The episode returned to this group after the credits, which was also startling-it was almost as if we were watching a normal TV show, not experiencing an all-consuming alternate reality that requires hours of patient study and reflection. Cue the theme! The cold open was a kindness to us, because the feeling we have upon seeing Sandor Clegane provokes a little thrusting-cello action in our hearts.
But one of their best axemen and log-haulers is our long-lost friend the Hound! He’s alive and swinging, despite the best intentions of Brienne and Arya, and breathing heavily, like every interesting character on “Game of Thrones” who carries a caber or defies death. Who were these people and what were they doing? I had no idea. Then I noticed that this crowd of unfamiliar laborers, tinkering away in a verdant valley, was building a strange wooden temple, or perhaps a rocket ship. I thought, Hey, somebody found some trees! Maybe I’ll have to stop scoffing at the boatbuilding capabilities of the boatless.
We saw some cheerful hammer-and-nails whistle-while-you-work construction, with wood, in a community that has enough wood left over for tables and tent poles. Last night’s episode of “Game of Thrones,” “The Broken Man,” began in a startling way: a cold open, “S.N.L.” style, rather than the usual symphony of maps and fire. The Hound (played by Rory McCann) returns in this week’s episode, breathing heavily, like every interesting character on “Game of Thrones” who carries a caber or defies death.
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