Well, I wasn't expecting the Jon Snow revelation to come in the premiere, but Bran (?) was right in saying that there's no time to wait at this point. Last night's episode was a great setup--the next five are gonna be awesome! Side note, I gotta give HBO credit for how zero spoilers leaked before the premiere. They've clearly got some top-notch security now.
@hestia14 I think they filmed multiple versions of the season so that it couldn't get leaked because if it was accessed, people wouldn't know what is what.
Is it weird that even though Jon is Dany's nephew, I still love them together! haha
It was a good setup episode, but with only 5 more left to end the season they have a lot of ground to cover LOL!! Will be interesting to watch what happens..
@jennm0724 DH said the same thing last night! He’s like, you guys need to hurry up and start getting to the conclusions of things! There’s not a lot of time left!
I'm going to be VERY disappointed if they end it with the death of the White King and then no look into the future of things at all. I told my husband that would be the worst possible ending for all of this...White Walkers obliterated...The End. I'll be so upset. There's too much that needs to be known.
I think White Walkers will be gone very soon and then we will watch the Seven Kingdoms fight it out for the remaining 4 episodes. At least all the reunions and information sharing is now done.
*Of course Podrick has a beautiful singing voice *Tormund...ew. At least now we know why he likes tall women? *I don't think I've ever seen a GoT character smile the way Brienne did after she was knighted. Her expression was so fitting but so out of place in the best way possible *DH wondered if Bran might warg into Jaime's body and kill Cersei. Double valonquar? *I really like how the Arya/Gendry scene was shot. Arya is probably the only female character who hasn't been sexualized at all up until this point, and the scene was just enough to assert her sexuality, not exploit it. *I'm not surprised that Daenerys' reaction to Jon's revelation was not about the fact that they were related--she probably grew up thinking she would marry her brother like so many of her ancestors did. She said "You have *a* claim to the Iron Throne," not *the* claim. I wonder how long it will take her to realize that he has the better claim no matter how you slice it--Jon is male, yes, but he's the first child of the oldest descendant of the former king. Somebody speculated that Daenerys will kill Jon because she won't be able to tolerate the truth *Next week is going to be craaaazy
We have to watch the episodes on Mondays because I'm too tired to watch them at 9 on Sundays haha. But then that means staying off social media all day because there are all sorts of spoilers. I could not stop laughing during that Tormund/Giantsbane scene OMG @jennm0724 I was reading a CNN recap this morning and they mentioned Ghost and said something like "Is he going to do anything soon, or just waste the CGI budget?" I bet he plays a big role in the next episode with the battle. @hestia14 I really liked the Arya/Gendry scene too! So well done. I didn't think about Bran warging, I keep wondering if Jaime dies then Arya steals his face to kill Cersei?
I realized on Sunday night that I DO have access to HBO. I got my dad's DirecTV password back in the fall when I was at their house setting up his FireTV onto HBO because I wanted to watch Christmas movies. Hahaha. Then I just remembered that I had saved the password to my iPad. Thanks, dad! So, we watched Ep1 last night. We'll watch the second one some other day this week.
@jenniferjoy37 I have some GOT Oreos and my "I drink and I know things" coffee/hot milk mug. I'm ready to eat my feelings after this episode! (Provided the sweetness doesn't kill my teeth...)
That was FAR, FAR too anxiety inducing for a pregnant lady. I feel guilty for watching that because it really stressed me out. How am I supposed to sleep tonight? WTH.
I almost felt a bit bored with the episode. We knew people would die, just too long of a fight scene to really hold my interest. Also maybe because we watched from our laptop in the hotel bed lol.
My brother and I have a kill spreadsheet going of who would die and what episode. I did pretty good with my predictions. And also who would be the one to take out the night king.
I'm on the fence about the episode too. It had some really great moments of despair like the Dothrakis getting wiped out and the Night King raising all the corpses, but I'm a little disappointed that more main characters didn't die. Not that I wanted it to happen, but I expected it to happen. GoT has been built on the notion of no one being safe, and in the face of the most horrible, apocalyptic threat the show has had, all of the big heroes survived. I was expecting most of them to have a gut-wrenching final moment like Lyanna. (I can't decide what was sadder--her tragic but totally fitting death or Drogon giving Daenerys and Jorah a big dragon hug.) Very interested to see how the last three episodes will play out since the big bad conflict is gone (or so we think...)
Me three. I mean the shots were cool, like when the Red Woman lit up the Dothraki swords, but IDK it just wasn't the pace I expected, maybe? Also, I wish Bran would start talking instead of warging into ravens, that'd be cool. Also was everything super dark for anyone else, DH and I felt like this watching it and we had the lights turned off and everything
Well, now it is all down to the battle for the Iron Throne. And how will that play out between Danny and John? And how crazy is Cersei going to really become?
I think the best part of last night's show was the score. It was really, really good. And emotion evoking.
It was dark, but I thought it was good. And done purposefully. They couldn't see either, so why should we get to see? My favorite movie is Memento and it's done backward on purpose so you can feel like the main character who has no memories. I think that is what they were trying to do with the darkness.
@hakele I definitely noticed the music chance at certain points... it was fitting...
@samanthak46 yes, SOOOO dark! I asked DH if he could turn up the brightness on the TV, but he didn’t want to pause it. Haha.
@hestia14 I was expecting more main characters to die too. It seems like so many close calls with all of them... I’m really surprised that most of our favs are still alive.
