Alan Taylor coming back + penultimate episode? HAS POTENTIAL

unfortunately I was spoiled for a certain moment :( But I'm p excited to see how it plays out

Dylan @ 21/8/2017 8:04

Apart from the whole time issue with Gendry/Raven and Jon and crew chilling on the island, I enjoyed the episode quite a bit. Though it felt a bit like a fast and furious movie. All star cast, bad ass action and one small main character death that you all knew was coming. Though I will say I did think for sure Tormund was being dragged under so they got me there.

pretty much echo all of this. I've accepted since around S5 that this is what GOT is gonna be like now (pacing/depth-wise), now that they're zooming towards the ending after running out of book material. And this episode was a p great thrill ride even though there's a lot you could poke holes in, most obviously the fact that Jon and crew didn't freeze to death by the time Gendry reached the Wall/the raven reached Dany/Dany reached them. They would've had to be there for DAYS unless ravens/dragons fly as fast as jets. I don't really get why they didn't just have Dany chilling at Eastwatch just in case before the crew went out, would've fixed a lot of those problems. And they could've added more drama to whether Gendry would make it back since he'd be the only variable deciding if Dany can save them

Best part of the ep was the traveling in the first half honestly, mostly cuz I fully expected Jon & crew to just show up at the White Walker camp at the beginning of the episode. It was nice they let the journey BREATHE a little this time

Curtis @ 21/8/2017 17:13

lol I hated most of them, they were so forced. It was poo writing "Hey you, shall we remind the audience how we're connected?" "Sure, allow me to begin!" And then they just fall back into line and a different pair comes forward to do the same thing. Not only did it happen over and over in a 10 minute stretch alone, but its been happening ALL season more than any other It makes more sense for people who haven't seen each other but the worst are people who haven't even met but have an acquaintance in common who happens to come up

That last one is pretty annoying and they lean on it way too much. Otherwise stuff like Jorah and Thoros reminiscing about the battle of Pike doesn't bother me at all, it's part of the great thing about all these characters converging now. I get what you mean about how rapid-fire/inorganic it was but I think that's part of the bigger problem with this season in general

also, when's the last time a major, beloved character actually died? Hodor? Thoros was like the only member of the party I'd consider non-major. GOT is losing its TEETH! As much as I like him Tormund should've died there. Although I did kinda laugh at his KC-like "HELP ME!" followed by The Hound helping him up L4D-style

Thoros would only become a wight if the Night King chose to rez him