Game of Thrones (TV Series) The Queen's Justice (2017) User Reviews

Storytelling At Its Finest

[Jon_Targaryen · 10/10 · 30 July 2017]

Season 7 of Game of Thrones has consistently improved in quality with every episode. Episode 3 "The Queen's Justice" was an epic hour of television, to say the least.

Jon Snow and Daenerys Targaryen's first meeting was everything that I expected it to be. Through firsthand witnessing the dichotomy between the two, ice and fire, we realize that they are more similar than we ever thought. Both outliers of their respective societies who rose to the height of the hierarchy. During their second scene together they seem to find some common ground, and Daenerys is willing to set aside her pride in an investment of sorts, hoping that Jon will bend the knee and compensate for her lost allies. Despite a rough clash between them initially, it appears as if they will eventually compromise to defeat each other's enemies. Either that, or the realm will suffer.

Cersei's punishment of the Sand Snakes was a poetic end to their reign over Dorne. For the first time in a while, we are able to obtain a glimpse into Cersei's more human side, the sympathetic aspects of her personality and past which once made us feel so ambiguous about her. The acting from the Sand Snakes was surprisingly good, yet the real star of this scene was Lena Headey. Also, for the second episode in a row, Euron Greyjoy delivers spectacularly and receives further characterization.

Meanwhile, in Winterfell, Sansa is demonstrating that she could potentially develop into a fine ruler over the North in Jon's absence due to the venture to Dragonstone. The reunion between her and Bran is the highlight of this storyline, and the reveal that he was completely aware of what transpired during her wedding was heartbreaking. Bran also seems disorientated this season, as if the pressure of taking on the responsibilities of the Three-Eyed Raven is impacting him mentally. Only time will tell if he finally receives some development after six seasons of being the least- developed main character.

Once again, the highlight of this episode is a battle. Yet instead of demonstrating visual prowess via special effects and outlandish stunts, the battle for Casterly Rock and the Siege of Highgarden are told as if they are part of a larger story. Tyrion's narrative over these conflicts are potentially the best dialogue he has had since the finale of Season 4. The storytelling was perfect and once again, this season emulates various aspects from the first four installments. Some may say that this was a cop-out, but I believe the sequence was conveyed subtly but masterfully.

The scene between Olenna Tyrell and Jaime Lannister at the episode's end was especially great. She has Jaime completely dissected and vocalizes the inner conflict that he has been engaged in from the very beginning of Cersei's descent into madness. He is so profoundly devoted to her that he is willfully blind to her cruelty. Olenna confesses to murdering Joffrey, and Jaime displays some doubt pertaining to his unquestioned loyalty to his sister. It has been a while, but we are finally seeing some more character development for Jaime.

A fantastic episode, proving that Season 7 possesses a degree of consistency regarding the quality of consecutive episodes, which has been absent recently.

I want her to know it was me

[huizingaevan · 10/10 · 18 February 2021]

This episode is one of the most underrated in the whole show. Along with mother's mercy and watchers on the wall both also underrated. I'm sure criticisms on this ep are just because of the fact it's in season 7. The hive mind that is "game of thrones bad" after winds of winter is just ignorant sometimes. The writing in this episode is still great. And it ends with somehow one of the most badass deaths in the series. And it's an 70+ year old woman.

Fire Meets Ice

[ThomasDrufke · 10/10 · 30 July 2017]

This episode proved to be exactly what I had hoped to get out of an episode that saw Jon Snow and Daenerys meet for the first time. And although that meeting was the core of the episode, it was far from the only important thing that happened tonight. Every scene was beautifully constructed and garnered importance for the long-run. So much so that I know there will be a great deal of scenes I forget to mention in this review. But everyone played their part, and played it well.

Beginning in Dragonstone (where we had around 20 minutes of incredible interplay!), Jon & Daenerys didn't get off to the greatest of starts. Even before that, I should mention just how cool it was to see Jon witness 3 dragons fly over his head. 7 seasons guys, and Jon has finally seen a dragon. That and his quippy scenes with Tyrion were a good appetizer to what was to come in Dragonstone. Speaking of Tyrion, I figured he would be the key to this alliance, and his presence was nothing short of vital. Just watching Peter Dinklage listen to the back and forth to Jon & Dany was scene blocking at its best. The blocking in particular between Jon & Dany was impressive as well. It certainly echoes their ancestor's history, as did all of their well-strung dialogue. I honestly couldn't have imagined a better written scene. I understand both sides for sure. Dany has spent the entire length of the show trying to make her way to the iron throne and Jon has spent the better half of the last few seasons battling the dead, there isn't a lot of wiggle room for either side. Which is why I'm glad that the meeting ended up being ambiguous and left open for next week.

