The film features stunning photography of nature and wildlife, and is definitively worth-watching and thought-provoking. I love David Attenborough's accent, he speaks so clearly and understandably that the film can be recommended to people learning English even at lower levels. The ecological message was great for the feast of St. Francis. I did not like the idea of eoncouraging people to reduce the number of children they have, it looks like a bad idea as in most developed countries there is already problem with negative natural increase so it would have a bad effect on these countries. I also wonder about re-wilding the planet and introducing sustanability, would it not lead to job loss among people employed in industries related to overexploitation of nature? Caring about nature is very important but people are far more important than animals. I also disliked the part in which humans are called a species of animal, they are much better than that as they have immortal souls which animals do not possess. Choosing between animal and human welfare, humans are alaways more important.
To some extent, the makers of Doctor Who could foresee today's problems with the coronavirus, of course there are important differences but at the beginning of the episode it felt like they predicted exactly what is happening nowadays, later on in the ep, the differences became more pronounced. I did not like the gay romance thing, it was too much of the LGBT ideology's intrusion in the show. For some time, Doctor Who has been too soaked in the LGBT propaganda, which worsened the quality of the writing. I know representation is important but it is usually limited to the more left-wing beliefs and ideas, to the exclusion of more conservative world-view. I believe representation could include all varieties and diversities, not only the left-wing ones.
The fact that we know that neither Arthur nor Merlin can die until the end of the show removes a lot of tension from this episode, as it is clear from the start that Merlin will never kill Arthur. The whole plot seems a bit contrived and convoluted to me. Merlin as the old archetypal wizard was funny at first but now it seems a bit stretched. Why does he turn into the same old wizard all the time? Is he not powerful enough to look differently every time? It would have been more effective. This time it was effective to scare Morgana but not so good idea with the knights who know the old wizard. The battle of magic with Morgana looked impressive, though again it was a foregone conclusion that Merlin is going to defeat but not kill her.
The episode starts with a beautiful depiction of Arthur's friendship for Merlin, as the young king finally recognises and appreciates Merlin's courage and loyalty and praises his friend, also carrying Merlin on his back when he is wounded.
There are some "Harry Potter" analogies, as Merlin with the snake in his head behaves in a way that could be typical of the Slytherin house, and wicked Morgana looks more and more like the spitting image of Bellatrix Lestrange. Though her convoluted plans to kill Arthur seem silly as simply going to Camelot (which she still does on occasion, unmolested by anyone) and stabbing or poisoning Arthur would have been a fool-proof solution. Speaking of the bad guys, Agravaine seems totally dedicated to Morgana and as loyal to her as Merlin is to Arthur. And now that Merlin saw Agravaine leaving Morgana's den, I wonder what he is going to do about it? As he was there incognito, he cannot really talk about it directly to Arthur as he has no proof as yet, but it would have been totally out of character for Merlin to know something like that and do nothing about it.
The episode was really action-packed with a lot of fighting and explosions. Cara uses her political influence to get the prisoner who may help them find the big baddie from prison, and the whole team (Mando, Bobba, Fennec and Cara together with the prisoner, apparently called Mayfeld - I don't know anything about him since I am not well-versed in Star Wars) sets off to find an imperial outpost where they can discover the coordinates of Gideon's ship (doesn't these things change? isn't the ship moving and travelling from place to place?). There is a very suspenseful sequence in which Mando and the prisoner have to transport some dangerous explosives in order to access the imperial outpost and are almost killed by pirates. This time both Mando and Mayfelf get dressed as a special kind of Stormtroppers transporting the explosive cargo (since they look different than ordinary Stormtroopers). The disguise is partly because it can make entering the outpost easier and partly because the helmet allows Mando to hide his face. He takes the helmet off, though, when he wants to access the coordinates as a facial scan is necessary, and Mayfeld fears he may be recognised by an officer present in the mess. Problems arise as Mando is accosted by the said officer before he manages to put the helmet on. However, there was time to get the coordinates or the whole expedition would be in vain. Mayfeld helps Mando to escape detection, and he ends up killing his former officer after he confesses that the explosives they had escorted safely will be used to cause a giant explosion to kill a lot of people and make others turn to the Empire for help. Mayfeld destroys these explosives on their way out. The whole expedition is very well organised, as the girls shoot at any troopers who may attack Mando and Mayfeld and Bobba gives them a lift from the outpost. It all goes a bit too smoothly, I wonder where is the catch.
