The two scenes of them actually holding conversations in "Hardhome" imply just how incredibly important their cooperation will prove going forward. The meeting of Tyrion Lannister and Daenerys Targaryen has been years in the making, but it's a moment that for as obvious as it may have been, is no less of a game changer. If that's a distinction the show makes, it feels like further regression of Jaime's arc, much like when the two sibling lovers reunited in last season's finale. However, on Game of Thrones, Jaime is himself a prisoner and instead of willfully ignoring Cersei as he does in the Riverlands, he may be simply unable to respond from Dorne.
While Cersei is imprisoned in the novels she sends word to Jaime, begging for help, but he ignores those pleas and burns her letter. (In fact, she may have been better suited for inclusion in our Meet the New Players feature than characters like Yezzen or Bowan Marsh, who have yet to prove as instrumental as she this season.)Īnd, for as faithful as this narrative has been, there's one small wrinkle that may prove significant down the road. The arrival of Septa Unella has been particularly enjoyable, a nice nod to book readers who'll recall how cruel she was in delivering Cersei's (deserved) punishment. Seeing Cersei arrested and thrown in a cell last week was a moment book readers have been eagerly anticipating, thanks in no small part to Lena Headey's ever defiant performance. For the most part, this sequence has played out as it does in the novels, even with the changes to how Cersei dispatches with Margaery and Loras.