So thus far, the only useful thing Bran has done is told his sisters about Littlefingers' deeds. Hopefully the dead Hodor returns in final season.
Lots of really good one on one scenes. The better actors in the show were great as usual...but I thought the poorer actors really upped their game as well. Best performances for me were Theon, Cersai and Littlefinger. But everybody was pretty good.
Well that was a lot of fun. Having said that, I also had the same feeling I had about the rest of the season: Tis a fine show, but sure it is no GoT, Benioff & Weiss. By which I mean, it once again felt different from when they still had some source material to work with. I do like how if you read GoT as a climate change allegory, then Cersei reneging on the alliance is kind of perfect (Trump pulling out of the Paris accords). BTW, can we spare a moment for Jon Snow/Aegon Targaryen, who will soon conclude his sojourn on the Love Boat only to find out that the fine Targaryen booty he has been tapping belongs to his aunt. Ouch! Also, did anyone else briefly think that the figure watching forlornly as Daenerys let Jon Snow into her cabin was poor old Jorah Mormont instead of Tyrion Lannister?
As has been discussed before, GRRM put clues about the individual Stark children's fate in the names/appearances/fates of their respective direwolves. With Jon, I thought that this, err... canine determinism was limited to the name "Ghost", which is an allusion to him coming back from the dead. But the color of his pelt is also worthy of being mentioned. White hair is a Targaryen trait.
Did we ever get a reaction from Sam's dad about the stolen family sword? I heard a fan theory that this whole GOT is just Sam narrating it, I hope that isn't true as there is no way in hell this fat cvnt survives all this.
Since Maesters write history books and record history, yes, there is a theory that the whole thing is Sam's book. His mentor even made a comment about writing interesting history so people read it. But who knows, Sam has a valerian steel sword and the night king is coming.
He's also the first man in thousands of years to have killed a White Walker. I love the chapter in the books where this occurs, especially Sam's internal dialogue.
Remember that one scene where Sam first enters the Citadel and see the large contraption high up in the center of the building, something that looks awfully like the thing in the opening credits? Perhaps it is Sam's story.
Weak character, I hope they do something else with him instead they make him look very weak and emotional.
With his 'build', (shall we call it ), what else would he be? Maester Qyburn has played a 'full part' in the story when he brought the mountain back to life. This guy.... I'm not entirely clear what it is you're expecting of Sam, tbh. Wasn't it him that established that dragon glass can kill even the biggest white walker by shattering them? Or was that John Snow? I forget... Anyway, I think we need a full compliment of different types of character. Otherwise the show would become incredibly tedious IMO.
Sam's accomplishments: - Save Gilly and her baby - Kill a White Walker - Get Bran across the Wall - Help get Jon Snow elected to Lord Commander of the Night's Watch - Cure Jorah Mormont from Greyscale - Find the proof that Jon Snow is Rhaegar Targaryen's legitimate child (okay that one he kind of has to give credit to Gilly for)
He's given Jon loads of good counsel over the years and he did his duty during the battle against the wildlings
How’d that work out for the Tarly’s? There seems to be some fiction between Tyrion and Dany brewing…the addition of a niece or nephew would certainly complicate things even more….whereas Tyrion may not care that much about his sister, the show just spent some time emphasizing the fact that Tyrion cares deeply for Cersei’s children… Tyrion won’t turn on or defy Dany for or over Cersei directly, but what about an innocent niece or nephew?