History Recap / GameOfThronesS6E6BloodOfMyBlood

* ComeWithMeIfYouWantToLive: A rider appears to rescue Bran and Meera in the nick of time, and then delivers the first half of the sentence.

* ChekhovsGun: The Tarlys' ancestral sword, Heartsbane, is shown and revealed to be made from Valyrian steel. Guess what Sam ends up stealing when he and Gilly leave Horn Hill?

* CameBackStrong: Benjen Stark's watch was ended by the Walkers, but The Children kept him for turning wight and gifted him with some sort of augmented or awakened power in the process, as he's able to ignite a weapon, he can foresee the future and is even aware of the actual contents of Bran's visions.

* UptownGuy: The class difference between Sam and Gilly wasn't really highlighted before due to him being a brother in the Nights Watch. Here you see just how just higborn Sam's family is as they return to to the Tarly's lavish castle at Hornhill and he's greeted by numerous servants.

* DeliberateValuesDissonance: Jamie invokes the DivineRightOfKings to try to convince Tommen to turn against the Sparrows.

* ResignationsNotAccepted: The waif gets approval from the Faceless Man to assassinate Arya for her refusal to carry out her assignment.

* ProperLady: Both Lady Melessa and Talla, who remain quite courteous and nice towards Gilly even after she's revealed to be a wildling. They are so nice that they don't give Sam any complain or bad look when he tells them that Gily's baby is his son.

* RealityEnsues: Hodor may have held the door well, but his HeroicSacrifice only bought Bran and Meera a small amount of time. The wights were not about to give up the chase anytime soon, and the two of them would have certainly perished had Benjen not shown up.

** The title of the episode fits as well. Blood of my Blood works out in two ways: Benjen saves Bran, his brother's, son and Daenerys adopts the Dothraki as her own, the blood of her blood; her husband and child's kin.

** SilkHidingSteel: However, Lady Melessa is no pushover, as she shuts up her husband when he keeps on [[KickTheDog insulting Sam]].[[FridgBrilliance Which is probably why]] [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Lord]] [[RatedMForManly Randyll]] [[FridgBrilliance calls her "a fine woman"]].

In '''Braavos''', a girl watches a play reenacting the Purple Wedding. Once again, the performances are over the top, even hystrionic. Lady Crane's sorrowful performance as Cersei mourning Joffrey's death gets to a girl however. A girl also notices Bianca, the younger actor who plays Sansa, mouthing her lines, reinforcing a girl's hunch that she is behind the assassination order. She goes backstage afterward to poison Lady Crane's rum, who stumbles upon her afterward. To cover this, a girl compliments Lady Crane's acting, who thinks she's an admirer and aspiring actor. She advises a girl on acting, and a girl in turn points out ways that the play could be made better. A girl is visibly uncomfortable after finding out how kind Lady Crane. Lady Crane takes her tip on improving the play, but Izembaro, the troupe's leader, dismisses her in a sexist manner. A girl reappears to knock her rum aside when Lady Crane is about to drink, warning her about Bianca. The Waif is watching this as well, and reports it to Jaqen. He is disappointed and grants her permission to kill a girl, who has meanwhile retrieved her sword Needle from its hiding place, reclaiming herself as Arya Stark, and now waits in the catacombs below the temple.

* ManBehindTheMan: Subtly, Olenna instructs Mace what actions must the Tyrell men-at-arms take by signaling him with her hand fan.

* ManBehindTheMan: Mace doesn't even hide the fact that he is taking orders from his mother in front of all his soldiers (it's probably well known that she's the one actually running things).

** The title of the episode fits as well. Blood of my Blood works out in two ways: Benjen saves Bran, his brother's son and Daenerys adopts the Dothraki as her own, the blood of her blood; her husband and child's kin.

* LivingProp: In ''The Bloody Hand'' Margaery has no lines. She shows up in the stage after getting married to Joffrey and just stands there as he chokes.

** The brief flashback visions ''specifically'' show the Mad King himself like this, in all his insane evil glory.

** Needle, Arya's CoolSword, makes a comeback after being hidden since for an entire season

* InTheBack: We see Jamie stabbing the Mad King this way in Bran's vision briefly.

* PaperTiger: The usually ridiculous Mace Tyrell looks really imperative at the head of his army in full battle gear. The impression wanes quickly, Lord Tyrell is not even riding his horse (which is being lead on its reins by a footman), Jaime and Olenna are the ones calling the shots, and Mace gets confused by the events.

* PaperTiger: The usually ridiculous Mace Tyrell looks really imperative at the head of his army in full battle gear. The impression wanes quickly, Lord Tyrell is not even riding his horse, which is being lead on its reins by a footman, Jaime and Olena are the ones calling the shots, and Mace gets confused by the events.

* TakeThatAudience: Izembaro's foppish jerkass attitude towards Lady Crane daring to suggest making changes to his play comes across as a jab at people who don't like changes made when adapting books to show, essentially [[ThisLoserIsYou casting anyone with that attitude as a primadonna.]] Of course, there's a boomerang aspect to this, since the play ''is'' a poorly-written and pandering affair and Lady Crane is sympathetic enough to change Arya's mind at great personal risk.