Game of Thrones Review: Season 7 Episode 4
So. This was a pretty BIG episode. Dragon fire? Check. Sexual tension? Check. Cliff hanger ending? Check. And I don't even think this was the most important episode of the season! I say it every week, but the worst episode of GOT is better than any other show on TV. Even though I had some issues with this episode, all episodes of Game of Thrones start at a 9.5/10 for me, and my biggest complaints are just nitpicking.
I saw lots of people online freaking out and saying that this was the biggest episode yet, and I have to say that I disagree (mostly because nothing will ever top the Battle of the Bastards (which, apparently could never happen in Naath) for me). As intense as this episode was, Game of Thrones can--and will, I'm sure--do better. This is just the opening act. Be that as it may, this was still an incredible episode, so let's get into it.
We start off somewhere near Highgarden with the Lannister army escorting tons (maybe literally) of gold and grain back to King's Landing. Someone online said that this scene reminded them of the beginning a train robbery movie. I would probably agree with that assessment if I'd ever seen a train robbery movie. However, it does seem pretty clear to me that it's not a good idea to put all your gold in one wooden wagon (I don't know, something about eggs and baskets and the number one).
On the bright side, however, everyone's favorite sell sword is back! That's right, it's Ser Bronn of the Blackwater! And he's in the market for a new castle. I feel like he needs to go on Castle Hunters International or something like that. Maybe they could help him find a nice four turret with an indoor pool. Seriously though, I think it would be wise of Jaime to give Bronn his castle. Bronn likes Jaime for sure, but he's not above switching loyalties if he thinks he can get a better deal from someone else.
Meanwhile, back in King's Landing, Cersei is busy taking out a small business loan with the Iron Bank; I'm thinking she's developing a line of venomous cosmetics (you know, for the chic murderess). By the way, something that's not looking very chic is Cersei's hair. Is it ever going to grow out? Arya's hair looked better in Season Two, and she spent 10 episodes crawling around in the mud and forest. Or, is Cersei purposefully keeping it short? If she is, I think she needs to ditch whoever is giving her fashion advice and hire whoever is styling Daenerys. Cersei does somewhat make up for her woebegone appearance by delivering the best line in the episode: "My only venture at the moment is reestablishing control of this continent and every person on it." Oh man, it's a good thing she's wearing that lumpy, warm looking dress because Cersei is ice cold.
Speaking of ice cold, we travel next to the North, where the only fashion options are fur and leather or leather and fur. Personally, I prefer fur and leather. We drop in on Bran and Littlefinger, who are having a heart to heart. Or, they would be if either of them had a heart. At least Littlefinger tries to pretend. He embarks on this completely laughable and unbelievable speech about how he's here to help Catelyn's children and protect them all and how he would have protected Catelyn if he could have. Pah-leasssse, Littlefinger, cry me a river! The only thing I like about new, I-took-half-a-semester-of-college-level-philosophy-and-learned-what-ennui-means-and-now-I'm-so-deep Bran is that he's the only one who can legitimately show up Littlefinger. Maybe he played his hand too soon, but I don't even care. Someone needed to show up Littlefinger! He's already smirked enough this season.
Anyway, I loved that final moment between them when Littlefinger is trying to be caring-yet-creepy-avuncular-dude and is going on and on about how difficult things must be fore Bran with all the chaos in the world, and Bran just throws out "chaos is a ladder." Ooooooooo. I don't think anyone else has ever managed to catch Littlefinger off guard like that. It was like all the blood drained out of his weird, pointy face. I'll give this to Bran, he knows how to creep people out.
What I won't give to Bran is a compliment on his manners. Seriously! Could he be anymore of an ungrateful, annoying little twerp???? (I'm trying to keep it PG here, but there are some other, more colorful words one could apply to Bran). When Meera's all like "you're safe now, you don't need me anymore" and Bran's all like "no, I don't," I just wanted to slap his strangely triangular face. Bran reminds me of low fat peanut butter; he sticks around, but no one really wants him.
I think he's taking the Three Eyed Raven stuff too seriously. I need him to climb down off his high horse and drink hot chocolate and play scrabble with his sisters--like a good twelve year old--or I want him off the show! Either way, I'm done with this "I'm not Brandon Stark and I don't need anyone" nonsense. Just wait until he wants a sandwich and needs someone to do his laundry, then he'll "need" Meera again!
