The Wall: Jon, Sansa, Tormund, Davos, Melisandre, Brienne, Podrick and Littlefinger
Sansa receives a letter from Littlefinger who rode into Mole’s Town while the Vale army garrisoned at Moat Cailin. She and Brienne go in secret to meet with him.
Sansa dumps a year’s worth of fan rage on him, rage born out of Sansa’s treatment at the hands of Ramsay and Littlefinger’s role in arranging their marriage (notably, this episode was written by Bryan Cogman, who also wrote ‘Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken,’ the controversial episode where Ramsay rapes Sansa on their wedding night). Aidan Gillen is so good, he swings from obviously playing the role of Littlefinger when Sansa arrives to Petyr, with a glimmer of heartbreak and regret as Sansa forces him to imagine the horrors she faced. For Littlefinger to admit a mistake is monumental and it’s a very fun to see Sansa turning the tables on him again.
She spurns whatever ideas he had about reconciliation (though it seems dumb to also spurn the massive army he has at his back). Before he departs, he drops some knowledge: Brynden “Blackfish” Tully, her mother’s uncle last seen leaving for a piss right before the Red Wedding in Season 3, is alive and holds Riverrun with surviving Stark/Tully loyalists. Apparently, that’s the army she might need, not the Vale knights. Ok then.
Jon, Sansa, Davos, Brienne and Tormund discuss their plan to retake the North. Given that the Karstarks and the Umbers already allied themselves with the Boltons, that leaves House Manderly as the only other major Northern house without allegiance. Jon also points out there are numerous smaller Houses who, added together with the Wildlings, could form their army. Sansa also informs them of the Blackfish’s army at Riverrun though she lies about where she learned of it. Sansa sends Brienne on a special mission to Riverrun while she, Jon, Tormund, Davos and Melisandre court the allegiance of the Northerners, leaving Castle Black and what’s left of the Night’s Watch under Lord Commander “Dolorous” Edd.
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