HBO's "Game of Thrones"

[Grand Vol]

 

[VolNExile]

I feel like the WW were shafted in the storyline. To mean so much and go out so quickly...just sad. A three way battle for the throne would have been epic.

I’m not predicting this, but I fully expect some sort of undead presence to re-emerge at the end. Don’t know how they’d pull that off, but this was way too simple.

 

[zjcvols]

Remember the spinoff is going to be about the original Long Night and the Children of the Forest. That’s why we got the lack of information about the NK

 

[ATC_VOL]

I was a little disappointed we didn’t get a fight between Jon and the NK, even if Arya still kills him I’d have liked to seen that. One of my favorite scenes in the series was the look the white walker that Jon killed at Hardhome made when he realized Jon had Valyrian Steel.

 

[LotteryPick]

I freaking loved it. Every salty comment I’ve seen has been from a book reader that just wanted the show to go their way and it didn’t.

 

[Plano Vol]

So is someone gonna take Mel's necklace and live forever to tell the tale?

Davos picks it up and turns into Justin Bieber

 

[RikidyBones]

I freaking loved it. Every salty comment I’ve seen has been from a book reader that just wanted the show to go their way and it didn’t.

Book reader here... I enjoyed it.

I will say I wish they made the battle a closer fight and included the actual white walkers and those, rather than the wights, attributed to the deaths of the characters except Lyanna. But I didnt mind the ending. Arya is a badass in the show and books. Totally didnt see it coming

 

[itsme]

If they are following any kind of pattern, watch Sansa make a play for the throne. (theory)

I think that it will be revealed that Tyrion is a Targaryen, he being the eldest he becomes king, then Sansa will remain married to him or remarry him to become queen. There's too much goin on there for nothing to come of it. Jon will kill Denaryus (sp) protecting Sansa. Just a theory.

 

[Rishvol]

I think that it will be revealed that Tyrion is a Targaryen, he being the eldest he becomes king, then Sansa will remain married to him or remarry him to become queen. There's too much goin on there for nothing to come of it. Jon will kill Denaryus (sp) protecting Sansa. Just a theory.

I wouldn't mind this ending

 

[RikidyBones]

I think that it will be revealed that Tyrion is a Targaryen, he being the eldest he becomes king, then Sansa will remain married to him or remarry him to become queen. There's too much goin on there for nothing to come of it. Jon will kill Denaryus (sp) protecting Sansa. Just a theory.

Tyrion is, at best, a bastard so no he wont be in line as king.

 

[vols 30]

Good thing relief is in sight.

I hope so. It's not that I didn't like last night show, but I can't see like I used too. Old age is here. I had to squint to make out who was fighting who in the first half last night.

 

[Aesius]

One theory I really like is that Bran, being the Three-Eyed Raven and not Bran at all anymore, isn't on the Stark's side or even humanity's (at least, modern man's) side. Instead, he's working to destroy the WWs (done) and most/all of humanity (via the inveitable war between Cersei and the North), to allow the world, or at least Westeros, to revert to its natural state (the Dawn Age).

At that point he's a semi-villain but with perhaps honorable intentions, given the suffering in the world and the death and bloodshed due to battling over the throne for generations.

I just can't accept that his role is essentially "done" and that his transformation to the 3ER was solely to be used as bait to draw out the NK into a vulnerable position. There has to be more to it than that.

 

[carlos86]

Never been one to feign tactical knowledge but...

An Army staff Officer is doing an AAR on the defense of Winterfell as we speak.

 

[VolNExile]

Tyrion is, at best, a bastard so no he wont be in line as king.

+1

I think he has Targaryen blood, because the dragons semi-tolerated him, but his mother was a Lannister by birth as well as by marriage. I don’t think D&D would try to pull off the annulment stunt again. And he was certainly never acknowledged by a Targaryen father.

 

[VolNExile]

I’m not predicting this, but I fully expect some sort of undead presence to re-emerge at the end. Don’t know how they’d pull that off, but this was way too simple.

