Abt_Nihil at 5:24AM, May 6, 2019

Faceless Efficient Men of the Impossible NIght School Murderers!

dpat57 at 4:14AM, May 6, 2019

(cont'd) Still applauding the scope of the project though. lol that's me finished now.

dpat57 at 4:14AM, May 6, 2019

(cont'd) sensing but not seeing something nearby (as Arya silently moves in for her gung ho attack). Useless extras. Earlier, Arya gave Sansa a dagger, did she use it? Nope, not Sansa, that would require spunk, she doesn't do that, she's more about speeches. After all his moaning about not being able to do something heroic, did Tyrion run out and stab an undead in the leg and shout "For the Shire!" Nope, they just hid themselves and let others die horribly. Before this, at no point did anyone pause and think, wait, family crypt, dead things, is it even safe to shelter here? And the big drama fail -- everything just stops when the Night King shatters, that was groanworthy. The wight captains at least could have lived on, commanding pockets of undead, until Valyrian steel cut them to pieces. So yeah, a few little niggles with ep3, maybe none of them matter except to me, but tinkering with these elements could have delivered a much more satisfying viewing experience. (cont'd)

dpat57 at 4:13AM, May 6, 2019

Late to the party, ep4 is out now, I haven't watched it yet but it occurred to me at the end of ep3 that Bran is the only one who knows Arya did the biz. Hell yeah, there was a lot to like about ep3 (and a lot to admire in how the writers got us here, it's an amazing project with huge scope, round of applause for all they've done). At the micro level however, I found many little things to be niggly about, and which left me feeling unsatisfied. Not least of which was everyone's strategical ineptitude. We can't even see the enemy never mind estimate their numbers, let's not light things up with a dragon breath fly-past, nope we'll open with the charge of the light brigade and get our cavalry slaughtered in the darkness. How many Valyrian swords were present? None were used dramatically, against the wight captains for example, who just shuffled around after their boss like martinets and had no individual actions or perceptions to offer. None of them paused and looked around, (cont'd)

zenia at 7:47AM, May 5, 2019

I for one, LOVED episode 3. I love that the Night King was taken out (especially by Arya) only halfway through this season. It was a nice twist that he and his army was not the "big bag" after all (as I suspected) but that rather, it is Cercei who is the main villain all along.

bravo1102 at 3:50AM, May 5, 2019

It was just so well done. Not with a bang but a whimper. And Arya in the best SAS/SBS Royal Marine Commando style "Who Dares Wins" & "Not by Strength but by Guile".

Gunwallace at 8:23PM, May 4, 2019

There's been so much 'fan service' in the series I just don't trust the makers to give us a gritty ending in which the undead are outdone by humans as the real evil. I really hope that's what they do, but I just don't see it happening.

Banes at 11:30AM, May 4, 2019

I'm years behind of GoT, but have heard some of the disgruntled reactions to the new episode - then when I hung out with a friend the other day he brought it up and raved about how great it was. He's more a casual fan, but he was quite enthusiastic! Ya never know...

Genejoke at 4:42AM, May 4, 2019

Yup, the series has been about subverting expectations all the way. The honour bound heroes honour gets him killed. The good looking evil man isn't really that evil,despite his actions. It was never really about the night king, that was just a large side quest.

bravo1102 at 2:55AM, May 4, 2019

Right on the money. Precisely what I had been thinking but not quite able to say. Like Marvin Martian said "where's the kah-boom, there's supposed to be a big kah-boom here." But foiled by someone more clever. And as creators ourselves at some visceral level we hate that.