First of all, congratulations to the creators of this episode, it was a joy to watch!
Now I noticed that there was a lot of commotion around this episode, like people saying it 'spoils' The Winds Of Winter, I mean, the white walker scene in the end was NOT revealing anything that happened or will happen in TWOW, come on! The baby sacrifice has been going on for years, adding this scene only explains what happens to the babies. There is no and will not be a POV on a white walker, these guys don't speak so that would be an empty character, what they showed us is something that will never occur in the books since it is impossible to tell. It is ridiculous to think of this scene as a spoiler! Soon people won't even read the books or watch the series because they don't want to spoil themselves. Ridiculous. I read all the books, and I really enjoyed this episode so much I was clapping when it finished.
They did add some changes, like the Bran scene at craster's, but that is no more than expected. The main events always occur, the characters only get there in a slightly different way. Except Jon's plan to attack the deserters at Crasters, that's entirely new but is not bad because it is new. It's one of those reasons to keep watching the series even if you read the books. If you expect the series to be a copy of the books you're gonna have a bad time.
So after all, this was and is one of the best episodes so far in GoT. 9,5/10
Now I noticed that there was a lot of commotion around this episode, like people saying it 'spoils' The Winds Of Winter, I mean, the white walker scene in the end was NOT revealing anything that happened or will happen in TWOW, come on! The baby sacrifice has been going on for years, adding this scene only explains what happens to the babies. There is no and will not be a POV on a white walker, these guys don't speak so that would be an empty character, what they showed us is something that will never occur in the books since it is impossible to tell. It is ridiculous to think of this scene as a spoiler! Soon people won't even read the books or watch the series because they don't want to spoil themselves. Ridiculous. I read all the books, and I really enjoyed this episode so much I was clapping when it finished.
They did add some changes, like the Bran scene at craster's, but that is no more than expected. The main events always occur, the characters only get there in a slightly different way. Except Jon's plan to attack the deserters at Crasters, that's entirely new but is not bad because it is new. It's one of those reasons to keep watching the series even if you read the books. If you expect the series to be a copy of the books you're gonna have a bad time.
So after all, this was and is one of the best episodes so far in GoT. 9,5/10