Here's what I want Meera Reed to do: I want her to get herself a J Lo/Destiny's Child girl power mix tape, go home, have a few margaritas, and go frog hunting with her family. If anyone deserves a break from pointy face weirdness, it's Meera.
Next up, we have our third Stark reunion in 10 episodes. Arya's home! Hip hip hooray! I gotta say, it was pretty moving to watch Arya look around the courtyard at Winterfell, thinking of how everything has changed. It was a far more satisfying homecoming than Bran's.
Arya and Sansa finally reunite in the crypt, which seems to be a pretty happening place at Winterfell. My first reaction was, "wow, there's a BIG height difference there." And, my second reaction was, "I forgot how much these sisters didn't get along." However, they seemed to get over that pretty quickly, once they'd had time to bond over the difficulties of finding a good sculptor these days, how much they both hated Joffrey, and long, unpleasant stories.
Next, of course, they have to go and visit Bran, who is about as emotive as a bran muffin. He effectively creeps Arya out by telling her that he saw her at the crossroads, but he gives her a better hug than he managed to muster for Sansa and throws in a Valyrian Steel dagger, which is the best greeting anybody is likely to get from Bran.
After this heartwarming moment, we check in with Westeros' resident heart throb Jon Snow. There's also a really good moment between Daenerys and Missandei (who is wearing some daringly tailored pants), during which Missandei admits to do doing "many things" with Grey Worm. This definitely peeks Dany's interest (although she seems to be more interested in doing "many things" with Jon).
As a side note, Jon's signature move seems to be bringing women into caves (remember Jon and Ygritte in the cave back in season 3). This move definitely seems to work on Daenerys. They take a nice stroll through the cave (which is not as impressive or interesting looking as it probably was intended to be), and we get some nice, sexual tension building as they look at very romantic petroglyphs, depicting death and war. It almost seems like they're going to kiss until Dany totally kills the mood by telling him to bend the knee.
I have several notes about this scene:
1) I don't buy that Dany believes in the White Walkers after looking at those cave paintings. They don't prove anything! In this world, we have petroglyphs of people morphing into animals. That doesn't mean we believe that people morph into animals.
2) How has that cave been a 'secret' for such a long time? The entrance is like 10 feet from their big stair case thingy. Plus, it's in a book! I need Jon to stop acting like he just discovered Atlantis or something. Kay, thanks.
3) Jon and Dany are going to have to get married. I mean, I think this has been obvious to book readers for a billion years at this point, but, from a narrative perspective in the TV show, it's absolutely crucial. Getting married is the only way they're going to get over this whole "you bend the knee" "no, you bend the knee thing." If they were married, Dany would be the Queen in the North as Jon's wife, and Jon could still be King in the North. Plus, Dany would have the security of knowing he's nailed down as an ally. Jon would also be King consort of the Seven Kingdoms, not that I think he would care about that very much. I can't see him being very comfortable at the Red Keep. Plus, they would have beautiful children (assuming they're both still fertile, which is sort of doubtful at this stage). They would still be a crazy awesome power couple though! Jay Z and Beyonce are going to have to move over.
After Dany and Jon come out of the cave, we run into Tyrion who has both good news and bad news. The good news is that Casterly Rock now belongs to Daenerys. Score 1 for the away team! The bad news is that this victory turns out to completely hollow because the Unsullied didn't manage to destroy the Lannister army and are now stranded because Euron torched their ships. Oh well, you win some, you lose some.
Dany is--understandably--a little miffed by this situation. She accuses Tyrion of purposefully being bad at war to help his family. I know that Tyrion is not doing this, but it's hard to argue with her logic. Tyrion is a smart guy, generally. But, apparently, he's a little too clever for his own good when it comes to war. Somewhat surprisingly, Dany asks Jon for his advice. Jon hems and haws but ultimately says that he doesn't think burning King's Landing to the ground is a good idea. In case you were wondering, I tend to agree with him.
Next, we're back at Winterfell for one of the most interesting scenes I have seen in a while. It's Arya vs Brienne! If there were pay per view in Westeros, this is definitely the sort of fight that would be on it. I know it was only "training," but it was still one of the most beautifully choreographed fights we've seen in a while. I don't know anything about sword fighting, but even I can see that their fighting styles play to their individual strengths.
