So that's it, right? Only three major characters dead? Theon, Jorah, and Lyanna?
Melisandre was definitely a surprise, although I knew she had promised to come back. Without her, they would have been toast, too. I wonder how much of everything can be traced back to her? She definitely put Davos in position at Winterfell last night.
I still feel like we could have seen a little less cloudy dragon flight and a little more of Arya after she left Melisandre, because that Arya ex machina was hella convenient. Not that I won't take it, of course, or that she doesn't deserve it (because she totally does).
Favorite scenes, on reflection: all of them between Sansa and Tyrion; the Hound provoked into action at the sight of Arya; JOn screaming at Viserion simply because it was so funny and felt so believably human.
Oh! I'm also choosing to believe that "stick 'em with the pointy end" was a Buffy shoutout.
Also Dolorous Edd got offed. I liked him.
I'm also choosing to believe that "stick 'em with the pointy end" was a Buffy shoutout.
Well, and a callback to S1.
2 additional thoughts this morning:
I don't think I've seen a more successful build-up of pre-battle anxiety. The first, what, 10 minutes? were seriously nerve-wracking, just in anticipation, not even from imminent danger.
So, Dany's claim has been built on
- Bloodline
- Dothraki army
- Unsullied
- Dragons
After this ep, she's down to
And Missandei! And Grey Worm! And Tyrion!
Plus Jon "Aemon-T" Snow still wants to incestuously jump her bones.
Am I the only one who feels let down that the biggest big bad was dispatched in one episode? Cersei should have been the lesser of 2 evils.
Also, I read something that said both dragons survived. I'm surprised but ok.
No, I think Cersei is the biggest evil of the series, and has been from the beginning. She set everything in motion.
I think they did too good a job of making the ice guys invulnerable and scary, because thematically I agree with sj but they have really played up the dead threat recently. Uneven writing has been pretty much par for the course for the last three seasons so I'm not surprised they haven't done a great job with that messaging.