The whole helmet thing seems to be a bit traumatic for Mando, as apparently he has committed a sin against his Mandalorian creed? I guess he only took the helmet before the scan because he was in front of the machine and not a living thing and also because he hoped he would be able to put it back before anyone sees him? I got the impression that all the time he was without the helmet, he suffered from scruples and pangs of conscience because of breaking his creed, from the looks of him, he was rather distraught. Though I must say he looks better with the helmet on since he is more mysterious then and I guess his voice reverberates nicely. I am not saying he is not handsome, but the helmet makes him different from any other man and is a vital part of his identity. I wonder whether his breaking the creed would have some metaphysical repercussions?
I also noticed that the jet pack is back after all and it wasn't destroyed in the battle of the previous episode. Though when he got disguised as an imperial soldier, I wondered whether it would not be a problem he wasn't using his armour as the jet pack would have come in handy during an escape.
I am not sure about Mando revealing himself to the big baddie Moff and telling him he's coming to save the baby. I guess it was a bad move from a tactical point of view, since now Mando and his friends have lost the element of surprise, which was crucial since they do not have strength in their numbers. Now the Moff guy is waiting for them, better prepared, and probably will guard the baby better or even transport him to some other place. I am afraid this may seriously impair their chances of success.
And I really missed the baby this episode, what is happening to him? is he alive? is he being tortured or mistreated in some other way? We don't know and the showrunners are to blame.
Vesemir says "It feels like bullsh*t now" and it is an apt summary of this episode. It had totally nothing to do with the plot of Sapkowski's novels, which the show is allegedly based upon. Instead of taking the events from the book and transferring them to the screen, the showrunners decided to tell their own story about the witcher. If only it was a good story like it is the case with the games, but no, they had to invent some awful plot with the ancient evil witch Voleth whom nobody ever heard about in the novels, who posseses Ciri so that she turns wicked and starts murdering witchers and teleporting monsters from other sphere to Kaer Morhen so that they could kill more witchers. Vesemir and other witchers want to kill the possessed Ciri but Geralt believes he may help her come back and free herself from the possession. Meanwhile, the real Ciri is in a sort of vision of Cintra where she is happy and both her parents are alive, a vision supposedly created by the witch Voleth so that she can continue to possess Ciri's body as Ciri does not want to come back to the real world. Yennefer sacrifices her life to save Ciri and become a new vessel for the witch, but after Ciri is freed from possession, she uses her magic to teleport the witch back to her world, where she apparently possesses the wild hunt. Back at Kaer Morhen, it appears that Yennefer regained her magic because she was ready to die for Ciri -> this is how the showrunners solve problems which would not have existed at all had they stuck to the source material. It is nice that Geralt, Yennefer and Ciri are now a small patchwork family and the mage and the witcher would work together to protect Ciri, as it should have been the case from the beginning, without any this evil!Yennefer plot twist. Another small plus of the episode is that Phillipa is finally shown, she looks good with her clothing including some owl elements. Francesca went evil and started to kill children with her magic, later the elves captured Istredd who told them about Ciri's elder blood to save his life. So many political factions are now looking for Ciri. Meve is shown in the council of the Brotherhood with the kings and she suggests that Ciri is better dead than alive, Tissaia and others plan to capture and kill her, which I don't think was the case in the books, since in one of the volumes Ciri goes with Yennefer to become a student of Aretuza, so the sorceresses were not definitely intending to hunt and kill her like it is suggested in the show. And at the very end of the episode, the showrunners decided to reveal the identity of the emperor Emhyr, something that is not explained in the books until the last volume! I have no idea what they intended to achieve by doing that, spoiling the books for the viewers who have not read them yet. Ciri herself as well as Geralt and Yennefer learn about Ciri's father at the end of the last volume in the saga, in a very emotional scene which would never be possible to be shown in the series due to the stupid decisions of the showrunners.
