Game of Thrones [2]

Downer:

I was going to post a pithy giphy of "Get Hype!" and then that reminded me of how Cleganebowl never happened and how the hype-train derailed quite some time ago, taking much of the show's appeal with it. 

chris63 wrote:

Spoiler:

I think one of my favourite parts is that none of the Targaryen lot had any dialogue.

Although it bothered me no end that Euron and the bloody Kraken-folk have somehow built 1,000 ships in the space between this episode and mid-way through last season. I also though that the Hound and the brotherhood were less forced than last season. For all that the scene in which the Hound sees the future in the flames felt inconsistent with his part in the story, it did emotionally resonate with me as good motivation for his character.

I was quite relieved that Arya didn't super-movie stab all those Lannister soldiers in their exposed necks. Typically, that scene would end with all the soldiers dead, so it was a nice change of pace from last season's bullshit scene in which the Hound kills everyone around the campfire, or how the peaceful villagers all died. About bloody time a scene wasn't all grim-dark and dismal!