The aftermath of last week's Greyjoy destruction was certainly felt as Euron walked Ellaria and Yara through the streets of King's Landing like they were his pets. Not sure how Yara's capture will be handled, but it was hard not to see how the Sand family situation was going to go down. Even so, it was devastatingly brutal to watch a mother and daughter not be able to console each other. I've never felt any sort of sympathy towards the Sand's, but Indira Varma's performance was remarkable enough to make me feel something for her.

Albeit brief, the time spent in Winterfell was nothing short of awesome. I came around on Sansa a while ago and I really enjoy seeing her in a position of power, especially when she's finally one-upping Littlefinger at his own game. That speech he gave her about "Everyone is your enemy and everyone is your friend" summed up his character in one sentence so well. And THEN, Bran showed up, giving us exactly what the episode called for, just a little bit more emotion. I'm not ashamed to say that once again this season got me all teary eyed. These Stark reunions continue to be filled with so much earned emotion, and it looks like we may get another one next week.

A few other tidbits (as per usual) that were noteworthy; the Jorah/Sam handshake was great, Melisandre and Varys scene was downright eerie and ominous, Cersei has never been more evil, Daenerys saying "I'm the last Targaryen" was pretty on the nose but still clever, Tyrion & Davos always know what to say, the Casterly Rock/Highgarden battle stuff was short but sweet, rest in peace Lady Olenna! We loved having you.

+Writing

+Legendary meeting

+Heartwarming reunion

+Major implications in every scene

+The pace moves so fast this season

10/10

Dianna Rigg

[Kirpianuscus · 9 May 2019]

GoT, for me, has a great virtue - to use venerable , fascinating actors and to transform, in this manner, a serie in fascinating experience. Diana Rigg, Max von Sydow, Jonathan Pryce are few. But Lady Olena remains the high character , subtle and powerful, wise and ambitious, the best adversary for Cersei and the heart of her house. And this episode gives the measure of each virtue and dark aspects of a character who desrtves to Diana Rigg and us, the public, so much.

Tyrion: I trust the eyes of an honest man more than I trust what everybody knows.

[bombersflyup · 10/10 · 2 January 2019]

The Queen's Justice is a quality episode, with its best characters at the forefront and intertwined.

Two heroic leaders in Jon and Daenerys meet and fill the screen with charisma, intensity and purpose, along with some humour assisted by Tyrion and Davos. Cersei has her revenge on the Sand woman and her daughter and sits with the representative of the bank. Cercei terrific this episode. Samwell cures Jorah. The Lannister army trample through the Tyrell's, killing two birds with one stone. To eliminate the enemy's ally and to pay off the substantial debt and fund the war to come.

Jon, Cersei, Daenerys and Tyrion the standouts.

Even the word PERFECT can't describe how amazing and stunning this episode was !!

[YacineAlaya · 10/10 · 30 July 2017]

WOW !! This episode was cleverly done. It was by far the best episode of this season, i'm speechless ..The Queen's Justice has given us such a satisfying moments, it brought us forward in the story even faster than we thought possible., it was enjoyable, the storytelling is getting better than ever, beautifully written episode and thanks to D§D. And i'm sure the best is yet to come ..

Ice and Fire

[IamInge · 9/10 · 6 August 2019]

There's plenty of drama in this episode, but the highlight is still something as simple as two characters finally meeting each other. And I can't shake off the feeling that we're witnessing two worlds collide.

The perfect Game of Thrones episode

[Dannyboi94 · 10/10 · 31 July 2017]

At first glimpse of the Queen's Justice title, I instantly thought that it was speaking of Dany, and by the end of this episode, I understood - Cersei will not be defeated that easily.

This episode is the perfect Game of Thrones episode, mixing in politics, with schemes and ploys, and emotional scenes filled with breathtaking acting. Seeing Jon and Dany meet for the first time was as good as it could have been, you can see both their points. Dany wants to be a strong wise leader, and Jon wants to save his people from the oncoming threat. The dialogue between both characters was very well written, and felt like something George R. R Matrin had written himself.

When Euron paraded the Sand Snakes through King's Landing, and presented them to Cersei, I couldn't help but feel happy for her, these people killed her daughter. This is what this show and episode does so well, we know Cersei is the bad guy, we know she's cruel and sadistic, but yet we also root for her. The Sand Snakes have never really been that important, so their demise is not really gut wrenching, but that scene between mother and daughter was really well done, and the acting from Indira Varma was flawless.

