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*UNMARKED SPOILERS ALL BOOKS* Game of Thrones |OT| - Season 7 - Sundays on HBO
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The Artisan
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na...
Well it's no secret that Gendry's actor has been following the GoT cast around for I don't know what reason, so I think we might have heard of it.
Maybe he'll have a short cameo but I doubt it.
I'm going to disagree, but I'm also not going to go back and watch S5 to double check.
The Artisan
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yeah I'm not sure of the reason either. i guess we shall see.
Season 5 episodes had multiple scenes in Dorne. This episode did not, therefore you are empirically wrong.
You're nuts. It had all the major characters, had solid pacing, and gave some forward momentum to the conflicts that lie ahead.
Season 5 was just full of glaring holes that opened up lapses in logic that tore through the entire book and show universes.
This episode had a consistent and steady reminder of where the characters are, what their motivations are, and didn't mischaracterize anyone or produce cheap drama for the sake of contrivance.
I could argue against how they ended "Winds of Winter", but what's done is done. The episode logically presented the events you might expect to follow season 6's finale.
Yep. Really appreciating the cinematography
Liked the little book nod with Gravedigger Hound. Except the bedpans scene which was super overdone, I dug this ep. Nice breather.
Yeah he stayed with them with Arya. They shared a meal and then he robbed them.
Yeah he stayed with them with Arya. They shared a meal and then he robbed them.
whitemex88
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It was in the previously on GoT segment, season 3(?) He robbed the father of his money leading him and his daughter to starve. It's why the Hound was reluctant, he feels guilty because he's responsible for their deaths
Intheflorsh
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I don't need to see poop. I just don't.
They would have starved anyway probably. They've been robbed by bandits and winter has come.
Username1198
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Damn I forgot how good the theme song is
"Leave one wolf alive, and the sheep are never safe"
Lmao aryas a beast
"Leave one wolf alive, and the sheep are never safe"
Lmao aryas a beast
Did y'all pause on the book Sam was reading? Anything worthwhile there?
Especially don't need it cut quick with shots of food. Blech.
Especially don't need it cut quick with shots of food. Blech.
They showed the dagger from Season 1 that the assassin tried to use to kill Bran. The one belonging to Tyrion, which he won from Petyr in a tourney bet. That's about it.
Edit: This one.
No she didn't. She said they just had a feast and says "since when does Walder have 2 feasts within the same fortnight?".
The Artisan
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they didn't need to show it off that much
WrenchNinja
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That ed sheeran cameo took me completely out of the scene
Enjoyed the episode, it looked real good. Everyone seems to be talking about Sheeran in that one scene, but did anyone else pick out this little fella all grown up? (From This is England).
Also, a question: Why was Dragonstone empty? Also I don't like Euron's casting or costume.
Also, a question: Why was Dragonstone empty? Also I don't like Euron's casting or costume.
Ok, so two feasts within a fortnight. What are you disputing here? That it wasn't exactly a fortnight? My point was and remains that Arya posing in character as lecherous old Walder Frey, of all people, for any extended period of time is a bit odd.
They did. It was fucking gross and I loved it
Poops and penises: Game of Thrones is getting relevant!
The Artisan
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you nasty
Username1198
Member
I'm not joking, I walked in midscene when Sam is pouring out the poo and I for some reason thought he was making coffee for the meisters. Bleh
Enjoyed the episode, it looked real good. Everyone seems to be talking about Sheeran in that one scene, but did anyone else pick out this little fella all grown up? (From This is England).
Also, a question: Why was Dragonstone empty? Also I don't like Euron's casting or costume.
He's dead next episode.
Like, seriously , I wont accept any other outcome to Lannister soldiers in the path of Arya.
Solid opener.
Premieres are always a bit of whip-round the cast and locations, catching up with everyone and setting the scene going forward.
That said, I thought I was paced nicely. The cold opening was great.
I liked Euron's charisma; hopefully they make up for last season.
Don't think they're going to fuck about now, going forward. In season's past, Sam would have taken 7 episodes, cleaning bedpans and gagging at shit, until he finally finds a book that's worth something to the story. One and done. Jon will be enquiring at Dragonstone soon enough.
