This was probably my personal favorite episode of the season. It's the one that felt most like what I loved about the earlier seasons. Yeah everyone loves the huge WTF moments, action set pieces, and shocking shyt, but they finally let scenes breaaaaaaathe. I really miss characters sitting around talking. That Sam/Gilly scene was so on point in that regard, and if you're someone that hate their scenes, then I can see why the episode overall felt weak since they took up a huge portion. But I was so into that.
I loved the Arya stuff. I loved everything about the crown basically transforming itself into the holy roman empire, especially Mace giving his little speech, Jaimie leading like a badass, and Lady Olenna fanning herself. I even enjoyed Tommen's speech to the people as he solidified himself as pretty much the new Baelor The Blessed. Walder Frey's return was fukking excellent. Benjen's return was great as well.
I like that kind of shyt in my Game of Thrones, and honestly, I had been a little worried that everything would happen so fast in the last few seasons and we would speed rush through great speeches and tension filled conversations so we could hit big plot point after big plotpoint. That's what had me nervous about the first few episodes of this season, even though I thought they were good episodes. But they are actually letting great actors shine in dialogue-heavy moments and I appreciate that. I think I was always that weirdo that liked the slower paced "setup" episodes as much, if not more than the exhausting payoff episodes. But I understand not everyone likes them as much.
That said, I'm expecting episode 7 to be the best of the season, if they deliver on what they have teased.
I loved the Arya stuff. I loved everything about the crown basically transforming itself into the holy roman empire, especially Mace giving his little speech, Jaimie leading like a badass, and Lady Olenna fanning herself. I even enjoyed Tommen's speech to the people as he solidified himself as pretty much the new Baelor The Blessed. Walder Frey's return was fukking excellent. Benjen's return was great as well.
I like that kind of shyt in my Game of Thrones, and honestly, I had been a little worried that everything would happen so fast in the last few seasons and we would speed rush through great speeches and tension filled conversations so we could hit big plot point after big plotpoint. That's what had me nervous about the first few episodes of this season, even though I thought they were good episodes. But they are actually letting great actors shine in dialogue-heavy moments and I appreciate that. I think I was always that weirdo that liked the slower paced "setup" episodes as much, if not more than the exhausting payoff episodes. But I understand not everyone likes them as much.
That said, I'm expecting episode 7 to be the best of the season, if they deliver on what they have teased.
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