Oh, I did like the episode tho. It was pretty good, with the exception of the above.

I just realized that Ellaria and the Sand Snakes literally wiped out the Martell line.

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Wikey @ 25/4/2016 13:50

I just realized that Ellaria and the Sand Snakes literally wiped out the Martell line. top lel

Oh

Unless... Arianne and Quentyn will avenge their father and come out of hiding!! (:

Miko @ 25/4/2016 17:08

Unless... Arianne and Quentyn will avenge their father and come out of hiding!! (:

Nah, let them stay out of this mess.

Curtis @ 25/4/2016 6:08

This p. much sums up my thoughts better than I can: http://time.com/4306039/review-game-of-thrones-season-premiere/ I was most engaged by the Davos storyline and wanted to see how that got resolved but...nothing. My biggest complaint is that almost each scene brought us exactly where we knew the storylines would be slightly nudged based on the trailer. But the Castle Black stuff was the worst of it. They showed that clip that we posted a few days ago from episode TWO! And that clip was exciting and I was waiting for it to happen but it didn't. I don't know WHY they would show a clip that far in the future because now we just spent the premiere still waiting to get to that point which made things kinda lackluster. Seems like a weird move to me As goofy as The Walking Dead gets I feel like they get premieres dead on compared to game of thrones. TWD makes their premieres EVENTS which they should be after all the hyping the show's do, where as GoT always feels a bit recapy and underwhelming after the long wait. All GoT premieres have been like this but it's a shame to have to get used to the premiere quality being low

lol maybe it's just because I stayed away from most of the clips/trailers beforehand, but the Castle Black scenes were some of my favorites BECAUSE they took everything so slow. I'd prefer stuff like that 100x over the rushed storytelling that's been happening since S5

Like I would've been perfectly happy with them stretching out Theon/Sansa's escape over multiple episodes too instead of immediately resolving it. It'd give us a chance to actually dwell on the characters' new circumstances

The Castle Black scenes were probably my favorite too (mostly thanks to Davos) but it was p. frustrating having seen the clip from episode two. The clip shows Davos and company in the room with Jon and some other stuff starts happening, so anyone who watched it knew where that storyline would end up by the end of this first episode. Only we didn't know it was from episode two, so for the scene to be set over the premiere just to get to a scene we've already seen was kinda silly

And yeah Brienne showing up outta the blue to reunite with Sansa was way too fast. Theon/Sansa scenes trying to survive on their own for a bit would've been good

I feel like there's no happy medium. Brienne spent all of last season IIRC wandering around trying to find Sansa, finally finds her but she doesn't want her help, and then spends the rest of the season doing it all over. They stretched it out way too long because they seemed to have nothing else to do with her, and then to correct it they just rushed things to start the season and forced them together at the most convenient of timing. They need a blend of the pacing

Brienne taking over the role of a spearwife would have been better than Sansa picking a lock. Like, the fuck was that?

The structure of the premiere tried to put too much stuff within a scene. It felt super awkward at times.

They could have left the Essos schtuff for Episode 2, and focused more on The Wall and Kings Landing (so that includes Bran). And then episode 2 could have been Essos. Cause now we only got a glimpse of everything, and it kind of sucks considering we know how much they still have to cover. And it kind of ruins the flow if they only show a certain storyline (like the Wall) briefly.

But anyways, the premiere showed:

Jaime/Cersei
Jorah/Daario
Martell/Sand
Dany/Dothraki
Arya in Braavos
Davos/Melisandre/NW
Sansa/Theon/Brienne/Pod
Ramsay/Roose
Tyrion/Varys
Margarey/High Sparrow

And based off of the preview for the next episode, it seems like we're going to get:

Bran and co
Cersei/Robert
Sansa/Theon/Brienne/Pod
Arya in Braavos
Ramsay/Roose
High Sparrow/Jaime
The Wall
Tyrion

So it seems like it's going to be a bit more simmered down than the premiere, which is good. But it will still continue being an awkward pacing.

AND BALON WATCH CONTINUES!!

Arya is still the best