Wow that coffee cup thing is another level of funny. Have to go back and look at it in the actual episode.
Minor thing but if that was the last shot of Sam and Gilly I would have liked a little more explanation as to where they are going. Horn Hill? Oldtown? North of the Wall with Tormund? And doesn't Sam have the book that helps prove Jon has a claim to the throne? Tormund's arc feels over so I don't mind him leaving
I thought I saw someone mention that in the episode it’s stated the north still has half their army left? It did I not read that right? Still not sure how Tyrion survived Cersei yet again
Did you notice they included the basement ballista in the new intro? I was completely expecting at least one of the dragons to get shot down because of that, though definitely not from a ship. Some thoughts after that episode: - I enjoyed the scene with Bronn and the brothers, even if his character seems even more superfluous now that he's decided to sit out the conflict. - While I agree that the way the show seems to be crafted around just getting to certain plot beats is not ideal, it's also something that doesn't surprise me at all. It's been like that since they passed the books, and honestly, I'm fine with it (so long as we do eventually get the last two books!). - Since the theory about the Night King heading to King's Landing was obviously not a thing, maybe the empty throne visions of both Bran and Dany will still come to pass? Dany's did show a single dragon flying over King's Landing, too, which fits now that she's down to one. - Varys must've made those Golden Company map markers himself. Speaking of which, they made a point out of mentioning how outgunned Cersei seems to be, while only mentioning the GC in passing. I guess 20,000 sellswords aren't what they used to be? - I'm pretty much expecting nearly every character in King's Landing to die. Dany's army will probably kill most of the civilians initially, and then maybe Cersei will level the whole city herself with some more wildfire. If they went to the trouble of building all of those ballistas, you've got to assume she also made a ton of new wildfire batches as a contingency plan.
This was my biggest complaint of the whole episode. WHY IS DROGON SO CLOSE TO THE GATES? AND IF YOU'RE CERSEI WHY AREN'T YOU JUST SHOOTING AT HIM IMMEDIATELY???? Also, you don't deserve Ghost, Jon. But otherwise I really enjoyed this episode.
People will keep bringing up the starbucks cup thing but its worth mentioning I actually enjoyed that segment last night, with the way Tormund is framed in the foreground splashing his wine as he sings Jon’s praises, while Dany pouts in the background and awkwardly lifts her goblet in response. I think one thing that keeps me going is the hope that Dany will go fully batshit.
I saw a joke online that Cersei is a pirate now so she has to respect parley. Nothing else really makes sense for why she didn’t just end the whole thing there, as if she has ever made a decision based on how “likable” it made her among the people.
I did not notice this. Their intro to the show has always been excellent, but this season the intro has been on another level.
Bran better be important to the overarching themes of the series in these last two episodes somehow though. I'm going to be extremely disappointed if he's not.
“Hey Bran, anything interesting we need to know about going on in the world?” “Let me tell you why this is my favorite chair.” “Okay bud, good talk.”
They keep throwing him and Tyrion together, either with the hard stare or talking. I feel like Tyrion is getting some sort of info from him or something. But the sudden look back at Maester Walken and then the "i always live in the past" line seemed....ominous. Idk.
Also it could be argued that Bran's big roll was the Aegon thing, though I was expecting something else.
Oh yeah, I saw a meme about Bran saying that: "I always live in the past..." Bran is a confirmed Cowboys fan, hell yeah @CarpetElf
This show has a handful of the strangest “main” characters I’ve ever seen on a show. Like we have to get into Twin Peaks territory to compete with some of these people, and here they aren’t even intended to be surreal for the most part.
Bran is just another in the line of characters where people seem to just overlook the profound impact they’ve had on the series. Saying Bran hasn’t done anything/more needs to be done with him is like saying the Night King hadn’t done anything, or the dragons hadn’t done anything, etc.