Game of Thrones season 6: Episode 2 and 3 titles, trailers and plot synopses

We'll see the return of Bran and some new Greyjoys

HBO has released the episode titles for S06E02 and S06E03 of Game of Thrones, teasing Bran’s return and seeing sides forming at Castle Black.

Given that, curious Melisandre ending aside, little happened in Sunday night’s first episode, a little indication of what’s to come is very welcome.

Let’s take a look at them first, then we’ll try and glean what we can after:

Episode #52 (season 6, episode 2): “Home”

Debut: Sunday, May 1 (9:00-10:00 pm ET/PT)

Bran (Isaac Hempstead Wright) trains with the Three-Eyed Raven (Max von Sydow). In King’s Landing, Jaime (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) advises Tommen (Dean-Charles Chapman). Tyrion (Peter Dinklage) demands good news, but has to make his own. At Castle Black, the Night’s Watch stands behind Thorne (Owen Teale). Ramsay Bolton (Iwan Rheon) proposes a plan, and Balon Greyjoy (Patrick Malahide) entertains other proposals.

Written by Dave Hill

Directed by Jeremy Podeswa

Update: We now have a trailer for this episode too - Cersei and Jaime try to regain King's Landing, the Boltons plot to storm Castle Black (!) and Tyrion tracks down Daenerys' dragons.

Episode #53 (season 6, episode 3): “Oathbreaker”

Debut: Sunday, May 8 (9:00-10:00 pm ET/PT)

Daenerys (Emilia Clarke) meets her future. Bran meets the past. Tommen confronts the High Sparrow (Jonathan Pryce). Arya (Maisie Williams) trains to be No One. Varys (Conleth Hill) finds an answer. Ramsay gets a gift.

Written by: David Benioff & D. B. Weiss
Directed by: Dan Sackheim.

First off, that site that leaked the episode titles got them completely right.

I imagine ‘Home’ will open with Bran, given that his story is set to form a huge part of this season, and it doesn’t look like we’ll get an update on Melisandre/Jon Snow (though it’s very possible HBO has simply omitted this plot strand from the synopsis for the sake of spoilers). It will be interesting to see how Tyrion starts tackling the uprising in Meereen, and what those newly cast Greyjoys will be up to.

‘Oathbreaker’ is clearly a reference to Brienne, given her sword is named ‘Oathkeeper’, but which oath will she be breaking, the one with Jaime or the allegiance she just swore to Sansa in episode one? Brienne is more loyal than perhaps any other character in the show, so this is an intriguing prospect and no doubt more complicated than the name suggests. Elsewhere, the episode description is pretty vague (‘Ramsay gets a gift’) but Bran ‘meeting the past’ should spell flashbacks, potentially the Tower of Joy one we know is coming.

Episodes 2 and 3 will be broadcast in their usual 9pm ET slot in the US, simulcast on Sky Atlantic in the UK at 2am.