Much improved in comparison to earlier episode this season, many elements from the novels are introduced, and Triss's visit to Kaer Morhen looks almost like in the books, of course except the investigation about the leshen. Triss looks much better this season and resembles the book Triss much more, she is also the person to give the witchers the dressing down they deserve for teasing and humiliating Ciri. I wonder why she never tells Geralt that Yennefer is in fact alive, maybe because she is not sure how long this is going to be the case after Yennefer's escape? There is an emotional scene between Triss and Geralt when they talk about their shared grief and Triss confronts him about his ability to feel real emotions. It is quite enjoyable to watch Triss, Geralt and Ciri work together in the lab to unravel the mystery of Ciri's power. Later on, Ciri's Elder Blood is introduced, something that would be very important in the later volumes, though Vesemir's reaction is really disappointing, as he now sees Ciri as his stepping stone to creating more witchers, thus turning into yet another person that wants to just use Ciri for their own purposes, as if there weren't enough of them. Poor Ciri...
There is Dijkstra and Phillipa Eihard in her owl form - though this is not obvious for those not familiar with the books. He looks totally different from the games, but is rather a convincing character, though I guess I would like to see more of him to really judge.
Finally Jaskier reappears! It seems he had matured a bit since we last saw them, he is more thoughtful and empathetic even towards Yennefer and has another emotional conversation with her after guessing she had lost her magic, saying he really fears losing his poetic talent - he seems to understand Yennefer very well, as his identity is build on his being a poet just like hers was built on being a mage.
The situation Yennefer and Cahir meet Jaskier is totally different from the books, as they are on the run and get in touch with the elven underground in order to get to Cintra. There is some kind of Lord of the Rings callback as they meet some sort of watcher in the water when they are travelling in the sewers. Then they meet Jaskier though who turns out to be some sort of a smuggler helping the elves escape to Cintra, which is now elven city. In the novels, Jaskier got into trouble when he sang the ballad about Gerald, Yennefer and Ciri, and almost got killed before Yennefer saved him from Rience's bandits, but I wonder how it would turn out in the show, since now she has no magical powers and would not be able to rescue him in this way. The ending of the episode suggests Jaskier might be in trouble indeed, I wonder how he would get out of it now. The episodes are getting more and more interesting anyway :)
The episode was very emotional and tense, and the creepy dinner party Jinx prepared for Vi and Silco felt like a struggle for Jinx's soul, whether she would go back to the bright side or remain evil, but taking into account the fact that she shot the crystal towards the council's meeting place, effectively killing everyone, reveals that she chose evil, so that makes a rather sad ending to the series
Slightly better than the first episode. Still, I don't like Nimue very much, it is hard to put my finger on it but it seems that she behaves a bit like a contemporary teen, I know the character is a teenager but she doesn't have any historical or legendary feel, showing she is the stuff of legends and not a human being at all. Her relationship with Arthur is OK, but I'm really worried about Pym as she hasn't shown since the last episode which suggests she might have been killed by the Paladins. Merlin is very dark indeed, and he obviously hates Christianity, I found the scene in which he destroys the crosses a bit disturbing. The character of the Widow is intriguing, though, and I wonder how she fits into the Arthurian mythology.
The animated sequences are really great, it is a pity the show is not an animation, it might have been better than the live-action series.
