She is right that Jon can’t protect her, because Jon has no idea what the threat he’s facing is. She’s right that there’s not anything for Jon to do differently, based on the plan he and Davos come up with. She’s right that Ramsay will set a trap for Jon. She’s right that they’ll never get Rickon back. When Jon has his war council, she tries to communicate the truth of Ramsay’s personality to Jon, but her lack of vocabulary with battle strategies gets in her way. She knows he has Rickon, and she knows how he treats his guests. Sleep well.” I’m certain this is the moment Sansa made up her mind to save herself.
But second place goes to Sansa, who confidently states “You’re going to die tomorrow, Lord Bolton. The person with no weaknesses? Lyanna Mormont.
Mostly they’re sizing each other up, probing for weaknesses. Ramsay tries to talk Jon into surrendering, Jon tries to talk Ramsay into single combat. Interesting note that when Greyworm gets to slashing throats, Missandei watches but Tyrion looks away. Using the dragons, her Khalasar, and Greyworm’s murdering skills strategically wins her the battle. Hopefully she manages to keep her temper controlled. Uncontrolled, it can be even more powerful, but in a way that frequently turns self-destructive. The Targaryen temper, controlled, can be a powerful weapon.
She values the members of her council, and isn’t in the habit of insulting them or pitting them against each other for her affection. Daenerys has been consistently willing to ask, willing to listen, and willing to change her mind. The fact that she even has trusted advisers at all shows how different she is, since Aerys systematically removed all his competent advisers and assistants and replaced them with boot lickers. There’s been a lot of talk about how Dany is her father’s daughter, but the very fact that she’s willing to listen to the counsel of others shows that she’s drastically different in a fundamental way. Despite his clear discomfort, he manages to gather his wits and talk her out of burning all of Slaver’s Bay to well done. Meereen is still under attack, but no one is feeling the heat quite like Tyrion under Dany’s stern gaze. It was an incredibly tense, scary, and savagely satisfying hour of TV. We didn’t see many stories, focusing on Meereen and Winterfell, but the attention to character development and the cinematography was incredible. This week was as great as last week was frustrating.
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