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I'm going to take this moment by moment the best I can off of memory because I have a lot to say... and a lot of opinions.
And just to get it out of the way now, I really thought this episode was one of the strongest in the season. (Hides from angry fans with their D&D aimed pitch forks).
Just hear me out.
First up, Varys. We open the episode with Varys writing many ravens to send out to the lords and ladies of Westeros, declaring Jon the most suitable heir to the Iron Throne.
Enter, one of his Little Birds letting him know that Daenerys isn't eating the food she so kindly provided and that the Little Bird was scared the guards were "watching her".
Y'all... Varys was trying to poison Daenerys. Why else would the Little Bird be afraid of guards watching if she was just bringing her FOOD??? Come on.
He was trying to end it the easy way.
Which leads me to his death.
Tyrion betraying him, as much as Varys deserved it at the time, broke my heart. Tyrion really was just trying to stay loyal to his queen and Varys chose the wrong side in Tyrion's mind.
OH! and that shot of Drogon in the darkness behind Dany and Jon before he executed him? STUNNING AND TERRIFYING.
Speaking of Tyrion, I'm furious he involved Davos in his "free Jamie and Cersei" shenanigans. I don't understand why Davos would have done it because that's a one way trip to the wrong side of Dracarys.
Tyrion's emotional goodbye to Jamie was the only scene in the episode to really pull actual tears from me. I knew, in that moment, that was going to be the last time they saw each other and it was a perfect, heartbreaking farewell.
While we are on the topic of Jamie, let's address his fight with Euron and his death.
Jamie didn't earn that Euron kill. Arya or Theon (pre dying) did. What? He earns that kill because he fucked Jamie's sister. Nah. Don't think so. BUT, if I take that small aspect away, I thought the fight scene was fun to watch and I'm damn happy that Euron is dead, though I wanted Jamie to beat him to death with his golden hand.
Now..... the Lannister Twin death. Soooo many people are so upset because they wanted worse for Cersei and they expected better from Jamie, but I thought their death was poetic. They came into this world together and they left this world together... crushed by the castle they fought so desperately to keep. Jamie isn't a perfect character. He never was. You can't fault someone for loving someone and wanting to save her. She's awful .... but he loved her. That was NEVER a secret. He tried to be better and he succeeded but in the end.... you love who you love.
Rolling backward to the beginning of the battle.... I applaud Dany destroying the Iron Fleet and taking out every single scorpion AND MASSACRING the Golden Company (too late for Cersei to ask for a refund? Lol).... that was SO EPIC. SO BADASS. IT WAS EVERYTHING.
CLEGANEBOWL WAS EVERYTHING AND LIVED UP TO ALL OF THE 8 SEASONS OF BUILD UP!!!!
Okay, now the elephant in the room..... Dany and her Mad Queen status.
We all knew it was going to happen. The speed at which it happened was alarming but that's a side effect of 6 episodes.
She has the crazy Targaryen gene and her rage just.... took over.
And now she has to die. HAS TO. She's too unstable.
Poor Jon on the ground when everything went crazy. He was in shock and doing the best he could. He loved and trusted her and he was proven wrong, heartbroken, angry and HORRIFIED all at once. I think he will be the one to kill her.
And ending on that Arya and the pale horse imagery?????? Absolutely stunningly perfect.
“And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on it was Death,”
Has this season been season 1-4 quality? No. But it, in no way, deserves the insane hate that it's getting.
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