The northern battle is so hyped up for next episode, but there was absolutely no set up for it in this episode. So far we have Jon and Sansa's army of wildlings, their small donations of 62 good men and littlefinger who will ride in an save the day - (I think we could all guess this by now) If he doesn't Sansa and Jon will just fail dismally. I'm assuming the next episode will get straight into the battle and/or give no setup.
OK understandably there was no light in the room, but the Waif vs Arya would be such an emotional battle. Both girls hate each other and I would've liked to see their struggle against each other. Instead we're left with a "I killed her, and by the way I don't care about your faceless men anymore" and Jaqen was like "Good work girl" Logic/10 right there.
The same can be said for the Blackfish - "I'm gonna die fighting" attitude was admirable, but the next scene is some random soldier telling Jaime "Yo, he's dead" - A Barristan Selmy style death would've been appropriate here, but obviously the producers thought that it would've been too much effort, funny, I get that feeling about a lot of this season's content.
I'm not even gonna start on the Lemoncloak, actually I am, Fans: "Yes, we might get Lady Stoneheart" or "Nice maybe his character might do more in the shows than he does in the books." Instead we got an episode 7 "OMG LEMONCLOAK" - Episode 8 "He's dead now but he has nice boots" I must've blinked and missed it, what was the point of his character?
The siege of Meereen was comprised of a) a clip of the ships coming, in b) The ships firing and c) The city on fire. The rest of it was "We can't defend the city, lets hide in the pyramid, oh hi Dany, good of you to show up for 5 seconds" My question is "Why don't they just move trebuchets to fire at the pyramid once they take the city with minimal effort. This siege is really underwhelming.
Tommen just singlehandedly ruined all Cleganebowl hype and crushed fans. From the fans point of view I think we all want/know Tommen will die. How Tommen doesn't realize he's being used is amazing. No kid could be dumber and Kevan just lets this happen?
All in all, I can see why the producers are saying they don't have enough content left, they can't deflect fan's disappointment when it's obvious that this season was rushed.
There are massive holes in story lines/storyline deaths in general. A few examples being Dorne and Lady Stoneheart, and some scenes have just been skipped over, examples would be the siege or Meereen and fight scenes/deaths mentioned above.
This episode was meant to set the scene for the upcoming battle next episode + the King's Landing trials + maybe some Bran/Benjen update. It didn't accomplish the first and mutilated the second. I felt that the hound using his axe was the only part of this episode that wasn't a waste of time.
The title "No-one" Clearly pointed to Arya, but even her parkour + skipped fight scene + talk with Jaqen that doesn't make sense, she basically told him where to shove his death cult and he doesn't care. Now the only way that they can get around this logic loophole is if Jaqen = Syrio. While that theory is plausible I don't see how they plan to introduce it now Arya is going home. I'm trying to envision a scene where Jaqen is waving to Arya as she gets on a boat - "Farewell Arya, oh I forgot to mention, I'm Syrio" (Massive reveal, LOL NO)
This episode was so disappointing and so has this season in general. The only good scenes so far are:
Lyanna Mormont Hodor's death Tower of Joy Jon and Sansa reunion Jaime vs Blackfish conversation I'd like to say Benjen, but that was too predictable
My advice as a fan would be to get the director of that play that Lady Crane acts in and use him to direct the next season, because this season has been terrible considering this is Game of Thrones.
OK understandably there was no light in the room, but the Waif vs Arya would be such an emotional battle. Both girls hate each other and I would've liked to see their struggle against each other. Instead we're left with a "I killed her, and by the way I don't care about your faceless men anymore" and Jaqen was like "Good work girl" Logic/10 right there.
The same can be said for the Blackfish - "I'm gonna die fighting" attitude was admirable, but the next scene is some random soldier telling Jaime "Yo, he's dead" - A Barristan Selmy style death would've been appropriate here, but obviously the producers thought that it would've been too much effort, funny, I get that feeling about a lot of this season's content.
I'm not even gonna start on the Lemoncloak, actually I am, Fans: "Yes, we might get Lady Stoneheart" or "Nice maybe his character might do more in the shows than he does in the books." Instead we got an episode 7 "OMG LEMONCLOAK" - Episode 8 "He's dead now but he has nice boots" I must've blinked and missed it, what was the point of his character?
The siege of Meereen was comprised of a) a clip of the ships coming, in b) The ships firing and c) The city on fire. The rest of it was "We can't defend the city, lets hide in the pyramid, oh hi Dany, good of you to show up for 5 seconds" My question is "Why don't they just move trebuchets to fire at the pyramid once they take the city with minimal effort. This siege is really underwhelming.
Tommen just singlehandedly ruined all Cleganebowl hype and crushed fans. From the fans point of view I think we all want/know Tommen will die. How Tommen doesn't realize he's being used is amazing. No kid could be dumber and Kevan just lets this happen?
All in all, I can see why the producers are saying they don't have enough content left, they can't deflect fan's disappointment when it's obvious that this season was rushed.
There are massive holes in story lines/storyline deaths in general. A few examples being Dorne and Lady Stoneheart, and some scenes have just been skipped over, examples would be the siege or Meereen and fight scenes/deaths mentioned above.
This episode was meant to set the scene for the upcoming battle next episode + the King's Landing trials + maybe some Bran/Benjen update. It didn't accomplish the first and mutilated the second. I felt that the hound using his axe was the only part of this episode that wasn't a waste of time.
The title "No-one" Clearly pointed to Arya, but even her parkour + skipped fight scene + talk with Jaqen that doesn't make sense, she basically told him where to shove his death cult and he doesn't care. Now the only way that they can get around this logic loophole is if Jaqen = Syrio. While that theory is plausible I don't see how they plan to introduce it now Arya is going home. I'm trying to envision a scene where Jaqen is waving to Arya as she gets on a boat - "Farewell Arya, oh I forgot to mention, I'm Syrio" (Massive reveal, LOL NO)
This episode was so disappointing and so has this season in general. The only good scenes so far are:
Lyanna Mormont Hodor's death Tower of Joy Jon and Sansa reunion Jaime vs Blackfish conversation I'd like to say Benjen, but that was too predictable
My advice as a fan would be to get the director of that play that Lady Crane acts in and use him to direct the next season, because this season has been terrible considering this is Game of Thrones.