Premieres are always a bit of whip-round the cast and locations, catching up with everyone and setting the scene going forward.
That said, I thought I was paced nicely. The cold opening was great.
I liked Euron's charisma; hopefully they make up for last season.
Don't think they're going to fuck about now, going forward. In season's past, Sam would have taken 7 episodes, cleaning bedpans and gagging at shit, until he finally finds a book that's worth something to the story. One and done. Jon will be enquiring at Dragonstone soon enough.
The campfire scene with Arya, he was the one singing at the beginning of it. He mentioned how it was a new single, that it was ready to drop like fire next month.
Orbis Tabula
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I couldn't help but laugh when Euron was making his pitch to Cersei, and talking about how the Iron Fleet was the best in the world or whatever. Bitch, you just built those boats yesterday.
I'm also a bit curious about the timing of his fleet getting to Kings Landing and Dany's getting to Dragonstone without crossing paths, but whatever.
I'm also a bit curious about the timing of his fleet getting to Kings Landing and Dany's getting to Dragonstone without crossing paths, but whatever.
IdreamofHIME
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The only red headed character singing in the whole episode...
captjohnboyd
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Ed who? I just noticed the kid from the amazing series this is England.
Also the bedpan scene was funny as fuck. But mostly because I love Sams actor so much that even him gagging had me rolling on the floor
Yeah that was dumb. I get that they didn't want to do a battle there for budgetary reasons, but it makes no sense that the Lannisters would not have installed a lord there, and even if they didn't, that there wasn't some dumb bandit smallfolk pretending to be a lord in place. Nobody would leave a castle like that unattended.
Not really. It could've been a day or two and her being a crotchety old man who wants to be left alone by his shitty family wouldn't be hard to pull off.
EDIT: Plus, the women of the house were probably glad Walder wasn't paying attention to them.
Isaac Otherworld
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The Arya stuff would be so much more interesting if her arc as a whole wasn't so terribly botched. The whole thing feels unearned and I don't think I'll ever get over that. All the nonsense with how shitty, poorly skilled and stupid she acted when leading to her getting stabbed by the waif 10 times in the gut, to magically recovering from that after dropping into septic water.
What? I could've been like a day or two between murdering Walder and murdering the rest.
Timelines have been messy for a while. Between seasons, Gilly's kid went from baby to toddler. But then, the Sam plots aren't directly interacting with the other plots, so who knows. Our last big clock tick was the announcement of Winter, I guess.
FantasticMrFoxdie
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Non-book reader here..
So do we ever get an affirmative that Bran going beyond the wall, back to the south undoes the magic of the wall? (The same way the Night King branded bran and was able to invade the Magic Treehouse?)
So do we ever get an affirmative that Bran going beyond the wall, back to the south undoes the magic of the wall? (The same way the Night King branded bran and was able to invade the Magic Treehouse?)
Monocle
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The banquet and montage alone make this claim fucking absurd.
Discotheque
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I'm with you. That was quite the boring premiere. Felt right at home with a S5 episode indeed.
Also holy shit, good idea on giving such a long period of airtime to Tarly at the Maester's School. My head just checked out completely, if I was into browsing on my phone during tv series that would surely be the cue.
Hopefully that's the last we see of that storyline for a while. Could have just edited all that boring shit out for a better episode by just having Jon receive a raven with the information.
on a positive note, Hound and Beric are still fun to see. And it was dope having that Thomas Turgoose appearance. Kid was great in the This is England series.
No idea. Bran is still with Bloodraven in the cave in the books. The mark isn't even a thing in the books yet.
That bedpan montage was actually my favorite part of the episode. I welcome the attempt at comedy, even if it's disgusting. Solid opener overall, glad the Hound is back because he was one of the highlights of this ep. Least favorite part was actually the opener, mainly because this:
That and the assumption that she can just faceswap her way through anything now, has made Arya less interesting to follow. Her story was better pre-Braavos.
That and the assumption that she can just faceswap her way through anything now, has made Arya less interesting to follow. Her story was better pre-Braavos.