Game Of Thrones Season 6: 10 Ups And 2 Downs From 'Book Of The Stranger'

8. Cersei And Olenna Working Together

Game of Thrones Olenna Tyrell Kevan Lannister
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Olenna Tyrell is so great to watch, and gets so many fantastic lines, that the show hardly needs an actual reason to keep her around. The fact that they've given her one, and one that brings her together with her rival, simply makes her presence all the more enjoyable.

The King's Mother and the Queen of Thorns are working together, each to suit their own ends, and that is going to be fascinating to see unfold. They're two of the best players of the game around, so they should make quite the team, although there's still a sense that the High Sparrow is outwitting the pair of them at the moment.

The interaction between the pair was great once again here, as Cersei brought Olenna (and Kevan) round to her way of thinking, and now we're going to see them spearheading a war on the Faith. As a wise man once said, make peace with your enemies...

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