Will they tied up a bunch of loose ends- and then started what will be the climax of this season. I do hate loose ends so I was glad to see them start to confirm certain things before introducing more strands left to tie.
I really liked the confrontation between the two sides was quite uncertain and I liked how the undead was introduced. Having Tyrion go straight to her was so dreadful and gotta give the man props for going. I think that's what made the next scene when Jaime and Tyrion talk for a second so much better, "I suppose we should say goodbye, one idiot to another." I really don't wanna see either Tyrion or Jaime die. Glad they didn't. That meeting though was so intense. Cersei wanted to kill Tyrion so badly, you could see it in her face. That silence after that so perfectly executed.
The next scene with Sansa and Littlefinger was anti-climatic. However, the dialogue between Theon and Jon was quite interesting. Thinking back to season 1 seems so far ago. And everytime they bring up the good ol episodes it makes me nostalgic.
The confrontation between Sansa and Littlefinger finally coming to a head was great. Seeing him finally grovel before he was killed. Wow. Glad to see him finally gone.
Other than that, I liked the confrontation between Jaime and Cersei. I'm sad that Cersei was just lying. And glad Jamie sees the bigger picture and met my expectations of honoring his pledge to help, calling her bluff in the process. Can't wait to see how that tragedy plays out.
Seeing Sam always makes me cheerful. xD The dialogue between him and Bran was the big reveal also! @.@
Finally seeing the quote from the trailer about the lone wolf and pack was heartwarming as well. I miss Ned Stark too!
That moment at the wall where the white walkers first walk out gave me chills. Seeing the wight for the first time was crazy. Is blowing fire? Or Ice? WTF @.@ Ok well the breach was a lot shorter than expected.........no big battle. Just.. worst possible outcome. xD A bit odd spot to end the season but still was good. As I said, if they didn't tie any loose ends up I would've been frustrated as hell- glad they did so before throwing a shitload of whitewalkers through the wall and ended in a huge cliffhangar. xD
[7.2/10] Definitely some good stuff here. An interesting theme of family being important. One the one hand, the fakeout among the Starks (at least Arya and Sansa) is that they're at odds, but it turns out that it's only a ruse and despite their differences they're still sticking together and care for one another. On the other, there's the Lannisters, where Cersei feigns having a change of heart thanks to Tyrion, and leaves Jaime in the dark when it comes to her ruse, showing that despite pretending to the contrary, they're not on the same page and it tears them apart. To boot, you have Theon finding the road to recovery from receiving absolution from his brother Jon, and resolving to rescue his sister Yara, making sense of his shared Stark and Greyjoy heritage. And Jon is revealed (in a stolid infodump) to have shared heritage as well, being half-Stark and half-Targaryan, whcih is underwhelming considering we pretty well already knew that, and makes the love scene between Jon and Aunt Dany pretty awkward. (Though again, it's pretty mild by this show's standard for incest).
While getting pretty much all the major players in one place has a certain thrill, watching Littlefinger get his comeuppance after causing so much trouble should be satisfying, and watching an undead dragon take down the wall works well enough as spectacle, somehow this episode was still underwhelming as a season finale. It's hard to put a finger on why, but something just felt a little off or perfunctory about it all. Still, some great one-on-one moments and interesting thematic material to make it solid if not quite spectacular as a capstone to the show's penultimate season.
Review by Neal MahoneyVIP 8BlockedParentSpoilers2017-08-28T02:41:34Z
Welp, like Tryion said, We're fucked. Living vs. The Dead. Season 8 A fight that only comes once.
The dragon pit scene was awesome. Getting so many characters all in one place at the same time was great to see. So many quick “oh, hey you’re still alive” moments. One of the best was Brienne and the Hound. Speaking of the Hound, we did not get the Cleganebowl we have been wanting for so long but at least he was able to tell his brother off. Maybe next season…
Cersei, as the hound would say, is a real cunt. She truly is the biggest villain this show has seen. She is lying to everyone about sending her armies north and bringing in more mercenaries to help fight while Dany is a little occupied. She not only threatened to kill not one of her brothers but both of them is the same episode. Jamie is finally getting smart and getting away from her, even if he is leaving to go fight an army of undead. I honestly think she might stick around to the end and keep the iron throne. She has no problem doing whatever it takes. She has a kid on the way and that is all she is worried about now (I still don’t think she will have the child because of the prophecy said she would only have three). Oh and the shot of snow falling on King's Landing was a beautiful reminder that winter is here.
The winterfell storyline finally did something amazing. Sansa’s “trial” of Littlefinger was a long time coming and with Bran there was no denying. I’m so glad Arya got to kill him with his own dagger. The sisters finally started acting like family.
Nice to see Theon having another chance at redemption. He had a nice moment with Jon about their dad, well technically Ned was neither of their father. I hope he gets to save Yara next season. I wonder where she is if Euron is going to Essos or could she already be dead?
The show finally says what all the fans have know for years, Jon is a true Targaryen and the rightful heir to the Iron Throne. And they say it just as the two have sex for the first time, nothing new for this show. I’m sure this won’t be a problem. Dany will be cool with it, right? I mean the old Targaryens were into incest too. Maybe not we'll just have to wait and find out.
That last scene really was a little frightening, to see something that has been keeping the white walkers out for 8000 years to just go down like that. Now that the Night King has a dragon they are really going to cause some havoc. RIP Tormund and Beric? I don't think there were able to get off the wall in time but were they on the part still standing?
Great season, moved a little too fast and missed some of the slower character moments from old season. They definitely had some of the largest battle scenes TV has ever seen and I’m sure we are not done yet. Let the wait for season 8 begin…