Thoughts on S7E2

1. Yeah that was very cool. I knew Arya would one day reunite with her direwolf and to finally see it happen was great. We definitely haven't seen the last of Nymeria and her wolfpack!

2. A nice tribute to Season 2, Hot-Pie still working hard at the bakery was good to see.

3. Sam goes from book reader to medic pretty quickly, lets see if it pans out.

4. I'm not sure why the show is spending so much time on this relationship, with the pillar and stones missing it doesn't seem to affect them, these characters will definitely have a major part to play as we get closer to the end.

5. Euron's a drunk nutter that got his way on the open seas. It makes me mad that the Greyjoys didn't have a single lookout watching for enemy ships even with Yara and Theon knowing full well evil uncle Euron was out there with a fleet. Instead Yara goes for a lesbian encounter instead of actually being on guard and ready for attack.

6. Theon did exactly what I figured he would do, run away, which does seem cowardly on the outside but with that action of jumping in the water, he probably saved Yara for another day. It'll be funny watching Daenerys interrogate Theon as to what happened to her fleet and why he was still alive.

I thought of another.

7. Qyburn's oversized crossbow thing was clearly a copy of the Black Arrow from The Hobbit. Can't you think of your own dragon-killing device, evil genius?

1. Yea that was a really nice scene & it looked great as well. Don't expect to see Nymeria again though just because of the shows budget which is of course massive but there is only so much episodes left & that money will be going on the more important stuff.... Would love to see the wolf one more time though!

2. Great way to put that character back in & move Arya in the right direction to move the plot forward.

3. All Sam stuff is pretty good & I like the disgusting stuff :D Very important character that is gluing things together in the story.

4. Not really bothered about their relationship & it took too much screen time that could have been better used elsewhere BUT they are good characters and they have their fans so best using screen time at the start of the season whilst things are building up.

5. He is a bit to much like a comic book character.

6. Theon jumping off the ship was pretty hilarious... obviously not intended to be that way but it really made me laugh hard. To be fair he couldn't have done anything but jumping ship was just too funny. They should have killed him off in this episode for extra impact on top of the ship battle defeat.

Him dying whilst trying his best would have been okay to finish his redemption.

7. The over sized crossbow does make sense & I wouldn't call it a ripoff because ballistic weapons are the standard defence of a castle... they should have come up with something original though because you would have to assume that the history of dragons will have been studied to the point people in charge of defence would have better ideas than giant crossbow.

This would do: http://elementgames.co.uk/rare-units/high-elf-repeater-bolt-thrower

So yes it is a big crossbow but multiple bolts & maybe put it on a platform that can move like a turret so it slows reloading time & increases the chance of a hit.

Arya seemed to think that wasn't Nymeria, but if it was just some random wolf, then the pack would have eaten her and her horse, they wouldn't have just left.

The sea battle was awesome though. That ship of Euron's is an amazing design.

I thought Yara was hanging from the bow of the ship. Ellaria was taken prisoner to be Cersei's gift.

Grey worm still has 2 good hands and a mouth. If you watch the transitions, the scene immediately after his sex scene was a closeup of a man's hand ( 4 fingers held flat vertically) sliding into a narrow gap between 2 books on a bookshelf.

1. Arya is a lone wolf, and so is Nymeria. To me it made sense that they wouldn't reunite in that way. I haven't read that far in the books, but I do remember that Arya had dreams of wolf things (great way of phrasing it...), so they're still connected in some way, was that touched upon in the show? Anyway, it would've been nice for Arya to have Nymeria at her side, but I don't think she needs her really.

2. Great to see Hot Pie again! And I was wondering last week why Arya wasn't going to Winterfell to meet up with Jon. Now I know why. Shame they're going to miss eachother (potentially).

3. I'm starting to really ship the whole Sam/Jorah thing (if that's the correct way of using it). But that whole scene with removing the skin was tough to watch!

4. I've been waiting to see what's going to happen with these two for a while now. And I really liked how the actor playing Grey Worm delivered that... speech I guess, about the weaknesses. Great bit of acting IMO.

5. I don't like the whole Euron storyline, but I do enjoy a madman, so I'm torn on this one. And at least he's nice to look at...

I'm glad the Sand Snakes are gone! They were pointless. But I'm annoyed that they bring them back, only to kill them in the next scene. There was no wight to the whole thing one way or the other.

6. Theon is suffering from some heavy PTSD. But I think he might have saved Yara with jumping overboard. If he'd gone for Euron, he would've cut her throat then and there.

Additional:

Where is Daario? What happened to him?

Loved the whole back and forth between Daenerys and Varys. But I doubt he'll tell her to her face if she wasn't serving the people well...

I was surprised to see Melisandre at Dragonstone, I don't know why. I thought Sam and Jorah are going to inform her of the situation in the North, but that works too lol. It will be interesting to see that meeting between Daenerys and Jon. Would he really bend a knee?

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Leia, HBO spent a shit-ton of money on creating that CGI Direwolf. Rendering the model for future episodes would cost far less and would justify the cost of producing the model. Apropos of production budget, why does HBO care? GoT at first cost $6 million per ep. That figure rose to $10 million/ep last season, where it remains. Fucking FRIENDS cost that much--for a half-hour show!--30 years ago. GoT makes so much money for HBO, in terms of subscriptions and box-sets of each season alone, that it constitutes a license to print money. Westworld has the identical budget and I don't see HBO cutting the number of episodes to lower it. Does anyone know why the network wants to starve its marquee program, 'cause I sure don't?!

I don't think we're going to see Nymeria again but I really hope I'm wrong.