What's almost as interesting are everyone's reactions to Arya's skills. Brienne and Podrick seem impressed. Sansa seems shocked, or maybe dismayed, and Littlefinger looks like he's mentally recalculating, like Siri after you've taken a wrong turn. If I were Arya, I wouldn't have tipped my hand so soon or so openly, especially in front of Littlefinger. I don't know what's going to happen, but things are definitely about to get interesting up at Winterfell.
Next, we visit Dragonstone once again, where Davos and Jon are walking down that big, ramp walk way thing again. Again! Why is that the meeting place for everyone on Dragonstone? Did the showrunners just not have enough budget to build any more interior rooms of the castle? The world may never know. Anyway, Davos wants to know what Jon thinks of the Dragon Queen. Jon remarks that Daenerys "has a good heart." My hat is off to Davos for delivering the best retort in this episode, "a good heart? I've noticed you staring at her good heart." He then goes on to correct Jon's grammar, making him the undisputed MVP for this episode.
Jon and Davos then happen to bump into Missandei, who clearly spends her days waiting around on the Dragonstone walkway, starting off into space, and waiting for other relevant characters to show up and have relevant conversations with her. Seems plausible.
Missandei wants to know why Jon isn't a Stark. When he answers that he's a bastard, Missandei reveals that marriage doesn't exist on Naath, a revelation that Davos is super interested in (almost as much as he's interested in Dany's "good heart"). Theon and the remaining 5 Ironborn happen to choose this moment to return to Dragonstone. How convenient that they turn up just while our relevant characters are just standing around chatting *massive eye roll.* Anyway, Jon is, should we say "less than pleased," to see Theon. He cheerfully informs him that he would happily kill Theon at this very moment, if it wasn't for what he did for Sansa.
The show also chose this moment to reveal that Dany is no longer on Dragonstone. Um, what? Was anyone else bothered this?
Seriously, I know that relative time and space no matter in Westeros, since everyone is zipping around the Seven Kingdoms as if they all had a hanger full of Boeing 747s, but STILL! Is anyone bothered by the fact that Dany managed to pack up her dragons, her Dothraki, and all their horses and sail over to the main land in less than 15 minutes? Because I was pretty bothered by it. I could probably look past the time jump, but it was also a pretty big narrative jump. I'd be much happier if we had had a 10 second shot of the Dothraki getting in their ships, while Dany gives a speech something like this: "We roll tonight to the guitar bite, and for For Those About To Rock, We Salute You." Okay, it would probably be a tiny bit different, but you know what I mean. That's the scene I needed!
I wasn't as impressed with the Loot Train battle as everyone else seemed to be, and I think the narrative jump was to blame. There was no rising tension leading up to this battle, there was no anticipation, so there was not as much emotional payoff. I'm not saying it wasn't a good scene, it just sort of came out of nowhere. And how did Dany know exactly where the Lannister army was? This all seems a bit too random to me.
Anyway, let's get back to the relevant stuff.
Lord Tarly is super excited about flogging stragglers (I'm seriously surprised that Sam doesn't have more emotional issues, geez!). I would say he's almost as excited about this prospect as Davos was about doning "many things" on Naath and Daenerys' good heart! (This episode should have been called "the one with all the unexpected sexual innuendos," you know, as opposed to the normal sexual innuendos that we usually get on GOT.) Jaime disappoints Randyll Tarly by telling him that he has to warn them first (what a buzz kill).
Jaime, Bronn, and the unfortunately named Dickon then spend the next few minutes chatting about what they do and do not teach you at Fancy Lad School and what it smells like when dying men loose control of their bowels (apparently, Bronn is an expert on this point). Unfortunately, I don't think we're ever going to find out what the exact curriculum is at Fancy Lad School (FLS) because, at this very moment, Dany chooses to role up with a horde of Dothraki (see my objections above), and a full grown dragon, primed and ready to go.
What follows is not good for house Lannister.
On the plus side, we finally get a good, visual idea of what "death by dragon" actually means. It means crumbling to ash in a very, Pompeii-esque way.
There are a lot of really good moments in this battle: Dickon using his FLS education to save Jaime's life, Dothraki warriors standing on the backs of moving horses as they shoot arrows, and Bronn wounding Drogon with the very aptly named scorpion. The best moment, however, is Tyrion watching in horror as Jaime (what a handsome idiot) charges a dragon with a spear. That seems like a really dumb way to die. He's an incredibly relevant character though, so his death has to be a little more meaningful. Bronn saves Jaime at the last moment by pushing him into the surprisingly deep river. This may not be the best thing to do to a man with only one hand who happens to be wearing full plate armor, but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. Plus, I'm sure Tyrion--who conveniently happens to be watching--is not going to let Jaime die such an ignominious death. The final scene of this (very short--where are the last 10 minutes of this episode, HBO? You could have shown the Dothraki getting onto ships) episode is Jaime falling through the water in a shot that reminds me very much of Jack's dead body sinking in Titanic. Don't worry, Jaime, we'll never let go!
