![]() Yes, we need a moment for our heroes to catch their breath, and for Thoros to freeze to death, and for Gendry to call in an airstrike. It’s predictable, but it works.Įveryone survives Being Hacked to Bits by the Army of the Dead when The Ice Breaks Conveniently Around That Little Rock on the Frozen Lake The timing is a little slick, but this is the third time in seven seasons where the penultimate episode (“Blackwater” and “Battle of the Bastards”) has featured a battle decided by an outside force arriving not a moment too soon.īesides, all of this-Daenerys seeing the army of the dead in person, Daenerys and Jon making googly eyes at each other and returning the captured wight to the land of the living, Viserion dying and being resurrected as a zombie ice dragon-was at the very least useful in moving the plot along. Jon’s call for help required several moving parts-Gendry making like Pheidippides and hauling ass back to Eastwatch for help, dispatching a raven to Dragonstone, and Daenerys and the air force finding Jon and his men just as they’re about to be overrun. Not only that, it turns out that freezing to death after falling through the ice takes longer than you’d think- up to 10 minutes before you get so cold you can’t move.Įveryone survives Being Hacked to Bits by the Army of the Dead when Deus Ex Dragona I was going to rank this one a lot higher, but after watching Jaime swim the length of the Mississippi while wearing a full suit of armor, I’ve determined that the Andals must have gills or something, because human swimming rules don’t apply to them. Jon Snow survives Drowning and/or Freezing to Death when He Climbs Out of the Icy Lake Even so, that bear had Thoros’s entire rib cage in its mouth and was flinging him around for a while Beric cauterizes the wound, gives Thoros a swig of liquor, and all of a sudden he’s ambulatory-it’s a bit much. Living long enough to banter is a proud tradition not only for the Brotherhood Without Banners, but for television in general, so it’s fine. This isn’t that outrageous, because Thoros cheats death only long enough to deliver a few quips before dying of exposure the next day. Thoros of Myr survives Being Eaten by a Gigantic Undead Bear when Jorah Stabs It in the Head So let’s rank them, from least to most outrageous. But it’s not the end of the world: We’re in the stretch run, and many of the survivors from the cast of hundreds are simply too important to kill if you absolutely must turn on your TV every Sunday to watch someone die, Christian Hackenberg and the Jets offensive line can satisfy your bloodlust.īut sending a bunch of beloved characters on a suicide mission, then bringing everyone back whole except the least beloved character, an animal, and a few redshirts-well, I can think of at least two episodes of Shining Time Station where the peril felt more real than in “Beyond the Wall.” All the more so when the second half of the episode is an unending chain of narrow escapes from certain death. Game of Thrones apparently isn’t killing people you care about anymore, which is a disappointingly conventional trend from the show that made its bones by offing its star before the end of its first season.
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