I beg to differ, the saddest part was I have to wait another year for the next episodeOriginally Posted by Pike
Man that was a great episode.
The saddest part was the dragons in chains
I beg to differ, the saddest part was I have to wait another year for the next episodeMan that was a great episode.
The saddest part was the dragons in chains
Best. Finale. Ever.
I was so torn when Brienne and The Hound fought: I like them both, and I've really developed a soft spot for Sandor. So I was a bit sad.book spoilers and potential future spoilershowever, I am a believer of Sandor being alive, so I wasn't that sad! Sandor Clegane v Robert Strong?
I wasn't expecting Jojen to be going anywhere just yet! I feel like Bran's story has just jumped ahead of most of the others. What are they going to do with him next season?
Tyrion's scene was great but (SPOILER)what now? What is going to be Tyrions driver next season? How is Jaime going to grow to hate Cersei? Interested to see where that is headed
When Stannis arrived at the wall? Awesome!
And you know what more spoilers, sorry :(let me be disappointed at the no lady stoneheart! It would have just made the perfect episode even more perfect. Don't get me wrong, I'm not devastated! I just hope they haven't cut her entirely as she plays a pretty big role - the reintroduction of Gendry (he has to be more!) Brienne, Pod, Jaime?
I agree with the Hound.I beg to differ, the saddest part was I have to wait another year for the next episodeMan that was a great episode.
The saddest part was the dragons in chains
I fixed this for you lolI agree with Carl theI beg to differ, the saddest part was I have to wait another year for the next episodeMan that was a great episode.
The saddest part was the dragons in chainsHoundLlama.
I've read most of the stuff that was revealed in this episode along with what most people are up in arms about being missing. There were two things I felt they would possibly do in this episode at most after the previous episode, which to be honest I felt was better than this one. The first thing I thought they would do is Tyrion's escape (and Tywin's death) which they did. The second thing was Stannis arriving at the Wall, which they did. What I didn't expect was both, although I did kind of think they might - I just thought they would save one of these things for the first episode of next season, much like Joffrey's death was saved for the first episode of this season. I never thought they would show Arya hopping on a boat, nor did I think they would show the other thing everyone has mentioned (that they didn't show). It just didn't seem like the right time - these two other things were much more immediate given the last couple of episodes and I felt they had to be done more than anything.
Personally, going by my perspective and the amount of shock from Danielle about each thing unravelled during the show, I think Stannis' arrival would have been the perfect sendoff for this season because it was the most surprising development for those people following the series. Danielle rattled off a bunch of people she thought it could be when the army arrived but didn't mention Stannis. She loved that. And the size of his army! Amazing. Tywin's death was not done nearly as well and Arya's boathopping wasn't nearly as impacting as most of the ends of episodes this season. I don't think I've read the Bran stuff, though, so that'll be neat to catch up on.
Looking forward to reading up on what happens next in the book, because it's caught up with around where I am for a bunch of the plotlines now.
Also, of all the things they left out, I was most surprised at what Shlup mentioned. That for me was such a massive development. It'll be interesting how they play that out, for sure.
Best episode this season? Probably the previous one, for me.
Bow before the mighty Javoo!
I less pissed off the longer the show's been aired, but I'm still disappointed.
Also, I think maybe they're speeding up Bran's story because Isaac Hempstead-Wright is growing up SO fast. The other Stark children are obviously getting older, but not to the extent he is. That's just a theory though, I dunno!
EDIT: Joffrey didn't die in the first episode. It was the third episode this season, I believe.
Like how Harry Potter or Ron Weasley overtook their character's ages in the movies and then was this weird man thing playing a school boy awkward
Stannis arriving at the Wall wasn't a surprise, though. Not if you were paying attention to the past episodes, anyway! There were letters sent out to the four corners of the kingdom. I felt like they made it pretty clear that he was heading to the Wall.
the thing everyone is up in arms about missingI don't really care, plenty of other business going on in the finale!
Oh, I knew he was heading for the wall, I just didn't think it would be anything close to that fast. It was one of the few things to really surprise me in the books, while things like Tywin's death were pretty much "oh, another major player died, whaddyaknow" - it was more "interesting" than "oh, wow!" like Stannis' arrival was. For me, anyway!
