Game of Thrones Season 6 Episode 4 – Book of the Stranger Recap

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On tonight’s new episode of Game of Thrones: [inserts the complete lyrics of “Ladies Night” by Kool and The Gang]. That’s it. That’s what happened.

Spoiler Note: This post is for those who have read the A Song of Ice and Fire series. The post and the comments section will contain spoilers from the novels! Because no, we are not all Unsullied now. If you haven’t read the books yet, please check out our non-book-reader recap. Thanks!

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Game of Thrones Season 6 Episode 4 – Book of the Stranger – Open Chat

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Game of Thrones Season 6, Episode 4 “Book of the Stranger”

Writers: David Benioff and D.B. Weiss
Director: Daniel Sackheim
Runtime: 59 minutes
Content Warnings: TV-MA: Adult Content, Adult Language, Nudity, Violence
Video Preview: Full episode 4 preview on YouTube

Synopsis: Tyrion strikes a deal. Jorah and Daario undertake a difficult task. Jaime and Cersei try to improve their situation.

*Note: this post is for ALL viewers so please use spoiler coding when discussing ASOIAF or filming spoilers.*

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Tweeting it Forward

Just a few of Jenny's GoT/ASOIAF shirts
Just a few of Jenny’s GoT/ASOIAF shirts

(Post title blatantly thieved from an innocuous comment made by our dear, sweet Fury.)

Hello, nerds! Axey here, with another Twitter post… that’s NOT A TWITTER POST.

(I know, disappointing, but come on, what the hell were you expecting? Episode 4 hasn’t even aired yet!)

What I’m doing right now is announcing Watchers on the Wall‘s Twitter Giveaway! (It’s a… Twitterway, I guess.) And the good news is, not only is this contest open to ANYONE IN ANY COUNTRY- non-Americans have just as much a chance as winning as any nerd from Boston -but we’re DOUBLING DOWN on this one. Curious yet? Here’s how this works:

Tonight, Game of Thrones episode 604 airs. People will tweet about it. As per the usual, I will gather up some of the best tweets, and place them on my usual Tuesday Twitter post.

From there, the onus is on YOU.

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Kit Harington stops by the Tonight Show for charades and stories

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Kit Harington appeared on last night’s episode of The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, playing a game with other guests and chatting about superstitions and keeping the secret of Jon’s death/rebirth. Now that Jon Snow’s resurrection is out of the bag, Harington can speak freely about what it was like keeping the secret all this time. He does admit to letting a few close family members in on it though…and a random policeman.

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Curtain Call: Owen Teale

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And now his watch is ended.

Owen Teale did not match the book description of Ser Alliser Thorne, and that’s where that ends.

In every other way, the man- the actor- did something rare on the show, which was to surpass the role given, elevating the character’s importance on the show and in my own headcanon. For me it was the season 1 “Die, like flies” speech he gave to Jon and Sam. That’s the one that made me sit up, take notice, and say “This cat’s different. He means something.”

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