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Post by chaosisapony on Jun 13, 2016 16:52:51 GMT
Looked for a thread and didn't see one, sorry if there already is one out there.
What did everyone think of last night's episode?
I got shivers at Cersei's "I choose violence" line but ultimately wound up disappointed that the scene didn't culminate with a full blown collision with the faith militant.
The other big highlight for me was finally seeing Arya embrace her true identity. I felt a little cheated that we didn't get to see the fight with the waif though. How does someone suffering from stab wounds take on one of the faceless men, win, and the show creators don't think we need to see the scene???
Also enjoyed seeing Brienne and Jaime together again.
Next week's battle of the bastards looks amazing, can't wait!
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Post by karen on Jun 13, 2016 17:32:27 GMT
I would like Jamie to die. He is so wrapped up in Cersei that he will never have anything with Brienne. Ugh! I want those two to be together, and if that cant happen, then Jamie should die.
I love that Arya is herself again. I don't know how she could run like that after being stabbed so badly.
I wanted the Blackfish to take his troops to help Sansa and Jon. They need him and his men! But no, of course not.
Overall, I liked it. Next week's episode looks good.
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Post by myboysnme on Jun 13, 2016 17:57:13 GMT
At first I thought it was ho hum. The scenes with Tyrion and the slaves - boring. Danerys just walking in after getting dropped off by a dragon in the middle of a fire fight seemed contrived. Ugh.
I also felt ripped off about the fight scene between Arya and the waif. How did she run like that? Pure fantasy adrenalin I guess.
Loved the hound and his scene. Overall good episode as I expect it to be.
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Post by grammadee on Jun 13, 2016 18:44:25 GMT
I think Brienne's influence on Jaime was that he took the Riverrun castle with no bloodshed (except for the Blackfish, who chose to go out that way).
I really need to reread the last book or two. Pretty sure the scene from last week (the uncarried out threats to hang someone) were in the book about when Jaime arrived. Thinking I remember something about a bloodless takeover, too, but its been a couple of years...
I wondered if there was more than milk of the poppy in the medicine Arya was given: she seemed to heal really fast. Glad she is on her way home.
Hoping Dani's dragon sets all the slaver ships in the harbour on fire.
They have a lot of plot lines to tie together in the next couple of episodes. Looking forward to seeing what they do with them.
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Post by Nink on Jun 13, 2016 18:52:58 GMT
As soon as Arya blacked out the room I knew that beyotch was toast. Glad that storyline is over. I love Brienne and wish Jamie would quit banging it out with his sister (there's something you don't type everyday) and get together with her. I thought the episode was good. Next weeks previews look great.
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Post by Rhondito on Jun 13, 2016 19:01:25 GMT
I can't help but think there will be some large force that shows up to help the Starks battle for Winterfell, but who? Littlefinger and the warriors from the airy? And it seems that Arya and the Hound will come face to face soon with both of them heading back to Westeros. I wonder how soon Dany will make it there as well?
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Post by cade387 on Jun 13, 2016 19:08:15 GMT
do you think Jamie might take the Tully army and go after to help Brienne? (I can hope!) I'm just glad he didn't kill off Brienne. You knew the blackfish was going down, but I would have been pissed to GRRM send her down over a nothing skirmish.
Next week does look good, although I thought the preview was a bit... meh.
I really was kind of hoping the sparrow dude with the pentagram on his forehead would go down. The no trial by combat was interesting and wasn't the Queen in the room 'standing by her man'?
Arya - It was good to see her story line move on. I thought his smile as she left was telling. He was making her great all along; just could have done it a bit faster. She said she is going home - will she really? Will she somehow get back over to Westeros? Maybe she will somehow end up meeting Varys on his special mission?
