So to make sure we stay on Sansa's side, the producers do things like have Tyrion remind her (us) that people underestimate her, and make her able to see things that Tyrion can't. She resents Jon's partnering with Daenerys and is not afraid to get salty about it this makes her an obstacle in the Dany-Jon-Tyrion story path. The show has placed Sansa in a tough position here at the start of the final season. "Most of them are dead now.") Sansa correctly surmises that Cersei lied about sending the Lannister armies to help and mocks Tyrion for believing the lie in the first place. Some air gets cleared between them - enough for him to see that she's been changed by everything she's been through. Gendry heads to the Winterfell forges with wagons loaded with dragonglass while Tyrion has an awkward, wry and respectful reunion with Sansa.
Jon attempts to defend himself, but only succeeds in sending the scruffy assemblage to muttering "peas-and-carrots, peas-and-carrots." Tyrion tries to weigh in, but as soon as he mentions that the Lannister army is on its way to join the good fight, the muttering blossoms from "peas and carrots" into an entire Birds Eye frozen vegetable medley.
Lyanna Mormont seizes the moment to call Jon out on abandoning his crown in favor of Daenerys, because "calling folk out" is Lyanna Mormont's entire, magnificent deal. Jon sends for the men of the Night's Watch as well. In Winterfell's Great Hall, they decide to send word to the other Houses of the North to take refuge in Winterfell, and dispatch li'l Lord Umber off to his family's castle, Last Hearth (from the credits!) to retrieve them. (See what I mean? Eleven minutes in, and the characters have learned all the information that we know. Daenerys opts for a butter-wouldn't-melt-in-her-mouth opening salvo, but they are interrupted by Bran, who brings everyone up to speed: The Wall is down, the dragon that she lost fighting the Night King is now the kind of dead that's un-, and the White Walkers are on the move. Also peeved: young Lyanna Mormont, unless that hilariously intense scowl on her face means she needs to get more fiber. Sansa welcomes Daenerys to Winterfell, albeit coolly - nay, icily she's still sore that Jon swore fealty to Daenerys, giving up his title of King in the North. And Arya's got her own trippy death-cult vibe going on now, too, just you wait." At one point Sansa shoots Jon a look like, "No, yeah, Bran's weird now, bro.
There's an emotional reunion between Jon Snow and Bran Stark, though Bran being Bran, the emotion in question is Jon's. Also? Not for nothing? Two great big honkin' dragons, which do a screeching flyby, buzzing the townsfolk, who scatter like startled antelope, if antelope wore ratty cloaks and looked like they smelled like feet.īoth Arya and Sansa, who stands atop the Winterfell battlements, get the chance to goggle at their first sight of a dragon. It's not immersive, no – but it's efficient.Īlso on the march: Daenerys and Jon Snow, The Hound (Arya's face falls at the sight of him), Gendry (slight smile), Tyrion and Varys, bickering contentedly, as is their wont, Grey Worm and Missandei. Now, instead, they boil over in the very same scene they're introduced. Again and again, we get set-ups for the kind of conflicts that, in seasons past, would simmer over the course of four or five episodes. He's an event horizon of boring, is our leather-panted sea slug.īut everything else? Zipping along at a pace that surprised me, though I knew we've been nearing the exit for the fireworks factory for some time. I mean, sure, the Euron scenes drag on forever, but that's because Euron is so one-note and dull that time slows as you approach him. This first episode back is stuffed to the gills with great big thick chunks of plot – reunions, recriminations, spilled secrets – because the show's sprinting toward the close and there's no time to waste. Because Winter is Here, and it's shaping up to be a long, cruel one, and Sansa didn't pack away enough provisions for everyone. It's been two years since last we gathered around the flickering electronic hearth to feast our eyes on this world, and these characters, many of whom – I'm thinking here of the dragons and the ice-zombies mostly – would happily feast on our eyes. We're recapping the eighth and final season of Game of Thrones look for these recaps first thing on Monday mornings. Shoulder pads courtesy of Julia Sugarbaker. Queen Cersei (Lena Headey) smiling that smile of hers on Game of Thrones.
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