Standard GoT season opener, setting the chains in motion.
Bit weird that dragonstone was completely abandoned though, surely some would settle there.
Did they show that Arya bit towards the end of the episode just so they could show Ed Sheeran? Seemed pointless that whole bit.
Pretty sure the cottage the hound stayed at was the one he and arya stayed at back in season 4 when they had rabbit stew and arya pretended to be his daughter.
Slow Build up. Solid episode. The best scene for me was the white walkers with 3 giants(min). Those guys are freak. Need more of bran. Arya was cool and hound was well okay. The euron/cersei/Jamie interaction was also well done. What is the gift that euron is talking about?
Overall a solid episode. 1 hour just flew by. Now 7 more days of waiting ..
Had a sure feeling a hand would come out that door since they kept showing that bowl in a closeup but just didn't think it would be Jorah!That Jorah moment made me jump.
Slow Build up. Solid episode. The best scene for me was the white walkers with 3 giants(min). Those guys are freak. Need more of bran. Arya was cool and hound was well okay. The euron/cersei/Jamie interaction was also well done. What is the gift that euron is talking about?
Overall a solid episode. 1 hour just flew by. Now 7 more days of waiting ..
It is. That's why they showed it in the recap.
Dragon Binder , Possibly.
What's he doing hanging out at the maesters place? He needs to chop his arm off already.That Jorah moment made me jump.
Isn't that Stannis' old castle?
- Whose banner is the one with the deer that Daenerys pulled down at Dragonstone?
- Who else besides Cersei is left on Arya's shit list?
Why the feck was ed Sheeran in that at all, let alone with a "it's a new one" line of dialogue
What's he doing hanging out at the maesters place?
What's he doing hanging out at the maesters place? He needs to chop his arm off already.
- Whose banner is the one with the deer that Daenerys pulled down at Dragonstone?
- Who else besides Cersei is left on Arya's shit list?
Yes he was using it when we first saw him.Isn't that Stannis' old castle?
Also, didn't see any sign of the Cersei's maester who used to be banned. The one who created Franken-mountain. He's still alive, isn't he?
Yup, pretty happy with that myself. Shit is gonna move a lot faster this season, that's for sure. Prolly means less of the jokey, light-hearted stuff which we got in seasons past from characters like the Hound and Bronn. I think this season is gonna be all about who's gonna rule Westeros. Then, towards the end of this season and next will be all-out war with the white walkers.Solid opener. Nothing too extravagant, just some modest story progression that sets things in motion.
Fair enough as far as I'm concerned. The real shit starts now.
Interesting. I remembered he was the one who helped out Jaime when he got his hand chopped off.Kyburn or Kyvurn or something. Didn't see him. Funnily enough though I've been rewatching the entire show recently and I never noticed before that Rob Stark and his wife Tulisa actually met him and saved his life very early on at Harrenhal I believe it was (could be some other castle), but he was dying and they gave him water. Then from there he stayed with the Boltons and eventually left with Jaime to Kings Landing.
Kyburn or Kyvurn or something. Didn't see him. Funnily enough though I've been rewatching the entire show recently and I never noticed before that Rob Stark and his wife Tulisa actually met him and saved his life very early on at Harrenhal I believe it was (could be some other castle), but he was dying and they gave him water. Then from there he stayed with the Boltons and eventually left with Jaime to Kings Landing.
Still liked it though. Sansa is really showing some teeth. The women are generally in a strong position this season. Cersei, Arya, Yara, Daenerys, Sansa all have direct or indirect control over either armies or magic shapeshifting nonsense. But my guess is that most of them will start to get peeled off as we get closer to the climax.
Maybe I'm overthinking it, but another thing that struck me is that Benioff and Weiss struggle a bit without any proper source material to draw from -- though I'm sure they've been thrown a morsel here and there. Binging a couple of early seasons before starting S7 has really made that evident. Dialogue sounds very, very different from previous seasons. All the little clever jibs and jabs are gone (though they managed to squeeze in a 'cnut' here and there), and on the whole it's much more straight forward and direct than the "GRRMartinisms" from the books. Even the language itself seems to have changed a bit.
Cheers. I think the Hound is off her list now.
- Cersei Lannister: falsely accused Arya’s father, Ned Stark, of treason and had him arrested, which led to his death
- Ilyn Payne: beheaded Ned on orders from Joffrey Baratheon
- Gregor “the Mountain” Clegane: tortured and killed people at Harrenhal, where Arya was imprisoned
- Sandor “the Hound” Clegane: killed Arya’s friend, Mycah, the butcher’s boy
- Melisandre: took Gendry away
- Beric Dondarrion: sold Gendry to Melisandre
- Thoros of Myr: sold Gendry to Melisandre
All subtlety has gone from the dialogue. You have Cersei and Jaime spelling out to each other their thoughts like twelve year-olds, as if they hadn't thought to discuss this impending war together any time previously. Meanwhile Jon has to tell Sansa "you are undermining me" because, you know, we wouldn't be able to tell otherwise. Even Littlefinger's body language slaps you across the face, couldn't be more obviously scheming Jon's demise if he wore a badge saying "aims to sew dissent in the Stark camp".
Yeah that's a big turnoff, although it gives you hope that Martin wan't much involved in writing process, which means Book 6.All subtlety has gone from the dialogue. You have Cersei and Jaime spelling out to each other their thoughts like twelve year-olds, as if they hadn't thought to discuss this impending war together any time previously. Meanwhile Jon has to tell Sansa "you are undermining me" because, you know, we wouldn't be able to tell otherwise. Even Littlefinger's body language slaps you across the face, couldn't be more obviously scheming Jon's demise if he wore a badge saying "aims to sew dissent in the Stark camp".
