White Harbors Wrath Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Judging from this episode we will most likely see 6 knights charging at 10 wildlings. This made me chuckle at first glance...then I fell into despair at the reality of it. That horses charging through the woods scene is probably the extent of the whole scene. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan the Man Baratheon Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 This made me chuckle at first glance...then I fell into despair at the reality of it. That horses charging through the woods scene is probably the extent of the whole scene. Came to the world of D&D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cas Stark Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Is there even going to be time for the Greyjoys in the next episode? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan the Man Baratheon Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Is there even going to be time for the Greyjoys in the next episode? Greyjoys? Who even are they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Señor de la Tormenta Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Leaked from Ep 10. Jon and Mance reach a truceAcknowledge that they must fight together to defeat the White WalkersSuddenly trumpets are heardMance looks outsidefire everywhere, knights are charging towards the wildlingsBaratheon men cutting down every man, woman and childMance valiantly fights, but is captured and burnt alive on the spotStannis arrivesOrders his men to rape every wildling womenA couple of his men protestStannis has them gelded for insubordinationOffers Jon a Lordship and orders him to burn all WeirwoodsJon refusesStannis then burns Jon alive on the orders of MelisandreSTANNIS! STANNIS! STANNIS!Written by David Benioff and Daniel Brett WeissSorry, you are missing that at some point he will say "dont phisically abuse my daughter" because he is a """"grey"""" character. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cas Stark Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Greyjoys? Who even are they? No one. LOL. But, seriously, kingsmoot has to be cut or moved to next season. I'm not even sure they have time to have Balon die on screen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Red Melli Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 (edited) Greyjoys? Who even are they? They were the fully armored guys who got their ass kicked by a shirtless maniac, also it seems the Ironborn are scared of dogs. Edited June 9, 2014 by The Red Melli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aFeastForDragons Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Is there even going to be time for the Greyjoys in the next episode? Maybe they will get another box to setup a pointless plot for next season where Yara sails to Winterfell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferocious Veldt Roarer Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 No one. LOL. But, seriously, kingsmoot has to be cut or moved to next season. I'm not even sure they have time to have Balon die on screen What do you mean, "moved to next season"? Kingsmoot belongs in the next season. It's something like 11th chapter of AFFC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex21 Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 A great episode, a great season, an of course a great book ASOS is the best book of ASOIAF. Now I want to watch the last episode and see if the showrunners are gonna show us Lady Stoneheart. This only could be better if Martin releases the date of publication of TWOW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Señor de la Tormenta Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 (edited) Those were the fully armored guys who got their ass kicked by a shirtless maniac, also it seems the Ironborn are scared of dogs.and who are giving up the north not because they split their forces between an attack to the reach, and an enormous journey to Essos, but because they dont give a shit or have less than 50 men all together. Edited June 9, 2014 by Señor de la Tormenta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan the Man Baratheon Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Maybe they will get another box to setup a pointless plot for next season where Yara sails to Winterfell. But who will defeat her iron born there? Will they be afraid of Pigeons next? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sun Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 (edited) I just watched it again. It's still a great episode and a 10 from me. However, it now occurs to me that there won't be time next week for LS. So seeing her will be a nice surprise, but at this point I'd bet on her being cut from the show. Edited June 9, 2014 by Sun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aFeastForDragons Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 But who will defeat her iron born there? Will they be afraid of Pigeons next? Manderly will eat them. He needs more Iron in his diet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chebyshov Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Oh lord, the Ironborn weren't afraid of the dogs, that was just kind of their "well this just got not worth it" moment. Theon bit Yara ffs. This was obviusly a lost cause. D&D were trying to create buy-in to her character, so that we understand what compells her next year for the kingsmoot, which I think will be left in. And it does belong in next season, so I'm not sure why we need them next episode. