It was a way to remind us of Aegon I’s prophecy. 

Well, Cheese IS a rat catcher...he’s just pretending that’s why he’s there at that moment.

The dragons!

We root for the characters with the best drip. Who looked the coolest this week? Probably Rae and Aemond

It’s an interesting choice to have the premiere be mostly character work and intrigue without much action until the end. It works, because the characters and casting for the show are just so good - that’s been true since the beginning of the first season.

I don’t think it’s that weird. He's the one who did the killing, he's the natural target.

We root for Helaena and Cregan. 

Because he hasn’t run over any innocent people yet. Gotta give him a chance to really prove how dangerous he is, apparently. 

I think there’s an honest conversation to be had about whether this individual is truly a goofus maloofus or more of a dorkus malorkus.

“lotion”

So are we just not gonna talk about this?

And “goofus maloofus”...good one.

Ah, like most things, the issue is so clear and easily solved (ban monetization of videos like these) but for some reason (greed) we’d rather just let these idiots get wealthy by dangerously disobeying agreed upon laws and norms.

There.  I fixed the headline for you.

Just like there was in S1. The show is usually pretty good, but it’s not perfect and never has been. I just feel like I’ve seen a lot more shitting on this season that I didn’t see on S1, and I think a lot of what’s good and bad about this season is on par with the same from S1. So it does make me question why that…

I can’t help wondering if there is some misogyny in this and a lot of other criticisms of the season. Honestly, it may be my favorite season of the show. 

I didn’t get the sense watching the last season that anything was unresolved. I’m sure the writers and producers had ideas, but I was satisfied with where Season 4 ended. They also claim that they weren’t making it up as they went along but seasons 3 & 4 absolutely felt that way, and I say that as a Westworld…

My theory is that most of the supernatural happenings will prove to be caused by the microorganisms that were being studied by the Tsalal group breaking free of their frozen prisons and somehow infecting everyone’s brains.

My wild speculation: the “she” will have something to do with the legend that Pete’s kid drew the creepy drawing of (cut to grandma’s dramatic storytelling in a later episode), but that’ll be the spiritual interpretation while the scientific one will be the microorganism was “reawakened” by the project (perhaps by…

This one felt like the most overt horror homage with the orange rolling back, the scientist seemingly getting possessed, and the “quid pro quo” bit. I couldn’t help but cackle at the possession voice—The Exorcist/Exorcist III came to mind too—from a combination of the creepy surprise and how over the top demon-y it…