We also get another reunion between two Starks. Seeing Bran arrive back at Winterfell was emotional, and seeing the look of Sansa's face was perfect. Sophie Turner has really upped her game this time around, and has been delivering some of her best ever acting. I also like that Sansa isn't being turned into another Cersei, she is actually appearing to be very good at ruling, thinking of her people before anything else, all the while listening to the scheming whispers of Littlefinger.

The biggest part about this episode is its battle scenes. While unlike the previous battles we have seen, these ones feel poetic. And for the first time, Tyrion isn't the smartest guy in the room, he gets outplayed by Jamie, which is some very smart writing on the creators part. The siege of Casterly Rock was stunning, it was perfectly paced and served its purpose well. When we finally get a look at Highgarden, the absolutely stunning visuals in this scene has to be some of the best I've ever seen in TV. that glorious sunset that beamed across the arriving Lannister army was like something out of a painting.

The final scene in this episode, played out brilliantly. With Lady Olenna Tyrell, despite her defeat, has managed to place one last wound in the Lannisters, by revealing that she in fact killed Joffery. This scene was so powerful and long coming, and the end of her character is something I am surely going to miss.

The Queen's Justice is one of the best Game of Thrones episodes, because it not only felt like an episode from the earlier seasons, but blended in beautiful story telling with great visuals and powerful emotions.

10/10

Best one this season

[oisinmoh · 10/10 · 30 July 2017]

Wow. What an episode. Living in Europe means I've got to stay up all night to watch these but it's worth it. After a slightly weaker 5th season, people thought Game of Thrones was going to lose it's momentum, but no. After a fantastic season six, HBO is bringing us a flawless seventh season. Everything is as good as it's ever been and this episode is no exception. First, the amazing feeling of Jon FINALLY meeting Daenerys, fire and ice coming together, with Tyrion (imo best character in anything ever) serving as the bridge between the two. I like how they resist the temptation to just have them like each other because "they're both heroes of the story" but instead handles they're interests in a smart and believable way. Then there's Jorah and Sam's part which in my opinion does seem a little rushed and too resolved for this show, but maybe they'll bring it back later. Then we have King's Landing, oh boy, with Euron being a complete bad ass that I both love and hate, a tragic end to the Martell family, and a great feeling of conflict in Jaime's story line. When it comes to Jaime, I thought he was definitely going to turn on Cercei, not necessarily kill her, but turn on her. But the great thing about this show is I don't know for sure anymore because he acts like a real human being who is madly in love and do anything for her. So will he turn on her or will his obsession for her be the end of him. Then what's happening in Winterfell; Sansa is such a bad ass now and is finally showing her true colours and what she's learned from Cercei, and when she greets Bran with a warm welcome she gets a rather cold "Sup?" back. They've all been through so much but I think Bran has changed the most, heck I would to if I became an all-seeing prophet. And then there's the ending, a great scene where the Unsullied storm the castle with Tyrion speaking over them. Only to find out that the Unsullied are now trapped in the castle they've just taken. Then the very end, where Jaime confronts Olenna and we see a bad ass end to The Queen of Thorns' story, and right after met with the credits.

So holy s**t, what an episode! From the writing to the directing to the acting to the story to the production value, everything is as good as I expect from Game of Thrones. This really is the best show on television right now or maybe ever (but Breaking Bad is a pretty close second if so).

Easily a 10/10 from me.

Two Queens and two styles of justice

[GwydionMW · 9/10 · 31 July 2017]

SPOILER: Here we see Cersei and Daenerys handling power in very different ways.

Cersei pursues vengeance, but sometimes against the wrong people. And is making promises she can't meet to the Iron Bank, and to Euron Greyjoy which she does not intend to keep.

Is Euron Greyjoy really fooled?

At the end, Olenna Tyrell lets Jamie know that Cersei was indeed wrong in blaming Tyrion for the death of Jofrey. A last act of malice, probably, since it will set him against Cersei. She caused much of the trouble including their father's death by her false accusation.

Meantime Daenerys is losing because she tried to me merciful. And has sat in Dragonstone with her dragons, rather than going either to ferry the fleet from Dorn or help the Unsullied. Really no logic to it.

On the positive side, she ends up being sensible about Jon Snow refusing to accept her as Queen of the North.

We also get a repeat of the hint that the Red Priestesses know something Varys, who may have more secrets than he has revealed. One of them told him she knew what the demon said when he was a child. Now Melisandre tells him that both she and he are doomed to die in Westeros. And of course we don't know his story about his origins is true.

She also speaks of the meeting of Jon and Daenerys as bringing ice and fire together. Has to mean something.

Bran remains enigmatic, but presumably plans to tell Jon of his real parents. And does not trust Sansa with it. In fact he seems highly mistrustful of her.

