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This is totally unrelated to the premiere, but has anyone here noticed that in real life Yara and Meera look like they could be sisters in some photos? They’re often listed next to each other on IMDB and the resemblance is uncanny.

 

I'm gonna need to re-watch to rememebr everything but here are my initial thoughts that I can remember. I will spoiler just in case, especially in case I get into any guessing games with theories, I know some people don't even want to be potential spoiled by theories

-New intro was awesome. It makes sense considering they're only going to be at one or two places this season, so they had to find a way to extend it somehow. As soon as we saw Last Hearth, I was excited and then realized that's probably not good for someone...and it wasn't. Poor Ned Umber .

-Lovvvve all the call backs to the first episode in the beginning. The little kid scrambling and climbing to see the the army was a nice mix of Bran and Arya. And the return of King Robert's theme especially, one of my favorite scores from the show.

-Thought it was a good touch having the POC characters look at each other knowingly about all of the uncomfortable stares they were getting. The northerners have almost definitely never seen a non-white person so it really adds to the 'foreigner' angle.

-Jon being so happy to see Bran and Arya awww. Bran just blurting it out and Jon looking at Sansa like uhhhh and Sansa giving him a knowing look back was good too. Loved Jon knowing after he saw Needle and Arya looks at him that she wants to see his sword.

-The Ned Umber moment is so cute and it just makes me feel so bad for what comes later

-Lyanna being Lyanna and calling Jon out. Gotta love Lady Lyanna. Really hope we get to see her interact with more characters this season, and not just at meetings of lords yelling at Jon. At the very least her and Jorah talking.

-Sansa ridiculing Tyrion for trusting her sister is good too. Sansa truly has become a great player in the game. Something that worries me: Bran staring at Tyrion. Bran knows something. Is it some sort of treason Tyrion did (I still think tyrion promised cersei her kid would be Dany's heir)? Or is he seeing into Tyrion's future? SOMETHING IS NOT GOOD HERE.

-Cersei suddenly stopping and turning to Euron to invite him in was definitely something. Either it was pure hatred for Jaime leaving her and her wanting to try and get past it, or she realizes something with her pregnancy (or fake pregnancy). Either she was pregnant but lost the baby/never was pregnant, and thinks to keep up the lie she told Jaime she needs to get pregnant, or she realized she was pregnant and could secure Euron's absolute loyalty by lying and saying it's his kid. She definitely had some sort of sudden thought that caused her to think otherwise about inviting him upstairs.

-Bronn is still such an ambiguous character morally that I truly do not know what he'll do. I want to believe his friendship with the Lannister brothers will keep him from doing it but....who knows. The "pox" line was hilarious though.

-Glad they got the Yara rescue done fast, but now it seems she'll just be heading back to the Iron Islands. I assume we'll see her again in the final battle for the throne, once the white walkers are defeated.

-Drogon the jealous child will never not be funny to me. Jon the Dragonrider! The King who Rode! Very cool moment.

-Arya and the Hound was fantastic. The Hound looking proud for Arya becoming a cold blooded killer was a nice touch, especially since we know the Hound isn't quite as heartless as he tried to pretend to be to Arya. Ayra and Gendry, deffffinitely some tension there. "You look good", the look back, etc. This is a ship I am here for.

-Lord Glover is annoying. Sam finding out from Dany and Jorah was tough. Poor Sam.

-Everyone seems to be saying the scene with Jon and Sam was rushed but I think Jon looked pretty damn exasperated at the idea. And Sam was obviously not feeling predisposed to being more careful about it after his interaction with Dany. "Bran having...whatever Bran has" lol. Glad that sam told jon that ned was protecting him, and sacrificing his honor to do so.

-I wish we had time for more exposition and little scenes, because Tormund seeing where the Umbers lived would prob be a cool moment otherwise as a wildling who has probably fought the Umbers before (and definitely did in BotB). Again, poor Ned Umber. THat scene was unsettling, to say the least.