I returned to the show after more than a year and found this episode quite engrossing. We watch Ellie's backstory: her life at school and her friendship with Riley, who as it turns out became one of the Fireflies, and wants to take Ellie for a trek to the mall as her goodbye gift. Since I knew that the girls were infected at the mall, I watched the episode on the edge of my seat, expecting the tragedy to strike any minute. The girls spend some time together in the most carefree way it is possible for them in the post-apocalyptic reality, so there is a contrast between them having fun as geeky girls and the danger we know lurks in the mall, hunting for them. They kill the infected, but they are both wounded, which looks like a death sentence for both of them, though we know that Ellie is immune and actually survives. Her caring about the wounded Joel creates a neat bracket as it starts and ends the episode, though the girls' story is left unfinished, as it is not explained what happened to Riley in the end. She wants to use all the time she has left, but I wonder how it works with the infected? Do they retain their human memories, emotions etc. and are human deep inside but cannot communicate with the outside world, just like e.g. people in coma, because the fungus controls all their movements? Or do they die the moment the infection takes over? I guess I would prefer to kill myself if I was infected, since later on it would be impossible to do so when the fungus took over the body? I definitely wouldn't like to spread the fungus further and be a danger to other people. What about friends? Should you stay with your infected friend since it is still your friend deep inside, or are they gone the moment the fungus takes over?
The episode is not as long as others in the show, and it feels a bit too short for a season finale, it was a bit rushed, and I would have appreciated more time with the characters. We get the backstory of Ellie's birth, and her mum Anna looks pretty badass as she kills an infected while giving birth to her daughter. Anna asks her best friend to take care of the baby - the friend in question turns out to be Marlene. Anna begs her to kill her as she got wounded while fighting the infected, and she will become infected herself. Marlene has her doubts, but eventually does as Anna asked her.
I liked the scenes with Joel and Ellie and their conversations together, bringing some hope to the post-apocalyptic world of Last of Us. The part with the giraffes was great, Ellie seems to have retained some childlike wonder in the world in spite of what has happened to her, though it was obvious she was traumatised by what David did to her. Wildlife seems to take over the world now that civilisation retreated, and this looks like one positive thing about the epidemic. Joel confessing to Ellie that he wanted to kill himself after Sarah's death and that it was Ellie who made him find sense in life again was quite moving, and set the scene for the events later, when both were taken by who turned out to be Marlene's people. This emphasises how much Joel cares for Ellie and how she in a way replaced Sarah in his heart.
When Joel learns that the surgery Ellie is about to undergo will kill her, he makes a bloodbath just to save her from being killed in the process of finding the cordyceps cure. There is an important moral dilemma involved, since the cure might save lots of people if it works, but to Joel it only means that the person he loves will die. I guess it is really hard to make such a decision, but it seems to me that most people would behave like Joel did if saving other people would equal the death of one person they love. You care more about that one person than hundreds of people you don't know.
The end is bittersweet as both Joel and Ellie are alive and escape together, though we as the audience know that there will probably be no cure for cordyceps and so no return to the normal world before the epidemic. Joel lies to Ellie about what really happened at the Fireflies hospital, and she pretends to believe him, but it looks like she guesses the truth and chooses to go along with it. I wonder whether their relationship would change because of it in the next season. We also learn that Ellie had to kill her best friend Riley after the fungus infection developed in her. Overall, the show ends on a sad and melancholic note, with a future where there is no much hope.
I liked the plot of Gaal and Salvor the best, it was quite exciting when they were chased by the mining machines, and earlier when Gaal and Hari went to the Mines of Moria (I couldn't resist a Tolkien reference).
The place where Poly and his disciple find the guy Hober Mallow brings to mind Star Wars, especially the Forcer ladies who resemble the women from Darth Vader's army. And when Bel Riose goes into the ship as its general, it had some Star Trek feel, it would be nice to watch adventures of a crew of a spaceship again. Though I guess the subplot with Bel's husband felt an unnecessary addition to include some LGBT agenda, which is a sad thing in today's shows and movies, when these things are forced into the story whether they are needed for the plot or not. Bel's partner was his pressure point the Empire could force him into obedience so this could have been a woman as well and not necessarily a male partner.
