I missed the wave of interest for this weeks episode (Family functions) but I'm gonna come on here and bitch anyway.
This week episode was...I liked it the first time around. During the rewatch though It clicked that there are some serious issues. Especially since it doesn't meet the standards set by the last two seasons episode 8.
The fact that they do two cut away and offscreen deaths in a row leaves such a bad taste in our mouths. Well at least mine but I doubt I'm alone.
Jaquen and the faceless men better tie into the story at some point and it better be good because right now it feels like a huge waste of time and pure filler.
With Jaime, I like that he's kinda playing the role that his father would have. It looks good on him. But I really hope this is just an arc in his progression And that this isn't the Jaime were gonna be left with for the rest of the series.
The Blackfish. What do I say? Looks like the blackfish will continue to just be part of the duo I liked back in S3. With the tough old uncle and the bone head nephew that he knocks on the back of the head. I liked those scenes. I liked Blackfish. But all he got was a few cool lines and a lame offscreen death. Kinda wish they didn't even bring him back. But I suspect the bonehead nephew will play a bigger part and bringing him back also meant bringing blackfish back.
Overall.
I probably have to say this could be the worse episode in the season simply because it's the only one that has left a bad taste in my mouth. And it leaves us with so many frustrations and confusions over Aryas storyline, blackfishes storyline, Jaimes storyline, and Tommens storyline I mean my god kid! How stupid did he turn out to be?! Oh which reminds me, looks like pycell is back in a position of power. Last we saw him I was looking forward to his death via zombie mountain and now he's co running the kingdom with the high sparrow :unknw:
Oh and last thought,
They really screwed up with Arya getting stabbed. Such a terrible idea. Now she looks dumb and so do the writers. Both King Robert and Danny's Dothraki husband (name escapes me) die from infections.
One with just a scratch. And Arya gets cut, stabbed twice and then all twisted all up in there and shit. Like it was bad and then 24 hours later she's sprinting and jumping through windows like Jason Bourne? No dude noooooo fuck David and Db you're slipping already.