[MrBug708]

Originally Posted by Arles

Last I checked, this isn't a historical drama - it's a fantasy show. So, it's not surprising we got a little plot armor for some main characters. I'm not really sure what people wanted? By the comments on this thread, some appeared to want Jon, Davos, Tormund, Jaime and Brianne to die in episode 3. I'm not sure having a final 3 episodes of the three (wo)man weave involving just Danny, Cersei and Sansa would be all that fun.

Had the showrunners had another 2-3 seasons, I'm sure this battle wouldn't have been so abrupt. But, when you have 4 episodes left to deal with the Night King, Cersei/Euron, some potential Danny/Jon ruler drama and all of the normal arcs for Jamie, Brianne, Tyrion, Sansa, etc - you can't use 3-4 episodes on just the Night King.

Overall, I enjoyed this episode and my only real complaint is with the lighting. I get wanting to setup the darkness for a "fog of war" feeling, but we needed a little more light in some of the fighting scenes to see who was actually a good guy vs a wight

It’s hard to fault Benioff and Weiss — whether acting entirely on their own or following what George R.R. Martin told them about his own plans for the hypothetical seventh book — for getting the zombies out of the way early and making the endgame about Lannister vs. Lannister, Clegane vs. Clegane, Bronn vs. anyone not paying him, etc. We have a much longer history with and deeper emotional investment in Cersei (for good and for ill) , and the final episodes can dig back into the conflicts of character and philosophy that have been the series’ bread-and-butter over the years.