Game of Thrones... best episode ever...
Are we not doing this regularily?
Best episode so far.
I'm not lieing when I say I got goosebumps when Sansa walked in the door. It has been so long, waiting for a Stark reunion...
For this reason alone I am not a show over books fan.
jdon
edit: I changed the title. Sorry dudes. I was just overwhelmed.
When I saw Stanza and John hug it out, I felt very verklempt.
It's Sansa !
but i had to look up the word verklempt. After a visit to Urban Dictionary, I agree!
I wonder what the next surprise is. Things are moving very quickly right now to the point where I finally believe that they could wrap it all up with this year plus another 13 episodes (or whatever the purported number was).
I wonder what is going to come of Jorah's greyscale?
I expect Dany to land in dorne (Kings landing?) by the end of this season. I expect greyscale to breakout before that and throw a huge wrench in her army. (Basically replacing the flux outside mereen with greyscale inside)...
any other ideas?
I can see the final image of the season being the camera panning out to a fleet of ships carrying the Dothraki army across the narrow sea to Westeros, with a dragon flying across the screen the instant before the credits roll.
Right up there with the best. It's really hard to rank that though. There are so many good ones. I have a feeling there will be more even better. Whenever Aria gets to kill Cersei, Walter Frey and The Mountain will be my favorite. Jon getting to kill the Kingslayer and Ramsey are also much anticipated hopes of mine. Go Thrones!
I got a gift last Xmas of the series of 5 books. Had several other books to finish up but looking for a good summer read. I suppose with causual reading I can finish one book per month. I don't have HBO, so only got to see the series a few times while visiting relatives with HBO.
the world is fantastic, the storyline is solid, and the writing is very serviceable. they are well worth the read.
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My favorite was the third book. Maybe GRRM started to lose interest after that. As noted everywhere, he's not afraid to kill off major characters. One meme shows him with the caption of "Have a favorite character? Not any more." Oh, and he gives long and detailed descriptions of food. (Many, many mentons of dishes such as lamprey pie.)
is that we *might* not get an end to the book series. He's taking forever to get it done and has a ton of plot lines to tie up.
I'd read them, but just keep that in mind. I wouldn't get too invested in them yet.
they could have easily dragged out sansa getting to the wall. instead, it was first thing in the episode. hardly a spoiler, more like a relief.
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Loved that fight scene, was well done using speed and elusiveness against brute force and strength, the sudden turn of events was fantastic, as was everyone's reactions to it. Ellaria's scream was the perfect mix of surprise and horror.
My favoried fight though was between the Hound and Brienne, only because she started off using fighting technique then realized that the Hound was not going to fight fair, and it became an outright brawl.
What's Dothraki for: "I'm not locked in here with you. You're locked in here with me"?
"anha'm vo locked she here ma yer.yer're locked she here ma anna"
The closest that I could find :D
Whoever the CGI body double for Emilia Clarke was had a nice rack.
It wasn't a body double but this is the Instagram account of the one used in season 5. Holy shit.
Her breasts looked slightly larger and perkier than they have in previous seasons is all. That and she hardly moved at all in the scene after walking out of the fire made me think that it was CGI below the neck.
In any case
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OK, I'm sure this will be heresy to book fans, but... as presented in the series so far, the entire Greyjoy/Pyke storyline and all the characters up to and including Theon are complete sidetracks from the main thrust of the story.
Perhaps in the books there's a reason the Greyjoys play any part in the unfolding events, but in this TV series they have done nothing, contributed nothing (save giving us a chance to see Ramsay's sadism, but there's no shortage of that). Theon burnt down Winterfell, but Hell, Ramsay lives there now, so how bad can that have even been?
They have nothing to do with:
Events in King's Landing and the war (which they call the War of 5 Kings, but we never saw the Ironborn do much of anything);
Dany and her development into a righteous ruler;
Events at and beyond the Wall, including the Walkers.
Seriously, as put forth in the series (I have not read the books clearly) in what way would the story be changed if the entire Ironborn subplot and all Greyjoys were simply excised fom the storyline?
I say this as the poster abvove is very excited about the Kingsmoot, and I am mystified why?
I also want to see what will happen at the Kingsmoot... a vote, armed combat, a fishing competition??
Theon was a ward of Ned Stark and grew up with Rob/Jon/Sansa/Arya/Bran/Rickon. There's a famlial connection despite Theon's asshattery. As said elsewhere, Theon's story is whether he can be redeemed for turning on the Starks and Greyjoys.
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No worries. I don't give a fuck what happens to Bran. For some reason that pisses everyone off.
is that the future of their story and the possibility for what that could mean for the larger battles to come will be significant. Just a thought, nothing concrete.
Victarion isn't in the show but Asha going to rescue Theon after receiving a, uh, piece of Theon. I'm not really sure what was important in the books that wasn't shown so far in the show. You basically miss a bit of Damphair and Victarion. All the "important" stuff in the books with the Greyjoys happens after the Kingsmoot. So I think Asha is going to take over Victarion's part and it will be pretty cool.
if you thought that was the best episode ever.
if you thought that was the best episode ever.
Best episode ever because Dany actually did something aside from announcing her 5 minute title roll call? Decent episide, hardly best ever.
As far as spoilery aspect is concerned. I think 24hrs is fair game.
no the stream is up on HBO Go about the same time as it starts airing on the east coast.
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Tough to beat to mountain and viper battle.
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Ok, Littlefinger should be flying from the Moon Door. He said they got jumped by Bolton men. Can't Royce just go" Um, hey, soldiers, did you guys get jumped by Bolton men?" "Nope, we trotted right into Winterfell and left Sansa there." "Ok, that's what I thought. Moon door!"
the Red Wedding...
I think Cersei is planning a double cross on the ol Tyrell's. Not sure how that impacts Margaery, though & the Tommen repercussions but the boy is easily swayed.
all her plans eventually backfire and you can add this to the list.
not even the best episode of the season. It was a water carrier...an episode needed to get critical elements closer to their goals.
My favorite part was the Small Council meeting, where Cersi gave a hint at the Clegane Bowl to come...where Cersi said, as part of her plan to bring down the High Sparrow, that she would have her trial in front of the 7. You just know she will seek a trial by combat and anoint Franken-Mountain as her champion. The High Sparrow will then turn to the Dog...I think that will be an episode 8 match.
Isn't the Hound dead? Or are you expecting a surprise return?
#cleganebowl GET HYPE
Ian McShane is playing a monk (maybe priest) who restores a "thought to be dead" character to the series. All evidence points to this being the Hound, who is going to get religion.
I'm going to be interersted to see what the producers do to get me to care which side wins the Battle of the Cleganes. The Mountain is certainly the less sympathetic character, but the High Sparrow isn't a very sympathetic sponser.
Blackwater was my favorite episode. I can't rewatch Baelor, so maybe that should receive some credit.
don't go back on your word to the late Walder Frey.