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Well, that’s if you consider sparking another war by first murdering a Lannister heir and then killing all the men in the your family to establish what looks likely to be a very blood-drenched matriarchy “organised”. Things took a particularly dark turn over in Dorne where it transpired Ellaria and the Sand Snakes (which really ought to be a band name) are more organised than last season’s events suggested. A number of storylines were set up, from Dany’s possible journey to Vaes Dothrak to Margaery’s ongoing refusal to confess her “sins” to the High Sparrow. Showrunners David Benioff and DB Weiss have said this season is all about the women, and this opening episode did much to suggest they are right. ‘Your son is weak just like you and weak men will never rule Dorne again’ He may not be right but his views are understandable, and that’s one of the most interesting things about this show: the way in which it constantly makes clear that there is no one correct answer or right way to rule. While we know that Jon, understanding the wider issue of the White Walkers, had little option but to open the Wall to the Wildings, Thorne’s opinion that this was treating with the enemy will have been shared by many. Speaking of Thorne, I may not like him but his speech to the Night’s Watch made some salient points. Meanwhile up in Castle Black, revenge lay heavy in the air as Dolorous Edd and the few remaining members of Jon’s band of brothers reckoned with the late Lord Commander’s brutal end, while presumably planning to meet with the Wildings and thus bring about the very devastation that Alliser Thorne feared. Cersei mourned her second child as Jaime made it home with Myrcella’s body, and we learnt that Ramsay is actually in possession of a heart as he remembered his childhood meeting with the equally bloodthirsty and now very dead Myranda.