Until the 1996 World Cup, the fielders were sprayed all over the park and the teams followed a standard template to have wickets in hand to have a go at the bowlers in the final overs of the match. The 15 over rule introduced during the Wills World Cup marked a significant and important moment as the entire Cricketing landscape underwent a sea change especially with the dashing Sri Lankan openers - Sanath Jayasuriya and Romesh Kaluwitharana - firing on all cylinders with the fielding restrictions in place. The maverick pair broke the traditional and stereotypical mindset of playing risky shots only during the dying overs of the innings by scoring at will in the first 15 overs taking advantage of the new rule, consolidating slowly and steadily in the middle overs and blazing all guns in the end overs. Just wait for a moment. You will know why I brought in the small yet momentous cricket history for the review.
GoT S6 started off really well with the resurrection of Jon Snow during the 2 episodes, then saw a lull in the subsequent segments with a strong peak when the White Walkers stormed the cave and Hodor was killed in the process. There was another brief respite when the show's pace was going slower than the slowest Sunny until Arya Stark took back her identity in E8. Just like how the batsmen in Cricket provided the much needed impetus to have a impactful finish to their innings, GoT burst out all the fireworks in their kitty with 'The Battle of Bastard' and an IMAX deserving E10. Yeah. You read it right. I am willing to shell out 350 bucks for this episode if 'The Winds of Winter' is screened in the IMAX format. I will discuss more on this as the review unfolds.
Jaime had nothing much to do in the season except being a negotiator with Blackfish and having a subtle romance with Brienne when she failed to persuade Blackfish to make him come out of his senses to surrender to him and escaped in a boat. Infact, Davos had more role to play than Jaime throughout S6. There were traces of sparking romance in the air between Dany and Tyrion when she emotionally anoints him as 'Hand of the Queen' 'Clever Fellow. Can't argue with his logic' - This dialogue totally sums up Tyrion's tryst until the dawn of S7. On Sansa's request and beseech, Little Finger comes in the nick of time and saves a desperate-for-help Snow army when they were about to be shellacked by Bolton and his men. He also sweet talks her to accept his proffer that she become his queen when he is at the helm of the Iron Throne someday in the future - a tempting offer made by the shrewd, astute and calculating Petyr Baelish but turned down by the experience gained Sansa.
Speaking of Sansa, S6 had evolved itself into a mighty show of Women's Empowerment. What I mean by this is that you can see the girls and the women taking the matters into their own hands by breaking themselves away from the enormous shackles of manipulations, restrictions, lack of freedom etc. that were cruelly chained to them by the barbaric and egoistic men. They have changed the entire ecosystem in S6 with their brave, daring and courageous moves and tricks that will give even Varys and Little Finger a run for their money.
We will start with Arya.
We will start with Arya.
X--End of Part 2--X
(to be concluded)
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