Very, very disappointed by everything in this episode as I was really hoping the last three episodes would redeem the first three. Not looking good right now.
Tyrion lets us know we’re going to get all down and dirty with the humans playing the Game. Sansa going all Littlefinger, Dany going mad, Cersei evil, Jon, clueless, Tyrion suddenly swayed by Varys into a treasonous conspiracy—Varys who is still alive and now suddenly an important character again, why? Jaime running back to Cersei to either protect her or kill or or maybe both, who cares? Brienne heartbroken again—and this is necessary, why? Euron, who does not deserve a bit role, much less a starring role in the final season, gets to kill a dragon. Are we supposed to hate him? How? He’s just a cartoon. Ghost being sent away and Jon not even giving him a scratch behind the ears. Sam and Gilly going away to have another baby. Sweet.
The beheading of the only black woman character in the whole frigging show? That’s just wrong in every way. And there’s no point in mentioning just how incredibly stupid our heroes are as military tacticians. Without the dragons--now dragon--they would have no chance whatever, and even with the dragon, I wouldn’t bet on them. They will need supernatural intervention, which I really hope is coming, which brings us to
Bran. What the hell? Is he featured in this last season just to stare? There was a lot of time spent over the seasons on his story of becoming the frigging Three-Eyed Raven, and so far all he has done is stare and warg off once during the battle with the dead for what reason? Can he do anything else besides stare and have the occasional vision? Did he become the Three-Eyed Raven merely to tell Jon that he’s a Targaryen?
This final season has sucked, except for Brienne getting knighted by Jaime, Arya killing the Night King, and Melisandre coming back to light the Dothraki swords—that scene was awesome. Where are all the shocking surprises that were promised? The epic final 6 episodes? Hope it gets better soon, as in Bran actually being important and doing something to save the day. I am still hopeful that the final 2 episodes will pull this season out, but after Episode 4, my hope is almost gone.
It’s looking more and more likely the writers have Jon Snow winning the Game. Targaryen in the South and Stark (Sansa) in the North. Boring, but whatever, he’s a good guy, a Democrat for sure, and he’ll be a King of the People, which is breaking the wheel, I suppose. Arya kills either the mad queen Dany (taking Jon’s face?) or Cersei (taking Jaime’s face) or maybe both if Jaime doesn’t kill Cersei. And, for good measure, she kills the Mountain, after he kills the Hound. The Mountain is on her list after all, which will be complete with his death, Cersei’s, and the Hound’s.
Except, maybe she kills the Mountain, saving the Hound, and he is the only one on her list to survive. I hope so. They both deserve to live. They are characters with integrity, who are always true to themselves.
Stop staring and do something, Bran!