And now the rains weep o'er our halls

[umershahkar · 10/10 · 31 July 2017]

Best episode of the season so far and I truly believe each and every scene in this episode was worth our time. We start off with Jon arriving at Dragonstone, and well regarding that, most of the people were excited for Jon and Dany's confrontation (even though it was great and perfectly written), I was damn excited to see Jon and Tyrion reunite which took us straight back to the first 3 episodes of Season 1 where they had amazing dialogue and they did not disappoint here as well! Coming to the my favorite part of the episode, Cersei truly living up to her name once again in the scene with Ellaria and her daughter as that scene had some great acting and writing. Cruelty at its peak. The third major highlight for me was the end and I am so glad Jamie got some interesting and worthy screen- time as I really like his character (For how it was developed in the first 3 seasons). Lots of other great moments in this episode as well like Sansa and Bran's reunion, Varys and Melisandre's interaction and Littlefinger's dialogue but the Lannisters were on a role here and stole the spotlight. Now that I just realized that the rest of the story would be told in the 10 remaining episodes of this show, I just can't wait to see what happens, well we all can't.

The song is about to begin!

[thecritiquer · 9/10 · 30 July 2017]

The season just got interesting! Who would have expected things would turn out this way. When Daenerys set out for Westeros at the end of season 6 with allies from Dorne, Iron Islands and Highgarden, who would have thought she would lose them all within two episodes and everything will go into dumpster fire. Daenerys seemed to be the clear winner, with the rest of the bystander kingdoms despising Cersei. Three episodes down and the game has completely changed. Cersei has won the battle so far, defeating and forming ally with Iron Island and Reach. Dorne hangs away.

Cersei always enjoys sudden moments of highs. She had an absolute low for the nine episodes of season 6 and then she rocketed her way to glory in the finale. Here again she jumps to top. It's interesting how Tyrion's plans failed even though all we've gotten this season was just throwback and repetition of the master plans that we had seen before. That is disappointing because it shows that Tyrion, as smart as he may be, still isn't smarter than Cersei, regardless of what he had said about her smartness in season 2.

Even though Jon-Dany's union was supposed to be the most sought after one, the episode is so delightfully packed with action that it just seems another big piece in the pudding. The meeting of Jon and Daenerys was, thankfully, realistically portrayed instead of doing fan service and quickly throwing them into each other's arms. The song of ice and fire will take some time to start playing. The arguments from both the sides were fun to watch while Tyrion tried to play the role of the mediator.

Cersei's revenges are always worth watching, irrespective of whom you are rooting for. The way she gets back at Ellaria (who by the way acted amazingly well this episode), is another great throwback to season 5. Even though she might most certainly still not win the war against Daenerys, it seems interesting what she is planning to do with Euron if the battle is indeed won. He is not going to be fooled to death that easily.

It was funny to see how there were in total two battles in this episode and yet they finished both off within 10 minutes. The budget constraint could be one reason. Another being the importance these battles hold in the narrative. As interesting as these battle sequences could have been, their ending was predictable. It's good to see them focusing more on the storyline.

Small mistakes aside, one complain that I am having with this season is the pace of the show. It is going too fast now. This leads to thinning down of the plot. Every battle is happening everywhere. It would be better to show them in a complex way rather than continuing to haste it to the end, keeping the audience in the pretence of the same old GoT feels.

Special mention - Sansa-Bran reunion. The stark theme always gets you.

Foreseeing- Sansa-Bran-Arya reunion is imminent. Probably the next episode will feature that. Jon-Dany bond will strengthen as Dany chooses to fight the battle in the north before heading towards Cersei.

Overall, a brilliant episode which concluded a lot of story lines while building up towards finale simultaneously.

8.8/10

Still brilliant, but writing is starting to get sloppy

[patrickslamin · 7/10 · 1 August 2017]

I still love it, but I feel the producers have made a bit of a hash over much of this season. The plot and dialogue have lost much of their previous subtlety, edge and plausibility. It's like the odds were so overwhelmingly in favour of Daenerys at the start, they've had to carve out some contrived and tenuous plot line to make it more interesting.

Almost half the Lannister army was wiped out by Robb and Stannis leaving, what, 25,000-30,000? Euron looked like he had about 40 men at his crowning, and the iron islands looked about as sparsely populated as the isle of man. This compared to Daenerys, who has 70,000+, 3 dragons and the support of basically everyone that isn't the Lannisters or Euron. Most of the other houses are said to be able to raise a comparable figure to the Lannisters alone, and they mainly despise Cercei.

