Game of Thrones begins....

[Grinning_Colossus]

I really enjoyed the cast of characters drinking and singing by the fire on the eve of the destruction of their civilization. I'll be sad to see many (or hopefully most) of them die next week. Best episode in years--I hope they keep this up.

[crazy canuck]

I really enjoyed the cast of characters drinking and singing by the fire on the eve of the destruction of their civilization. I'll be sad to see many (or hopefully most) of them die next week. Best episode in years--I hope they keep this up.

Agreed.

[Sophie Scholl]

There's a theory that the NK isn't at Winterfell at all, but is flying directly to King's Landing to zombify the whole city. He wasn't shown among the White Walkers at the end of episode 2.

Interesting.  I think the culprit might be cgi budget savings though.  Dany's dragons weren't shown either.  We did catch a glimpse of the long lost Ghost though!  I wonder if Nymeria is going to reappear.

[Solmyr]

Did she show her goodies or something?  I cancelled my cable.

Side boob and butt.

Probably not hers.

It was hers.

[grumbler]

So, do the dead in Winterfell's crypt come back to life?  Is that what "the dead are already here" means?  Curious minds are curious.

[Admiral Yi]

It was hers.

They were hers.

[Sophie Scholl]

So, do the dead in Winterfell's crypt come back to life?  Is that what "the dead are already here" means?  Curious minds are curious.

I presume that and/or the dead from when the Ironborn took Winterfell.  I'm not sure where they were buried, but it could have been inside the walls.

[grumbler]

I hadn't seen this video until a few minutes ago. I liked it:
https://youtu.be/eTa1jHk1Lxc

[celedhring]

I really enjoyed the cast of characters drinking and singing by the fire on the eve of the destruction of their civilization. I'll be sad to see many (or hopefully most) of them die next week. Best episode in years--I hope they keep this up.

Agree. That was a great scene and I felt the same, very well done.

[KRonn]

I really enjoyed the cast of characters drinking and singing by the fire on the eve of the destruction of their civilization. I'll be sad to see many (or hopefully most) of them die next week. Best episode in years--I hope they keep this up.

Agree. That was a great scene and I felt the same, very well done.

Agreed. I really liked Brianne being Knighted - well deserved. I hope most of them survive but I fear  it may be otherwise.

[grumbler]

Agreed. I really liked Brianne being Knighted - well deserved. I hope most of them survive but I fear  it may be otherwise.

Brianne being knighted is a sure sign she dies next episode (which means Pod and Tormund die, too).  Theon is certainly doomed as well.  Dunno about Davos, and favor dying.  The Hound, Arya, Sansa, Jon, Tyrion, and Dani survive this upcoming episode, as does Sam, his wife, and the kid (scarface girl dies saving them).   Dondarrian dies.  Bran lives. Varys dies. Gendry dies.  Have I left out anyone?  There simply has to be a bloodbath after this touching final get-together, and I think it includes the fall of Winterfell.  Dani dies with her dragon in episode 4, forcing Jon to become The Lightbringer and killing the Night King (and maybe Bran in the process).  That leaves the final confrontation with Cersei and the resolution to the whole series for episodes 5 and 6.

Edit:  Lightbringer is the sword, Azor Ahai is the hero.

[Oexmelin]

I doubt that the Night King will die before Cersei.

[grumbler]

I doubt that the Night King will die before Cersei.

Why not?  Remember that they are using Martin's ending, and Martin didn't even have the Night King in his books (he had a "Night's King" but that was a completely different character).  The ending was always going to be the confrontation over who sits on the Iron Throne.

[Oexmelin]

Maybe, but who sits on the Iron Throne can get an answer from the confrontation with the Night King. It's clear he has been set up in the show as the much bigger menace - (the whole thing is "A Song of Fire and Ice", not "A Game of Thrones"). My sense is that the fall of Winterfell will bring the dead south, and lead to the confrontation of refugees of the North with Cersei - with people having to chose their loyalty once and for all, maybe have some Deus Ex Machina from the sea. 

[viper37]

I really enjoyed the cast of characters drinking and singing by the fire on the eve of the destruction of their civilization. I'll be sad to see many (or hopefully most) of them die next week. Best episode in years--I hope they keep this up.

Being of non english culture, I would say it had airs of The Next Generation, but I kinda feel like it was inspired by some play, a few hundreds years before that show

It felt shakespirian enough, but it was very good, indeed