Game Of Thrones Season 6: 10 Ups And 2 Downs From 'The Broken Man'

5. Arya Heading Back To Westeros

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Last week represented the most positive turn in Arya's storyline in a long time, as she rejected killing Lady Crane and instead went to retrieve Needle and get back to being Arya Stark.

The episode ended with her alone in the dark, and it wasn't clear just what she'd plan on doing next, especially with the Waif after her. As it transpires, she is very much ready to head back to Westeros, and attempts to book passage on a ship home.

It's good to see this is indeed where Arya was intending on heading immediately, but then things take a much darker turn when she's stabbed by the Waif. Although I had an issue with it (more on that later), it provided one of the episode's real thrills, and escalates the conflict between the pair to the point where she is probably going to have to kill the Waif to truly escape.

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