Game Of Thrones Season 6: 8 Things That Don't Make Any Sense (So Far)

At the end of the first episode of season six titled The Red Woman, Melisandre removes her bejewelled necklace revealing her true form: an incredibly old woman who has seemingly lost all faith in the Lord of Light.

It's a striking scene, and is supposed to set up the imminent Jon Snow resurrection, but it raises a bunch of questions. The scene clearly implies that Mel's necklace is the source of her beautiful obscurity, and book fans will know that it's long been speculated that her necklace is a glamour, a magical trinket which can be used to physically conceal the appearance.

Yet Melisandre has been previously seen on the show naked in a bathtub, and she looks nothing like how she looks at the end of The Red Woman. Okay, so there have been a bunch of ways people have tried to interpret this: that it's not the necklace at all, or that the character who saw her in the bath saw her as an old woman. It's possible that a potion is responsible, as Mel pours something over herself while in the bath and is also seen looking in the direction of a bottle during the close of The Red Woman, but the potion from the bath seems more likely to be perfume (she inhales deeply after using it) and the two potions don't resemble each other in the slightest.

The fact is, neither of these explanations are particularly convincing, and it seems likely that the show-runners are aware of logical inconsistencies and have just chosen not to specifically explain it. Until it's touched on again and confirmed by something in the show, it's a small detail that doesn’t make much sense.