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I saw lots of people online freaking out and saying that this was the biggest episode yet, and I have to say that I disagree (mostly because nothing will ever top the Battle of the Bastards (which, apparently could never happen in Naath) for me). As intense as this episode was, Game of Thrones can--and will, I'm sure--do better. This is just the opening act. Be that as it may, this was still an incredible episode, so let's get into it.
We start off somewhere near Highgarden with the Lannister army escorting tons (maybe literally) of gold and grain back to King's Landing. Someone online said that this scene reminded them of the beginning a train robbery movie. I would probably agree with that assessment if I'd ever seen a train robbery movie. However, it does seem pretty clear to me that it's not a good idea to put all your gold in one wooden wagon (I don't know, something about eggs and baskets and the number one).
On the bright side, however, everyone's favorite sell sword is back! That's right, it's Ser Bronn of the Blackwater! And he's in the market for a new castle. I feel like he needs to go on Castle Hunters International or something like that. Maybe they could help him find a nice four turret with an indoor pool. Seriously though, I think it would be wise of Jaime to give Bronn his castle. Bronn likes Jaime for sure, but he's not above switching loyalties if he thinks he can get a better deal from someone else.
Meanwhile, back in King's Landing, Cersei is busy taking out a small business loan with the Iron Bank; I'm thinking she's developing a line of venomous cosmetics (you know, for the chic murderess). By the way, something that's not looking very chic is Cersei's hair. Is it ever going to grow out? Arya's hair looked better in Season Two, and she spent 10 episodes crawling around in the mud and forest. Or, is Cersei purposefully keeping it short? If she is, I think she needs to ditch whoever is giving her fashion advice and hire whoever is styling Daenerys. Cersei does somewhat make up for her woebegone appearance by delivering the best line in the episode: "My only venture at the moment is reestablishing control of this continent and every person on it." Oh man, it's a good thing she's wearing that lumpy, warm looking dress because Cersei is ice cold.
Speaking of ice cold, we travel next to the North, where the only fashion options are fur and leather or leather and fur. Personally, I prefer fur and leather. We drop in on Bran and Littlefinger, who are having a heart to heart. Or, they would be if either of them had a heart. At least Littlefinger tries to pretend. He embarks on this completely laughable and unbelievable speech about how he's here to help Catelyn's children and protect them all and how he would have protected Catelyn if he could have. Pah-leasssse, Littlefinger, cry me a river! The only thing I like about new, I-took-half-a-semester-of-college-level-philosophy-and-learned-what-ennui-means-and-now-I'm-so-deep Bran is that he's the only one who can legitimately show up Littlefinger. Maybe he played his hand too soon, but I don't even care. Someone needed to show up Littlefinger! He's already smirked enough this season.
Anyway, I loved that final moment between them when Littlefinger is trying to be caring-yet-creepy-avuncular-dude and is going on and on about how difficult things must be fore Bran with all the chaos in the world, and Bran just throws out "chaos is a ladder." Ooooooooo. I don't think anyone else has ever managed to catch Littlefinger off guard like that. It was like all the blood drained out of his weird, pointy face. I'll give this to Bran, he knows how to creep people out.
What I won't give to Bran is a compliment on his manners. Seriously! Could he be anymore of an ungrateful, annoying little twerp???? (I'm trying to keep it PG here, but there are some other, more colorful words one could apply to Bran). When Meera's all like "you're safe now, you don't need me anymore" and Bran's all like "no, I don't," I just wanted to slap his strangely triangular face. Bran reminds me of low fat peanut butter; he sticks around, but no one really wants him.
I think he's taking the Three Eyed Raven stuff too seriously. I need him to climb down off his high horse and drink hot chocolate and play scrabble with his sisters--like a good twelve year old--or I want him off the show! Either way, I'm done with this "I'm not Brandon Stark and I don't need anyone" nonsense. Just wait until he wants a sandwich and needs someone to do his laundry, then he'll "need" Meera again!
