[Natalie.]

The ending

Spoiler:

and just as I was beginning to like Stannis more

[arista]

I love that Dragon


Utter Bliss it went out at 2AM
on Sundays same time as USA Broadcast


Well Done SkyAtlanticHD
10/10

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

shireen

that was the most upsetting scene of all 5 seasons tbh (apart from lady dying in season 1 obvs)

the meereen stuff was amazing

also does anyone else think that arya will end up sleeping with/seducing meryn before she kills him

[Mokka]

It was a great episode... but I think ep8 left me too scalped to fully appreciate this one. I mean 90% of what happened was predicted and thrown about the internet already... the only thing I wasn't expecting was the set up of Arya in the brothel...

But that dragon scene

[Amy Jade]

Spoiler:

Dragon scene

I avoid spoilers like greyscale so didn't expect it and thoroughly enjoyed every minute

[Smithy]

Originally Posted by Rose McGowan

shireen

that was the most upsetting scene of all 5 seasons tbh (apart from lady dying in season 1 obvs)

the meereen stuff was amazing

also does anyone else think that arya will end up sleeping with/seducing meryn before she kills him

Yeah probably, here for her Kill Bill Cottonmouth moment

[Tom4784]

That was genuinely upsetting.

[Tom4784]

I don't get the praise for Dany in that episode though, It was Drogon that was the star tbh. She didn't do ****.

[Smithy]

she isn't scared of him anymore she rode him too who else can do that

[Z]

Oh my God!!!!

[Z]

Sad that they sacrificed Shireen but the whole Stannis MacBetharatheon storyline's been careering towards that for ages. Still find that whole storyline dull as dishwater, like the character of Stannis. Perhaps that's the point.

The fighting pits stuff with Daenerys, Jorah, Daario, Tyrion et al was epic - I hope this finally ushers in Daenerys making moves towards Westeros, I'm getting a little bored of the Meereen stuff too.

I was so unnerved by Arya in the ***** house, I had horrible visions of her being corrupted - I like that they haven't sexualised her storyline in any way, Sansa's rape was bad enough but I was scared they were about to veer down that route there...

What does everyone think will happen in the finale of this series, then?

[Z]

Also bored of all the religious ****, it was nice seeing Cersei thrown in a dungeon etc and I assume that'll come to an end in the finale in some way but I hope it gets a little more exciting next season between the Lannisters and the Tyrells.

[Smithy]

The only one I'd take a guess at is Aria and that she'll be Trants next girl and she'll pull a cottonmouth on him and stab him

I'm pretty sure where all the other characters will be by the end of the finale, I hope the final scene is Jons tho

[Tom4784]

The episode is called Mother's Mercy so I'm holding a faint bit of hope that

Spoiler:

Stoneheart will appear, I'm not holding my breath though.

I'm guessing they'll kill off Stannis in the next episode, He's heading towards Winterfell where Brienne is and they made a point of mentioning that Brienne still holds a grudge against him earlier in the series. If she doesn't do it, it'll be Serise or Davos I think.

I think Ollie will try to kill Jon too but he'll fail and kill Sam instead.

I hope that Daenerys makes some moves towards Westeros in the next episode, with potentially only two seasons left she needs to get there sooner rather than later.

[Smithy]

Ugh actually no, I want Dany to have the last scene, the same as it being the last chapter in the book, with epic music playing as it pans out from the situation

One thing that slightly confused me during the episode, through the whole series (and even the book) it's kind of assumed that Hizdhar is behind it, but then the harpys killed him

[Tom4784]

Probably just another thing that they changed I'm guessing. Perhaps the Sons aren't just Masters or Slaves but both? It could be enough to make Dany go '**** all of you bitches, I'm heading off to Westeros' if that's the case.

[Z]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

Probably just another thing that they changed I'm guessing. Perhaps the Sons aren't just Masters or Slaves but both? It could be enough to make Dany go '**** all of you bitches, I'm heading off to Westeros' if that's the case.

