Welcome back everybody! Last night in Game of Thrones’ newest episode ‘The Long Night,’ the living army featuring most of our favorite characters took on the White Walkers, led by the ruthless Night King. I wrote a blog predicting who would go down, so let’s see just how wrong I was. (Spoiler alert: I was very wrong)
–My death predictions: Brienne of Tarth, Jaime Lannister, Podrick Payne, Greyworm, Gendry, Theon Greyjoy, Davos Seaworth, Lyanna Mormont, Jorah Mormont, Samwell Tarly, The People from the Soup Line (from last week’s episode), Everyone in the Crypt
–Who Actually Died: Lyanna Mormont, Jorah Mormont, Theon Greyjoy, the little girl from the soup line, Jon and Sam’s friend from the Night’s Watch (I’m not sure what his name is but you know who I’m talking about, the one with the long hair and the receding hairline), Ser Beric, The Red Woman
–So How’d I Do? Not great. Only 4 of the 16 people I thought would die actually bit the dust, plus I missed three others. I’m really surprised we didn’t see more people get killed.
As for the episode itself, I didn’t totally love it. The more I think about it, the more disappointed I am. It was difficult to see what was going on the whole time because it was dark and the camera was shaking a lot. I thought we would see more major characters go down (obviously), and there were several times I thought Jaime, Brienne, and Sam died because of the way it was presented. Sam, by the way, should have stayed in the crypt. You can’t be all “I’ve killed a White Walker before, I should be out there for the battle!” then whimper your way through said battle.
And how about the Night King? What a fraud! When he doesn’t have an undead army and some insane magic on his side, he’s not so tough. He robbed us of an awesome one-on-one fight scene between him and Jon Snow, then strutted over to Bran and got killed by a teenager (okay, I’m not exactly sure how old Arya is considered to be in the show but she’s on the younger side). Also, what the hell was Bran doing this whole episode? He warged into a raven, did nothing of use, then came back to give a bad pep talk to Theon and almost die at the hand of the Night King.
As a matter of fact, I felt like a lot of this episode was us coming close to satisfying moments, getting a taste, then being let down. The Night King vs. Jon scene, most of the death scenes (except the Mormonts, they’re champions), the Night King’s death itself. All of these things felt like they weren’t fleshed out enough for me. As far as Game of Thrones battle episodes, this one ranks toward the bottom with me.
Last night’s Twitter memes were elite though.
ReJoyce 