The episode contains a couple of great scenes: Matthew's reconcilliation with his parents, which is quite moving and it brought me to tears as Matthew is one of my favourite characters from among the Apostles; Jesus sending the Apostles on their missionary work, and Jesus explaining to Little John why He didn't heal him, the scene at the very end when Peter gives the pep-talk to the other Apostles before they set off for their journey, which shows him as a natural leader. The rest feels a bit like filler, though it pays off to wait for the couple of the good scenes I mentioned above. What is quite problematic is that some of the apostles are depicted as married or about to marry, which creates a tension between the fact that Jesus sends them on their mission and their wives' resonable expectations that the husbands stay by their side. The Apostles were not married in the Bible and the romance subplot introduces unnecessary complications.
I have mixed feelings about this one, I really dislike having too much nudity instead of character development but there were also both some funny and some moving parts in it. It was also really weird to have two "instances" of Henry explain time travel to Claire and her friends, even more so as the younger Henry was still the boyfriend of Ingrid (who apparently has suicidal tendencies and is going to die young), while in spite of having an affair with her best friend's boyfriend, Clare is obviously deep in love with Henry and the time she has to wait for really meeting him and being together with him is tormenting her. I like the beginning of the episode with both Clare and older Henry explaining how falling in love works :)
I feel a bit sentimental about this film since I was shown fragments of it during my English literature class, which was my favourite subject at the university, so I have some fond memories connected with it. However, I have never seen the entire film till now. It is a bit disjointed at times and there are scenes which add nothing to the plot. I hated the crude jokes and bed scenes but the story of the troll turned out to be moving at times, I even felt sorry for him when he found the skull of his father destroyed. The witch Selma was an original addition in comparison to the epic poem, but the storyline about her son turned the film into a tale about forgiveness and the need to show mercy even to one's enemies.
The first part of the episode seems slightly better than the previous one, especially the story of how the guinea pig came to live in the cafe and Fleabag reminiscing about her late best friend is quite good, shows her as a more likable person. I wish there was more dialogue in the show instead of so many erotic scenes which are really upsetting.
The short story "Grain of truth" was significantly changed from the original version by Sapkowski, but it seems to me that it wasn't ruined entirely, at least not to such an extent I had been afraid Netflix may do it. There are important changes, foremost Geralt bringing Ciri with him (in the short story it happens years before he meets Ciri) and the fact that Nivellen is not a stranger but an old acquaintance of Geralt. There is an interesting tidbit about the meeting with Nivellen, as he tells her a story resembling that of Ciri's ancestor the elf Lara Dorren, her human lover and their forbidden love. Ciri seems to like Nivellen and enjoys talking to him, maybe because he is intriudced as Geralt's friend so she can trust him more.
The situation with Ciri's nighttime meeting with Vereena is very strange and creepy, and it is a bit surprising that the bruxa didn't try to harm her in any way. Ciri feels a lot of sympathy for the bruxa, even when her real nature is revealed and Geralt warns her about Vereena, still Ciri disobeys him.
Another significant change from the original story is that Nivellen never tells Geralt the real reason he got cursed, so when Geralt and Ciri hear it after Vereena is killed, they are really shocked, and this explains why Geralt was friends with Nivellen in the first place - because he didn't know the truth.
