![]() ![]() This is an important bit of information, since we now know that it's possible to stop the army of the dead without actually fighting the entire army. Jon kills the White Walker and, much to their surprise, all the wights die instantly save one. They set a cunning trap or, rather, light a fire and then ambush the undead when they show up to investigate. The Magnificent Seven come across a band of wights led by a White Walker. I didn't like it but I was willing to forgive.until now. We just have to assume that weeks go by as characters move from point A to point B. But we could forgive this because maybe the show was simply not showing us how much time had passed. Sure it seemed like Jon and Dany and every other character could get from one place to the next unrealistically fast, transporting whole armies and fleets in the blink of an eye. That's excusable enough, I suppose, given how few remaining episodes we have. For one thing, the fast travel we've seen throughout much of this season was at worst sloppy and at best a way to expedite major events. I know I said I'd stop talking about fast travel issues, but I just can't help myself this week. I suppose losing a dragon counts as a pretty major event, but I'm frankly astonished the show didn't kill off Beric and Tormund.Īlas, the many problems plaguing this episode far outweigh whatever good can be said about it. I was on the edge of my seat more than once, and thought for sure we'd lose more characters by the end of the night. The final battle was utterly mesmerizing. And I mean awesome in its true sense awe-inspiring, jaw-dropping, epic and glorious. I'm not sure I've ever witnessed such cool dragons in any TV show or movie before. One thing Game of Thrones has done incredibly well this season is make dragons really awesome. The cinematography and action were all spectacular. A hopeless battle given the lack of fire at their disposal, until.ĭrogon swooping in.gouts of flame erupting through the enemy ranks, shattering the ice.the tide of battle suddenly shifting. Jon Snow and Jorah back to back as the enemies swarmed around them. The Hound wielding Gendry's hammer, crushing skull after skull. Even just the shots of the snow-swept land beyond the Wall were beautiful.īeyond the fantastic conversations between the Magnificent Seven, this evening's spectacle was its saving grace. I do think there were some great moments in this journey into the dead land. At the same time, given how silly this whole plan was I'm not sure I want any of our heroes to die executing it. "No, just the drunkest," Thoros replies.Īll the extras die, because of course they do, but only Thoros of Myr is lost among our main heroes, despite overwhelming odds and at least a couple of near death experiences. "I thought you were the bravest man I'd ever seen," he says. Jorah telling Thoros how he saw him storm through the breach in the Iron Islands during Robert and Eddard's quashing of the Greyjoy rebellion. Some of this dialogue deepens our sense of world and scope and time. Jorah refuses to take back Longclaw, having forfeited that right when he brought shame to House Mormont by selling slaves and going into exile. Beric tells him of death, the true enemy, who you can never defeat but must still always fight. ![]() Indeed, all these scraps of dialogue between the Magnificent Seven are wonderful-almost as if the vast bulk of quality writing was top-loaded into the first third of the episode. Sandor accuses him of "whinging" which is pretty hilarious. Gendry wins the medal for most-teased of the evening. Later, when it looked almost certain that Tormund would be our second casualty of the night, it's the Hound who saves him. ![]() The Brienne exchange was laugh-out-loud funny. I loved how Tormund poked and prodded at the Hound, who cursed him back with his typical snarling impatience. I loved all the dialogue between these rugged warriors. They all very nearly die, but in the end escape mostly unscathed. Instead we get a bunch of our favorite characters heading north beyond the Wall to execute the most atrociously stupid plan anyone could have possibly conceived. Earlier this week, I wrote about the lore of 'the last hero' and how Jon Snow and his merry band could be fulfilling something of a prophecy this week. Unfortunately, that theory was a dead end. ![]()
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