The WiC Scale: Winners and Losers for Mother’s Mercy

It’s the final installment of the WiC Scale for Season 5. “Mother’s Mercy” was one of the highest impact finales we’ve ever had on the show, one in which everyone’s fortunes took a turn. For the worse? For the better? Who’s stock rose? Who has lost everything in the collapse? Let’s check the stats.

Up

• Tyrion&Varys: Like another odd couple I love, I could almost see them dancing through the halls of the Meereenese Pyramid, singing “Together Again.”
• Missandei&Greyworm: Between the above pair, the toughest man with no balls Daario ever met and Missandei’s 19 languages, this is the best interim government ever.
• The High Sparrow: His goal was to make everyone equal before the eyes of the Seven. When it comes to the Lannisters, mission accomplished
• Kevan Lannister&Pycelle: Interim governments, FTW.
• Sam&Gilly: Getting the hell out of dodge, just like Aemon told them to. Next step for Gilly? New clothes.
• Bronn: He survived Dorne. If that’s not beating the odds, I don’t know what is.
• Robert Strong: Well, he’s up anyway.

Middling

• House Bolton: You might think, after flattening the remnants of Stannis’ once mighty army, they’d be up. There’s just the small matter of no longer having possession of one of the most powerful chess pieces on the board.
• Sansa&Theon: Assuming they survive their jump, it’s high time Sansa took advantage of being that powerful piece, now that’s she’s learned it isn’t enough just to be one.
• Daario&Jorah: The good news is they’ll be starring in a spin off buddy road comedy for Season 6. The bad news is one of them has a contagious disease.
• Drogon: Dragon kitty injured and tired. Nap now. Bugger off, human.
• Ellaria&The Sand Snakes: Welp, they got what they wanted. But at what cost? Bonus cookies: the audience still doesn’t like them.
• Brienne&Pod: Welp, she got what she wanted. But at what cost? Littlefinger is looking more and more correct when he cited Brienne’s history of failure.

Down

• The Night’s Watch: That was not For the Watch. That was for themselves. Now they’re leaderless right at the dusk of the Long Night.
• Arya: She remembered who she was, but it turns out that Arya Stark person is a psychopath worthy of a Tarantino film. Better to go back to being no one.
• Dany: Trapped in the middle of a field, surrounded by a huge Khalasar she failed to see coming.
• Cersei: Naked and shamed, with only a creepy priest and a zombie by her side. Her poor wig.
• Jaime: Got all the way to Dorne, got out again alive, got his daughter to say she loves him, and then she died in his arms. Explaining this to Cersei is going to be bad.

Out

• House Baratheon: Everywhere they hurt little girls. But sometimes the gods are vengeful and cause the entire ruin of your house as a result.
• Meryn Trant: Too blind.
• Myrcella: Ok, maybe just being disfigured would have been a better result. At least she’d still wear pretty dresses.
• Myranda: Seriously, a Kennel Master’s daughter threatened the Lady of the Keep and thought she could get away with it? I don’t care how much you join in his lordship’s reindeer games, that’s not how it works. That’s not how any of this works.
• Jon Snow: Oh, you didn’t know?
  • Dan Weiss told Entertainment Weekly: “Dead is dead.”
  • Kit Harington told EW: “They said, “Look, you’re gone, it’s done.”
  • Harington told Vulture: “Trust me, I’m sad, too. But all I know is that he’s dead.”
  • Harington to the New York Daily News: “I’m quite dead.”
  • Nutter told The Hollywood Reporter: “Jon Snow is dead.”

Glad we could clear that up.

• Published on 06/18/2015 at 2:00 PM CDT
• Last updated on 06/18/2015 at 3:11 PM CDT