Dany definitely has a tougher path to the throne now. The Dothraki are all but gone and the unsullied are decimated. She’s still got dragons (although is Rhaegal only loyal to Jon now?) but one or two dragons isn’t going to get a whole continent to bow down.
Avoiding reading bad takes at all costs - episode was amazing. Haven’t been this excited about a tv episode in a while.
I don't understand the whole, I need to know more about the Knight King? It was a science experiment gone wrong. He wanted to kill everything. He's not complex.
Too many people hoping for a Night King secret identity twist. The effect of so many crackpot theories.
The only other thing I want them to even touch on is the mark on Bran. Is it gone? Does it stay forever? Other than that, move along the plot.
I don’t *actually* believe this, but the whole Dothraki strategy was so bad that it’s easier for me to believe it was a side strategy hatched by the Westerosi to weaken Dany’s army in case they survived the fight. That honestly makes more sense to me than having them just go up the gut for no damn reason.
I have a ton of thoughts and they’re probably beyond GoT and more about my problem with must-watch TV in general and it’s not the time to post them so I’ll just say: I enjoyed watching this without being impressed by the writing, which will probably also be my line on the show once it’s finished.
just watched it again, a few more thoughts: 1. That fucking metronome/clicking in the soundtrack when they are fighting on the ramparts was such a nice touch. Really amps the intensity and made me anxious without even noticing it. 2. I'm thinking we're gonna learn more about where Bran went in the next few episodes, and it's gonna explain a lot. 3. Melisandre = Jaqen H'ghar = Syrio Forel??? I half expected Mel to pull her face off and reveal herself lol 4. A detail I noticed the second time, when the ice dragon got its neck torn up by Drogon and then it landed in the castle grounds you can see it quite literally bleeding icy fire through the holes in its neck while its shoots ice willy-nilly everywhere. 5. Arya killing the NK using the same move that Rey used against one of Snoke's red guards was kinda cool. And a silly theory. Bran obviously warged into a dragon, used him to go pick up Arya, and then drop Arya into the godswood like an air strike.