OT- Game of Thrones S7 E7: The Dragon and the Wolf

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Should be a helluva episode, in a season of great episodes. Jon and Dany head to Kings Landing. Will Littlefinger turn the Stark girls against one another? CLEGANEBOWL IS BACK IN PLAY!!! WE DO NOT SOW

rs207200

August 28th, 2017 at 9:12 AM ^

Look at it from a different perspective. The Stark sister's were not playing Baelish. They were genuinely ready to plot / kill one another. Arya, as she was walking into the throne room did not know what was going on. She thought that the accusations laid out were going to be placed on her. Sansa was ready to condemn Arya throughout the last few episodes UNTIL Baelish slipped up and mentioned that Arya wanted to be Lady of Winterfell. At that point her thought process changed completely. She then confirmed some suspicions with Bran and then setup the "trial".

ijohnb

August 28th, 2017 at 10:16 AM ^

think what the audience was supposed to believe is that Arya and Sansa were actually fueding but Bran came at them with data and they saw that Littlefinger was actually the problem.  That is the best I can come up with, unless Arya and Sansa were actually "breaking the forth wall" and having several scenes only for the audience.  That would have surprised me before this season but now I am not exactly sure.

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NowTameInThe603

August 28th, 2017 at 11:31 AM ^

co worker has a theory that they were working littlefinger. As in we dont see him but we are supposed to assume he has his ear to the door. Which makes sense. The episode or 2 before he and Arya were playing cat and mouse. It looks like he is winning the game because thats what Arya and Sansa want him to think.

TrueBlue2003

August 28th, 2017 at 1:05 AM ^

to go that direction along the wall.

The army of the dead is probably going south to winterfell (or white harbor) and given their slow pace, Tormund plausibly could get to castle black to get down from the wall, rejoin the rest of the crows and and meet back up for what is likely to be some serious battling in the north.

jdon

August 27th, 2017 at 10:36 PM ^

tremendous dialogue

lots of intrigue

betrayal

dany and jon fucking

family in the north

and an ending to remind us of just how fucked the north is.

 

ST3

August 27th, 2017 at 10:39 PM ^

She has become the North's Ilyn Payne. Ironic, considering his was the first name on her list, IIRC. She has met the enemy and it is she. Gotta admit I am sorry to see Littlefinger go. I have always been partial to brothel owners.

I Bleed Maize N Blue

August 27th, 2017 at 10:51 PM ^

And yet not exactly Ilyn Payne. Ned taught that the Lord should do his own executions. Jon's not there, and Sansa is Sansa. Arya may not be the Lady of Winterfell, but at least it was a Stark that carried it out.

I Bleed Maize N Blue

August 27th, 2017 at 10:43 PM ^

Shaka, when the Wall fell.

Too bad Bran can't communicate telepathically. He knew, but not in time. That will be an interesting scene. I pick Sam for the reveal. "Hey, Jon, guess what? You're not a bastard! You're trueborn!"

"I'm what?"

"Yeah, you're a Targaryen! Aegon Targaryen!"

"I'M WHAT???"

Sam sees Jon and Dany turn very pale and exchange looks. "Oh, is something the matter?"

Space Bat

August 27th, 2017 at 10:51 PM ^

Did the show ever name Rhaegar and Elia's kids? I guess Lyanna could have known that Ser Gregor already killed the first Aegon, but it still seems weird for Jon's name to be Aegon-- I thought Lyanna said Aemon first, and that would have made much more sense  

grumbler

August 27th, 2017 at 10:58 PM ^

Rhaegar's marriage to Elia was annulled, so her kids were bastards.  Lyanna's kid would be the legitimate Aegon, even had Elia and her bastard children survived.

Yeah, I know it makes no sense for Rhaegar to annul his marriage rather than just have a second wife (not unknown to Targaryns), but there you are.

Pepto Bismol

August 28th, 2017 at 9:35 AM ^

And I'm not sure I understand his point about the annulled marriage (I mean Elia's kids were born to married parents, right? I'm not a retroactive bastard because my parents got divorced.) 

But I wouldn't be so quick to pin that name on the TV guys.  From what I gather, GRRM has been available to help guide the plot toward his intended conclusion.  Jon Snow is THE character in this entire franchise.  You don't think Martin ever bothered to give him a Targaryen name?  Or you don't think he bothered to share that with Beniof & Weiss?  I'd bet $1 that the name "Aegon" was Martin's call.

Pepto Bismol

August 28th, 2017 at 11:52 AM ^

So Martin wrote, what, 6 gigantic novels?  Dropped hints of R+L=J all over the place.  Obviously pointed this entire saga toward Jon Snow, developed a metric ton of back story and family lineage and side novellas that gave GoT unmatched depth, and you don't think he ever considered the name of his main character?

Really?

And for the record, George R.R. Martin is still involved with the show.  And I quote from an interview he gave about a month ago:  "I am involved in the show, of course, and have been since the beginning..."

 

Good talk.

VectorVictor05

August 28th, 2017 at 1:14 PM ^

annullment /= divorce

An annulled marriage never legally occurred in the first place, making any kids born of that "marriage" retroactive bastards.  A divorce ends a marriage at the time of the divorce, but does not legally nullify the marriage itself.

Rabbit21

August 27th, 2017 at 11:10 PM ^

Great, satisfying, season finale. Watching Littlefinger get played made my month. I have waited for twenty years to see how that little bastard would get his and that could not be topped, in fact I am ready to watch it again.