Agree with all of the above. Battle scenes can get kinda boring to me anyway, but I couldn't even see what was going on with the darkness and storm and smoke and fire! Just kinda glad the episode is over so we can all move on 😂
@JLHeisler Tmrw is my day off work, so I’m going to re-watch it to see if there was anything I missed... but yes, we absolutely count down the days until Sunday!!
I'm not sure what was going on with out HBOnow but it kept buffering! We ended having to watch on the laptop again through the web browser. Super annoying.
With only 2 episodes left shits gonna get real, but me being the dog loving person I am was so mad Jon didn't say bye to Ghost the way I wanted him to LOL! I knew as soon as Gendry asked Arya she'd turn him down, she has always said she isn't a lady. Also, who else thinks Jaime took off to go kill Cersei?? Poor Brienne is heartbroken.
And I didn't even notice in the episode the coffee cup, until the internet pointed it out to me this morning!
@jennm0724 I was sad too when Jon didn’t say goodbye to his wolf! You don’t just do that. He hugged Tormund when he said goodbye, why couldn’t he do that for his wolf too?!
I didn't notice the starbucks cup either. Thanks internet!
@acgx I’m mad at Jamie for being a dick to Brienne. Don’t just use her, she trusted him. He may have a plan to come back, but who knows?
I was upset with the lack of interaction with Ghost too. And seeing Brienne so upset got me upset as well.
I know it's the final season and anything goes, but I was not expecting Dany's other dragon to go down so quickly. Both DH and I were like what the heck, they're just dragon sharpshooters now?
I really want to get to the bottom of Cersei's potential pregnancy too, is she pregnant? Is she lying? What's going on? Give us some info Qyburn
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Side note, I gotta give HBO credit for how zero spoilers leaked before the premiere. They've clearly got some top-notch security now.
@Bear14+ I still like them together haha!
*Of course Podrick has a beautiful singing voice
*Tormund...ew. At least now we know why he likes tall women?
*I don't think I've ever seen a GoT character smile the way Brienne did after she was knighted. Her expression was so fitting but so out of place in the best way possible
*DH wondered if Bran might warg into Jaime's body and kill Cersei. Double valonquar?
*I really like how the Arya/Gendry scene was shot. Arya is probably the only female character who hasn't been sexualized at all up until this point, and the scene was just enough to assert her sexuality, not exploit it.
*I'm not surprised that Daenerys' reaction to Jon's revelation was not about the fact that they were related--she probably grew up thinking she would marry her brother like so many of her ancestors did. She said "You have *a* claim to the Iron Throne," not *the* claim. I wonder how long it will take her to realize that he has the better claim no matter how you slice it--Jon is male, yes, but he's the first child of the oldest descendant of the former king. Somebody speculated that Daenerys will kill Jon because she won't be able to tolerate the truth
*Next week is going to be craaaazy
Tomund makes me laugh so hard, the love triangle between him, Brienne and Jaime makes me laugh.
So Ghost just shows up and no one makes a big deal about it? Where has Ghost been!??
Will be interesting to see how it plays out between Jon and Daenerys.. she wants the throne, I don't think Jon does..
I could not stop laughing during that Tormund/Giantsbane scene OMG
@jennm0724 I was reading a CNN recap this morning and they mentioned Ghost and said something like "Is he going to do anything soon, or just waste the CGI budget?" I bet he plays a big role in the next episode with the battle.
@hestia14 I really liked the Arya/Gendry scene too! So well done. I didn't think about Bran warging, I keep wondering if Jaime dies then Arya steals his face to kill Cersei?
Then I just remembered that I had saved the password to my iPad.
Thanks, dad!
So, we watched Ep1 last night. We'll watch the second one some other day this week.
How am I supposed to sleep tonight? WTH.
My brother and I have a kill spreadsheet going of who would die and what episode. I did pretty good with my predictions. And also who would be the one to take out the night king.
Very interested to see how the last three episodes will play out since the big bad conflict is gone (or so we think...)
I think the best part of last night's show was the score. It was really, really good. And emotion evoking.
It was dark, but I thought it was good. And done purposefully. They couldn't see either, so why should we get to see? My favorite movie is Memento and it's done backward on purpose so you can feel like the main character who has no memories. I think that is what they were trying to do with the darkness.
@samanthak46 yes, SOOOO dark! I asked DH if he could turn up the brightness on the TV, but he didn’t want to pause it. Haha.
@hestia14 I was expecting more main characters to die too. It seems like so many close calls with all of them... I’m really surprised that most of our favs are still alive.
I also think Jaime is going to kill Cersei in the end, but I don't think he knows he's going to yet. Cersei is the worst.
I didn't notice the starbucks cup either. Thanks internet!
@acgx I’m mad at Jamie for being a dick to Brienne. Don’t just use her, she trusted him. He may have a plan to come back, but who knows?
I know it's the final season and anything goes, but I was not expecting Dany's other dragon to go down so quickly. Both DH and I were like what the heck, they're just dragon sharpshooters now?
I really want to get to the bottom of Cersei's potential pregnancy too, is she pregnant? Is she lying? What's going on? Give us some info Qyburn
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-7006061/Game-Thrones-fans-convinced-Daenerys-dragon-Drogon-secretly-BABIES.html
Aww. Dany is going to be a G-ma! I like this theory. Makes total sense!