-Jaime seeing Winterfell again, this time in a much different circumstance than last, was a good touch. And of course the faces of realization he has when he sees Bran are great too. I hope the next episode starts with him going up to Bran and apologizing.

That's all I got off the top of my head after one watch and a night to sleep on it.

 

Episode was better than every single episode from 7, which was not good at all. Back to doing what Thrones is good at. The intro reinforced that and I was relieved. Kings Landing/Winterfell, meat and potatoes. No more jet packing.

Dragon flying date was bad though.

 

Did the kids climb trees specifically in the pilot to get a better look? Because that to me seemed like a more literal biblical reference than they normally go for. S1 was what I skipped this time though, so I missed that call back connection.

 

No literal tree climbing from what I remember, just a mix of Bran climbing to see the approaching army, and then Arya scrambling through crowds trying to see and then climbing up on what I think was a cart.

 

Cool, that’s what I thought. I started singing that old Zacchaeus ear worm song that I learned when I was a kid the second he started. Certainly fits with Jon being literally Jesus in the story to put that in there.

 

very brave, such galaxy brain

 

Oh god, that song is going to be in my head all day long now. Children's church, whew...

 

I’m deeply sorry.

 

Man, John Bradley stole this one. Guy acted out of his mind this episode. All his scenes were amazing.

 

So Jamie pushed Bran out of the tower in S1. Was that literally the last time the two saw each other? And nobody ever mentioned Bran's name around Jamie?

 

Jon riding a dragon was awesome, but the scene itself was a little bit like Harry riding Buckbeak in the PoA film

 

I was wondering the same thing: was his shocked face just the fact that he's seeing him for the first time since then or did he literally not know he survived that fall?

 

Nice callback to one of my favorite themes in the show, "The King's Arrival." From way back in the first episode. Check out all the parallels.

 

Jon/Daeny relationship sucks but it feels like it’s leading to conflict among them ultimately. i see her reacting pretty poorly to the idea of Jon being rightful heir because of all the work she has put in, and even if he’s like “nah not interested it’s yours” i see her having trust issues with it and we eventually see some Mad King come out. i could also see Jon stepping aside due to incest resulting in so much Targaryen/Lannister evil and his values not lining up, only to find she’s already with his child and then we will see how much that ties his hands with dealing with her

 

He definitely knew Bran survived and was crippled, but I'm not sure most knew that Bran had found his way back to Winterfell.

 

She’s tied up her identity in being the last Targ just as much as he has with being a bastard, so that will definitely be not fun for either of them. If only the acting could hold up to the weight those scenes will need.

I want Gilly and Gendry to exchange a knowing look now that they are in the same place.

 

I mustve missed this, what

 

Jon/Dany is some Attack Of The Clones Shit

 

I think you're both forgetting that Bran was widely considered to be dead until very, very recently.

The Lannisters knew Bran survived both the fall and the cutthroat in S1. But they also were told that Bran was killed by Theon in S2, and I'd doubt the Boltons ever corrected that story when Theon later told them otherwise. Bran has been north of the wall pretty much since then, and I doubt the Starks sent a letter to Cersei announcing his recent return.

 

I totally forgot about the failed assassination of Bran, LOL

 

he knew Bran survived the fall, but most of the world still thinks Bran & Rickon were killed by Theon.

 

Oh I just mean they’re both in Winterfell now. I want my Skins reunion!

 

I didn't mind the dragon ride scene. It set up Jon being able to ride a dragon and the whole town saw him on it which may play in later. It did remind me a little bit of the Aladdin/Jasmine carpet ride though lol.

Two best lines in the ep were Bran basically saying "cut the shit, White Walkers have a dragon and we don't have time for this" and Sansa talking to Tyrion talking about the wedding "It had it's moments".

 

I think it was just to show that he's truly Targaryen; being able to ride a dragon, not scared of it nor the dragons of him, etc.