Here's what I want Meera Reed to do: I want her to get herself a J Lo/Destiny's Child girl power mix tape, go home, have a few margaritas, and go frog hunting with her family. If anyone deserves a break from pointy face weirdness, it's Meera.
Next up, we have our third Stark reunion in 10 episodes. Arya's home! Hip hip hooray! I gotta say, it was pretty moving to watch Arya look around the courtyard at Winterfell, thinking of how everything has changed. It was a far more satisfying homecoming than Bran's.
Next, of course, they have to go and visit Bran, who is about as emotive as a bran muffin. He effectively creeps Arya out by telling her that he saw her at the crossroads, but he gives her a better hug than he managed to muster for Sansa and throws in a Valyrian Steel dagger, which is the best greeting anybody is likely to get from Bran.
After this heartwarming moment, we check in with Westeros' resident heart throb Jon Snow. There's also a really good moment between Daenerys and Missandei (who is wearing some daringly tailored pants), during which Missandei admits to do doing "many things" with Grey Worm. This definitely peeks Dany's interest (although she seems to be more interested in doing "many things" with Jon).
As a side note, Jon's signature move seems to be bringing women into caves (remember Jon and Ygritte in the cave back in season 3). This move definitely seems to work on Daenerys. They take a nice stroll through the cave (which is not as impressive or interesting looking as it probably was intended to be), and we get some nice, sexual tension building as they look at very romantic petroglyphs, depicting death and war. It almost seems like they're going to kiss until Dany totally kills the mood by telling him to bend the knee.
I have several notes about this scene:
1) I don't buy that Dany believes in the White Walkers after looking at those cave paintings. They don't prove anything! In this world, we have petroglyphs of people morphing into animals. That doesn't mean we believe that people morph into animals.
2) How has that cave been a 'secret' for such a long time? The entrance is like 10 feet from their big stair case thingy. Plus, it's in a book! I need Jon to stop acting like he just discovered Atlantis or something. Kay, thanks.
3) Jon and Dany are going to have to get married. I mean, I think this has been obvious to book readers for a billion years at this point, but, from a narrative perspective in the TV show, it's absolutely crucial. Getting married is the only way they're going to get over this whole "you bend the knee" "no, you bend the knee thing." If they were married, Dany would be the Queen in the North as Jon's wife, and Jon could still be King in the North. Plus, Dany would have the security of knowing he's nailed down as an ally. Jon would also be King consort of the Seven Kingdoms, not that I think he would care about that very much. I can't see him being very comfortable at the Red Keep. Plus, they would have beautiful children (assuming they're both still fertile, which is sort of doubtful at this stage). They would still be a crazy awesome power couple though! Jay Z and Beyonce are going to have to move over.
After Dany and Jon come out of the cave, we run into Tyrion who has both good news and bad news. The good news is that Casterly Rock now belongs to Daenerys. Score 1 for the away team! The bad news is that this victory turns out to completely hollow because the Unsullied didn't manage to destroy the Lannister army and are now stranded because Euron torched their ships. Oh well, you win some, you lose some.
Dany is--understandably--a little miffed by this situation. She accuses Tyrion of purposefully being bad at war to help his family. I know that Tyrion is not doing this, but it's hard to argue with her logic. Tyrion is a smart guy, generally. But, apparently, he's a little too clever for his own good when it comes to war. Somewhat surprisingly, Dany asks Jon for his advice. Jon hems and haws but ultimately says that he doesn't think burning King's Landing to the ground is a good idea. In case you were wondering, I tend to agree with him.
Next, we're back at Winterfell for one of the most interesting scenes I have seen in a while. It's Arya vs Brienne! If there were pay per view in Westeros, this is definitely the sort of fight that would be on it. I know it was only "training," but it was still one of the most beautifully choreographed fights we've seen in a while. I don't know anything about sword fighting, but even I can see that their fighting styles play to their individual strengths.
What's almost as interesting are everyone's reactions to Arya's skills. Brienne and Podrick seem impressed. Sansa seems shocked, or maybe dismayed, and Littlefinger looks like he's mentally recalculating, like Siri after you've taken a wrong turn. If I were Arya, I wouldn't have tipped my hand so soon or so openly, especially in front of Littlefinger. I don't know what's going to happen, but things are definitely about to get interesting up at Winterfell.
