Not sure I care. GoT's stayed well-written and well acted- if that holds up, I'm not that bothered about being surprised.

Good point.

Yes- & that's kind of the point. This wasn't a 'with one leap the universe was saved & everything was OK' kind of finale. This was a finale along the lines of what Capaldi said at the end of 'Mummy on the Orient Express'- 'sometimes all you have are bad choices. But you still have to choose.' So the most Nardole and…

You do know that Trump is massively unpopular in the UK?

Well, that worked.

This was wonderful- and at the end, heartbreaking.

Don't think he will.

We've got a future showrunner here, haven't we?

And that was a lot of fun. Thin Ice is still the standout (in fact, for character reasons and just-damn-fine-writing Thin Ice is looking like a bit of a classic) but I enjoyed this one. Good run so far.

Oh, but this series has grown.

Yep, liked the article and loved the Lego Batman movie (far more than BvS). Thing is, though: one of the things I like about the Nolan films is the strand of humour in them. Sometimes that humour is black, & sometimes it's surprisingly playful- which really helps shade both character and plot.

I feel slightly better after reading this. Thanks.

Got to this one on my Netflix journey through the series. I have tried to watch the squat cobbler discussion a couple of times, and I haven't managed to get to the end. Going to have to skip it and watch the rest of the ep. Then go back to it when I've stopped laughing.

Netflixing my way through this. Really pretentious thought is that Breaking Bad was Dostoyevsky (lots of extremity, ultimate damnation, unpredictable, complex etc) and this is Chekhov (lots of character detail, small changes, moral ambiguity). Both work, & this is shaping up really well three eps in; but it's…

Watched the episode again- if anything, even more impressed the second time. And more convinced that the answer to the question posed at the top of this article is, to show us what victory does to the good guys. The battle isn't an exercise in emotional catharsis; it's hell. Dany's victory tells us about her arrogance…

A guy like him should be able to claim allegiance from the Houses that side with him because he's not a Stark.

Got to admit, I think you've missed it with this one. The first part of the episode gave us a battle from the normal fantasy perspective: big, heroic, thrilling, inspiring (and it also critiqued that perspective; Tyrion reminding Danny that, when she acts, more people than the Masters would get killed). And then the…

Not sure about this; the series has already shown that Ramsay's a very good leader.

That was an excellent line, after a great scene.

Yep. Lots of brilliant character stuff, and the same sense that the rest of the season's had of things building to a climax.