re: Game of Thrones S7E1: "Dragonstone", HODORS ONLY (No Book Readers)

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I'm on the fence about it. I thought overall it was a good scene but the fact they used Sheerhan so obviously was kind of distracting.

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Sort of this. The scene itself was wasted due to the seemingly "wink, check this out" vibe from Sheeran singing. It just seemed totally unnecessary, I don't know. I get Arya is a killer and whatnot, but we know she is more than that. We know she's hellbent on revenge, but she's not some evil person.

Hell, when when she killed all the Freys, she only killed the ones responsible (she told the little girl/daughter not to drink the wine).

I guess to me it just felt like that scene existed because they wanted to put Ed Sheeran on the show.

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He believes him but knows that when Winter has come in the past, the wall has provided the necessary protection and every winter has left....until now since Bran has crossed the wall.

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I know. I just mean he seems to believe him, and so he knows that the WWs are true. So what could it hurt to allow Sam access to information that may come in handy, even if just to relay to the Night's Watch on the Wall for then the WWs do show up.

Seems awfully arrogant on the part of the archmaester, but maybe that's the point?

So the Karstarks and Umbers got to keep their castles. Who gets the Bolton castle? I don't think there are any heirs..

Is Jon legitimized now or does Winterfell go to Bran, when he gets back?

Last, wasn't Balish supposed to be lord of the Riverlands and over Harrenhall? Or did Cersei take that back?

That Karstack girl was pretty ugly.

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The Sheeran scene definitely was a little too wink-wink, nudge-nudge.

It felt like the sitcom crossovers that happened in the 90s.

"Tune in next week when in a Family Matters/GOT crossover when it is discovered that Steve Urkel has crossed dimensions and become a soldier in the Unsullied."

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Yeah, it was almost as bad as that time Boromir made a crossover in the first season.

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iluvdatiger

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Another book reader...

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As Lord of the House of Hodor, I hereby name iluvdatiger a member of our House for now and for always. She shall always have a place at our table, and meat and mead to eat and drink. I shall never ask her to do anything that will bring her dishonor (unless...you know..she wants to... )

Arise, iluv, as a dual citizen.

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I liked the Hound's storyline. He's always shown some sort of decency or moral compass despite being such a badass a-hole most of the time. I didn't care for his vision in the fire though...I honestly kept waiting for him to bust out laughing and mock Thoros and Beric.

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Agreed with basically your whole post, but especially this. I hate to admit it, but I think it was the acting, though the director could've changed the scene when he saw it wasn't working, which had to be obvious. Maybe another "I see nothing" and "try again" would've made it more believable, or if he made a brief joke about seeing something outlandish and then went into his vision... or just show us flashes of his vision a la Bran and the Mad King and wildfire visions.... just something, or anything else. The scene just didn't work.

Just think of the cameos as a tribute to Miami vice.

That wasn't Wun Wun, just another giant

I thought the damaged eye was a clear cut Wun Wun. I mean they made it a point to zoom into his face