Game Of Thrones Television series *may contain spoilers*

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Tree13 said:
Felt quite short. And a bit "choppy". Lots of the scenes were top class, but the overall flow of the episode was a bit jerky.

Plus the standard mistakes from D&D:
why the fudge would Dany use Drogon to attack the supply wagons and the gold, straight after a scene where her lack of provisions and ships is openly referenced? It would have made more strategic sense to give the Lannister troops all the dracarys they could ever want and leave the stores / plunder relatively untouched, thereby allowing the Unsullied to be resupplied with food and the fleet rebuilt (with the gold). Tactically it would have posed less of a risk to her Dothraki too, since they are light cavalry and would therefore have suffered huge losses to the Lannister archers whilst charging over open ground to attack heavy infantry.

I did like the character development for Tyrion and Jamie though. The Queen's hand having his integrity and reliability called into question by his monarch, and Jamie seeing firsthand the sort of mass slaughter that he murdered the Mad King in order to avoid. This will drive Jamie and Tyrion irreparably apart, solidify Cersei's grip on Jamie and give Bronn a real question to answer re personal loyalty.
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The gold had already made it inside Kings' Landing (at least according to what Tarly said), and it wasn't clear whether the supply wagons torched were the loot from Highgarden or the supplies for the troops that got burnt. There didn't look to be as many of them as one would have expected if it had been all the food / supplies that they had stripped from the region, and that ballista was in the convoy, so I'd guess it was the latter.

Also I'd have thought that Tyrion and Jamie would end up closer because of these events, rather than further apart - for a start, he looked appalled to watch his families' men being butchered and/or crisped, he was basically begging Jamie not to do what he did because he knew what would happen, and Dany's actions have essentially made Tyrion redundant.
 
tsubaki said:
The gold had already made it inside Kings' Landing (at least according to what Tarly said), and it wasn't clear whether the supply wagons torched were the loot from Highgarden or the supplies for the troops that got burnt. There didn't look to be as many of them as one would have expected if it had been all the food / supplies that they had stripped from the region, and that ballista was in the convoy, so I'd guess it was the latter.

Also I'd have thought that Tyrion and Jamie would end up closer because of these events, rather than further apart - for a start, he looked appalled to watch his families' men being butchered and/or crisped, he was basically begging Jamie not to do what he did because he knew what would happen, and Dany's actions have essentially made Tyrion redundant.
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Remember it was the stragglers as Tarly was thinking about whipping them.
 
fantastic episode in my opinion. Thought it was interesting that the Golden Company was mentioned by Cersei, because in the books they play a much bigger part in the plot thanks to Aegon. Think it is a bit to late for that plot now though.

Battle was great. I wonder what the losses on either side were?
 
What I loved about the show was the realist aspect of the first few seasons. If someone made a grave error, no matter how important the character, they were very likely to end up dead. The main character of the first season died to begin the series! That is quite an escape from modern television where the main character somehow survives in an impossible scenario each and every time. I guess what I'm trying to say is- the series really lost that ruthlessness.
Jon Snow- brought back to life. Jon Snow- rescued by the Vale at the last second. And Jamie Lannister... not punished. It all became very dull and predictable and I don't think the show will recover. These near death experiences were essentially added to provide emotional climaxes, but it took away from the integrity of GOT.
 
Osamabindiesel said:
What I loved about the show was the realist aspect of the first few seasons. If someone made a grave error, no matter how important the character, they were very likely to end up dead. The main character of the first season died to begin the series! That is quite an escape from modern television where the main character somehow survives in an impossible scenario each and every time. I guess what I'm trying to say is- the series really lost that ruthlessness.
Jon Snow- brought back to life. Jon Snow- rescued by the Vale at the last second. And Jamie Lannister... not punished. It all became very dull and predictable and I don't think the show will recover. These near death experiences were essentially added to provide emotional climaxes, but it took away from the integrity of GOT.
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Don't worry some big deathes coming up. That said it is annoying that some characters have huge plot armour.
 
Tree13 said:
Felt quite short. And a bit "choppy". Lots of the scenes were top class, but the overall flow of the episode was a bit jerky.

Plus the standard mistakes from D&D:
why the fudge would Dany use Drogon to attack the supply wagons and the gold, straight after a scene where her lack of provisions and ships is openly referenced? It would have made more strategic sense to give the Lannister troops all the dracarys they could ever want and leave the stores / plunder relatively untouched, thereby allowing the Unsullied to be resupplied with food and the fleet rebuilt (with the gold). Tactically it would have posed less of a risk to her Dothraki too, since they are light cavalry and would therefore have suffered huge losses to the Lannister archers whilst charging over open ground to attack heavy infantry.

I did like the character development for Tyrion and Jamie though. The Queen's hand having his integrity and reliability called into question by his monarch, and Jamie seeing firsthand the sort of mass slaughter that he murdered the Mad King in order to avoid. This will drive Jamie and Tyrion irreparably apart, solidify Cersei's grip on Jamie and give Bronn a real question to answer re personal loyalty.
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This whole season has been choppy. They are frantically trying to bring storylines to a close knowing they have limited episodes left.

The writing has been on a downward spiral for the last few seasons I think - very exposition heavy and quite on the nose too.

Still intrigued to see how it all eventually ends like.

Would actually love it if at the end of it all, Littlefinger gets the Iron Throne. Boss.
 
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