And now we are supposed to just accept that Euron and his gang have produced 1000 state of the art ships and reproduced sufficiently to man them in the time it took Yara to go to Mereen and back? That Daenerys would then send two of her key allies (Dorne and Yara) right past Kings Landing on ships (the only terrain where Cercei has the upper hand)? That Cercei has near perfect Intel and Daenerys, despite having Varys, seems to be acting blind? How can Euron can get back from the other side of the continent in that time, and arrive literally to the hour at the right moment, via a stop off in kings landing? That Daenerys can produce the inspiration to overcome the khals, win the unsullied, free herself from captivity etc. but yet no one in her 70,000 force seems to have mastered the basic war tactic of reconnaissance?

And I get Tarly was a big part of the Tyrell army, but wtf was Olenna doing considering it was a time of war? Just don't let him freakin' leave. Why haven't you gathered the rest of your army? How were the Lannister force (think they said 12,000) able to take Highgarden, supposedly a massive fortress, in what looked like an afternoon?

You could talk for yonks about Dorne as well, which they made a mess of generally. For one, were there no other lords or whatever loyal to Doran? He had like 10 guards when he got assassinated as well and they just watched. What are you there for if not to stop the king being murdered? And, given that, why would the capture of Ellaria and the snakes stop Dorne being an ally? Potentially that could be a worthwhile raven to send before you leave?

Some of the dialogue has been good in places, but much of it seems implausible as well. In the past, Daenerys has – survived unscathed through a string of big fires, become the mother of dragons, experienced magic first hand on two separate occasions, seen one of her advisers succumb to greyscale and happily listens to prophecies by magical priestesses without a second thought and yet she doesn't entertain the idea of the white walkers? Why would there be a f*** off ancient massive ice wall in the north mate ?

Condensing the last two seasons seems a really bad call now. They needlessly broke the pace of the show, and forced themselves into omitting some key plot development. Blackwater was built up to over the whole of season 2, and yet both Casterly rock and Highgarden were over with within 7 minutes of screen time. The whole thing just feels so rushed and sloppy - it's not like people are going to stop watching, nor is it financially in their interest as well.

The Phantom Menace

[Ar_Pharazon_the_golden · 4/10 · 1 August 2017]

I have to say, the show fails at different aspects than the ones I fear ahead of watching it; for example, the Jon - Daenerys meeting is actually not cringe-worthy. In fact, if anything, it seems more like an wasted opportunity: Daenerys' portrayal may remain annoyingly wise and saintly, but I will say Kit Harrington does a great job of playing "tired of this sh*t". The scene where he warns about the danger in the North is actually quite good - but it could be a lot better. Something is missing, whether it is that the dialogue doesn't contain anything really memorable, or that it somehow feels wrong to focus the danger on the walking dead (the White Walkers seem to me a far scarier enemy but are referenced only in relation to the Night's King, I don't know, it felt a little iffy).

That said, one can't help but laugh at how Jon arrives by sea to Dragonstone in about what, a day, since the terrible winds of winter only blow against Stannis and the seas are calm and the skies are clear even in Winterfell.

Speaking of Winterfell, Bran Stark comes back and maybe I am prejudiced, but in his dialogue with Sansa at the Godswood he was like some combination of an emo kid ("you can't understand me, sis, no one can, leave me be *ANGST*. It' so hard to explain that someone else was the three-eyed crow before, but now it's me") and an after- hours radio producer ("and this next....song is for...mmmh, Sansa...who looked so...so pretty in her wedding dress")

In King's Landing, we get a second failed mirror scene. Much like the deplorable reflection of the red wedding from Arya, we get a reflected walk of shame, with Ellaria and Tyene Sand (apparently) taking the role of Cersei - except of course it's cheaper, with the crowd at varying times either angrily throwing vegetables or merrily chanting "murderess" while smiling (wat). Then we proceed to Cersei getting her revenge on the Dornish women, which gives Lena Headey a chance to act, but....well, it's supposed to be a dramatic scene, with Ellaria being forced to witness the slow death of her daughter. But no one cares, since Tyene (apparently) Sand, like her sisters, was just an annoying, insultingly written stock character that we couldn't stand. So, yeah, sorry D&D, but your supposed drama is betrayed by your previous heinous crimes.

But let's get to the bulk of the episode. In the previous episode, Daenerys lost all her fleet 'except for 2-3 ships'. Now, she has sent another fleet (maybe I missed something, I don't know, but just how many ships did she have, I seem to remember 10 people stealing 100 from Pyke and that's all) to take Casterly Rock - they succeed because of...secret tunnels...(such an exquisitely fresh idea), but it was a trap, as suddenly, Euron's teleporting starfleet appears. Burned the fleet yesterday evening, brought the prisoners to the queen in the morning, burned another fleet by noon - OK, maybe he wasn't actually there for the second battle, but com' on, all these people do journeys that should take months in a couple of hours, have some pity, TV time and all. Not to mention nobody appears capable of noticing a fleet in this show. Invisible fleet at Meereen, check. Invisible fleet attacks Yara, check. Invisible fleet follows the Unsullied, check.

