Spoilers Game of Thrones: The Final Season

[Miss Chicken]

No, even in the episode all the gold cloaks said is that they were looking for a bastard named Gendry but never said whose bastard he was. He never found out himself that he was Robert’s bastard until Melisandre told him.

 

[Enterprise is Great]

That scene with the kid on the wall was pretty disturbing. Creepy.

 

[theenglish]

No, even in the episode all the gold cloaks said is that they were looking for a bastard named Gendry but never said whose bastard he was. He never found out himself that he was Robert’s bastard until Melisandre told him.

I forgot all about that. Thanks.

 

[thribs]

Good episode. I like that they didn’t drag out the big reveal about Jon.
Bran looked stoned the entire episode.

 

[thribs]

That scene with the kid on the wall was pretty disturbing. Creepy.

Seems bizarre that they would do all that. I never saw the Walkers as being artistic.

 

[Awesome Possum]

I think the dragons like new daddy.

 

[Awesome Possum]

Seems bizarre that they would do all that. I never saw the Walkers as being artistic.

It could be seen as trying to scare and demoralize them. I did not see that scream coming though.

 

[KennyB]

New bar for “Most awkward sex ever”. With her dragon staring at you.

With your AUNT.........

 

[KennyB]

Seems bizarre that they would do all that. I never saw the Walkers as being artistic.

They've only been doing that since episode one/season one right?

 

[theenglish]

Seems bizarre that they would do all that. I never saw the Walkers as being artistic.

They were always an artistic bunch!

 

[thribs]

They've only been doing that since episode one/season one right?

Have they? To be honest I can’t remember that far back.

 

[Cyrus]

They've only been doing that since episode one/season one right?

Yes, that was a callback to the very first episode. Other parallels that I noticed:
- Royalty arriving in Winterfell
- Young boy climbing to get a better look
- Bran and Jaime encounter to end the episode

 

[theenglish]

We've seen the spiral a few times now. But we found out last season it is actually a symbol by the Children of the Forest.

 

[KennyB]

Y
- Young boy climbing to get a better look

That definitely made me think of Arya trying to get a view of Ned's beheading.......

 

[Miss Chicken]

It could be seen as trying to scare and demoralize them. I did not see that scream coming though.

They made the same pattern using bodies in the very first episode of the season one.

Edited to add - Will, the deserter Ned beheaded, saw it. The little girl was fastened to the tree just like Ned Umber was fastened to the wall.

 

[Agony_Boothb]

Seems bizarre that they would do all that. I never saw the Walkers as being artistic.

That's racist. Stop pigeonholing the whitewalkers and treating them as stereotypes

 

[Agony_Boothb]

At the start of the episode I was like 'Why does this kid climbing the tree matter'

Me at the end of the episode when I saw what happened to said kid:

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[The Master of Tarquin Hill]

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.

Since Arya is my favorite character I found all of her scenes to be interesting. She is the wildcard in the show. Gendry and The Hound both represent very important steps in her development and I would bet they both spend a lot of time with Arya in the next five eps.

 

[Seven of Five]

Wow that White Walker pinned to the wall scared me!

So glad the show is back. Me and the hubby were going to try and stay up and watch it (2am UK), but we couldn't make it. I loved all of the little reunions at Winterfell, especially Arya and Jon.

The new titles were fun too, with the focus on Winterfell and King's Landing.

The end with Jamie turning up and Bran seeing him was priceless. Is it next week yet?

 

[Claudia]

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.

Yep, can see that happening as well, especially since he apparently doesn't know about the more juicy parts of punishments she hands out. Arya clearly issued a warning to him, too... so at some point he's going to have to choose.

Loved the symmetry to the first episode... and I'm already looking forward to Jaime's reunion with Tyrion and all the others and, especially, the news that he brings about Cersei's betrayal.