It seems like they’ve pretty effectively depopulated the rural areas (around the border at least, hence the talk of ‘giving the land back to nature’) and, given Lawrence’s concern about his travel permits being rescinded, that Gilead relies on a series of internal checkpoints closer to the population centers to…

Basically just an astronomy club at this point.

Yeah, that whole scene I was thinking, is anyone going to bring up that this is just a Kingsmoot?

I agree, that was rushed. However, it’s a little unclear what their military strength is relative to the North bannermen. Without Drogron they may not have been in a position to force the issue.

I....actually liked the ending. I’m sort of shocked.

They could have paced the episodes more effectively, even with only six. Did we really need two whole episodes sitting around Winterfell before the Night King attacked? Couldn’t have tied that thread up in the premiere?

She was very clearly not wearing one a couple episodes back when she checked into the hotel in the flash forward.

Well, he last stupid decision resulted in the White Walkers getting an ice dragon and taking down the wall, and possibly the extinction of the human race, but hey, who’s counting?

Look, I know incest has always been a thing in GoT, but did they have put ‘Jon is actually a Targaryan’ voice over on right while Jon and Dany were getting it on?

I dunno, I figure the bots will go anywhere and the trolls probably already have a Kinja account just to shit post on Jezebel if nothing else.

Couldn’t have waited until after the GoT finale for this? That’s, like, your Super Bowl.

Yes! That's exactly what I thought they were setting up.

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Let's all take a moment to remember Ghost and his noble sacrifice for the dragons' special effects budget.

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So Sam is just leaving the one place in the world that has the info he needs, but it's cool b/c he grabbed a few scrolls at random on the way out. Sure hope he grabbed the 'How to Kill the Night King' one and not 'The Complete Annotated Guide to the High Septon's Shits Vol I-IV'

And get your damn 30 gold dragons back!

When I saw them set up with spears and shields, I thought that would be effective against the Dothraki charge…but then, you know, dragon….

The Dothraki can be brutal, but I don't think they're mindless killing machines. These Dothraki are the ones that specifically chose to follow Dany, and she doesn't want them to go rampaging through the capital.Them getting out of her control might be interesting, but I don't think that's what they're moving toward.

Not like Cersei would ever burn all her enemies alive or anything like that, right?