Game of Thrones' 'The Broken Man': The Hound Is Back with a Vengeance The seventh episode of GoT's sixth season featured the return of an old warrior and a new one in dire straits

• Published in: The Daily Beast
• Main Author: Leon, Melissa
• Format: Newspaper Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York The Newsweek/Daily Beast Company LLC 06.06.2016
• Subjects: Men; Seasons

Gregor is necessary, at the moment, for Cersei's fight to rid King's Landing of the Sparrows--if Gregor died again prematurely, we might be stuck with another season of the High Sparrow's vomit-inducing sex therapy. ("[Sex] does not require desire on the woman's part, only patience," he tells a poker-faced Margaery in this episode.) It would also feel strange for The Hound to skip off toward King's Landing without investigating the murderers who slaughtered Ray and his pals. Threads and decisions from seasons past are still bearing weight on the story at hand, like Glover's refusal to help House Stark because of Robb's mistakes, or Tormund's hard-won loyalty to Jon, three seasons after trying to kill him (and exactly one season after the battle of "Hardhome").