Before we get to the good stuff, let's just cover our bases on the other characters. Cersei is captive, dirty, and defiant. Olly is still walking around doing the "Wildlings killed my family" monologue to anyone who will listen; he's either plotting a mutiny or auditioning for The Moth. And Sansa gets to scream at Theon and discover that Bran and Rickon are still alive (if not on the payroll for FY2015) in what could easily pass for the finest moment in a lesser episode. But this is not a lesser episode, folks.
OK, so in honor of Community's stellar finale, let me give you my pitch for Game Of Thrones season 6. We spend four full episodes with Tyrion and Khaleesi, who get drunk and talk about their fathers and occasionally govern. We spend another five episodes with Arya in Braavos as she carries out spy missions and/or solves crimes with Jaqen. And for the tenth episode, we get a third jaw-dropping battle featuring Jon Snow and the men of the Night's Watch. For a year, we'll all just assume that Cersei is still in jail, Jaime is still in jail, and that Winterfell literally freezes over and puts everyone else in suspended animation. This way, George RR Martin will have time to finish another book, book snobs will shut the fuck up, HBO will get a longer show, and we'll be able to preserve this current moment of greatness for as long as possible. BOOM. #TenSeasonsAndAMovie.
HOW GREAT WAS THIS SHIT!? I knew we were going to put this episode down in the record books as soon as Arya smiled upon the realization that she was about to become a fucking VIGILANTE STREET ASSASSIN, but that was before Jon Snow, Tormund, and new badass lady Wildling (NBLW) (RIP) attempted to continue a mission of humanitarian extraction in the face of an attack from THE NIGHT'S KING and the ARMY OF THE UNDEAD. And PLUS, PLUS, we got a long scene of TYRION AND DANAERYS SITTING TOGETHER IN THE SAME FRAME!!! Yes, that is right, as incredibly awesome as the last half hour of this episode was, it paled in comparison to just seeing my two favorite characters together at last.
I KNOW YOU'RE STILL WATCHING THIS SHOW, CLAIRE McCASKILL! YOU MUST BE! ADMIT IT!
No comments:
Post a Comment