‘Game of Thrones’ Season 6 Premiere: ‘The Red Woman’ Breaks from the Books with Style

24 April 2016 7:10 PM, PDT | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »

This post contains spoilers for “Game of Thrones” Season 6, Episode 1, titled “The Red Woman.” See where we left off with our Season 5 finale recap.

“Game of Thrones” has never been afraid of spilling blood, and the Season 6 premiere is no exception — even as Jon Snow lies dead in the courtyard of Castle Black, at the other end of Westeros the Sand Snakes are living up to their deadly legacy, with Ellaria Sand and the daughters of Prince Oberyn quickly dispatching the last of the Martells, murdering Prince Doran and his heir Trystane to assume power in Dorne for themselves.

The Dorne storyline often felt like an excuse for narrative wheel-spinning last season, with Jaime and Bronn’s expedition to retrieve Myrcella proving to be one of the rare deviations from George R. R. Martin’s books that didn’t quite land, so choosing to trim the fat from that plot »

- Laura Prudom

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