Game Of Thrones: 10 Questions We're Asking After 'High Sparrow'

The best episode of the season so far teases some game-changing storylines.

After a steady start to Game Of Thrones Season 5, the show is starting to boil, with Episode 3 'High Sparrow' intertwining the paths of several key characters and opening doors to some potentially massive moments as the season moves along. The Wars To Come and The House Of Black And White did a good job of mopping up the aftermath of Season 4 and laid foundations for the new run of episodes, but they weren't brimming with the carnage that fans have come to expect. Nonetheless, Thrones' success is built upon episodes like the first pair. Slow-moving, thought-provoking plots add a thick coating of realism to the show, which is important, particularly with growing influence of mystical powers and adolescent dragons. Though they won't go down as classics, but by the seasons' end, the opening episodes will no doubt be of importance, but Episode 3 will be remembered as the one that brought the season to life. We got to see a death-free(!!!) wedding which was a welcome change, as Margaery finally married her ex-fiancee's little brother, before consummating the marriage, much to the sheer disbelief of the young, gasping, King Tommen. Later, Margaery and Cersei came to another thinly veiled, verbal street fight, while the latter also visited the dwelling place of the High Sparrow, leader of the religious sect that Lancel Lannister is embedded into, as veteran British actor Jonathan Pryce made his entrance to the chaos of King's Landing. Littlefinger's intentions became known as Sansa Stark was returned to Winterfell to marry Ramsay Bolton, while Theon/Reek hid his face from her sight. Arya started her confusing journey inside the House of Black and White, while Tyrion was swiped by Jorah Mormont in a Volantis brothel, and perhaps the most dramatic storyline of the episode took place at The Wall, where Lord Commander Jon Snow sliced Janos Slynt's cowardly head off. It was a great episode, and here are 10 questions that High Sparrow has raised...
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