I could've written this episode:
Speaking of Jon & Daenerys, having the two most wooden main cast members lead the show is a little risky, and we know they'll both be the main story this final season as Jon found out about the clichéd revelation that he's 'the chosen one'. This will inevitably create distracting conflict between him & blondie despite Jon trying to tell everyone (and himself) that titles & rank no longer matter.
Personally I would've been fine had the final season been just about the White Walker threat, but it looks like the hints dropped in previous seasons will play a major part here: that Daenerys is a potential psycho power-mad Queen who's more concerned with people bending the knee than anything else. Jon would do well to not mention he's the actual heir so we can all concentrate on the epic zombie action.
6/10 is about as poor as a GOT episode gets, to be positive we can view this as a necessary build-up for the hopefully big-event stuff to come. A lot of pieces were put in place, tho' that does make some of the events to come somewhat predictable. Here I'll list 3 things which in this 'fan-service' era of GOT will probably happen (let's hope they won't, as GOT's strength used to be its unpredictability):
One unpredictable element is Bran. His story might be the key to making this final season a success, and success needs not just fan service, but shocks & twists. It was his idea for Sam to tell Jon about his heritage, which looks like it'll only put a spanner in the works. Who's side is Bran on? He & the Night King (a 'big bad' who has been somewhat underwhelming so far) will hopefully surprise us with a big bad story this season.
- Theon saves his sister.
- Cersei has betrayal in mind.
- The Ice Wall crew didn't die from the destroyed wall.
- Tyrion makes a remark about Varys's lack of balls.
- Jon & Daenerys do a Never-Ending Story dragon ride, then kiss in front of waterfalls...so much cheese.
- lots of reunions, and lots of mistrust of each other so plenty of the same old paranoid bickering.
- ends with a mild cliffhanger soap-opera style just as Jaime sees Bran for the first time since pushing him out the window 8 years ago.
Speaking of Jon & Daenerys, having the two most wooden main cast members lead the show is a little risky, and we know they'll both be the main story this final season as Jon found out about the clichéd revelation that he's 'the chosen one'. This will inevitably create distracting conflict between him & blondie despite Jon trying to tell everyone (and himself) that titles & rank no longer matter.
Personally I would've been fine had the final season been just about the White Walker threat, but it looks like the hints dropped in previous seasons will play a major part here: that Daenerys is a potential psycho power-mad Queen who's more concerned with people bending the knee than anything else. Jon would do well to not mention he's the actual heir so we can all concentrate on the epic zombie action.
6/10 is about as poor as a GOT episode gets, to be positive we can view this as a necessary build-up for the hopefully big-event stuff to come. A lot of pieces were put in place, tho' that does make some of the events to come somewhat predictable. Here I'll list 3 things which in this 'fan-service' era of GOT will probably happen (let's hope they won't, as GOT's strength used to be its unpredictability):
- Theon, Yara or Cersei (possibly via the Mountain) will end up killing Euron in a brutal manner.
- Daenerys finds out Jon is the actual heir and it causes all kinds of drama, maybe because Sansa finds out too and is pushing for Jon to take over. All this despite titles & rank not mattering anymore.
- Bronn will almost decide to kill Jaime & Tyrion despite all their buddy-history, but after a dramatic build-up will in the last minute not pull the trigger after all.
One unpredictable element is Bran. His story might be the key to making this final season a success, and success needs not just fan service, but shocks & twists. It was his idea for Sam to tell Jon about his heritage, which looks like it'll only put a spanner in the works. Who's side is Bran on? He & the Night King (a 'big bad' who has been somewhat underwhelming so far) will hopefully surprise us with a big bad story this season.