Was anyone else disappointed with GoT's last episode "Home"? (Spoilers)

If you haven't seen the episode, don't read on.











I wouldn't have filmed the Jon Snow scene like that. The scene was too predictable. Hell, the entire episode was predictable the moment Davos asked Melisandre if she could resurrect Jon Snow. The episode made it abundantly clear that Jon would be soon resurrected. The Red Witch and everyone in the room acting like she failed was just too melodramatic because the viewers already assumed he was coming back.

I feel his resurrection was a wasted scene. Hell, the entire episode was full of wasted opportunities. Many scenes could've been filmed much better.

For example, if I was the filmmaker I wouldn't have filmed Jon Snow on the table with the eye opening reveal. Did anyone else realize that they stole that scene from the last scene in Avatar? It felt cheap and predictable.


I would've had Melisandre perform her ritual and seemingly fail (which by the way was another weak scene. She just muttered some words. She's a damn witch for Christ's sake! She's burned people at the stake, drank poison, birthed demons, but all she does during a resurrection is mutter a few words? Whatever.). I would've ended the episode with everyone walking out of the room in disappointment ensuring that the viewer believe that Snow was not in fact coming back to life.

In the next episode or maybe two episodes beyond the "Home" episode, I would've shown Thorne and his men in their jail cells. Suddenly a hooded figure appears in the middle of the night. The figure reveals himself to be Jon Snow and he exacts his revenge upon Thorne and everyone who stabbed him.

That method would've been a more effective reveal of Jon Snow's resurrection.

Or, perhaps an episode or two later Davos, the Red Witch, or any character walks into Jon Snow's room to discover him staring out a window or sitting next to the fire sharpening a sword.

We don't always have to see eyes popping open.

It's rather stupid if you think about it because it's an old overused movie trick. Like I said, James Cameron ended Avatar that way and you could see that coming from a mile away. The crappier horror films constantly use that movie technique.

It's cheesy. It's totally ineffective.

In my opinion, this is the kind of crap the audience can expect now that HBO has moved beyond the books. So far this season there have been several weak scenes that could've been filmed FAR better, and only a handful of strong scenes.