[Classic_Blunders]

Wish they would stop wasting time on Sam & Gilly! They need to shorten or fast track that whole situation. They used up alot of time in the episode.

[larryn]

Originally Posted by Classic_Blunders

Wish they would stop wasting time on Sam & Gilly! They need to shorten or fast track that whole situation. They used up alot of time in the episode.

Agree - that was just awkward. The only thing that I think was meaningful was the taking of the family sword... which I assume is Valyrian steel (dragon steel), and can kill white walkers.

[bosstones]

Originally Posted by BMW F22

Shitty episode. Epicly boring.

Originally Posted by mikex25

Agree snore fest

Originally Posted by larryn

Maybe not action filled, but pivotal things happened
- We find out that Bran gets away (Hodor must've held that door for some time)
- We find out that Bran gets a "download" of the history of the world and is now the 3-eyed raven
- Re-introduction of Uncle Benjen
- Tomen and Mareary totally burn their families and declare they are going to reunite the 7 kingdoms
- Walder Frey is scheming again for expansion
- Arya is no longer nobody, retreives the Needle and will be on her way soon to presumably payback some Stark family debt
- Danaerys and Drogon reunite and she finally gets back to talking about taking Kings Landing

Although there were no "are you f'n kidding me" moments in this episode, the biggest thing is one unspoken. We now have armies building/built on all sides and we will see the cycle of more true "games of thrones" with massive wars happening as winter sets in. I feel they've returned to their roots of season 1 and 2 in this episode, through 2+ seasons of setup.

Larryn summed it up nicely. Felt like a lot crammed into this episode thus watering it down a bit. Hopefully that is not a sign of things to come.

There was a hint of what might come up for Cersei. Almost in passing, she mentioned trial by combat and her having the mountain. Hopefully, it is not as abrupt and anti-climatic as his last (literally in 2 senses of the word) fight.

Hopefully, Coldhands becomes an integral character (in a good way).

Arya will get her shot at putting the girl from the faceless men (I forgot her name) in check; assuming she sees her coming. Sounds like she'll be in kill mode but I'm guessing she'll be stubborn enough to want Arya to know it's her.

Originally Posted by larryn

Agree - that was just awkward. The only thing that I think was meaningful was the taking of the family sword... which I assume is Valyrian steel (dragon steel), and can kill white walkers.

It is Valyrian steel. Sam's dad says it is when he talked about the sword during the dinner rant.

[fravel]

Originally Posted by larryn

Maybe not action filled, but pivotal things happened
- We find out that Bran gets away (Hodor must've held that door for some time)
- We find out that Bran gets a "download" of the history of the world and is now the 3-eyed raven
- Re-introduction of Uncle Benjen
- Tomen and Mareary totally burn their families and declare they are going to reunite the 7 kingdoms
- Walder Frey is scheming again for expansion
- Arya is no longer nobody, retreives the Needle and will be on her way soon to presumably payback some Stark family debt
- Danaerys and Drogon reunite and she finally gets back to talking about taking Kings Landing

Although there were no "are you f'n kidding me" moments in this episode, the biggest thing is one unspoken. We now have armies building/built on all sides and we will see the cycle of more true "games of thrones" with massive wars happening as winter sets in. I feel they've returned to their roots of season 1 and 2 in this episode, through 2+ seasons of setup.

The joining of the crown and the faith was a blindside for me, I was expecting a pretty big battle when the Faith Militant marched Margaery out on the steps.

I also think the return of Benjen and the confirmation that Benjen Stark = Coldhands and the revelation of how he came to be was a pretty big deal. That loop hasn't been closed in the books.

Arya abandoning the faceless god so soon was an interesting twist to me, I think she still had a lot to learn there.

[larryn]

Originally Posted by fravel

The joining of the crown and the faith was a blindside for me, I was expecting a pretty big battle when the Faith Militant marched Margaery out on the steps.

I also think the return of Benjen and the confirmation that Benjen Stark = Coldhands and the revelation of how he came to be was a pretty big deal. That loop hasn't been closed in the books.

Arya abandoning the faceless god so soon was an interesting twist to me, I think she still had a lot to learn there.

