The WiC Scale: Winners and Losers from “Home”

It’s time once again for us to return to the WiC Scale. Every week, we consider whether the characters who appeared in the latest episode are up, down, or just muddling through. “Home,” this week’s episode, featured only some of our many locations and characters. Those sitting out include Dany and the Comical Khalasar, All Thing Dornish, the Tyrells, and Sam and Gilly, who have now been AWOL for two weeks running.

Let’s look at where they stand. You spit, I’m ‘a sit. We’ll see where we land.

Up

Bran: He’s up! He’s walking! Jesus, he got tall.
Davos and Company: Instant victory, just add WunWun
Melisandre: Maybe now everyone will forgive her for burning Shireen at the stake.
Jon Snow: HE IS RISEN, HE IS RISEN INDEED!

Middling

Sansa, Party of Four: Now party of three. Bye Theon!
Arya: Still blind, but no longer begging
Cersei: Couldn’t go to the funeral, but did get a Mama’s Day Hug
Jaime: Didn’t spill blood in this holy place
High Sparrow: Kept all the blood in his veins
Tyrion: Realized he was outnumbered, so he went to go see dragons. Despite the glory of that scene, letting them out is going to make him deeply unpopular in Meereen.

Down

The Night’s Watch: easily defeated by wildlings, Lord Commander’s been locked up, mostly feel like idiots.
Ramsay Bolton: New lows in step-matriacide

Out

Roose Bolton: He really didn’t see that coming.
Walda Bolton and the baby: Ramsay is feeding the hounds well.
Balon Greyjoy: With no more Riff Raff to kick around, the War of the Five Kings is official over.