Daenerys arrives at Vaes Dothrak. Sam and Gilly sail for Horn Hill. Arya trains as No One. Varys finds information on the Sons of the Harpy. Ramsay receives a gift. Tommen meets with the Hig... Read allDaenerys arrives at Vaes Dothrak. Sam and Gilly sail for Horn Hill. Arya trains as No One. Varys finds information on the Sons of the Harpy. Ramsay receives a gift. Tommen meets with the High Sparrow. At Castle Black, a miracle occurs.Daenerys arrives at Vaes Dothrak. Sam and Gilly sail for Horn Hill. Arya trains as No One. Varys finds information on the Sons of the Harpy. Ramsay receives a gift. Tommen meets with the High Sparrow. At Castle Black, a miracle occurs.
- Melisandre
- (as Carice Van Houten)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThis episode features the most locations and parallel storylines, with eight: in the Narrow Sea, beyond the Wall, Vaes Dothrak, Meereen, King's Landing, Braavos, Winterfell, and the Wall.
- GoofsDuring the battle at the Tower of Joy, Arthur Dayne fights the remaining four Stark men with both his swords covered in blood. At this point in the battle, he had only struck one man with one sword.
- Quotes
Tormund Giantsbane: They think you're some kind of god. The man who returned from the dead.
Jon Snow: I'm not a god.
Tormund Giantsbane: I know that. I saw your pecker. What kind of god would have a pecker that small?
- ConnectionsFeatured in Thronecast: Home (2016)
It is always a Herculean task following on from such greatness seen previously. "Oathbreaker" had a tough task succeeding, and being just as good as, the previous episode "Home" considering how superb that episode was (one of the best Season 6 and latter season episodes). A tough task that it almost succeeds completely in, it's not quite perfect and it's not as special but it has a vast majority of what makes 'Game of Thrones' so great and signs that one shouldn't give up on the show.
Tommen needs to develop a stronger personality and have more meat to his material before being considered as a love to hate character for me. Actually though there is hardly anything wrong with "Oathbreaker". It doesn't matter that it is not as action-packed as the previous two episodes (compared to "The Red Woman" actually that's a good thing), while not quite being a slow or quiet episode either. It also doesn't matter that it doesn't have as many reveals, shocks or cliff-hangers as "Home".
What "Oathbreaker" does brilliantly in is putting things in place for what is to follow, without feeling like filler, forwarding story momentum and advancing character development and interplay. Daenerys and Arya are particularly well done in this regard and it was wonderful to see some development to Khaleesi. The highlight of the episode though is the Tower of Joy, totally exhilarating.
Have nothing to fault the cast, who give uniformly never less than great performances. Iwan Rheon plays a true slimeball to perfection, now Ramsay is my definition of a love to hate character.
Visually, "Oathbreaker" looks amazing, as one would expect for 'Game of Thrones'. The scenery is throughout spectacular, the sets are hugely atmospheric and beautiful on the eyes with a real meticulous eye for detail and the costumes suit the characters to a tee. The make-up is beautifully done. As well the cinematography and editing, which are cinematic quality as well.
One cannot talk about "Oathbreaker" without mentioning the thematically, orchestrally and atmospherically multi-layered music scoring and the unforgettable main theme. Again, worthy of a high-budget fantasy/action/drama film.
The writing is thought-provoking and very rich in layers with plenty of passion and sensitivity.
Summing up, terrific. 9/10 Bethany Cox
- TheLittleSongbird
- Mar 20, 2018
Details
- Runtime52 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.78 : 1