Game Of Thrones: 5 Ups And 5 Downs From The Dance Of Dragons

9. Ellaria And The Sand Snakes - Down

Not being released as yet from their Dornish cell are the Sand Snakes, who once again remain locked-up for most of this episode. They have to make do with amusing themselves, which involves playing a variant of the game 'mercy', attempting to hit the other€™s hands before they can move it out of the way. Tyene is shown to be poor at the game, or at least pretending to be, before eventually dodging Nymeria€™s slap and planting one on her face for good measure. The purpose of the scene isn€™t clear, as we don€™t learn an awful lot about the Sand Snakes from it, which is in keeping with how underserved they€™ve been all season. It doesn€™t go any better for Ellaria either, as it€™s strongly suggested she was the one who made the threat on Myrcella€™s life. She storms out when Doran agrees terms with Jaime, but is later seen - as the Snakes watch on - having to bend her knee to him. This all may eventually tie into the overarching Dornish plot, if there€™s some sort of final reveal, but for now these characters seem rather stuck.