Game of Thrones New Episode Review: 'Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken' Shows Horrifying Sansa Scene

Season 5 of HBO's Game of Thrones rolled along on Sunday night with Episode 6, "Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken," which featured a horrifying final five minutes that surely unsettled anyone watching.

We'll start at the end because, as tends to be the case with this show, the end is when your jaw hits the floor. Or, in this case, when you shield your eyes, shake your fist in anger, or scream aloud. I think I did all three at the end of this episode.

Sansa begrudingly married the psychotic Ramsay Bolton as per Littlefinger's plan, and the two went back to his chamber. There was no doubt that Ramsay had something disturbing planned, but what he actually did was far more horrifying than what most non-book readers could have imagined. He forced Reek, the man formerly known as Theon Greyjoy who was like a brother to Sansa at one time, to watch as he defiled his new bride.

Mercifully, all we saw was Sansa's horrified face and not the actual act itself, as the camera cut away to a visibly emotionally distraught Theon, who shed tears and shook as his lord had his way with Sansa. It was a horribly disturbing scene that seemingly took Sansa's newfound strength and threw it out the window in favor of yet another act of torment by Ramsay.

A few scenes earlier, we saw Sansa tell of Myranda and act like the strong woman we've wanted her to be for multiple seasons. But by the end of the episode, we could feel nothing but sympathy and horror for her as this lunatic assaulted her. One can only hope that she was in some way prepared for something so horrible and has a plan to get her revenge sooner rather than later.

Elsewhere, Arya finally got to see what happens to the bodies in the House of Black and White after she convinced a sick little girl to drink from the Fountain of Death, which apparently impressed Jaqen. Hopefully, her true training will start soon. Whether or not she becomes No One, I just want to see Arya destroy some folks and work her way through that kill list of hers. Is that too much to ask?

The Jamie Lannister Buddy Cop Hour continued, as he and Bronn arrived at Dorne and were within moments of taking back Myrcella, who seemed quite cozy with her boyfriend. The Sand Snakes attacked and tried to capture the Lannister girl, but the Dornish guards quickly broke it up. The question now is will Oberyn's brother imprison Jamie, or will he let him leave with Myrcella in order to keep the peace with the Lannisters?

Tyrion and Jorah ran into some slave traders and were quickly kidnapped, though Tyrion used his silver tongue to keep them alive for a while longer. He convinced the traders to take them to the fighting pits of Meereen because Jorah is such a legendary warrior. And wouldn't you know it, Daenerys just happens to be in Meereen. Let's do this!

Littlefinger met with Cersei and seemingly sold out Sansa, but his affection for the girl would almost assure that he's playing Cersei here. He expertly navigated his way through the conversation in order to position himself as Warden of the North should his plan work. Littlefinger never stops playing the game, so this conversation shouldn't have surprised anyone.

Cersei had another visitor in Olenna this week, and Grandma Tyrell arrived only to watch Cersei manipulate the High Sparrow into opening a formal trial against both Loras and Queen Margaery, the former for his homosexuality and the latter for lying to the High Sparrow under oath about the former's homosexuality. Cersei has the upper hand now, but I have a feeling that a caged Margaery is a dangerous Margaery.

The first half of the season is in the books, and the second half will likely rocket toward its conclusion in typical Game of Thrones fashion. Can't wait.

Notes:

- Tyrion Lannister, King of One Liners. His "guess again" line was one of the only moments of levity in this episode. In fact, that whole scene had some laugh out loud moments. And are there really...those kinds of merchants in Essos?

- Seriously, we need Tyrion in Meereen ASAP.

- I have not read the books, but I understand that the scene in the book with the Arya Stark lookalike is far worse than what was presented on screen here with Sansa. That's a disturbing thought.

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