hardhome
episodes 8 and 9 are always the biggies for game of thrones, with 10 tying up loose ends and a few things to lead into the next season. episode 8 did not disappoint!
mereen, pt1
at first i saw the throne room and thought "aww, crap! her again." tyrion and danerys' exchange is really good, however. "he is in love with you, i think." aww snap he said it out loud!
king's landing, pt1
wow, how the mighty have fallen!
house of black and white
contrary to jaqen's description, the captain expects payment for completing 18 voyages alive. yet he's offering a sack of money to the thin man? what don't i understand here?
king's landing, pt2
how the mighty have fallen even further! based on what qyburn said, i expect the zombie monster mountain to bust cersei out.
winterfell
sansa confronts theon, but i think this scene could have hit a little harder. ramsay's plan makes no sense whatsoever...maybe this is the end of ramsay?
mereen, pt2
how to improve the worst character in the show? just add tyrion. i do miss varys, tho. jorah should get a montage for the lead-up to the big league fights.
king's landing, pt3
seeing cersei slurp water off the floor of her cell...what a great illustration of her change of fortune.
castle black
"he (jon) always comes back." dun dun duuunnn
hardhome
where do the wildling anarchists get their spiffy uniforms? anyway, tormund's beatdown of lord of bones was great. could have used some blood splatter, tho.
a scary snowstorm, then screaming, then silence behind the wall. attack of the icy skelezombies is on! the actual fighting goes on for an oustanding 12 minutes and the scene goes for 2 minutes more. when the white walker casts his raise dead ability, it appears that everyone standing is freshly killed and not the previously zombified attackers. not much consolation there, but it's something.
as hulk hogan would say:
what you gonna do, jon snow, when winter comes for you??!!