Game Of Thrones Season 6: 10 Ups And 2 Downs From 'Battle Of The Bastards'

9. Daenerys Meets The Greyjoys

This season hasn't been shy about bringing characters together, though it's more typically been dealing in reunions than first time meetings. However, we get a couple of those here, and while it wasn't the biggie, it was still an enjoyable - and potentially important - moment when Daenerys met Yara and Theon Greyjoy.

Sure, they've got to Meereen from Volantis pretty quickly, and it's probably not worth questioning how they managed to get into Meereen when the city is besieged from the sea, but it's easy to overlook such minor quibbles when you've got two - well, three, including Tyrion - major houses coming together, and making progress in Daenerys' bid to rule Westeros.

Since Season 1, characters have been separated and spread out all over the map, so it's nice when two are brought back together, which makes Tyrion's callback to meeting Theon at Winterfell all the better. But it's between Dany and Yara where the action really shines (and without checking, I'm willing to bet there are already at least 10 Tumblr account dedicated to shipping the pair).

There are early signs of chemistry, and it's because they're not all that different: strong women who are trying to rule because of the failings of the men around them, and both want to be in command of a particular area, although they disagree on some of the particulars ("no raping...no reaving..."). Yara has been given a bigger role this year, and Gemma Whelan has handled the step-up superbly, and this new allegiance holds a lot of promise... until Euron arrives and tries to kill them, anyway.