All true... re: Arya.. they don't know she's also been trained to use the Needle, for longer than she's been nobody. Another Valyrian steel weapon...

[fravel]

Is Needle Valyrian Steel? I thought it was just castle-forged.

[Mr. Tasty]

Cercei's Trial by Combat will be between Reanimated Clegane vs Reanimated Hound. Calling it.

[other_evolved]

Originally Posted by fravel

Is Needle Valyrian Steel? I thought it was just castle-forged.

Needle is just castle-forged, not valyrian.

[JasonCSU]

Sounds like some of you guys just want constant action. As mentioned by a few others, there were several interesting story-line progressions, especially for those of us who have read the books.

[ASBSECU E93]

Benjen storyline was introduced much earlier in the books - but his identify lingered for a while until revealed.

No way the show could condense this on screen the way Martin writes.

Will be interesting where the writers take the show from here, and how this is all wrapped into a finale.

[BMW F22]

Originally Posted by JasonCSU

Sounds like some of you guys just want constant action. As mentioned by a few others, there were several interesting story-line progressions, especially for those of us who have read the books.

I was fine with the other episodes that were slow. The last one disappointed me because they built it up so much. I thought they were going to kill off the High Sparrow and then nothing...

[John Tanglewood]

Originally Posted by mikex25

Agree snore fest

You're watching the wrong show if all you're waiting for is tits and dragons, this episode was filled with great scenes and movements along most of the character's story arcs.

You crazzzzy!

[fravel]

I will say I feel like they spent a little too much time on the Sam/Gilly arc with this past episode, but it was an important piece of the story, they hadn't spent much time on them at all lately, and I'm willing to bet we don't see significantly more of it soon, so I'm ok with it.

[jtodd_fl]

Originally Posted by John Tanglewood

You're watching the wrong show if all you're waiting for is tits and dragons, this episode was filled with great scenes and movements along most of the character's story arcs.

You crazzzzy!

Is there a more pure tits and dragons show?






Asking for a friend. Or, is rhetorical... rhetorical question for a friend? Allegedly?

[John Tanglewood]

Originally Posted by jtodd_fl

Is there a more pure tits and dragons show?






Asking for a friend. Or, is rhetorical... rhetorical question for a friend? Allegedly?

Actually yes, check Brazzers.com they've been doing spin-off episodes.....at least that's what a friend told me.

[larryn]

Originally Posted by other_evolved

Needle is just castle-forged, not valyrian.

Am I misremembering that Ned's sword was made into multiple swords, with the Needle being one of them?

[fravel]

Originally Posted by larryn

Am I misremembering that Ned's sword was made into multiple swords, with the Needle being one of them?

Naw, you're mixed up.

Needle was castle-forged by Mikken at Winterfell by John's command as a parting gift for Arya before she left for King's Landing with Ned.

Ned's sword (Ice) was melted down and re-forged into 2 swords by a blacksmith from Volantis at the request of Tywin Lannister after Ned had been executed. One was given to Jaime , which is the sword that Brienne is now carrying (named "Oathkeeper"), the other was given to Joffrey (named "Widow's Wail")... not sure what happened to it after that.

[TXSTYLE]

Originally Posted by Classic_Blunders

Wish they would stop wasting time on Sam & Gilly! They need to shorten or fast track that whole situation. They used up alot of time in the episode.

I can NOT believe HBO, GofT, the Writers and anyone involved, saw fit to literally waste 20min on this BISCUIT BOY!

I mean REALLY??? Easily one of the worst episodes... EVER!

[bosstones]

Lots of stuff happening now and overall a good episode. Hopefully, we're not witnessing a watering down of the show by having this many episodes cram in so much per episode.

The Hound is back!

From next week's preview, finally some zombie mountain action!

[#Tee]

ya really cool epi!..lots of wtf moments!

[eluded]

King Tuts dagger was made from a Meteorite? Total bombshell

[jtodd_fl]

Originally Posted by eluded

King Tuts dagger was made from a Meteorite? Total bombshell

But was it a Valyrian meteorite? Will it kill white walkers?