WizardHawk
Release the Kraken - Fuck the Canucks
They were doing more than cheap time stretching between Jon and Danny.Kind of where I stand on the episode. I thought they were condensing into 6 episodes, but they were to be longer episodes... Seeing as they aren't, we really don't have time for the dragon field trip scene... I get they are trying to drive home the fact they're in love and all, but I think since John already "drove it home" at the end of last season that we get it...
A couple of the big questions in my mind...
1) Was Tyrion REALLY dumb enough to believe the Lannister army would come north to help? I mean, we never REALLY saw what was agreed to.
2) If I'm Yara, I'm going to remind Theon that while his desire for redemption is nice and all, he is by FAR the least welcome individual within the gates of Winterfell at this point...
Jon is about to have to tell a driven and self absorbed women with dragons that he is the rightful heir to the throne. They need that dynamic of her falling for him to even suggest she wouldn't kill him right away.
I would expect Jon to test this for himself next episode by at least putting his hand in fire, if not something more.
We had to see him flying a dragon for many different arc possibilities. Danny is now expendable because Jon is that plan B Tyrion was on about late in season 7. Doesn't mean they will kill her off, but they want that in our minds.
They are likely both immune to the dead dragon. Sure, it's blue flame not red. But it melted the wall not froze it.
And this session is 7 hours long. No, it's not as much as some expected, but it's not 7.8 to 8 episodes worth as someone suggested. It is equal to 7 episodes.
Time is short, but none of this was wasted. It is all setting up the action to come.
Can Danny get pregnant from her nephew?
Jon is way more steady as a leader.
Arya is different now? Well no shit. She's been to hell and back, trained under a group that all look stoned, and returned to a home she no longer recognizes from a life she is so distant from. Of course she isn't the same