Television Game of Thrones (TV) • The watch has ended
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood) and Jamie (@Vault Dweller) are here to talk about United's dreadful home defeat at the hands of Big Ange's Tottenham Hotspur. Should this have been the end of Ten Hag? How long does he actually have left? And does Nik finally want ETH out?!
Brilliant.
In love ?
With the shows quality taking a similar nosedive over the last two seasons as our results have done over the last month, one have to find other qualities in the show: Missandei, Red Witch.... All gone.
That was probably the best episode of this season so far, but even then it was full of silliness.
Also the Starbucks cup
Also the Starbucks cup
The show should just be called Game of Puns. I swear, every time I watch it something happens where a natural pun is created.
Like in the latest ep when the two hands were talking to each other, I remarked to my nephew, "I wonder if they're going to engage in hand-to-hand combat".
Like in the latest ep when the two hands were talking to each other, I remarked to my nephew, "I wonder if they're going to engage in hand-to-hand combat".
In essence, the showrunners proved themselves adept at tracing so they got put in charge of finishing off the last third of the Sistine Chapel
The show should just be called Game of Puns. I swear, every time I watch it something happens where a natural pun is created.
Like in the latest ep when the two hands were talking to each other, I remarked to my nephew, "I wonder if they're going to engage in hand-to-hand combat".
got any more?Just saw on twitter some people actually believe the cup was deliberately there as product placement to help fund the episode
I'd love it to be true, fecking genius!
I'd love it to be true, fecking genius!
I used to call Theon, Varys and Greyworm The Ex-Men.
They did know about the Ballistas, Bronn shot Drogon with one last season during the battle when Dany attacked the Lannister caravan. But it didn't do much more than piss him off so maybe Dany thought they weren't a factor.
Just saw on twitter some people actually believe the cup was deliberately there as product placement to help fund the episode
I'd love it to be true, fecking genius!
People will find a way to excuse anything in this show.
For me thats whats both their aims have been since episode 1.
It brought the dragon down and nearly got Dany killed. I'd say that's warning enough.
I agree. I've been critical of her character decisions a lot but she should be the queen after everything she's done and sacrificed. Sadly she won't get it.
Forgot about that one.
People hating Sansa at this point clearly hasn't been watching the show and understanding the characters' development. I've been trying to explain this to people since the first episode. After all she went through at King's Landing, with Ramsey and learning from Littlefinger, Sansa is within her right to do what it takes to protect her family and the north. I think she sees a tyrant in Danny.
The show should just be called Game of Puns. I swear, every time I watch it something happens where a natural pun is created.
Like in the latest ep when the two hands were talking to each other, I remarked to my nephew, "I wonder if they're going to engage in hand-to-hand combat".
Aye. My friend's were all thinking "well done Jaime, you finally had a one knight stand"
This. I don't think she's power hungry. She's just older/wiser and knows Dany is bad business for the North.
What a shit episode. It's clear D&D are hack writers, who couldn't handle not having GRRM's material to rely on.
Sansa has been my pick to win the game of thrones for a few seasons now.
I hate the ballistas but they were inevitable when the writers wrote out the Horn of Winter also butchering Euron's entire motivations in the process. Also not sure why they even mention the Golden Company when again they wrote out their entire point but I guess its just to make Cersei's army more overpowered.
I've definitely been in the "don't think too hard and just enjoy the ride camp" so the episode was fine but I really have to say the writers have been poor overall.
I've definitely been in the "don't think too hard and just enjoy the ride camp" so the episode was fine but I really have to say the writers have been poor overall.
Definitely, it's not hard to see her character's motives and why she's playing the games she is. Just like this confusion over Jaime, he hasn't suddenly gone bad again, as far as he knows Cersei is still carrying his baby.
Enjoyed the episode as a nice set up but the show is running out of time to tie everything together in a way that I'd like but whatever. Doesn't look like Dario and the second sons are not coming back, there's no hints about reinforcements to help Dany, nothing much going on with Bran. Cersei continually keeping Tyrion alive when she has the chance to kill him is odd but maybe she's hoping to have him help her if things go wrong.
