JCB Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 I actually thought the majority of the character twists were anything but gratuitous. It's a curve-ball show and we got some curve-balls. Varys was amazing in his scenes. The Euron/Jaime fight was pretty good. Cersei's childlike "I don't like this" at the end was completely spot-on. Arya's insight with the Hound, etc., etc., etc. It's not like they didn't layer in this stuff many seasons ago. As for the Scorpions, it's a Dany arc. Arrogance and over-confidence leading to over-compensatory violence. The family way? Much better than last week. I was highly entertained. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StillUnknown Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 all the ways they could have chosen for Cersei to go out and they literally go with a box of rocks let that sink in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinthePRF Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 If the show was shooting for, "Well, that sucked." Mission accomplished. Well, that sucked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forehead Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 11 minutes ago, Renegade7 said: That horse reminded me this is a fantasy show. I was ready for her to scream Arthax and have it sink into a bog. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRobi21 Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 I even could have lived with Arya going down with the rubble if it meant putting that dagger in Cersei. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionary Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 (edited) I thought it was pretty great, despite things going differently than I would have hoped in some ways. It was sad to see Dany snap like that, but I can see it after everything she's lost. Wasn't really happy with what happened with Jamie and Cersie, though it was well done and poetic, but I think once again we all bought into theories that were different than reality. On the other hand she died with Jamie's arms around her.... I really wish Jamie had stayed with Briene though or gone back to her. Oh well. Love or addiction was the end of him, I guess. The chaos and destruction was masterfully done. I wasn't too keen on the horse at the end, but it was a cool surreal touch, even if it seems a little silly. I do wonder what happens to Drogon, the Unsullied, and the Dothraki if Dany dies now. Edited May 13, 2019 by visionary 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warhead36 Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 Varys deserved better then to die in the first 5 minutes. I liked that Jamie/Cersei died together, but it should have been in fire or something, not being buried alive underground. I think it would have been better if Jamie died bleeding out in Cersei's arms, with Cersei then burning alive shortly afterwards. Hound and Mountain had fitting deaths: both dying beating the crap out of and ultimately killing each other. No surprise Dany has gone full heel and is now the show's final "villain." It'll be Jon Snow that reverses the Targeryan streak of tyranny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bacon Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 All it took was a couple arrows to **** Dany over a couple episodes ago. Surely the entirety of Westeros united can take out one dragon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warhead36 Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 Ohh yeah the horse at the end was kinda lame I'll agree. I think its supposed to symbolize death or something? Isn't a pale white horse some kinda metaphor for death? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogofWar1 Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 On the whole I didn't dislike the episode. I am let down a bit that the scorpions just did nothing. Like no fancy strategy needed or anything, just fly at them and burn. Piccolo would be proud of that dragon. Dany just snapping was a little off for me. Like, okay, fly at the Red Keep and burn it, cool. Spend 20 minutes burning literally everything BUT the Red Keep? That's just gratuitous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TradeTheBeal! Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 2 minutes ago, Warhead36 said: Ohh yeah the horse at the end was kinda lame I'll agree. I think its supposed to symbolize death or something? Isn't a pale white horse some kinda metaphor for death? https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation+6%3A8&version=KJV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Riggo-toni Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 (edited) I guess I am in the minority, but I thought it was great. That sword Arya saw on the fried corpse - was that John's wolf handle? Edited May 13, 2019 by Riggo-toni 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark327 Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 6 minutes ago, Riggo-toni said: I guess I am in the minority, but I thought it was great. That sword Arya saw on the fried corpse - was that John's wolf handle? I think that was the toy horse of that the litte girl and mother she tried to save. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Excuses Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 Dany going mad queen after winning the war... this episode both sucked but also gave some other characters satisfying endings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShredSkins Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 Im so pissed off and disappointed. I've been a fan and thought all the hate and criticism was way overboard lately. But that sucked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooked Crack Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 Still can't buy Daeny going full mad queen. Would have been a great episode if they actually planned this properly. Y'all had years to get this right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forehead Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 (edited) Well, she "did" liberate them all from a tyrant. I mean they're dead now...but liberated. Also, I'm willing to bet LKB loved this episode. Edited May 13, 2019 by Forehead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Excuses Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 The only satisfying ending now is if the show ends with Mad Queen Dany and every sane person taking exile north of the ex-Wall. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lombardi's_kid_brother Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 This show has lost any semblance of logic and believability. No woman likes her super attractive best friend that much. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionary Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 3 minutes ago, Cooked Crack said: Still can't buy Daeny going full mad queen. Would have been a great episode if they actually planned this properly. Y'all had years to get this right. I think they did...the clues are there...hints for years and one by one the people around her that she loves dying or turning against her in one way or another and she realized the people would never accept her like she wanted. I think they could have made her snap or her thinking a bit more clear maybe though. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StillUnknown Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 probably my favorite episode of the season, but they seriously dropped the ball with Cersei Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Excuses Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 A lot of people who named their kid Daenerys regret it tonight. 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogofWar1 Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 (edited) I think the problem I have with this episode is that it hit all the expected notes but not in super satisfying ways. Scorpions are overcome...but not by any fancy strategy or anything. Dany goes crazy...but in the moment it's not super clear exactly why she's burning the city instead of the Red Keep. Cersei dies...but it's in some unsatisfying rubble cave-in. Jon vs. Dany was where episode 6 needed to go, and it's now there. Getting there was kinda by-the-book "we need to hit these notes so hit them." Really I just wish Cersei had a better end. That would have made up for a lot. I think I give it a 7/10. Cleganebowl was good tho. Edited May 13, 2019 by DogofWar1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destino Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 The shows become a spoof of itself. These aren’t “twists” so much as random **** thrown together by writers forced to heap flesh onto the rotten bones of a terrible outline. Garbage. Burning garbage. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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