Kram: Amid the mishmash of mishegas that transpired beyond the Wall, the most annoying moment was Benjen showing up for another 54 seconds of screentime-I counted-before dying. I have so many questions: Wouldn’t her training in Braavos have taught her to not let her sociopathic tendencies become apparent? Shouldn’t she know that Littlefinger was setting her up? Have her own memories of Ned’s beheading dissolved so that she has forgotten Sansa’s own hysterics? Is it really wise to transport the faces in a random briefcase? Litman: Among all of the daft aspects of the episode, the sloppy development of Arya was in sharpest relief. I hope that Arya’s playing some sort of long game and hasn’t really morphed from one of the most compelling characters in literary history into a cartoon villain, but even then: Play it with Littlefinger, not your sister. I used to laugh at the “Arya is really the Waif!” and “Arya is really Jaqen” theories, but now I kind of, sort of (OK, not really, but still) want them to be right, because either twist would feel less befuddling than Arya, an expert character study who’s literally been trained to sniff out deception, not being able to tell that Sansa’s being truthful. Gruttadaro: It says a lot about the Arya-Sansa plot turn that amidst all of the absurdity north of the Wall, the Arya-Sansa plot turn was the only thing that made me yell at my television. Also, I was kind of hoping Jon Snow would stay dead? (Also, while we weren’t watching, raven technology was vastly improved and a messenger bird can now apparently travel at the speed of a single tweet.)īaker: I could pretty much deal with a far-too-conveniently-timed appearance by one fire-wielding beast, but layering Benjen Stark's arrival on top of that was a bit much. I miss the drunk, womanizing Tyrion of the past. It reminded me that Tyrion, who was once a freewheeling delight of a character, is now just a bland voice of reason who is supposedly responsible for keeping an ill-tempered queen under control. What was your least favorite part?īereznak: Tyrion’s conversation with Dany. … Let’s just not talk about where the Night King got those chains. Gruttadaro: Viserion being dragged out of the ice in the last shot of the episode was legitimately cool. This exchange reminded us that there are even more powerful forces at play: self-awareness and choice. So much of Thrones hinges on the weight of the family name, the pull of legacy. Rubin: It’s hard not to pick Tormund learning the word “dick,” a high point even for our most loquacious wildling, but I’ll go with the Jon-Jorah Longclaw chat. Find yourself two men who will chat about ya like that. Kram: Beric's religious contemplation-he doesn't know what his god wants from him, only that he must be alive for some purpose-added a subtle, grounded subplot in an hour packed with dragons and zombies.īaker: Tormund and the Hound's convo re: Brienne. That elicited my only audible reaction.īereznak: I liked it when Tormund said he was gonna make big, conquering babies with Brienne of Tarth.
Litman: When the bear comes charging at Snowcean’s 7. Katie Baker : Definitely fan service, but I was the fan being serviced, so. Zach Kram : I should have watched the leak, because then I wouldn't have been disappointed on Sunday night.
Juliet Litman : This was among the worst episodes of this otherwise excellent show because the entire premise was absurd. Sixty seconds after the episode: “Man, that was rough.”īen Lindbergh : For the first time, Game of Thrones feels as dumb as any other big-budget CGI spectacle. Mallory Rubin : I don’t want to write a tweet-length review because I don’t want to encourage the belief that rushed exposition makes for good storytelling.Īlyssa Bereznak : Incredulously stupid suicide missions beyond the Wall sow incredulously bad GOT episodes.Īndrew Gruttadaro : Thirty seconds after the episode: “That was fun!” What is your tweet-length review of “Beyond the Wall”? After yet another momentous penultimate episode of Thrones, Ringer staffers dragged themselves out of a freezing lake to answer some questions. There were undead bears, flying spears, a very fast man named Gendry, and a few things that didn’t make so much sense. Sunday night on Game of Thrones, seven men ventured north on a (suicidal) mission to capture a White Walker, the very thing that’s threatening the continued existence of the human race.
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