Admittedly, ignoring the laughable teleportations, the scheme to abandon Casterly Rock to get Highgarden was clever. Except for the fact that Highgarden is completely undefended, Olenna Tyrell arrived there how the hell exactly (she was in Dragonstone, who took her there? When? How? Did the Unsullied fleet drop her off? Just how quick is it?), Jaime leads another invisible army that the Tyrells simply couldn't possibly notice, and even if you are one of the fans who takes leaps of faith over all these bottomless plot holes, we get zero battles. I repeat, the Lannister stratagem, despite its senseless timeline and its phantom armies, was sort of clever. And instead of creating some suspense out of it, with the Unsullied winning Casterly Rock after a difficult battle only to reveal it was a trap, we get both sieges in ten seconds. Budget reasons, I know, but maybe cut pointless dragon footage?

Olenna is given a half-decent farewell, but those of us who have been paying attention can't help but feel sorry for Jaime Lannister. A character who was portrayed from villain to antihero, with his account on why he killed the Mad King being one of the most poignant scenes in the entire series, only for his character development to be reverse engineered back to episode 1 and the things he does for love. After all the previous evolution, nothing he does makes sense. His whole relationship with Brienne, his losing his hand causing Cersei's resentment, his respect for the enemy, it all served a single character goal. To show that he drifts away from his sister. But Benioff and Weiss cancel every single of those plot lines. Why? My guess is so that they show his eventual betrayal as a shocking twist, to the facepalm of millions. Such a shame for Jaime Lannister.

As an afterthought, Jorah is completely cured in HALF A DAY. The Archmaester tries to convince a disbelieving audience that yes, this was an extremely dangerous procedure that revered maesters couldn't do properly, but well done, guy who cleans sh*t, you did it.

Well acted, well produced, horridly written by two people who should have given creative control and script writing to literally anyone else the moment they ran out of book material, because they utterly suck at it.

PS: Olenna and Jaime explaining to the audience the devious Lannister plan we watched in the previous two scenes was really sad and should tell you all you need to know of D&D's target audience.

With intelligent interaction and even more superb writing, this episode exceeded my expectations

[gavin-thelordofthefu-48-460297 · 10/10 · 20 April 2018]

The Queen's Justice continues the seventh season in the best way possible. It delivered what everyone including fans of the book series wanted including the long-awaited meeting between Daenerys and Jon. The pacing is great and doesn't drag even if it's around an hour and the directing/editing continues to be solid. The performances continue to be terrific as well with Kit Harrington and Emilia Clarke during the interaction of Jon Snow and Queen Daenerys along with the final performances of Diana Rigg, Rosabell Laurenti Sellers and Indira Varma as Olenna Tyrell, Tyene Sand, and Ellaria Sand. Especially when Olenna confessed that she was the one who killed Joffrey after she drinks poisoned wine and the two ladies of the Sand who got captured by Euron Greyjoy and given to Cersei Lannister as gifts to their marriage once their war is won. Ramin Djawadi continues to deliver in his beautiful score and fitted really well. And finally, the bait-and-switch scene concerning Casterly Rock and Highgarden which is also well-written. Overall this is another great episode and the seventh season continues to be even more compelling.

Classic game of thrones episode

[idanschwartz-980-276039 · 10/10 · 31 July 2017]

Latest seasons of GOT lacks smart tactics and brilliant dialogues and these are some of the things I really missed. This episode had it all, and it felt like an early season episode with R.R touch. From the acting to story to production everything was brilliant. This season raise the quality bar from the previous seasons.

Regal justice

[TheLittleSongbird · 9/10 · 20 April 2018]

Came to 'Game of Thrones' fairly late in the game and due to being so busy the binge-watching was gradual. Have found myself truly loving the show, very quickly becoming one of my favourites. It totally lives up to the hype and not only does it do the brilliant source material justice (a rarity in television) it is on its own merits one of the finest, most addictive and consistently compelling shows in recent years and quality-wise it puts a lot of films in recent years to shame.

While mostly liking "Dragonstone" and "Stormborn", the previous episodes of Season 7, they were of the "starting the season promisingly and decently but not entirely satisfyingly" kind. "The Queen's Justice" is quite a big improvement, and definitely one of Season 7's better episodes as can be seen by it being one of the best-received episodes of the season. It may not be 'Game of Thrones' at its very best or quite prime 'Game of Thrones', but it very nearly is.

