‘Game of Thrones’ recap: The latest on Dany, Jon, Sansa and Arya

Looks like Jon Snow (Kit Harington), Lord Commander of the Night’s Watch, is dead. Officially.

Unless, that is, Melisandre (Carice van Houten) uses her Lord of Light magic to reanimate him on “The Red Woman” (Episode 51), the Season 6 premiere of HBO’s fantasy epic “Game of Thrones.”

Jon lies in a pool of blood at Castle Black after being stabbed by his brothers in arms. Their treasonous ringleader is Alliser Thorne (Owen Teale).

The murder was necessary, Alliser claims, because Jon’s poor judgment -- he made peace with the hated Wildlings -- would have destroyed the Night’s Watch.

“He thrust a terrible choice upon us,” Alliser declares. “And we made it!”

Locked in a room with Jon’s corpse are his fierce dire wolf Ghost, along with Ser Davos Seaworth (Liam Cunningham) and a handful of Night’s Watch loyalists. Alliser offers them amnesty (don’t believe it) if they surrender by nightfall.

“There’s always the Red Woman,” Davos says of Melisandre, pointing out that she’s capable of defeating Alliser and his 40 men. “You haven’t seen her do what I’ve seen her do.”

Melisandre does possess incredible powers, including the ability to look 70 years younger than her true age. For when she removes her clothes and necklace, Melisandre transforms from a beautiful woman to an old hag.

As for Jon’s half-sister, Sansa Stark (Sophie Turner), she flees from her sadistic husband, Ramsay Bolton (Iwan Rheon), with help from Theon Greyjoy (Alfie Allen).

When Ramsay’s soldiers track down Sansa near an icy river, she’s rescued in the nick of time by faithful Brienne of Tarth (Gwendoline Christie) and her companion Podrick Payne (Daniel Portman).

Sansa’s younger sister, Arya (Maisie Williams), meanwhile, is reduced to a blind beggar in Braavos because she defied orders from assassins known as the Faceless Men. One of their acolytes, The Waif (Faye Marsay), delivers a harsh lesson in self-defense by beating Arya with a stick.

At King’s Landing, Queen Mother Cersei Lannister (Lena Headey) learns the tragic news from her brother/lover Jaime (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) that their daughter Myrcella (Nell Tiger Free) is dead. She was poisoned by Ellaria Sand (Indira Varma), a bitter enemy of House Lannister.

Jaime vows payback, promising Cersei that “everything they’ve taken from us, we’re going to take back -- and more!”

Ellaria’s next homicide victim is Dorne’s ruler, Prince Doran Martell (Alexander Siddig). She despises Doran for not avenging the death of his brother Oberyn (Pedro Pascal).

Doran’s son and Myrcella’s fiance Trystane (Toby Sebastian) meets a similar fate when one of Ellaria’s daughters, lethal “Sand Snake” Obara (Keisha Castle-Hughes), pokes a spear through his skull.

In Meereen, Tyrion Lannister (Peter Dinklage) and Lord Varys (Conleth Hill) strategize on how to squash a rebellion led by the Sons of the Harpy. These insurgents nearly assassinated Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke) before she dramatically escaped astride her mightiest dragon, Drogon.

Who secretly directs the uprising? Varys dispatches his spies to gather intelligence. And who just set fire to Dany’s fleet of ships? Also unknown.

“Well, she won’t sail to Westeros anytime soon,” Tyrion remarks upon seeing the flames. In other words, Dany’s plans to invade King’s Landing and seize the Iron Throne are definitely on hold.

So where’s Dany? She’s been captured by Dothraki horsemen and taken to their leader, Khal Moro (Joe Nauhafu). He scornfully laughs at her many titles -- including Mother of Dragons -- until she reveals that her late husband was Khal Drogo (Jason Momoa).

“No one will touch you,” Moro says apologetically. “You have my word!”

Apology accepted. Now escort me back to Meereen immediately, Dany insists, and I’ll give you a thousand horses for your trouble.