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More like George jr. He is such a silly man.

Best line of the episode. "Sit down Uncle."

Some vlogger I saw recently called Arya's ending spot on. I never considered one little question from way back would come back around. But it was clear they were making Sansa queen of the north. At least they didn't deter from that. I'm still digesting the rest. I suppose Sam doesn't get to marry since he is archmaester? There is logic in it but it doesn't tie together 7 seasons of build up to Jon's true identity. The was just tossed aside to neaten this up. Jon quits cheating on Ghost with dragons. Glad we cleared that up.

Fucking hell. Call it the long goodbye. They tied things up though.

I agree. I guess the writing of late isn't as good as it used to be. I appreciate they were pointing the way for Dany to go mad queen since the beginning. But it still feels like we skipped a gear recently in getting her there. Even though Dany killed Cersei, her death is down below and unseen. That is bad writing, unless she survives it, crawls out and runs into Tyrion who decides to stab her. The big villain demands a more interesting death. Cersei got hosed. Dany too. Rushed, all of it. Ten years spent telling a story just to have it hurried in the end.

I am full of smart ass comments on this episode. Jamie killed Cersei with kindness. The dumbest Lannister killed Cersei. The smartest Lannister helped. In the end the Lannister boys tried to save Cersei. I guess this is consistency. I am mulling this over. Dany had a temper tantrum. Burn them all! When Arya saves, people die. It is only when Arya kills that people live. Frankenstein was killed by his monster.

We complain about the story. But the special effects are fantastic! The dragons are beautiful! The battles are absolutely stunning to watch.

Did anyone find the fight between Jamie and Euron funny? Even before Euron's famous last comment, I was laughing. Then his smile and announcing as he dies, I killed Jamie Lannister was too much. Battle of the stupids. Euron is a great pirate but no more.

True, the bottom line is the bottom line in Hollywood. All these stories can be produced with cool effects because they make a big profit while it appeals to a broad audience. The writing for profit is always going to sacrifice some of the intelligence and depth behind it. But even then writing must follow formulas. The intelligent audience must find satisfaction in the book that George R R Martin has woven into such a tangle he seems to be struggling to write himself out.

I tend to agree with this idea you are developing about this not being one person. Indeed the surviving Stark children have a combined purpose working together. Arya didn't kill the NK by herself. She was almost killed but Bran was able to kill the NK bc Arya tried. I like this symphony. [Correction, I was wrong. I had to watch in slowmo to see what happened. Arya dropped the dagger into her other hand and stabbed him, her trade-mark, last resort-move.] I liked it anyway , but I LOVE that Arya was the one to kill the NK with her bad ass moves. She is my favorite character anyway, but now I can worship her. A girl serves the many faced god greatly. The wolf pack. Nymeria lives because she returned to the pack. I was sure Ghost was going to die. I think his status is unknown at the moment. But Ghost is alone, unless he bonds with the dragon and starts riding one. Or worse, it turns into a Shrek movie.

Something is troubling me about this. Cercei. That bitch gets away with everything!

[Spoilers] It was the best of the series which had a high bar. It was even more intense than Battle of the Bastards. That was impressive! Everything is down hill from here. They just got Winterfell redecorated and look, now they have to fix the place up again. Whew!There are so many high points! Interesting way to use the screaming Dothraki horde, turning them into a massive flaming blade. Watching the unsullied stand off against the dead.

He has been demoted to house pet.

Yep, it was clearly a goodbye episode right down to them sitting around a fire, getting drunk one last time, reminiscing about the good ole days when they were all enemies. Sigh. Everything was too drawn out before, now it's rushed.

Ghost shrunk. He was a normal sized dog. They forgot to feed him.