Tyrion's talk with Dany about how she wants to rule (and who might follow her) did seem to be a distraction when her mind should have been on other things, but it was filled with the sort of quiet wisdom that he (and Peter Dinklage) does so well.Įlsewhere, the Stark sisters squared off, with the creepy reveal of Arya's faces in her travelling bag and some true tension between the pair. Keeping to the format of this season, we had quiet discussions of the future and tactics offsetting the huge scrap. He's a mean one, that frosty grinch.Īnd though the majority of the show was given up to the climactic ice battle, there was still room for the story to showcase other scenes. Even the Night King got another iconic moment, taking out a spear and downing a dragon. Plus: Coldhands! Yes, he might be a bit of a Benjen Ex Machina, but it was tough not to be happy when he rode in to help Jon. Sure, there were some lucky escapes (thankfully the show chose to telegraph Dany's arrival) and one or two eyebrow-raising moments where known characters looked like they might end up zombified, only to escape, but the stakes felt high enough. When it came time for the chatting to stop and the fighting to start, the creators didn't disappoint and the cast threw themselves into it – occasionally literally. Yes, it kept to the basics of the wartime mission movie, where you know we're getting moments because not everyone will make it out alive, but it worked. Putting the likes of Tormund, the Hound, Thoros and Jorah together were some inspired combinations, and the banter flowed naturally, along with the typically salty dialogue from Clegane and co. With a little extra breathing room, the scenes in the snow were ripe with bonding moments between the men on the mission. Kudos also to the stunt and effects team – the sight of Jon and the rest struggling to survive on an ice island were the sort of zombie-stuffed visuals that The Walking Dead can only dream about. And it was all wrapped up with some of the most gorgeous location work the show has put on screen in a long time.Ĭredit partly goes to series creators David Benioff and DB Weiss for getting us to this point, and to Alan Taylor for marshaling the action. But it's to the show's credit that Beyond The Wall worked as well as it did, mixing real tension, a few lucky escapes and some true tragedy together into a compelling whole. And, if we're all honest, it was a crazy plan to begin with. Look, no one ever expected the mission to capture a wight to go well. This week: Jon and the gang are on thin ice beyond the wall. If you have any burning questions about this episode or others from this Season that need answering, go here. What appears to be The Hound from the Season 7 finale.A quick image from the trailer for Season 7's finale seems to show The Hound getting ready to fight (wouldn't it be awesome if he was holding Thoros' flaming sword?) and since we also know that Daenerys and her crew will be heading there to try and form an uneasy alliance with Cersei, it's possible that Ser Sandor and Ser Gregor will clash.Beware! The night is dark and full of terrors, and this review will have spoilers. It would be Round 2 of the fight these two started back in Season 1, with both of them now having been resurrected, in a way, and brought back from certain death. How would Jaqen have Arya's face without killing her? Welp, that's a hole, now isn't it? Another Season 7 theory, this one directly involving Sunday's feature-length finale, "The Dragon and the Wolf," involves the subtly hyped-for-years "Cleganebowl" - the inevitable second showdown between The Hound and his vile (now half-dead) brother The Mountain. My idea is less extreme than that and just uses the Nymeria reunion in the woods as a turning point to actually send her to King's Landing and "No One" to Winterfell. I know there are some who think Arya never actually made it back to Westeros, and that she's really just been the Waif in Arya skin the whole time. 15 Images Hell, it's no more crazy than my personal weird theory that Arya Stark never made it to Winterfell.
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