Tonight’s Game of Thrones opened the doors to “The House of Black and White,” but what familiar faces and shocking turns lay behind it? Did the most book-divergent hour yet send the series in a different direction? We break down tonight’s big events for what they mean to the future of Game of Thrones Season 5 to come!
Book reader or otherwise, you’re warned of all the Game of Thrones spoilers from here on out, as “The House of Black and White” brought back a fan-favorite character from Season 2, one even the books have yet to properly reintroduce: none other than Jaquen H’Gar! Or rather, “a man.” Yes, Tom Wlaschiha returned to the role and face of Arya’s Season 2 assassin pal, if only for a few moments, having earlier posed as an elderly man denying Arya entry into the titular house.
The littlest Lady Stark finally made her way to Braavos, through the Titan’s legs and all, only to find that The House of Black and White held no place for her, despite the famed coin in hand, or name-dropping Jaquen. After days of waiting outside the wall, Arya tossed her coin into the river and prepared to dispense her own aggression on some bullying Braavos thieves, only for the mysterious old man to return and frighten them off. Leading her back to the House of Black and White, the man shed his face to reveal what we thought of as Jaquen, though names are to mean nothing, if Arya truly wants to join their ranks.
Of course, Arya wasn’t the only Stark going off-book to find a familiar face, as Brienne and Podrick found themselves in the same tavern as one Sansa and Petyr Baelish. Now faced with her second Stark encounter, Brienne pledged her sword to the young girl in memory of Catelyn, though neither Dark Sansa nor Littlefinger had any interest in employing the beauty from Tarth. Instead, Brienne and Podrick had to fight their way out and flee on horseback, Pod nearly losing his head to one of the pursuing men. Once the threat abated, Brienne pledged to follow Sansa from a distance regardless, leaving book readers entirely in the dark as to what unique direction their story might take next.
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