Snormund

1 for ruining Jaime forever. 

3 minutes ago, Nightwish said:

Now 3 remaining episodes just for Cersei seem a lot, awfully a lot...

Cersei AND Urine. 

2 minutes ago, ferrelhadley said:

Once inside castles have narrow openings, you would not have been given the time to deploy so large a force it would be picked off peace-meal as you tried to deploy.  And opening the gates is a bad idea in siege warfare. 

Dragons need to eat. 

Well, if they started deploying and it lured the army of the dead closer, they could start picking them off, yes? Of course, I’m obviously no expert on warfare of any kind.

5 minutes ago, ferrelhadley said:

Because their other option would have been a siege. They would have starved in months. At any point the Night's King could have pulled his army back and simply waited. 

It would be worth seeing if the NK would actually attack them methinks. If it was clear he wasn’t going to, then they could have gone to the strategy they used in this episode. There was nothing stopping the NK from waiting them out once they retreated. Besides the dragons of course, so I suppose the battle could have just been between them. Hard to see that ending in the NK’s death tho. 

6 minutes ago, ferrelhadley said:

And where would they have gotten that much pitch. What happens about 30 minutes later when its burnt out. 

That’s fair but it’s still insane that they met them in an open field. I had honestly forgotten about Valeriyan steel not permakilling the wights so I guess I didn’t think of it. If they did go the burning route (without Mel’s help that is) the army of the dead could have just waited for the fires to die down, or just sacrificed themselves until it was smothered if the fires were low enough. As another poster mentioned, they could have starved then out as well. 

3 minutes ago, Ser Gareth said:

Two fully grown Dragons.  No army in Westeros can stand against that.

Ah, but you forget about Cersei’s magic ballistae!

7.5? 

Probably less if I thought about it more. 

7 minutes ago, Consigliere said:

As a standalone I would rate this episode 9/10 (thought it just dragged on a bit too long. Could have been shortened by 15 minutes or so without losing anything). However, I simply cannot just ignore the nonsense setup in the previous episodes which makes me want to rate this episode 5/10. But I decided to split the difference and go with 7/10. Set design - great; costuming - very good; music - excellent; CGI - top notch; acting - mostly good, but a turd of a script continues to drag the show down. And this is the most frustrating thing about GoT for me: the show could have been so much more if only the same amount of care, effort and attention to detail that goes into set and costume design, music choices and CGI was put into the writing.

4/10 for the season. Weakest season of GoT saved only by a big budget.

I agree! It's not like the show is incapable of being good. It still has its moments for sure and is almost always entertaining. My rankings are based on comparison to the plots of the  book and earlier seasons. They have gotten lazy and fanservice-y. 

I ranked this episode a 1 mainly because of the incest and the way we're expected to cheer for it tbqh. I hate it so much 

2 minutes ago, LucyMormont said:

Oh, come on.  Royal european houses had endogamous marriages all the time in the real world,  it was a common practice. It is still a common practice in some societies, and most important,  this is a fictional world. 
Dany and Jon are not siblings, they are not mother and son, and those are the true incestuos relationships. 
Aunt and nephew have the same consanguinity rate as the real king Louis XIV had with his wife (double first cousins), and nobody thought it was weird. Many centuries before, Abraham and Sara were half-siblings, they had the same father, and nobody thought it was weird.
 Right and wrong varies over time and cultures. So please, don't try to imposs your viewpoint about what's right and wrong to the whole viewership. Or do it if you want, but you should be ready to see that many people don't share your concerns.

and how many rulers throughout history born of incest were psycho? 

Exactly. 

I'm getting really sick of people saying it doesn't matter if an aunt fucks her nephew. 

If they have kids there is a strong chance they will be defective. 

1 minute ago, Rant and Rave said:

That's ironic. I'm somewhat of a new member but I've been reading here for a long time. Somehow, I'd wager most of your post are at attacking this show.

 

But whatever, to each his own

I just get angry with the direction the show has gone in because it used to be amazing. It still is definitely exciting and my 1 rating is based on comparisons to earlier seasons. In a vacuum it's not a 1 because it's still entertaining. 

2 minutes ago, Rant and Rave said:

Let me guess, you give it  a 1!

Am I right?

Why do you continue to watch a show you continuously trash? I'm not attacking you, I'm just asking. Why? week after week do you watch this show, continuously come to a forum to just keep trashing it? Why not go watch go a series that you think is good?

 

Let me be clear, I couldn't care less but I 'm curious 

Because I'm so emotionally invested in the story I can't just stop. Plus some episodes are still enjoyable. 

Dragons+sex is enough for a ten for so many people lol. 

This show set set a high standard and it should be graded accordingly. If it had always been like this that'd be one thing. But it hasn't. 

17 minutes ago, Ingelheim said:

That was not the Rock, it was King's Landing right from the beginning.

Ok I'm an idiot. Thanks. 

Can anyone explain the beginning of this episode which literally made no sense. 

How did Jaime retake the rock and how are the unsullied fine and dandy outside. 

And then it gets ignored and Jaime warps back to kings landing. 

PLEASE tell me I missed something or misunderstood something. Please someone 

Quoting Fat Tony

"I am not so much disappointed as I am blinded with rage"

fuck this awful show 

1 because there is no zero option. 

54 minutes ago, Ser Gareth said:

Well the Ravens talk so anything is possible!

But the main point is we're never told how long they were on that rock for or how long it took to get there.  They may have been on there for four or five days for all we know.  But irrespective it was poor story telling.

Can't ravens talk IRL?

33 minutes ago, 4 Eyed Crow said:

It's a relief to know that the show will be ending in a year or two. 

Agreed but depending on what they do they can still twist the knife in further. 

2 minutes ago, Lurid Jester said:

This is the first episode of GoT that didn't make me thirsty for more episodes of GoT.  

I still want to know what happens but I feel you. This is probably the the first episode I got this upset watching and actively wanted it to stop. 

1 minute ago, Pandean said:

I wish I could do that too.

I've actually never read LOTR.

Well worth reading. You definitely should.  

People rating this a 10 is just mind boggling to me. 

What hat did you rate episodes in the first four seasons? 865728?

1.  Atrocious. 

See my posts in rant and rave if you want an explanation. 

12 minutes ago, El Guapo said:

He is the Hand of the Queen and Dany didn't object to his suggestion. Randyll on the hand rejected it.

Muh Dany. 

I'll go with a 6. Plenty of complaints but some good moments and I was entertained.