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greywolf2375 Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 D&D freaks are cute too. Ridiculous. anyone paying any attention knows the wildlings still have the upperhand x1000. they were just scoping things out like Jon said. Stannis will still save the day. Almost seems like some stuff may be pushed into next season though. Tyrion/Tywin possibly?? This. Paying attention to the last few episodes, how many times was it said there are more than 100,000 wildlings out there? And how many were killed in the battle? So there's still more than 100,000 out there and the NW lost...40% of their men? That fight might be over, but the battle is far from over. Stannis not showing up in the middle of that fight is fine - my hope is that they don't go back to the wall until the 2nd to last thing next week. Have Jon with Mance...have the horns blow and watch Stannis and his men run through the Wildlings right after Mance says he will crush all the crows. He gets his moment in the sun. Whats all this bitching? The Watch won that first assualt all on their own. Book purist and their BS I guess. This isn't anything with book purists...it's specifically about Stannis not showing up in this episode. It actually is following the books from that standpoint. Really? I thought this place was full of "D&D are great" cult members. Just because someone doesn't think that Stannis not showing up isn't a crime doesn't mean they are D&D fans. Leaving Stannis out was definitely the right move. It would all have been too rushed otherwise. I agree. Since they have decided to add in a lot of filler/additional scenes it needs to go back to episode 1 - and prior seasons - to drive the critique of the sitation being rushed or split. Could this have been handled in one episode? Maybe, but I don't think it would have looked/felt as strong. While I would have liked a better cliffhanger ending - Snow getting to Mance's tent maybe - I think splitting it is going to be fine. Stannis will come in and save the day with his men, the NW will live on and next season we will see the discussions about the castles of the NW being turned over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferocious Veldt Roarer Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 (edited) Jon's climax for the season finale should have been him becoming LC. Now that will either be rushed or pushed to next season. So in that respect, it deviated from the books. They tried to fit something into E09 that should have been earlier in the season, because they wanted a large, fabulous battle for the penultimate. Which is why they combined two fronts of the battle. If they were true to the pacing of the books, they would have repelled the Thenn-attack, dealt with Ygritte's death there. Then dealt with the siege. My point is that if you're going to mush that together to make a Helm's Deep episode, then you better also include Gandalf's arrival. It just fell a bit flat without it. I wouldn't say "flat". Rather "incomplete". It's not a bug, it's a feature, that's how the penultimate episode is supposed to be. Ideally, to make you jump from your chair and angrily shout "where is my fucking conclusion?!" at the screen, and impatiently wait whole week for the finale. Edited June 9, 2014 by FerociousVeldtRoarer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daemon I Blackfyre Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Woh, they killed Pyp, Grenn and Thorne (probably?).C'mon...Why all three? I could understand Thorne's death since he doesn't do much else in the books after this. Well to be fair it's the same thing for Grenn and Pyp, but they are Jon friends and greatest allies in the Nightswatch along with Edd, Sam and Satin after he's elected commander. In the show there sure isn't a lot of memorable NW characters left, so why kill off even Grenn and Pyp? Bad mistake imho. Everything else was pretty much great. Even tough I dislike how they captured Tormund...This is going to make everything way too simple for his sub-plot in the show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkAndFullOfTurnips Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Woh, they killed Pyp, Grenn and Thorne (probably?). C'mon...Why all three? I could understand Thorne's death since he doesn't do much else in the books after this. Well to be fair it's the same thing for Grenn and Pyp, but they are Jon friends and greatest allies in the Nightswatch along with Edd, Sam and Satin after he's elected commander. In the show there sure isn't a lot of memorable NW characters left, so why kill off even Grenn and Pyp? Bad mistake imho. Everything else was pretty much great. Even tough I dislike how they captured Tormund...This is going to make everything way too simple for his sub-plot in the show. What exactly do Grenn and Pyp do in the books that as a show producer you would think "We need to keep paying these guys?" The siege needed to have meaningful casualties, and those two characters do basically nothing later on. In aDwD they're basically forgotten, and I don't think Thorne is dead since it looks like he just sustained a non-lethal injury. I do agree that they need more notable NW characters, but they need to be officers to setup Jon's tension and difficulties as LC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chebyshov Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 I wouldn't say "flat". Rather "incomplete". It's not a bug, it's a feature, that's how the penultimate episode is supposed to be. Ideally, to make you jump from your chair and angrily shout "where is my fucking conclusion?!" at the screen, and impatiently wait whole week for the finale. All the other penultimates had some sort of resolution, as far as episodic narrative goes. We find out the sword swings through Ned's neck. We see Tywin & the Tyrells save the day. We see Robb, Talisa, and Cat murdered. We jump out of our seats because it's like, "well what happens next!?" Not because the story is incomplete. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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