"The Queen's Justice" starts off a little too slowly perhaps and Euron is still not particularly well written.

It is well worth the watch however for a lot of things. The Jon and Daenerys scenes have a lot of passion and intensity, there is a lot of tension and emotion and the climactic scenes are just riveting and sees a great character go out in style. In an episode that largely is a perfect mix of intricate character writing and interaction and pointed action.

It follows on from the previous two episodes setting things and putting it all into place, and expands on them and even more. Things are more eventful than before, more intricate, have more tension in the character relationships, characters and storylines show better progression, there's very little if at all padding and nothing really jars.

All the acting is on point, with Diana Rigg in particular giving the season's first proper tour-De-force performance.

Visually, it looks amazing, as one would expect for 'Game of Thrones'. The scenery is throughout spectacular, the sets are hugely atmospheric and beautiful on the eyes with a real meticulous eye for detail and the costumes suit the characters to a tee. The make-up is beautifully done. As well the cinematography and editing, which are cinematic quality as well.

One cannot not mention the thematically, orchestrally and atmospherically multi-layered music scoring and the unforgettable main theme. Again, worthy of a high-budget fantasy/action/drama film.

Layers, passion and sensitivity galore in the writing as well. The characters are very compellingly written and the interaction is handled intelligently. Most of the episode is very well paced and tight when it gets going.

Overall, great. 9/10 Bethany Cox

Game of Thrones Continues

[ououzaza · 9/10 · 4 September 2019]

The great game has begun. this episode did really good job. set-up for the long night & continue the game of thrones. brilliant dialogues & music.

Best episode of season 7 . Storytelling was at it finest

[pierre-hansy · 10/10 · 31 October 2019]

Queen Daenerys Targaryen meets her nephew King Aegon "Jon" Targaryen.

King Euron present Queen Cersei A precious Gift. The people who murdered her daughter.

Queen Cersei checks the iron bank

Dany loses 3/5 of her army by attacking the mighty castle, Casterly Rock.

Queen Cersei procured her Justice by smashing drone and high garden

Olena Tyrell dies like a boss.

If you're a Lannister fan this episode should be your favorite.

The Queens and the King

[claudio_carvalho · 9/10 · 1 August 2017]

Jon Snow and Sir Davos travel to Dragonstone to meet Daenerys. Jon asks for help to Daenerys to fight the White Walkers but in the position of the King of the North and not a minion. Daenerys "invites" Jon and Davos to stay in her house but the diplomatic Tyrion wisely advises Daenerys to give dragon glass to Jon to show good faith to him. Meanwhile Euron brings Ellaria Sand and her daughter Tyene and gives them to Cercei that revenges Myrcella's death. Sansa is worried with the supplies for the coming war and surprisingly meets her brother Bran at Winterfell. Grey Worm and the unsullied army attack Casterly Rock and have a surprise. Samwell heals Jorah at the Cidatel.

"The Queen's Justice" is so far the best episode of the Seventh Season of Game of Thrones. The dialogues are sharp and witty with great participation of Daenerys, Jon Snow, Tyrion and Cercei. The different tactics adopted by the Machievellian Cercei and Daenerys to win the war are impressive. The subplots are also very interesting. My vote is nine.

Title (Brazil): "The Queen's Justice"

Back on track - Spoiler-free

[griefhawk · 9/10 · 31 July 2017]

I certainly can say that I didn't enjoy last 2 episodes as much as I wanted, but holy this episode changed it, the storytelling, the justice, the turning tables, the look on Jaime's face, it was all in place to make this the best season 7 episode (for now), clearly an outstanding episode. I am very eager to see what is next for both queens, hopefully it won't disappoint

Settling In!

[Hitchcoc · 10/10 · 31 July 2017]

The show tips off with the meeting between Snow and the Mother of Dragons. There is a great deal of posturing here. John is the King of the North, while Dany is already assuming rulership of all seven kingdoms. If alliances are to be formed, someone will have to flinch and it doesn't look like it will happen for the time being. We cut to Cersei and we see her at her most powerful and most sadistic. Of course, life and death are pretty cheap most of the time, and she confronts the woman who killed her daughter and cooks up a fate worse than death. Jaime Lannister has sex with his sister and then leads men into battle against the Tyrells. The queen is left to talk to him and she unashamedly gets in a serious lick and some pretty straightforward advice. I think that there are going to be some really significant confrontations in the next episode. And then there is Bran, who has been ferried around for six seasons, finally meeting up with Sansa, temporary ruler of the North. Excellent episode.

