Home (Game of Thrones) Home (Game of Thrones) "Home" is the second episode of the sixth season of HBO's fantasy television series "Game of Thrones", and the 52nd overall. The episode was written by Dave Hill and directed by Jeremy Podeswa. The Wildlings arrive at Castle Black and force Alliser Thorne and his allies to surrender, allowing Melisandre to resurrect Jon Snow. Ramsay Bolton seizes Winterfell and the North for himself; Tyrion Lannister unchains the dragons being held in the catacombs of Meereen; Arya Stark proceeds to the next step in her training; and Bran Stark sees the past. "Home" received high praise from
Blackwater (Game of Thrones) Blackwater (Game of Thrones) "Blackwater" is the ninth and penultimate episode of the second season of HBO's medieval fantasy television series "Game of Thrones". The episode is written by George R. R. Martin, the author of the "A Song of Ice and Fire" novels of which the series is an adaptation, and directed by Neil Marshall, his directorial debut for the series. The entire episode is dedicated to the climactic Battle of the Blackwater, in which the Lannister army, commanded by acting Hand of the King Tyrion Lannister, defends the city of King's Landing as King Stannis Baratheon's fleet stages