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I think you could have actually opened the next episode with Arya waking up and escaping and ending the episode with the couple crumble

 

RIP Sexy Pirate Man

 

Has a 48% on RT which is the lowest rated episode BY FAR

 

All of the events that lead up to her doing what she did cumulatively caused her to snap. Including Missandei. The show is clearly framing it as the coin landed on the wrong side, but it wasn't a random event. She was actively trying to be better for the entirety of the show up to when she arrived in Westeros. Her hopelessness, fear, frustration, and anger drove her over the edge. It's almost Star Wars-y to me honestly, reminds me of Anakin.

I don't think it's necessarily about nature vs. nurture entirely, I think it's a combination of both things. Sometimes the madness is inherent in the Targaryen (like with Viserys and, we assume, Aerys) and sometimes they're driven there by circumstances and by virtue of the fact that it's easy for someone with that much power to abuse it. I don't think Daenerys was born mad, I think she was born with a predisposition to wind up that way but the things that happened to her drove her there. I thought the show did a good job of showing that it was anything but a calculated decision to do what she did.

 

I find it a strange choice how they never do another close up on Dany as she's burning the whole city.

 

Costs too much lol

 

It’s also interesting to me that so many saw that as hinting that Arya will still have a major job to do, because in the moment it almost struck me as her goodbye forever. There was such a finality to it after all the chaos.

 

Yeah my buddy who is a huge fan thinks she is just going to head off and explore other lands at this point.

 

I think the framing of the last times we see her, watching as an innocent mother and child are burned alive and then waking up to see the devastation Daenerys caused, means she's on Arya's list now. I was half expecting her to say "Daenerys Targaryen" under her breath as she mounted the horse to ride away. I'm glad they didn't do that, though, it wouldn't have been as good as what happened.

 

I just DMed you the goods

 

Can someone hit me up too? First time I'm willing to be spoiled.

 

I got you

 

Sure, this makes sense to me, it just felt like that descent happened very very quickly which I suppose is the flaw of the whole season. But this pretty clearly disagrees with the post I was quoting, where JC says it was well-reasoned and done with a specific goal in mind. I don't think that fits with "anything but calculated"

 

Would just like to repeat the request that a number of other people have said already to not discuss the leaks or impression of the leaks until after next week's episode airs.

 

Any leak discussion will be done through DMs

 

so did ARodg get roasted visibly on camera?

 

Oh yeah I don't think she decided to do premeditated war crimes, I mean even earlier in the episode she told Grey Worm to stand down if the city surrendered.

Also yeah the flaw for me is that these character beats that have been built up for years are culminating too quickly. The groundwork that was laid over the last two seasons was rushed by a lot. It's frustrating that these moments weren't given time to breathe but I personally wouldn't say anything that's happening doesn't make sense.

 

The last episode will be a fast 80 minutes.

We better get a ton of Sansa

 

Yeah I mostly meant also not discussing what people think of the leaks because I don't think anyone in here would actively spoil it for people who don't want to know, no matter how little they themselves care about spoilers.

 

It's crazy to me that D&D apparently could have had 2 more seasons and declined. If you're burnt out and just wanna be done...just quit and let someone else do it. If you really think that was the best amount of time to finish this series...you're bad at your job i guess? very weird

 

I don't even think two more seasons would have been necessary, just having the seven more episodes they lost would have fixed a lot of the issues. Can you imagine how much better this would have been with four more episodes tacked on to this season?

 

This this long thread really sums up this season.

 

Oooo spoil me Dadddyyy

 

I hope D&D lose Star Wars after all the negative reactions this is getting. They don't deserve to work on it imo.

And hopefully this could be the final nail in the Confederate coffin as well. That shit should've never been greenlit in the first place.

 

I thought this ep was a huge step up from the last two and was shot beautiful. I agree with most every complaint I've read on here though, even though I liked it.