Yennefer is believed to be dead after searching the battlefield by distraught Tissaia yields no results. Tissaia is really devastated about Yennefer's presumed death, though Vilgefortz, who is still working with the mages, doesn't seem to be moved by it. The scene when Geralt meets Tissaia and she claims that Yennefer is probably dead is quite moving, the way the witcher's face changes when he hears the news. Triss in turn is severely wounded but saved by Tissaia and Vilgefortz. While Yennefer is the prisoner of war of Nilfgard, Cahir has been captured by the North and is being tortured by Tissaia, eager to get any information about Yennefer. I wonder how Cahir's story will go from here since he is important in later volumes of the Witcher saga. Yennefer herself is deprived of her use of magic as Fringilla's prisoner ( I wonder what they'd do with Fringilla's arch since she also plays a crucial role later on in the novels and not as a stauch Nilfgard supporter), but she does talk back to Fringilla and stands back to her. Though it seems to me that it would be better if the episode concentrated only on the travels of Geralt and Ciri and their budding father-daughter relationship, without any interludes about the mages and Yennefer, this could have been kept for later episodes, and removing it would have made it more coherent. I read in some reviews that Geralt is more introspective and thoughtful this season and it seems to be the truth. I also liked the scene when he confides in Roach and talks about his worries about Ciri to his horse :)
Great episode, visually impressive but also with fine plot and more character development for the Two Rivers folks. Quite a lot happens in the episode and it starts with a bang showing a fighting pregnant Aiel woman, obviously this is Rand's biological mother, and the story of how Tam found and rescued baby Rand. Rand's mum was a real badass to defeat so many armoured knights, even when she was about to give birth.
The Ways turn out to be the real "Mines of Moria" of the series, not the ruins of Shadar Logoth as I previously thought. There is even a call-back to the scene when Gandalf cannot remember the right way to go when Loial wonders how to read the guide stone. The whole sequence in the Ways is very emotional and also visually stunning. I also liked the city of Fal Dara and its culture, though it seems that Loial was totally forgotten once they enter the city? It isn't shown what he does next. Padan Fain also enters the city, I thought maybe he would attact some of the characters, but I guess he didn't penetrate the citadel.
The characters quarrel and make up, and the relationship between Lan and Nynaeve develops quickly, he invites her to a dinner with what seems like his family, though as he later tells her the story of Malkier it turns out these are his father's soldiers who saved him when his family was slaughtered by the dark side. In a way, Lan's story mirrors that of Rand as both were saved from certain death as they were babies.
Min is introduced, at first she talks only with Moiraine and initially I was a bit disappointed that she didn't have any interaction with Rand as she is going to be his future love, but they do talk later in the episode, after Rand realises he is the Dragon Reborn and hopes that she would not confirm that conclusion. In the end of the episode, Moiraine and Rand leave alone for the Blight after Rand confesses to her that he is the one. I wonder how are they going to survive there without any other help. From what Lan was telling Nynaeve, the area of the Blight used to be his kingdom of Malkier? I really cannot recall from the book who went to the Eye of the World, I was under the impression they all went together but I may misremember it.
I only wonder about Moiraine asking the Fal Daran woman to send a message to the Red Ajah so that they would find Mat, knowing Liandrin she would probably hurt him so it felt a bit like a betrayal from Moiraine? This was a bit puzzling. Otherwise an engrossing episode, I guess one of the best in the show so far.
I find it really entertaining to find allusions/references/plagiarisms to both Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings" and Peter Jackson's adaptation and my Tolkienist heart is happy to know how superior they are to "The Wheel of Time". The ruins of Shadar Logoth, the local equivalent of the Mines of Moria, seem a tad Gondorian rather than Dwarvish, though. It does not really seem threatening or terrifying at first, at least not when Rand and Egwene start their exploration deed (explore Shadar Logoth - get 10 XP) -> at least this brought the game "The Lord of the Rings Online" to my mind and its "deeds" which you complete by visiting certain places in the game). I remembered Mat's finding the cursed dagger there so I was just waiting for him to come across it so that one can tick all the boxes. I am not sure how it was in the books, but in the show I had the impression that Mat's picking up the dagger somewhat "activated" the shadow monster? I am not sure whether such a connection was made in the novel.
The behaviour of the characters in the episode is mostly illogical, and there were some boring parts in it, but I found the song of Manetheren and the story behind it rather touching, maybe because the tale of the nation left by their allies to face the enemy alone is somewhat evocative of Polish history.
