I don't know how people still act like GRRM is a "no one is safe" type of writer.

I don't think that would happen, but that's still really interesting to point out.

There are no jokes in Blazing Saddles that ask us to laugh at Cleavon Little for being a black man. There are plenty of jokes that come from other characters REACTING to him as a black man, but those jokes are at their expense, not his.

Notice that the quote is "a man falls down an open manhole," not "a black man falls down an open manhole" or "a gay man falls down an open manhole."

Ringo Starrk was right there.

As a very definitive death? I would say yes, you are the only one.

Jon: "Look, your Grace! Cave paintings that prove what I've been saying about the Night King is true!"
Dany: "You've been down here by yourself since yesterday. How do I know you didn't draw these this morning?"
Jon: "…"
Dany: "…"
Jon: "…"
Dany: "Well?"
Jon: "Give me a minute, I'm not a good liar."

Okay, I think I'm literally the only person commenting on this review who hasn't watched more than one episode yet, but that's okay because it's not relevant to what I'm about to say.

I look forward to Rey and Finn traveling back in time to stop Darth Vader from killing Obi-Wan, and then traveling back in time again to stop R2 and Threepio from landing on Tatooine, and then traveling back in time again to, I dunno, sabotage the podrace from Episode 1 or something.

90% of the main story was told through voice over. But there were at least three other stories going on that you could only piece together by reading.

Yeah, but something like 65% of all people in Westeros are related to at least one Frey by marriage.

I mean… Cersei, I guess.

If everyone in Westeros bent the knee to whoever claimed they were in charge, regardless of who they were, none of the events of this series would have happened.

On the one hand, sure.

True. Part of that's probably because there are only so many ways you can check in with a character who's on a ship, whereas on foot they can come across new people, get into trouble, be forced to take a detour, etc.

Next week on Game of Thrones

Time it takes an entire fleet to sail from the Sea of Dorne to King's Landing and then all the way back out to Casterly Rock: One episode

Not King's Landing, Casterly Rock.

It was quite a case of whiplash learning who Marty was just two weeks ago via D23 coverage, being really happy that someone like him was still around, and then waking up this morning to find that he passed away.

Dorne is the least populous of the Seven Kingdoms. They maintain their reputation by pretending to be much more powerful than they really are, with a much bigger army than they really have. Since most of Dorne is inhospitable desert, nobody ever really drops by to check and see if they're telling the truth.