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Post by ktdoesntscrap on Jun 13, 2016 21:13:11 GMT
The other big highlight for me was finally seeing Arya embrace her true identity. I felt a little cheated that we didn't get to see the fight with the waif though. How does someone suffering from stab wounds take on one of the faceless men, win, and the show creators don't think we need to see the scene??? I loved this episode too! I thought that Arya could beat her in the dark, because she learned to fight blind. When they would fight the waif had the advantage of sight, now Arya had the advantage of learning to flight blind. Just a thought.
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Post by myboysnme on Jun 13, 2016 21:40:07 GMT
The other big highlight for me was finally seeing Arya embrace her true identity. I felt a little cheated that we didn't get to see the fight with the waif though. How does someone suffering from stab wounds take on one of the faceless men, win, and the show creators don't think we need to see the scene??? I loved this episode too! I thought that Arya could beat her in the dark, because she learned to fight blind. When they would fight the waif had the advantage of sight, now Arya had the advantage of learning to flight blind. Just a thought. Remember early on when Arya learned 'the dance' from her first sword teacher? She learned to fight in the dark.
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Post by QueenoftheSloths on Jun 13, 2016 23:01:29 GMT
I really liked this episode, too hard to pick one favorite. I liked seeing Brienne and Jaime together again. The tension between them, not just as former allies turned pretty much enemies but as a man and a woman with mutual attraction they can't act on, SO wel lwritten and acted! I also loved the unexpected bonus of the Bronn and Podrick reunion. So nice to have a lighthearted moment between them, or between anyone really. I hardly remembered they knew each other! And their conversation... isn't that exactly what all of us were thinking too???
Also really liked Missandei and Grey Worm telling jokes with Tyrion. It wasn't a scene with big significance, just something fun to see.
The Hound with the Brotherhood, arguing over who got to kill the guys was great too. I wouldn't mind a bit if he joined up with them. Maybe if we hang around the Riverlands long enough, we might get to see Hot Pie again too?
The scene where Jaime threatens Edmure, or as we now have to call him, Black Jack Randall. I'll send your baby to you by catapult??? SO season one Jaime, he even repeats "The things we do for love".
Things I didn't like in this episode: How obsessed Jaime is with his damn sister. Book Jaime is so over that bitch! Death of the Blackfish. Waste of a good character. I am happy Arya is out of her holding pattern in Braavos, but that chase was comical. The waif was more like The Terminator, and Arya was ridiculously recovered from repeated stabs in the belly. Did that milk of the poppy put her to sleep for months?
I am worried about next week. Jon Snow looked so sad and beaten. And when he says, only one of us has to die, I am concerned he does something like challenge Ramsay to single combat, or maybe surrender himself to Ramsey in exchange for Rickon.
AND CAN WE PLEASE GET BACK TO THE TOWER OF JOY, BRAN??? You owe us one after getting Hodor killed.
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Post by peano on Jun 13, 2016 23:09:22 GMT
I liked this episode because it seemed humor-heavy--Dany returning and looking at everyone like a parent who returns to find her teenagers have thrown a party and trashed her house. I guess maybe they thought we're gonna need it because the final two episodes are going to be intense.
The whole Arya storyline is perplexing to me, because how could she survive that knife attack by the waif, and then how could she survive the chase after being so severely wounded. Haven't read the books but was there some magic I missed?
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Post by chaosisapony on Jun 14, 2016 1:47:32 GMT
The whole Arya storyline is perplexing to me, because how could she survive that knife attack by the waif, and then how could she survive the chase after being so severely wounded. Haven't read the books but was there some magic I missed? The books haven't gone this far with Arya's story line. I can get her beating the waif in the fight in the dark and such because of her training but she was suffering multiple stab wounds plus all the other injuries she sustained running from the waif. It was just not very realistic and it seems to me if we were keeping to the old style Game of Thrones, she should have died. Save
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Post by cindyupnorth on Jun 14, 2016 2:21:38 GMT
Yea, the whole thing about Arya getting stabbed multiple times, then healing so fast, then doing all that running and jumping, then beating her? WTH? like superman or something. Just odd.