Bye bye Ghost (a seriously lacklustre goodbye scene). Suppose we should be thankful that two of the direwolves survived.
Bye bye Ghost (a seriously lacklustre goodbye scene). Suppose we should be thankful that two of the direwolves survived.
I'm forever grateful.
There were hints in that they openly spoke about Yara and the new prince of Dorne. Not that those are in any way that impressive.
That was shit. Just, feck off.
Looking back at the episode I don't think it was a bad episode like some are suggesting. Yes there are logic holes but if we look in depth there have been flaws since season 1.
I really enjoyed the way the episode started with everyone celebrating (Although, could have cut some parts and done something more important). Really liked the way gendry was rewarded, good story telling.
Loved the tension between Sansa and Dany. Also, good logic of involving Arya into the conversation as she is a stark.
Tormund was gold in comedy this episode, some nice relief after the tension of last episode.
Again maybe in minority but I liked Bronn's scene with Lannister brothers. Funny yet effective. Bronn doesn't give a feck about anything but money so he stayed to his character.
Last 15 odd minutes was pretty good. Build up to the final war. Although, must say danny has been the biggest loser so far with all these war. Lost half of her army, lost Jorah, Lost two dragons and now lost Missandei.
Now my major complaint was the way they didn't even show the conversation between Arya, Jon, Sansa and Bran, and also the conversation between Sansa and Tyrion which revealed Jon was a targ. That was too important moment to be just skipped like that.
I really enjoyed the way the episode started with everyone celebrating (Although, could have cut some parts and done something more important). Really liked the way gendry was rewarded, good story telling.
Loved the tension between Sansa and Dany. Also, good logic of involving Arya into the conversation as she is a stark.
Tormund was gold in comedy this episode, some nice relief after the tension of last episode.
Again maybe in minority but I liked Bronn's scene with Lannister brothers. Funny yet effective. Bronn doesn't give a feck about anything but money so he stayed to his character.
Last 15 odd minutes was pretty good. Build up to the final war. Although, must say danny has been the biggest loser so far with all these war. Lost half of her army, lost Jorah, Lost two dragons and now lost Missandei.
Now my major complaint was the way they didn't even show the conversation between Arya, Jon, Sansa and Bran, and also the conversation between Sansa and Tyrion which revealed Jon was a targ. That was too important moment to be just skipped like that.
Oh wait, Euron's ironborn are destroying ships with the scorpions too
I still underestimated Qyburn, not only stabilized machine gun ballistae, they are actually firing rockets
He’s basically a wizard who brought back the Mountain as Frankenstein’s zombie and helped blow up a sept with super dooper green fire and this is this is the thing people find difficult to believe?
Yeah, I did like that reference to Dorne. Even if people hated everything about that storyline it shouldn't be forgotten as being part of the seven kingdoms.
Gendry is no longer a bastard. So he's heir to Robert's throne now. King Gendry!
Maybe the mention of the dragons hardly eating in the first episode of the season wasn’t just a throwaway line and they’re significantly weakened?
I can’t think of any other reason why she wouldn’t have just torched them in retaliation.
According to whom? A self-proclaimed queen that isn't even sitting on the iron throne?
Of course this is the part, because it's the one closest to actual historical technology, without any mention of magic stuff in the making.
I get where you're coming from, but we've seen this play out so many times now as the audience. We've basically known of Jon's parentage for some time, then we had it confirmed by Bran and Sam, then Sam telling Jon and THEN Jon telling Dany. Personally i'm glad they cut there as i didn't want to sit through another telling of it.
Yeah, that was weird. Bron was acting totally out of character (he’s blunt but not a cnut) and is then just like “yeah, see ya later when the war and shit’s over”. It’s either a rubbish send off to the character or a set up to an even lamer send off in the final episode. I’d rather have just seen him get randomly knocked off somehow than that nonsense.
You also have to ignore that Tyrion promised something which isn't his to give and Bronn just accepted without a care in the world.
If they made it Casterly Rock instead of Highgarden, with a plea to their friendship then whatever.
But imagine Tyrion asking Dany to give Highgarden to Cersei's hired knive, because he threatened him with a crossbow.
If you take that away too, what's left of the scene? It's like they put zero thought into their writing.