Was Jorah with her when she took on the Lannister army? I can't remember.
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Was Jorah with her when she took on the Lannister army? I can't remember.
For the same reason Arya didn't tell Jon she has a Valyrian steel dagger right after he showed off Longclaw: Time. There's only so much continuity winking the show can do, I suppose.
This is Arya we're talking about. Of course she has a specific plan for it!
No, but based on his reaction during the scene, he clearly knew about it ahead of time.
One of the effects of the Arya reunions were to reconnect her with her humanity. It’s a contrast to how she was when she met Hot Pie. She was cold, distant, a stone killer.
Now she’s Arya again.
Now she’s Arya again.
Yup, exactly.
I might have been reading to much into the moment, but when she was watching the procession into Winterfell, she almost called out to Jon (Edit: Actually, I think it was Gendry) but then stopped herself. The look on her face seemed abashed and almost childlike, as if suddenly she was that little girl once again.
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Arya reuniting with Jon was appropriate for the story, but her scene with The Hound and Gendry just felt 'tacked on' to me.
If I remember correctly Jorah rejoined her later in that episode after the battle.
Except she spent a lot of time with both of those characters with varying feelings: A grudging respect for The Hound after all of the trials and tribulations they went through together and affection for Gendry that might be something a little more. They both clearly mean a lot to her so it's important to see their reunions.
Yeah, he shows up right after she returns to Dragonstone.
She still does not know he is Robert Baratheon’s bastard.
I don't see it that way.
I like The Hound, but having he and Arya have a conversation about how she left him for dead and clearly doesn't feel all that remorseful about it didn't need to be shown because it's absolutely inconsequential to the story or to either character's overall development, and she and Gendry interacted with each other in passing and have no connection otherwise.
That scene felt like it was only there because of fanservice and took up episode time that could've been devoted to something else... especially since, in terms of actual content, the episode was only 54 or 55 minutes in length despite having an 'advertised' runtime of 66 minutes.
It is possible that Arya’s relationship with Gendry and The Hound will become more important in upcoming episodes and this episode was a setup for that. At least by combining the reunions into one it took up less time.
The title of episode was supposedly "Winterfell". Not imaginative but appropriate.
Some nice reunions and meet ups. The show always handles this well. I was disappointed not having a scene between Jorah and Lyanna mormont.
I thought they will keep "jon finding about his parents" until the second episode, so it was a pleasant surprise it happened here and it was handled well. But still no reaction about Dany being his aunt.
My heart went out to Sam when he found out about his family.
I expected the episode to end with Jaime and Bran as it did in the very first episode of the series.
Some nice reunions and meet ups. The show always handles this well. I was disappointed not having a scene between Jorah and Lyanna mormont.
I thought they will keep "jon finding about his parents" until the second episode, so it was a pleasant surprise it happened here and it was handled well. But still no reaction about Dany being his aunt.
My heart went out to Sam when he found out about his family.
I expected the episode to end with Jaime and Bran as it did in the very first episode of the series.
One more episode before the big battle
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Well, okay. I guess I had a greater emotional investment with those relationships so those reunions meant more to me.
We've always had the old phrase wrong. It's not "The quick and the dead," but "The quick *are* the dead."
We know Cersei isn't going to kill Jaime because if she wanted to she would have had the Mountain do it back in King's Landing. Also, Tyrion will pay double.
The dragons are off their feed because they're pregnant because it's a hormonal imprinting thing with their Targaryens, like roommates' periods supposedly syncing up.
Jon's reaction deconstructs high fantasy tropes by rejecting them. (Please forgive the cliches.) This is far too effective to be acceptable I suspect, not least with the producers. But that should really be the end of R+L=J.
We know Cersei isn't going to kill Jaime because if she wanted to she would have had the Mountain do it back in King's Landing. Also, Tyrion will pay double.
The dragons are off their feed because they're pregnant because it's a hormonal imprinting thing with their Targaryens, like roommates' periods supposedly syncing up.
Jon's reaction deconstructs high fantasy tropes by rejecting them. (Please forgive the cliches.) This is far too effective to be acceptable I suspect, not least with the producers. But that should really be the end of R+L=J.
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I think there will be dragon eggs but no dragons but the end of the season but I am probably wrong.
I did like the ‘this one has blue eyes’ scene. I am waiting for The Hound and Tormund reunion.
I did like the ‘this one has blue eyes’ scene. I am waiting for The Hound and Tormund reunion.
I just realized there's one glaring omission amongst the reunions (aside from the Mormonts): Sansa and the Hound. Granted, Arya ended up developing a closer relationship to him than Sansa, but before he fled King's Landing, they had an important relationship (perhaps more so in the books).
Jon was blatantly deflecting after Sam told him the truth, and unless something changes, I see him doing one of two things:
1) Not telling Dany about it and letting his claim to the Iron Throne die
2) Declaring, in both public and private, that his being the "true heir" doesn't matter and that she is and should be the Queen
1) Not telling Dany about it and letting his claim to the Iron Throne die
2) Declaring, in both public and private, that his being the "true heir" doesn't matter and that she is and should be the Queen
Actually, from the way that scene played out, I think they're going with 3) Tries to ignore it, but now can't unsee every despotic and morally reprehensible choice Dany makes in the name of "her" throne. Grapples with the question of whether or not he is morally obligated to step in and make his claim to protect not only the people of Westeros from Dany, but Dany from herself.
I just realised - no Ghost 
Well they were also staring at him--she's the Mother of Dragons, but I wonder if they're looking at Jon as their deadbeat dad who abandoned them?
I didn't get a good look at it, but it seemed as if it could be a crossbow or some other missile weapon--to kill the Zombie Dragon perhaps?
Didn't she know back in the second season when Cersei's men killed some random kid with Gendry's helmet? Now I will have to go back and watch those episodes again.
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