The cinematography & lighting in the last scene is exquisite.
NOO JORAAAH! This was a good episode tho.
This season has been a lot slower than previous season, and I'm not sure if I like it. On one hand, character development is more intricate, but on the other hand, some scenes are completely unnecessary. Ser Barristan did not need to die though. It's as if he died just so the writers could keep the Grey Worm and Missandei romance side-plot alive. Ugh.
Misnamed and Grey Worm are sooooo adorable! I can't Oh Jorah nooo! Daenerys, why would you marry that awful guy?!!
Tyrion coming across Drogon for the first time is one of the best moments of the season. I always get goosebumps at his reaction. Then we still have this tense sequence with the Stone Men... Poor Jorah...
Highlight for the dialogue between Jon and Maester Aemon that defines the episode title.
God, the Nightswatch are such pissbabies. Boohoo the Wildlings killed my family and/or friends, so I want a hundred thousand people (most of whom are families like yours, by the way, so if you know how horrible violent death is why do you want that to happen to others? Especially innocent children?) to die and be raised from the dead. Even if you think they deserve to be killed, why on Earth would you want it to happen in a way that will make your enemy exponentially stronger? But of course, Jon will get punished for expecting people to actually think instead of acting purely out of emotion.
At least things are finally getting interesting again.
Ramsay is pure evil.
I don't like how jorah captured tyrion to take him where he was already going... shit so unsatisfying.
And at this point Danny is fuckin and marrying whatever and whoever smh.
This season is prolly my least favorite one so far, especially that it came after the best season so far.
Maester Aemon: "You will find little joy in your command. But, with luck, you’ll find the strength to do what needs to be done. Kill the boy, Jon Snow. Winter is almost upon us. Kill the boy and let the man be born."
Every episode the differences between books and tv show are getting bigger and bigger. Ok, I know some differences (not all of them) are because of show's budget but I hate to see them.
BOOKS, this serie gets worse and worse.
Good moments, but a lot of them wasted by an insipid direction (except at the end)
Jon: I'm not asking you to make peace to save your skin. I'm asking you to make peace to save your people.
Tormund: Been practicing that speech, haven't ya?
Jon: A little bit, did I rush it? It felt like I rus--
Tormund: No, it was good, I liked it. The "coward" thing was harsh.
Ramsay looking like he's screaming internally when his father and step mother announce the new baby was so satisfying after he'd just spent five minutes intentionally humiliating and degrading both Sansa and Theon. Then Roose drops the bomb that it's expected to be a boy, threatening Ramsay's position as the only Bolton heir, and you could already see that twisted mind plotting while Sansa smiled satisfyingly.
Well that was certainly a twisted in a Bolton way wholesome story about Roose raping and impregnating Ramsay's mother and having no doubt that he was Roose's son.
Stannis: The Lady Melisandre told me that death marches on the Wall.
Sam: I've seen it, Your Grace.
Stannis: Seen what?
Sam: The army of the dead. And when they come...
Stannis: ...we have to know how to fight them.
Sam: Y'know, I have read about a legendary warrior who fought off an army of the dead with something he called a "smart boom stick". What that is, I have no idea, but maybe I could keep searching.
Stannis: Keep reading, Samwell Tarly.
Every time I reach this point in the show, I'm always reminded of Army of Darkness and have to wonder how well Ashley Joanna Williams would've done with his S-Mart Remington against the White Walkers.
Davos: Your Grace? Wouldn't it be better to wait? When Jon Snow returns with the wildlings, we could have thousands more men.
Stannis: If Jon Snow returns with the wildlings. We can't wait that long. We have the advantage, more men, more horses, all fed and rested. But every day we wait, the odds shift in Bolton's favor. This could turn to winter at any moment. We have to act now. Give the order, we march at sunrise.
All of this barely a minute after Stannis was criticizing his brother for going too far West and losing a battle to Sam's father. His logic wasn't wrong here, but he was so tired of waiting for his chance to prove himself as the true King of Westeros, that he didn't really care about the logic anyway.
Davos: I'll choose a dozen men to stay and guard the queen and the princess.
Stannis: No need, they're coming with us.
Oh, fuck, it's coming. Everyone who's already seen the show knows why Stannis wants his wife and daughter to join.
Tyrion's awe at seeing a dragon for the first time still gets to me; reminds me of Alan and Ellie seeing that Brachiosaur in person in Jurassic Park. I don't know why, but there's something about people reacting to seeing long-extinct and/or mythical creatures for the first time that always gives me chills.
Uh-oh, they missed that obvious leper skulking about before Drogon flew above, and in this universe, touching a leper actually does infect you...fast!
"You're heavier than you look."
"I weigh 92 pounds, you dick!"
Again, every time I hear Jorah say that, I think of yet another movie reference: Bad Santa when Billy Bob Thornton trying to get Tony Cox to drink some more despite being a dwarf who can't drink as much as Thornton's character.
I hope someday they'll release an extended version of this one, with the Bolton/Sansa scene a little longer, like 7.5 hours or something. Goodness gracious that was booooooooooring.
It is hard to say what to think of this episode, the scenes with Sam anfd Gilly and even Missandei and Grey Worm were moving, and the sights in Old Valyria quite impressive, I liked the scenes with the dragon flying overhead. It seems to me that there was too much about that monster Ramsey, especially since he does not really marry Sansa in the books, I have no idea why it was changed in the show.
Rated the most boring part . Unfortunately, it became characteristic .
Go rarest traveling couples, Um fear for Samsa
aghh I hate to watch one by one episode after so long
-_-
Will greyscale become the new bloody flux? That would be nice. I thought they were cutting the whole plague thing off.
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Pros
+ Jorah Mormont and Tyrion going through Valyria
+ Stannis heading out to smash the Boltons
Cons
- the Bolton/Sansa storyline just gets worse and worse
- more wasted time in Meereen (particularly the Grey Worm/Missandei romance that still makes no sense)
- Barristan is actually dead and it's incredibly anti-climactic
- the Brienne scene was completely pointless
- Still skipping the best parts of the 3rd and 5th books
Neutral
*Jon Snow material