The final fight with Vi and Jayce using the hextech weapons looked hilarious and totally unrealistic (though one can hardly blame a fantasy show based on a game). Sometimes there is so much action it is hard to follow for someone not familiar with the game aesthetics. The bad sister Jinx has been mostly absent this episode, though she might have recovered enough to try to kill Caitlyn. It seems that the big baddie Silco really cares for his adoptive daughter ;) There is Mel's mum, who brings to mind the queen Calanthe from The Witcher or some Skellige rulers. The best thing about the episode is that Ekko is alive after all.
From what I've read about the show, there is only one episode left and many things are still unclear to non-playing viewers, I wonder about the crystals, where are they from and can they be produced or harvested from a crystal-tree or is there a finite amount of them. It is said that Piltover banished magic and mages but what happened to them? Were they exterminated? Can some mages be consulted about the power of the crystals?
I am a bit on the fence about the episode, I still love the animation but I am not convinced by the new characters from the posh district, their adventures seem to be a bit boring in comparison to the sisters from the underground. The ending is a bit of a cliffhanger for non-player viewers as it seems that Vander decided to give the sisters up to the enforcers to protect the peace between districts?
The whole fairy/pixie storyline emphasises the more childish and fairy-tale qualities of the show and it is a bit absurd, as well as Arthur's final decision about the marriage, these are the things that could happen only in a fairy tales, whereas in a more realistic setting Arthur would have to go through with the marriage, as most marriages between royals were mostly political, and the best thing the serving maid Gwen could hope for would be to become Arthur's mistress (which would be totally socially acceptable for a prince or king to have mistresses). And the rejection of the bride would probably have resulted in a political conflict with her father and maybe even war. The "true love wins" plotline was only possible in a children's story.
Morgana-centric episode is always a plus, and Asa Butterfield steals the show with the few scenes he has as the little Mordred, the scene with his magic was just like one of Sia's videos. I thought that Merlin would have to use his magic to defend the village of the Druids and in this way reveal himself finally to Arthur, and he did use the magic but not in the way that would expose him. It is a bit disappointing that he is afraid to reveal his secret to Morgana, though he does try and support her. I wonder whether Merlin's magic would be finally known to others? Arthur's chastising Merlin for being attracted to Morgana is really funny, since he is entirely oblivious to what is really happening, and he is also attracted to a person from a different social class.
I was really looking forward to this episode as soon as I read the description, yet it was not so thrilling as I supposed it would be.
I think the episode was too lengthy and it sort of dragged, some scenes were just filler.
The highlights in the ep are:
- Pym! Pym is alive though forced to live with a fat fisherman.
- Merlin visits a guy who looks a bit like Goblin King from the Hobbit ;) and lives underground in some crossover between Moria and goblin caves in the Misty Mountains. I found it quite funny as a Tolkien fan.
It is a bit confusing whether Claire teleported back to the past when she stepped out of the plane or whether she was just remembering what happened in her life with Jamie? The episode was a peaceful one after a turmoil of the first season's ending.
I guessed that Lyra was Mrs. Coulter's daughter during the last episode, they looked so much alike that they couldn't have been unrelated to each other. I don't understand why she is so cruel to her daughter, she is a villain but even these have some maternal love for their kids (I am looking at you Cersei).
Amazing episode, the battle was breath-taking, and there were also quite moving scenes, such as the ones with Sam and Gilly (one of my favourite characters) and Jon's goodbye to Ygritte was really tear-jerking.
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What a romantic ending ;) The scenes with the future King Bran were good as usual, a bit mysterious and magical, and Arya's sequences rather moving.
The show was very interesting up to this point, it is a pity it turned to such a mindless porn. I wonder whether to continue watching since I really liked the character of Claire and the Scottish atmosphere but I cannot stand these explicit scenes.
I haven't played any games in the series apart from mobile game Fallout Shelter, but the show had very good reviews, so I decided to give it a try. I'm not sold on it yet, though it may be because this is just the first episode that introduces all the main characters. I've watched it just after finishing The Last of Us, and after the first episode it seems to me that even though both shows are pretty brutal, Fallout concentrates more on action than human emotions and relationships like TLoU did.