On another subject, Tina, why do you put save at the end of your posts??!!
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Post by Nink on Jun 14, 2016 2:31:41 GMT
Yea, the whole thing about Arya getting stabbed multiple times, then healing so fast, then doing all that running and jumping, then beating her? WTH? like superman or something. Just odd. On another subject, Tina, why do you put save at the end of your posts??!! "Save" keeps randomly showing up at the end of people's posts sometimes. There was just a thread about it, I didn't read it so I'm not sure if they figured out why.
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Post by cindyupnorth on Jun 14, 2016 2:40:51 GMT
Well, you're no help Nink!! LOL. I didn't see it either.
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Post by chaosisapony on Jun 14, 2016 3:19:36 GMT
On another subject, Tina, why do you put save at the end of your posts??!! I don't. It's some kind of board glitch. Our lovely admin is trying to figure it out. Save
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Post by gale w on Jun 14, 2016 8:33:09 GMT
do you think Jamie might take the Tully army and go after to help Brienne? (I can hope!) I'm just glad he didn't kill off Brienne. You knew the blackfish was going down, but I would have been pissed to GRRM send her down over a nothing skirmish. Next week does look good, although I thought the preview was a bit... meh. I really was kind of hoping the sparrow dude with the pentagram on his forehead would go down. The no trial by combat was interesting and wasn't the Queen in the room 'standing by her man'? Arya - It was good to see her story line move on. I thought his smile as she left was telling. He was making her great all along; just could have done it a bit faster. She said she is going home - will she really? Will she somehow get back over to Westeros? Maybe she will somehow end up meeting Varys on his special mission? I think that was Lancel?
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Post by peajays on Jun 14, 2016 12:35:31 GMT
What was the theater woman getting from behind the mirror when she left Arya sleeping? I was wondering if it was either poison or some kind of magic?
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Post by cade387 on Jun 14, 2016 13:08:08 GMT
do you think Jamie might take the Tully army and go after to help Brienne? (I can hope!) I'm just glad he didn't kill off Brienne. You knew the blackfish was going down, but I would have been pissed to GRRM send her down over a nothing skirmish. Next week does look good, although I thought the preview was a bit... meh. I really was kind of hoping the sparrow dude with the pentagram on his forehead would go down. The no trial by combat was interesting and wasn't the Queen in the room 'standing by her man'? Arya - It was good to see her story line move on. I thought his smile as she left was telling. He was making her great all along; just could have done it a bit faster. She said she is going home - will she really? Will she somehow get back over to Westeros? Maybe she will somehow end up meeting Varys on his special mission? I think that was Lancel? yes, I can never remember his name
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Post by cade387 on Jun 14, 2016 14:00:34 GMT
S/O sort of -
Do you watch After the Thrones as well? Does anyone else wish they knew the world of GRRM/the show/the books like they do? I love it.
I also wish there was a group like this after the Harry Potter and LOTR movies to talk through things... I love it. I'm such a nerd.
My husband kind of watches with me, but he doesn't really follow it. When I watch ATT he always complains on how confusing it is and he doesn't even understand what they are talking about LOL.
Lastly - did you catch the discussion on there about the whole trial by combat part? The comments about the trial of seven? Sounds cool and I need to get on the books faster.
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Post by chaosisapony on Jun 14, 2016 14:59:11 GMT
I love After the Thrones! I haven't watched this week's episode yet but I always look forward to it.
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Post by Katie on Jun 14, 2016 15:25:52 GMT
I was grinning from ear to ear during the scene with Bronn and Podrick. They are 2 of my favorite characters and the whole scene was just plain fun. And THE HOUND is back!!! Soooo happy about that. I know he used to be awful but then he and Arya were together and he softened up, and I became a fan.
Of course we had to suspend reality a bit when Arya was running from the waif. I attributed it to adrenaline...if you are about to die, it's easy to imagine you'd forget the pain and run for your life, right?!
