brewster wrote: Mon Apr 15, 2019 6:34 pm
If you're going to wrap it up, you need to tie up the loose ends. Some of these reunions were more important than others. Arya and Jon was important, they hadn't seen each other since like S01E02! And they were the tightest of all the Stark brood. Hound and Arya not so important, but fun. "I robbed you first".
My daughter and I enjoyed the episode, frequently stopping it and discussing various points. The one thing we didn't see coming was the Dany/Sam confrontation, and it's putting Sam as the trusted adviser telling Jon he should be king. But he don't know Jon is banging her. Awkward.
You guys are too impatient. Some here criticize it for wanting to be one long movie, but that is explicitly what Benioff and Weiss said they're doing. Movies take different pacing than episodic TV. It's a romance, not a series of one night stands.
I agree with you to a point. With the exception of Season 1.1, all GoT 1st episodes have been the slower episodes, setting the stage for the season. This one was really slow, though, even though there were numerous loose ends being tied up (along with the needed reunions.)
BTW - I believe Jon & Arya only had one scene together in Episode 1, when he gave her Needle. Episode 2 was the King's Road.
I don't see it as being impatient; I just think in terms of good episodes, this one fell flat. Add that it was only flat in relation to other GoT episodes; not in relation to other shows.
I hope Euron suffers a bloody and painful death by episode 2. What a waste of a character and precious available screen time. The kidnapping of Yara added nothing to the story, really, if Theon was going to rescue her the next time she's on screen. (Outside a very short non-chat with Euron.) Theon is weak. Why are we supposed to believe he's capable of the stealth operation needed to rescue Yara? That operation was deserving of a more time; the whole thing (from rescue to Yara sending Theon to Winterfell,) took far less time than Jon's first dragon ride. It was way too easy and completely unbelievable.
The pacing and time devoted to each scene was poorly planned and not related to the importance of the scene. Let's face it; this was a catch-all/catch-up episode and likely got very little attention compared to other episodes in season 8.
For the record; I don't agree with Cappy on this. I think they've done an outstanding job with the format they chose, and tens of millions of people around the world agree. Capps is just our resident Negative Nancy/self proclaimed expert on every topic known to man. His disagreement with millions around the world doesn't make him an Oracle of good television. Lol....
