments, but the only thing people are going to be talking about is the potential for a Cleganebowl. If the Tyrells and Lannisters can’t stop insulting one another, will they be able to hold back several hundred thousand wights? If the Greyjoys do forge an alliance with Daenerys Targaryen, will the rest of the Westerosi-who have fought with the Greyjoys multiple times-band together with them to force back the oncoming hordes, or will they turn on the only person in the world with dragons? They need to unite, because otherwise they’ll die, and to unite, they need to put the north back under Stark control. That’s a clever way to both make the squabbles of the great houses important, but also to make them completely unimportant all at the same time. As Jon tells the wildlings, they all need to pull together, and if the Boltons have their way, they’ll be nothing more than reinforcements for the Night King’s army. The Glovers stay with the Bolton, along with the Karstarks and Umbers the Mormonts and Hornwoods and a few others have given weapons and warriors to the Stark cause to retake Winterfell and reunite the North under the dire wolf banner. The Northerners would be lucky to have Clegane’s drive. (Mylod also does a great job with the confrontation between Jaime Lannister and the Black Fish drawbridges have never looked so threatening.)
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By the time we see him turn away and pick up his weapon, it’s clear that the peaceful Sandor Clegane is gone, and the Hound is back in full force. The staging is incredible, making the slaughter look that much worse, with the final shot of the hanged man being just a knife in the belly.
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The scene in which poor Sandor discovers that all the people he’s been working alongside are dead is directed beautifully by Mark Mylod and performed well by Rory McCann. However, the Hound has principals of his own, and they’re mostly centered around revenge and killing people with an axe. Even at the cost of his own life, he holds true to his principals. The Septon reformed himself he thinks that Clegane can do the same, even when confronted by the Brotherhood Without Banners. The septon, like Clegane, is a soldier, and the two have a natural rapport. However, the best moments of the episode involve none other than the returning Sandor Clegane and his many interactions with Septon Meribald (Ian McShane). Brynden is a great foil for Jaime (so is Bronn for that matter). Olenna works no matter who she’s put up against, but with Cersei she has a natural foil. That confrontation is one of many great scenes from Bryan Cogman’s pen this week. Sure, they’re not getting along, but they have a common enemy in the High Sparrow. See also Cersei Lannister and Olenna Tyrell, who are brought together by outside forces despite their mutual hatred of one another. In King’s Landing, oftentimes your biggest enemy is also your only ally. It’s not the same in the rest of Westeros. When you have walls, you know who your real enemies are: they’re the other guys trying to knock down said walls.
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The good thing about being behind castle walls is that it helps keep the bad guys outside.