We love Whom We Love

[dannylee-78082 · 7/10 · 2 May 2022]

1. Daenerys and Jon meet 2. Cersei gets her revenge on Ellaria Sand 3. Sam cures Jorah

In King's Landing

• Great sequence in King's Landing. Very emotional and powerful scene. What a CRUEL punishment for Ellaria. Truly something else. Cersei is crazy but we all love her because of it. We can see that Cersei is in a completely different mindset now that she's queen. She was a control freak before, but now she is more.

At Winterfell

• Sansa finally reunites with Bran but man Bran seems a little... different in character. Perhaps this is intentional as he realized the depth and the gravity of his power (possibly due to Hodor's death). He seems more aloof and distant. And like why would he mention Sansa's marriage amongst everything that happened to trigger her?

In Oldtown

• Sam curing Jorah was a great moment. He shows such stark difference from his father. I am rooting for Sam as always

On Dragonstone

• I did like the meeting with Daenerys and Jon. It was intense and well-written. Wish that Jon had some sort of evidence to present of the White Walkers. That would make the talk a lot easier. But negotiations really just come from understanding each side. For Jon, it made total sense to care about the White Walkers because he's seen them firsthand. For Dany, she's gone through so much to get the Seven Kingdoms again in her family.

At Casterly Rock & Highgarden

• I've got some complaints about this sequence. We continue to see some losses on Dany's side (Yara, Ellaria, Oleena all gone) and that's primarily a good thing because Dany can't continue to win. I found both battles inadequately paced and to some extent absurd, especially considering that this is our first time ever seeing these locations. The battle at Highgarden literally saw not a single moment of actual battle and was concluded rather quickly. Skipped for brevity. You can tell that there is no source material at this point because every battle in GoT has been depicted very well and this was supposed to be a fight between the two biggest houses in King's Landing.

• Oleena was one of the best written characters and the way she went was so... underwhelming. Indeed, she spit some fire lines before her death but it just felt so inconsequential overall.

• In the course of 1.5 episodes, Dany basically lost all her power and allies other than her dragons. That feels way too bad for her honestly, considering that in the past, an entire season was used to build up for a battle. I don't think GoT lost its core characteristics but this episode felt very unusual.

No space and time concept, everything's a rush

[denizkumral · 3/10 · 31 July 2017]

Starting with season 6, this TV show became just a TV show with rushed scenario, cliché dialogues and easy to predict events. Song of Ice and Fire's success was no-rush, creative and very hard to predict, personalized stories. Especially with this last episode, it's easy to see how the quality had dropped to the level of a "just an American TV show". There is no space/time concept anymore, everything is happening in a rush, no logic at all. It's like all these locations are next to each other and anybody can go anywhere any time. Thousands of ships of navies are clashing and being destroyed, HighGarden has fallen in a few hours (which is supposed to be the richest and has a big army), Jon Snow is being teleported from The Wall to Dragonstone...

HBO is just eating the fruits of first 5 seasons which were based on well thought, well written books, not some TV scenarist.

An awkward meeting for potential allies

[Tweekums · 9/10 · 29 December 2018]

Jon Snow has sailed to see Daenerys at Dragonstone, against the advice of those close to him, and soon wonders if they were right. Daenerys makes it clear that she is the rightful Queen of the Seven Kingdoms and as such doesn't recognise his kingship of the north... still he must persuade her that it is vital that she helps him in the coming fight against the threat from north of the wall. Back in King's Landing Euron Greyjoy takes his niece, Yara; Ellaria Sand and her daughter Tyene to Cersei so she can have her revenge. Cersei has another visitor; this one from the Iron Bank; she promises that she will repay them soon. At Winterfell Sansa is reunited with Bran. Elsewhere The Unsullied attack Casterly Rock and Jaime's army attacks Olenna Tyrell's home, Highgarden.

This was a really fine episode. It provided solid character development, advanced the plot and bid farewell to a favourite character. It was great to see two of the series' protagonists, Daenerys and Jon Snow finally meet; this was handled well with just the right degree of awkwardness; they may both be considered 'good guys' but that doesn't mean they should be friends or even trust each other as each has their own motives. Emilia Clarke and Kit Harington, as Daenerys and Jon, along with Peter Dinklage as Tyrion had impressive scenes together. Lena Headey stood out as we see just how cruel Cersei can be. In other scenes Sophie Turner impressed as Sansa Stark; a character that has improved as the series progressed. Finally Diana Rigg was great as Olenna; her scene with on form Nikolaj Coster-Waldau was top notch. If the episode had any flaws it was the shortness of the battle scenes... although this can be excused as they were meant to be easier than expected for the victors. Overall a really good episode.