One theory I really like is that Bran, being the Three-Eyed Raven and not Bran at all anymore, isn't on the Stark's side or even humanity's (at least, modern man's) side. Instead, he's working to destroy the WWs (done) and most/all of humanity (via the inveitable war between Cersei and the North), to allow the world, or at least Westeros, to revert to its natural state (the Dawn Age).

At that point he's a semi-villain but with perhaps honorable intentions, given the suffering in the world and the death and bloodshed due to battling over the throne for generations.

I just can't accept that his role is essentially "done" and that his transformation to the 3ER was solely to be used as bait to draw out the NK into a vulnerable position. There has to be more to it than that.

I like this. Instead of yet another undead appearance, Bran becomes the new “whoa” opponent...

It’s just hard to believe that the remainder of the series will be nothing more of Cersei vs the rest of Westeros.

 

[jakez4ut]

I hope so. It's not that I didn't like last night show, but I can't see like I used too. Old age is here. I had to squint to make out who was fighting who in the first half last night.

turn the lights out and go movie theater dark, and re watch it. i had no issues seeing it. if that's not enough, turn the brightness or contrast up on your TV.

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

I’m not predicting this, but I fully expect some sort of undead presence to re-emerge at the end. Don’t know how they’d pull that off, but this was way too simple.

Simple? Basically every great house and most of the people of the North, The Knights of the Vale, The Riverlands, The Dothraki, The Unsullied, The Wildlings...are all virtually WIPED out...SMH...this is one of the dumbest, and oft repeated gripes I am hearing..it makes zero sense to me. The NK is dead and his threat is forever ended, but it left them with nothing...nothing.

 

[jakez4ut]

I just can't accept that his role is essentially "done" and that his transformation to the 3ER was solely to be used as bait to draw out the NK into a vulnerable position. There has to be more to it than that.

well, in his conversation with Theon, when he said "everything you've done has brought you here, where you're supposed to be" kinda give you some indication that that's exactly what it was.

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

Book reader here... I enjoyed it.

I will say I wish they made the battle a closer fight and included the actual white walkers and those, rather than the wights, attributed to the deaths of the characters except Lyanna. But I didnt mind the ending. Arya is a badass in the show and books. Totally didnt see it coming

Closer? They were all right at the edge of death..The WW had won...Jon was going to let Viserion toast him to keep from being turned..I do not understand this comment.

 

[VolunteerHillbilly]

Good episode.

Spoiler: Spoiler

expected Jon to kill NK, so that was a surprise. Thought they were setting up Sansa to stab Ned, so that was another surprise. The Little Bear was awesome. NK taking a dramatic pause before killing Bran felt very un-NKish. Need to rewatch because I thought Jon's dragon went down in a heap, but definitely looked like 2 dragons in preview for next episode.

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

You just marginalized the Dothraki and the Unsullied...the largest number of humans involved in the battle.

You left out all that was left of the North, and the Knights of the Vale, and the Wildlings...speaking of which...which group of people in this show has had it harder than the Wildlings? They are basically extinct.

 

[Rishvol]

Were my eyes playing a trick on my because Edd's eyes didn't look blue to me

 

[RikidyBones]

Closer? They were all right at the edge of death..The WW had won...Jon was going to let Viserion toast him to keep from being turned..I do not understand this comment.

I mean that it didnt seem so lopsided right outta the gate. Heres what I would like to have seen. Please also note, I liked the episode

I would like to have seen the dragon glass have a more impactful presence. It felt like a normal weapon for most of it. The phrase that winterfell can hold a 10,000 person army with 500 men didnt seem plausible in this battle. I know the numbers are higher but the ratio should have been similar and we should have seen why winterfell was advantageous as a stronghold on a large scale.

I also would have liked for the known characters to have died by a white Walker rather than a wight so we get some value to the WWs. Then the tide would turn as the NK does his fancy storm stuff and strategy and we end up in the same place but with more emotional rollercoasters.

 

[VolunteerHillbilly]

I feel that a Brohn v. Jamie duel is inevitable.

 

[Grand Vol]

An Army staff Officer is doing an AAR on the defense of Winterfell as we speak.

First questions...

Why the **** did you put your artillery in front of the troops and why the **** did you start your bombardment while your cavalry screening force was engaging?