The fifth episode of the current season of Game of Thrones titled The Door, leaked online on Sunday evening (our time) much to the euphoria of fans worldwide. However, the joy lasted about 40 minutes, as the last scene left most of us teary-eyed. Who said boys don’t cry? And no, Jon Snow didn’t die. Again.

The Highs

We’ve been rooting for the Starks since Season One, and come Season Six, they finally look like they are in the game. Sansa continues her resurgence, blasting a sorry (or is it just an act?) Littlefinger for saving her from one set of monsters and then giving her away to another. It’s the first time we’ve seen Littlefinger get schooled like this since Cersei almost made him wet his pants in Season Two. 

In Meereen, Tyrion and Lord Varys finally stop being the comic relief and do what they do best.  Tyrion turns out to be a Marxist, rallying around Karl Marx’s famous line —  “religion is the opium of the masses” — as a last-ditch attempt at ending the rebellion and establishing sustainable peace… yeah, like that’s even a possibility in GoT! He calls upon Kinvara, a red priestess from Volantis, to convince the people that Daenerys is the one who was promised by the Lord of Light. Just when you’re thinking SHE IS HOT… you spot her darned necklace. Kinvara, we’re okay with you being a thousand years old, just don’t take off that necklace, okay?

The Lows

Despite Theon’s best efforts in convincing the people of the Iron Islands to elect his sister Yara as the queen, their evil uncle Euron is ultimately elected to the Salt Throne and after ample rituals, immediately looks to murder his nephew and niece. The Greyjoy siblings manage to flee just in time along with a healthy number of followers. The silver lining? They steer away the best ships with them. 

Sansa Stark tells Jon Snow that their uncle, Brynden, the Blackfish, has taken back Riverrun and that they would be willing to support the Starks, but hides the fact that she got to know about it from Littlefinger! Seriously? Lying to your brother when your father gave his life trying to protect a truth? Either Sansa is dumber than we thought or she has a plan she doesn’t want anyone to know about.

The worst for the last. Bran, being the immature little brat he is, sneakily time travels as the others sleep. He lands in front of the White Walkers and unlike his other flashbacks, this time, the Night’s King sees him and grabs his hand, leaving a blue mark. This means he now knows where he is and will come to kill them all. Bran and co. try to flee but winter reaches first and brings along an army of White Walkers, led by the Night’s King. Bran, who has just been told he’ll have to replace the Three-Eyed Raven, goes into another flashback where he sees Wyllis, a young Hodor.

Back to the present, he wargs into Hodor as he gets up and carries Bran out. The Children of the Forest put up a brave fight but it’s not enough. It’s the least they could do considering they created them. Hodor finally carries Bran out of the cave and Meera cries out to Hodor repeatedly to hold the door so that the White Walkers can’t get out... 

Cut to the flashback scene, young Hodor looks at Bran, they can both hear Meera’s voice and young Hodor has a fit, drops to the ground and starts screaming “hold the door” eventually just, “Hodor” due to shortness of breath, ultimately becoming the halfwit that we’ve known him to be since Season One. The White Walkers eventually get the better of him and Meera manages to flee with Bran. There are a lot of theories about what exactly happened there. We all knew Bran could time travel, but can he also change the course of history like he did with Hodor? We’ll find out the depth of Bran’s power soon enough. For now, his stupidity has taken another life. Sorry for all the memes and jokes, Hodor. RIP.

The WTF Moment

Bran finds out in one of his time travel trips (before everything went haywire of course), that the Children of the Forest created the White Walkers… to wait for it... fight the First Men! Sorry, what? Nope, there’s nothing more to explain because that’s that. The flashback leaves us with more questions than answers. They don’t even try and explain why, what… or how! Clearly, the producers are in some hurry to finish the show.
Also, Winter comes and Summer dies, with Ghost being the last surviving Stark direwolf (unless of course Nymeria has survived six seasons on its own). The runt of the litter, remember anyone?

Sex and Nudity

For those horny fellas who watch the show just for those steamy sex scenes, this episode isn’t for you. Sex and nudity has been the biggest casualty of Season Six and it doesn’t change much in this one, except for a he-show and a girl changing her clothes in the Free City of Braavos. 

Death Count

The final scene was responsible for all of the deaths. Summer, the Three-Eyed Raven, the Children of the Forest, Hodor (where did I keep my box of tissues again?!) and a few hundred White Walkers.

The Best Line

“He hurt me… and I don’t mean in my tender little heart,” says Sansa as she recounts her horrific marriage with Ramsay during her secret rendezvous with Littlefinger. The monologue is intense and powerful. With Brienne by her side and Stark in her name, she gives us hope.

S6E06 airs on May 31 at 10pm on Star World Premiere HD