Next, we visit Dragonstone once again, where Davos and Jon are walking down that big, ramp walk way thing again. Again! Why is that the meeting place for everyone on Dragonstone? Did the showrunners just not have enough budget to build any more interior rooms of the castle? The world may never know. Anyway, Davos wants to know what Jon thinks of the Dragon Queen. Jon remarks that Daenerys "has a good heart." My hat is off to Davos for delivering the best retort in this episode, "a good heart? I've noticed you staring at her good heart." He then goes on to correct Jon's grammar, making him the undisputed MVP for this episode.
Jon and Davos then happen to bump into Missandei, who clearly spends her days waiting around on the Dragonstone walkway, starting off into space, and waiting for other relevant characters to show up and have relevant conversations with her. Seems plausible.
Missandei wants to know why Jon isn't a Stark. When he answers that he's a bastard, Missandei reveals that marriage doesn't exist on Naath, a revelation that Davos is super interested in (almost as much as he's interested in Dany's "good heart"). Theon and the remaining 5 Ironborn happen to choose this moment to return to Dragonstone. How convenient that they turn up just while our relevant characters are just standing around chatting *massive eye roll.* Anyway, Jon is, should we say "less than pleased," to see Theon. He cheerfully informs him that he would happily kill Theon at this very moment, if it wasn't for what he did for Sansa.
The show also chose this moment to reveal that Dany is no longer on Dragonstone. Um, what? Was anyone else bothered this?
Seriously, I know that relative time and space no matter in Westeros, since everyone is zipping around the Seven Kingdoms as if they all had a hanger full of Boeing 747s, but STILL! Is anyone bothered by the fact that Dany managed to pack up her dragons, her Dothraki, and all their horses and sail over to the main land in less than 15 minutes? Because I was pretty bothered by it. I could probably look past the time jump, but it was also a pretty big narrative jump. I'd be much happier if we had had a 10 second shot of the Dothraki getting in their ships, while Dany gives a speech something like this: "We roll tonight to the guitar bite, and for For Those About To Rock, We Salute You." Okay, it would probably be a tiny bit different, but you know what I mean. That's the scene I needed!
I wasn't as impressed with the Loot Train battle as everyone else seemed to be, and I think the narrative jump was to blame. There was no rising tension leading up to this battle, there was no anticipation, so there was not as much emotional payoff. I'm not saying it wasn't a good scene, it just sort of came out of nowhere. And how did Dany know exactly where the Lannister army was? This all seems a bit too random to me.
Anyway, let's get back to the relevant stuff.
Lord Tarly is super excited about flogging stragglers (I'm seriously surprised that Sam doesn't have more emotional issues, geez!). I would say he's almost as excited about this prospect as Davos was about doning "many things" on Naath and Daenerys' good heart! (This episode should have been called "the one with all the unexpected sexual innuendos," you know, as opposed to the normal sexual innuendos that we usually get on GOT.) Jaime disappoints Randyll Tarly by telling him that he has to warn them first (what a buzz kill).
Jaime, Bronn, and the unfortunately named Dickon then spend the next few minutes chatting about what they do and do not teach you at Fancy Lad School and what it smells like when dying men loose control of their bowels (apparently, Bronn is an expert on this point). Unfortunately, I don't think we're ever going to find out what the exact curriculum is at Fancy Lad School (FLS) because, at this very moment, Dany chooses to role up with a horde of Dothraki (see my objections above), and a full grown dragon, primed and ready to go.
What follows is not good for house Lannister.
On the plus side, we finally get a good, visual idea of what "death by dragon" actually means. It means crumbling to ash in a very, Pompeii-esque way.
There are a lot of really good moments in this battle: Dickon using his FLS education to save Jaime's life, Dothraki warriors standing on the backs of moving horses as they shoot arrows, and Bronn wounding Drogon with the very aptly named scorpion. The best moment, however, is Tyrion watching in horror as Jaime (what a handsome idiot) charges a dragon with a spear. That seems like a really dumb way to die. He's an incredibly relevant character though, so his death has to be a little more meaningful. Bronn saves Jaime at the last moment by pushing him into the surprisingly deep river. This may not be the best thing to do to a man with only one hand who happens to be wearing full plate armor, but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. Plus, I'm sure Tyrion--who conveniently happens to be watching--is not going to let Jaime die such an ignominious death. The final scene of this (very short--where are the last 10 minutes of this episode, HBO? You could have shown the Dothraki getting onto ships) episode is Jaime falling through the water in a shot that reminds me very much of Jack's dead body sinking in Titanic. Don't worry, Jaime, we'll never let go!
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