I’m so happy Arya was the one who got that moment. Especially that it meant Jon didn’t—wow he was useless here. Not as useless as Bran, but goddamn shocking how minimal his contributions were.

I don’t even give a fuck if Arya being the savior was a total ass pull. That was an hour and twenty minutes of pure hell, I NEEDED to see that spikey headed fucker go down.  Arya is the King we needed!

I believe it was said that the producers have expanded the stories of characters they think are acted particularly well - theon, davos, and melisandre specifically.

I guess it’s in character for Jon to be stupid.

I saw it because Arya is all about doing the things that she wants to do.  If she wanted Gendry in her previous life it probably wouldn’t have happened for her.  In the life she would have had to live as a lady she would not have been able to have a lover on her terms.  In her current life she has agency, she can have…

And of course Pod can sing.  Because Pod can do anything.

That part was wonderful. I’m rooting for Theon to survive for the same reason I’m rooting for Jon to survive- Sansa will be sad if they bite it, and she deserves the world.

Ah yes, Chekhov’s iron Islands, I didn’t consider that. Also, regarding next season, you might want to sit down for what I’m about to tell you...

Game of Thrones can do spectacle like nobody’s business— and we’ll see that I’m sure next week— but what’s made it special was always the character building, interactions, family, friends, honor, love, and the politics.

They kept mentioning the crypts, and how safe they will be. Which means they absolutely will not be safe at all.

The absolute gall to use two of the final 6 episodes to simply let our favorite characters chill at Winterfell — and to somehow turn out one of the show’s finest hours in the process. I was worried that the buildup to the Night Attack would crumble in the face of the attack itself. Now, the entire narrative is better…

Fucking fantastic episode. They are going to wring every little bit of drama and comedy over various characters introductions and reunions and I am absolutely here for it.

A lot of people are going to die next week. They wanted us to spend time with everybody, so the deaths will mean something.

And they really let the scene breathe, took their time. It was lovely, all around.

Out of everyone, the person I most want to survive until the end is Tormund.

Well Brianne might not get together with with Jaime or Tormund, but damn if seeing her knighted wasn’t one of the most uplifting moments in the show’s history.

I didn’t think this series had an episode left like that in it. Last week was all boring table setting. This week was a table setting episode too, but my god, it was brilliant. It’s what a table setting episode should be. It basked in who these characters are, and made so many beautiful moments from it. It showed what…

The Brienne scene, man. Just so wonderful to see the show and the characters acknowledge that there’s no one more just, more honorable, and more compassionate than the big woman.

“I want to fight for Winterfell, Lady Sansa, if you’ll have me.”

The big woman still here?