And yet the Night King showed a never before seen flair for theatrics tonight, as he trussed up Ned’s body into a sort of art installation. I thought the White Walkers’ M.O.was walking slowly and killing things in a kind of indifferent manner. The season 8 opener’s “holy sh*t” moment involved, of all people, little lord Ned Umber. After rescuing Yara, he was granted permission by his sister and queen to go and fight for House Stark, so we can expect to see him die in a blaze of glory when the dead finally march on Winterfell in a week or two. But yes, Theon is back, and even his curls are more voluminous now that he’s rediscovered his honour. The Greyjoys are the House it’s consistently hardest to care about in the show now that the Dornish contingent are no more. Personally, I’m hoping he abstains from picking sides, and ends the season drinking mead on a beach in Essos while Westeros freezes over. It seems this is all heading toward a moment where we finally find out if Bronn has a heart or not, and if he’ll ultimately fight for good or evil instead of just whoever pays best. This is the key disconnect to be reconciled as we lurch toward the finale: Jon wants people to live, Dany wants people to obey.īronn, meanwhile, whose “I just work here” demeanour is always very welcome light relief, was tasked by Qyburn with killing Tyrion with a crossbow, an act of “poetic justice” given Tyrion killed his and Cersei’s father with the very same weapon. Dany thanked Sam for saving Ser Jorah’s life, only to come to the awkward realisation that she had recently burned Sam’s father and brother to a crisp. Fortunately, this jarring pivot was implicitly called out.
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The Mother of Dragons had been so genial and good-natured all episode that I feared we were watching her undergo something akin to a face turn in professional wrestling. Surprisingly, however, the key scene in ‘Winterfell’ involved the unlikely pairing of Daenerys and Sam. Still, it was a thrill to see Jon and Arya embrace once more, and Jaime and Bran lock eyes in what might be the show’s most long-standing beef. There was something slightly stilted and forced about their post-dragon joyride make-out tonight, perhaps owing to the fact that the union of Jon and Dany has been on the cards for so long that it feels slightly…perfunctory? And yet, I’m not actually sold on their chemistry yet. Jon and Daenerys are a bonafide couple now, which doesn’t seem to have come as much of a surprise to anyone in their orbit given they’re clearly far and away the two most attractive people in all of the Seven Kingdoms.
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