I'm hoping so. I've started reading the books, I'm nearly finished the second one and I think that if I'd read the books before now I'd probably be pretty annoyed at some of the changes the TV show has made but from the point of view as a viewer enjoying the drama, I think it's about time they moved at least one of these stagnant storylines along. They finally spiced things up at the Wall but at the expense of having anything of interest happening with Stannis, Daenerys, Arya, King's Landing and Dorne... the only saving grace bar the Night's Watch storyline has been the unknown of Ramsay Snow-Sansa Stark-Reek-Littlefinger-Brienne's story unfolding, I'm still not sure what's going to happen there... I don't want them to kill off Ramsay Snow any time soon but I hope something starts to happen with Sansa other than being abused.

I wonder if Sansa and Arya will ever be reunited? I know the show isn't renowned for happy endings but it would be interesting to see Arya spot Sansa from a distance and make the choice between being faceless and being with the sister she loathed...

I swear to God they'd better make Bran's storyline bloody interesting if they're bringing him back next season

[Tom4784]

I think Bran's story will be interesting, I've got a feeling it's basically gonna propel everything into the end game which is why they haven't covered his storyline this series.

[Firewire]

me right now

[Smithy]

The original name for the final book was "a time for wolves," so there's always hope they'll reunite Greg

[Mokka]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

The episode is called Mother's Mercy so I'm holding a faint bit of hope that

Spoiler:

Stoneheart will appear, I'm not holding my breath though.

I'm guessing they'll kill off Stannis in the next episode, He's heading towards Winterfell where Brienne is and they made a point of mentioning that Brienne still holds a grudge against him earlier in the series. If she doesn't do it, it'll be Serise or Davos I think.

I think Ollie will try to kill Jon too but he'll fail and kill Sam instead.

I hope that Daenerys makes some moves towards Westeros in the next episode, with potentially only two seasons left she needs to get there sooner rather than later.

*** Book Spoilers ****

Spoiler:

Sam won't die... they have already set the story and hired the cast for the next series for him
It's more a question of whether Jon survives the attack by Ollie... which we won't know till next season I believe

[Smithy]

Mokka spoiler that girl

[MTVN]

A poor show

Some of the worst tracking work ever from Arya in what's already a crap story, Stannis becoming yet another unredeemable character in what was already a crap story, and then to end it all bloody Daenerys goes flying off on her dragon to safety leaving all her most loyal defenders at the mercy of the Sons of the Harpy obviously they'll all be fine but there were plenty of the Harpy there and it even looked like there was enough to kill Drogon and still finish off the others, but once Daenerys gets on the back of the dragon suddenly they all just run away do they

[Locke.]

That Shireen scene was quite hard to watch actually. I really liked her. I hope that's not a total diversion and it's featured in the next book.

As for Stannis, he has just sacrificed the one person he truly cared about for the good of Westeros. People need to remember that he believes himself to be Azor Ahai, i.e the only person capable of defeating the White Walkers.

This scene feels misplaced though. There is absolutely no way that he doesn't defeat the Bolton's and the viewers should be supporting him in that battle like we are in the books, I didn't like him up until ADWD (the current season) but he came across so well in the source material this season is based on and it got me to support his cause.. This latest episode will have taken all of that away for most people. If he does burn Shireen in the future books then I think they should have placed it after he defeats the Bolton's (assuming he does... and he will, the Bolton's have about 10 men loyal to them).

[Smithy]

How can anyone support him after that In TWoW he says something along the lines of "if anything ever happens to me make sure you help Shireen take the thrown" (or something to that effect), and at the same time D&D said in the "inside the episode" that the burning was George's idea, Shireen is kings blood but Stannis is a king, you only have to compare it to S1 when Dany was in a dire situation too, she threw herself on the pire, whereas Stannis put his only hier up there Dany would never have sacrificed her child, even if he was a kid, she would have made melisandre burn her for power to save him and her people and put her faith in him to continue without her.

The true queen of the westeros