Dafuq! That scene with Jon close to dying totally not needed. There is finally some balance with the dragons. And Jon needed to hold out for more before bending over.
i actually like how netflix releases it all at once. but you have a great point. i like watching game of thrones episode then reading the analysis of the web. its kind of like watching walking dead then talking dead.
This was the first episode this year where the stupidity outweighed the awesome (it was still close though, as every scene from beyond the wall was visually delicious, dragons roasting walkers, omg).
But the two main plot points are fucking terrible. The plan to capture a wight is legit insulting. The plot armor is reminiscent of dumbed down Hollywood movies. I realize all story telling has super convenient timing but my god, in moderation please?
Plus if Littlefinger is really manipulating Arya this easily then what was the point of her character for the entire narrative? I suppose they can still switch the direction of that to being a Stark long con but that’s still falling flat. This seems like a huge waste of time.
Really underwhelmed. I was happy to extend the leash on the teleporting because I realize time and money are short, but there’s no excuse for writing this bad.
Teleportation and Time Travel was at its best this episode lol
Funny enough, killing the dragon didn’t have an emotional impact on me, because for some reason you decided to abandon all logic, consistency and sense of reality in this episode, and that kind of ruined everything for me. Even seeing a dragon die and get raised from the dead. GOT was never about stupid Hollywood superhero cliches, and you decided to make it that way. Why? I don’t know. Instead of spending all of that budget on CGI, you should have hired an army of writers, to try to cope with the standard George Martin set, so we wouldn’t have to watch the characters we grown to love so much pointlessly repeat the same phrases over and over again and have the same conversations in every episode. But the dragons did look great. I guess that’s what the “fans” wanted.
Can anyone tell me where the chains came from? Or how gendry ran through a blizzard but helpfully only fell over when he was a few meters away from the wall? Or how a raven was able to get the Danny super fast and allow her to teleport up north? How did the whitewalkers attach chains to the dragon if none of them can swim? Why did Benjen not take the horse when the zombies were super slow, they had lots of time, and the horse had enough room for two people? Why didn’t they take a dragon up north in the first place? Why not take an entire army up north in the first place? Why try to even bother convincing cersei? When they were trapped on the island, why didn’t they keep breaking the ice over and over until help arrived? Why didn’t they bring any archers with them up north, surely there would be at least a few hanging around the wall? Why fight zombies with exclusively melee, surely ranged is better? Why did Jon killing a wight “Leader” shatter all but one of them? That’s super convenient
Okay I am sorry to Uncle Benjen’s memory but I just started laughing my ass off when he came riding in to save Jon like wtf dude where did you even come from and HOW did you know he was there and how do you always come in to save the Starks??? And why didn’t you just get on the horse… its not like it would’ve slowed it down or anything ITS A GIANT ASS HORSE and its not like either of them are super obese or something…
Another question for the writers: why did not the Night King throw the spear at Drogon, who was closer, stood motionless and on which all the people were planted?
the easiest answer would be: Night King: *aiming at drogon… white walker: eyyy bet you can’t hit the flying one. NK: hold my beer.
WHY THE FUCK DIDN’T BRAN JUST SEE JON AND TELEPATH DAENERYS INSTEAD OF THAT GENDRY SHIT??? WHAT THE FUCK IS BRAN DOING? WHY WASTE TIME ON THAT RUNNING SCENE? AND WHY DIDN’T JON GET SAVED BY BENJEN AND THEN HAVE…I DONT KNOW…SOME GOOD FUCKING DIALOGUE!!!
I pretty much agree with all this. This may have been the first GoT episode ever that made me pissed due to quality (instead of killing someone I like). Oh, wait, I forgot about the Sand Snakes and how horrible all that was. Okay, but that was just a few minor characters. This whole episode was a mess.
On top of those points above, how the hell does an army of the dead have massive chains? Do they have dead blacksmiths working on several hundred yards of huge chain? Were they already carrying it just in case they need to drag a dragon out of a lake?
Also, how long was Jon under water? There was a huge battle going on right on top of him then he comes out of the water and they’re already pretty damn far away.
Let’s kill Coldhands for no reason…okay. “Hi nephew.” “Oh, hey uncle I haven’t seen since the first episode.” “Well, it was good catching up with you. I’m going to go die now.”
Oh, and Jon, next time you’re in the North, maybe let your family and lords know?
Very flawed episode from start to finish. Let’s see if they can redeem it.