Danielle initially thought it was the Whitewalkers, then she thought it was random Stark supporters. Essentially you always expect the nearby people to be there first rather than those who were, last we saw them, the furthest away. But then, chronology is always a bit weird in the books/show.
EDIT: And you're right, Jinx, my bad. Still, a good example of the most impacting things not always needing to be the last things in the season - hell, what did we get last time? Snow climbing the wall or something? Psssssshhhhhhhhh. I guess it's similar this time around with Arya and the boat. Just a whole "oh, there's something new on the horizon!" kind of feel. Which probably works really well if you were to marathon this stuff.
On a sidenote: Marathoning GoT. Oh man. I look forward to being able to do this someday.
Bow before the mighty Javoo!
I am disappoint, son.I fixed this for you lolI agree with Carl theI beg to differ, the saddest part was I have to wait another year for the next episodeMan that was a great episode.
The saddest part was the dragons in chainsHoundLlama.
Second.
"I'm looking for a Stark in the streets but a wildling in the sheets."
I hate to say it, and I'm probably going to get blasted for it, but I'm beginning to get bored with this show now. It's all becoming really predictable.
I don't know, this season felt like a whole lot of nothing. I mean a lot actually happened, but none of it really felt truly impacting to me - this season really hasn't had the "omg I can't wait to go home to watch it tonight" vibe that the previous seasons did. There were some deaths, but the majority of them - Oberyn excluded - I saw coming from a mile off. I honestly would've been more shocked if Tyrion had actually been hanged. With Ned Stark I was second guessing right up until the end, but Tyrion I never truly felt like he was going to actually get executed at any point. As soon as Jamie freed him, I knew exactly what Tyrion would go and do.
Like honestly the biggest surprise to me of this entire episode was the little girl with fireballs. I will admit I was actually torn over who I'd want to win out of Brienne and the Hound though.
It just feels like it's all being spread thin, and diluted with the same plot devices just being used over and over. There's just so much going on now that it's lost the compelling complexity that made the first 3 seasons great to watch. I guess it just felt like a whole lot of "going through the motions" this season, I hope next season makes up for it because a lot of pieces have certainly been put into position.
Maybe this will be the type of season, that in a repeat viewing 8 years from now when I innevitably watch old tv shows again, I'll probably appreciate a lot more... but nothing has hooked me at the moment, and I'm pretty blasé about the prospect of season 5 as a result.
As an aside, the best part of that entire episode was the children's choir version of the main theme at the end.
Last edited by Aulayna; 06-17-2014 at 01:37 AM.
That's how I felt about the finale as well. A bit...lackluster. I wouldn't say predictable...but I knew what was going to happen pretty much. Before you say that's the definition of predictable I'd say they could have made me not know for sure if Tyrion would kill Shae or Tywin, but once he got that crossbow and him just seeing her it was pretty clear was going to happen.
Brienne and the Hound scene was awesome. I didn't want either to lose, but if I were Arya I wouldn't go with Briene either after that lol. Brienne should've had a better argument. Shoulda told her about helping her mother and looking for Sansa.
Best part of the episode was freakin Melisandre staring at Jon Snow through the smoke. Freakin bad ass. "There's is King's Blood in him...Oh R'hollor's gonna love this shieet. Oh yeaahhh. King's Blood, omg...ahhhh." And of course Stannis coming in, unexpected but also expected by this point lol.
I have no idea what's going on in Bran's story. I was like wat the whole time. Hodor-battles (is there a proper name for this?) are as awesome as always though.
And Dany's story couldn't have been more unfulfilling.
Jojen needed to stop warging it so much and hit the gym.
I kept my sig the ENTIRE season, unlike SOME people around here *stares intently*.I am disappoint, son.I fixed this for you lolI agree with Carl theI beg to differ, the saddest part was I have to wait another year for the next episodeMan that was a great episode.
The saddest part was the dragons in chainsHoundLlama.
Second.
I did last time. Penny Dreadful distracted me this time.
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