To the book readers: do Jamie and Brienne ever hook up, or do they just lust after each other for eternity? I really love their scenes together.
And The Blackfish...what a badass. I don't recognize the actor but he was superb in that role. I admit I can't quite keep track of what is going on with the Tully's and River Run and how all of this fits together, especially with the Stark's. I feel so stupid sometimes that I can't pice it all together, lol!
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Post by Rhondito on Jun 14, 2016 17:46:18 GMT
The whole Arya storyline is perplexing to me, because how could she survive that knife attack by the waif, and then how could she survive the chase after being so severely wounded. Haven't read the books but was there some magic I missed? The books haven't gone this far with Arya's story line. I can get her beating the waif in the fight in the dark and such because of her training but she was suffering multiple stab wounds plus all the other injuries she sustained running from the waif. It was just not very realistic and it seems to me if we were keeping to the old style Game of Thrones, she should have died. SaveI want to know how this happened too. I keep wondering if there was a deleted scene? For now I'm blaming the director ... it just doesn't make sense. Save
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Post by theshyone on Jun 14, 2016 18:06:55 GMT
GoT very seldom has cameos. Last night though a Canadian comedian that does awesome impressions of the entire cast practically was on. He was the dude that the Hound axed in the head first.
I think Jaquen trained arya perfectly to the result he wanted. I think that was his end game.
Bronn and Podrick scene was awesome.
The jokes with misendi and Tyrion funny, and the dragon thump returning Dani.
Little bits of the next two episodes have been revealed by the award nomination releases.
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Post by mjmone on Jun 14, 2016 21:05:50 GMT
in the book I do not remember any attraction between the two (but it has been a few years since I read the series). I think this is a level of chemistry between the actors.
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Post by epeanymous on Jun 14, 2016 21:09:57 GMT
So a couple of things.
One, we at the Epeanymous house think Arya may not have been battling someone else, but herself, which was why we didn't see the battle.
Two, a friend of mine is floating a theory that rings true for me, which is that the Cersei plot is going to culminate in her fulfilling the prophecy by killing Tommen herself (to save herself since she now can't rely on the Mountain). That is going to be the thing that finally pushes Jamie away from her, also.
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Post by mjmone on Jun 14, 2016 21:10:55 GMT
I am kind of hoping he shows up in Westeros to help her out...also I am hoping she finds Gendry and they team up also...I'm still hopeful that he is okay
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Post by karen on Jun 15, 2016 0:44:22 GMT
So a couple of things. One, we at the Epeanymous house think Arya may not have been battling someone else, but herself, which was why we didn't see the battle. Two, a friend of mine is floating a theory that rings true for me, which is that the Cersei plot is going to culminate in her fulfilling the prophecy by killing Tommen herself (to save herself since she now can't rely on the Mountain). That is going to be the thing that finally pushes Jamie away from her, also. Very interesting. Cersei I does expect him to die before her. I could see her killing him.
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Post by pierkiss on Jun 15, 2016 0:51:57 GMT
So a couple of things. One, we at the Epeanymous house think Arya may not have been battling someone else, but herself, which was why we didn't see the battle. Two, a friend of mine is floating a theory that rings true for me, which is that the Cersei plot is going to culminate in her fulfilling the prophecy by killing Tommen herself (to save herself since she now can't rely on the Mountain). That is going to be the thing that finally pushes Jamie away from her, also. Interesting theory! The one I've read and liked the most says something along the lines of Cersei will become the Mad Queen after Tommen is killed and try and set the town on fire to save herself with the wildfire she has been stashing around town. Jaime will show up before she can execute this plan and will kill her to save the town and all the people. Then he will kill himself because he cannot live without her.
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Post by vspindler on Jun 15, 2016 1:00:20 GMT
Katie, Caitlyn Stark was a Tully.
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