Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken

"Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken"
Game of Thrones episode
Reek is forced to watch in terror as Sansa is raped.
Episode no.	Season 5 Episode 6
Directed by	Jeremy Podeswa
Written by	Bryan Cogman
Featured music	Ramin Djawadi
Cinematography by	Gregory Middleton
Editing by	Crispin Green
Original air date	May 17, 2015 (2015-05-17)
Running time	54 minutes
Guest appearance(s)
Diana Rigg as Olenna Tyrell Jonathan Pryce as High Sparrow Alexander Siddig as Doran Martell DeObia Oparei as Areo Hotah Keisha Castle-Hughes as Obara Sand Rosabell Laurenti Sellers as Tyene Sand Jessica Henwick as Nymeria Sand Finn Jones as Loras Tyrell Will Tudor as Olyvar Eugene Simon as Lancel Lannister Faye Marsay as the Waif Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje as Malko Toby Sebastian as Trystane Martell Nell Tiger Free as Myrcella Baratheon Charlotte Hope as Myranda Elizabeth Webster as Walda Bolton Michael Yare as Slaver James McKenzie Robinson as Joss Hattie Gotobed as Ghita
Episode chronology
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"Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken" is the sixth episode of the fifth season of HBO's fantasy television series Game of Thrones, and the 46th overall. The episode was written by Bryan Cogman, and directed by Jeremy Podeswa.

The episode polarized critics and viewers for its ending, depicting a violent sexual assault. It received a mixed rating of 58% on Rotten Tomatoes, the lowest rating received to date by a Game of Thrones episode. The previous lowest rating for an episode was a 91% rating for season 4's "The Watchers on the Wall". Nonetheless, director Jeremy Podeswa received an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series for this episode. The name of the episode comes from the House Martell motto Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken

Arya Stark (Maisie Williams) continues her training with the Faceless Men, washing the bodies of those that die in the temple. She asks the Waif (Faye Marsay) what they do with the bodies after they're clean, but the Waif tells her that she is not yet ready to know. Arya then asks how to pass the Game of Faces. The Waif hints that in order to pass, she must be able to convincingly lie. When Jaqen H'ghar (Tom Wlaschiha) comes to test Arya again, she tells him how she came to join the Faceless Men, but lies about several key facts. Jaqen is able to tell when Arya is lying, including when Arya claims that she hated Sandor Clegane. Jaqen tells Arya that she is lying not only to him, but to herself.

Some time later, a man brings his sick daughter to the temple so that she can die in peace. Arya talks to the sickly girl and lies about how she was ill like her in the past. Arya then gives the girl the temple's poisoned water to end her suffering. After she cleans the body, Arya is taken by Jaqen to a chamber underneath the temple, where the Faceless Men store the faces of all the people that have died in the temple. Jaqen tells Arya that she is not yet ready to become "no one", but she is ready to become "someone else".