Wow. Just, wow. Game of Thrones has done it again. Unlike the Season 5 finale which felt rushed and anticlimactic, this episode was jam packed with both satisfying conclusions and managed to set up the penultimate season perfectly.
SO MUCH HAPPENS, and yet it doesn't feel rushed. The pacing is absolutely FANTASTIC. From the initial slow build up in Kings Landing, to the final scene where Dany is FINALLY crossing the Narrow Sea everything was spot on.
The Arya reveal, the wildfire explosion, the R + L = J confirmed after 20 years of speculation, Jaime's redemption arc still swinging strong, finally seeing Oldtown for the first time (the city I've most wanted to see from the books) and THA KING IN THA NORTH!
And the music, the music was absolutely superb, something that's been consistently fantastic throughout the show.
The only potential problems I had with the episode was Cersei being stone cold seeing Tommen (seemed a bit out of character for me) and Varys being in two places at once (after the whole end of Arya's Braavos story line I have doubts about stuff like this). Hopefully it's not bad writing, but I guess we will see in a year.
Regardless, the positives HEAVILY outweigh the negatives. Amazing episode all round, 10/10.
SO MUCH HAPPENS, and yet it doesn't feel rushed. The pacing is absolutely FANTASTIC. From the initial slow build up in Kings Landing, to the final scene where Dany is FINALLY crossing the Narrow Sea everything was spot on.
The Arya reveal, the wildfire explosion, the R + L = J confirmed after 20 years of speculation, Jaime's redemption arc still swinging strong, finally seeing Oldtown for the first time (the city I've most wanted to see from the books) and THA KING IN THA NORTH!
And the music, the music was absolutely superb, something that's been consistently fantastic throughout the show.
The only potential problems I had with the episode was Cersei being stone cold seeing Tommen (seemed a bit out of character for me) and Varys being in two places at once (after the whole end of Arya's Braavos story line I have doubts about stuff like this). Hopefully it's not bad writing, but I guess we will see in a year.
Regardless, the positives HEAVILY outweigh the negatives. Amazing episode all round, 10/10.