Some conversations were genuinely interesting – Beric’s discussion about death with Jon gave us a man’s entire philosophy in a handful of words – some were arguably necessary (it would have been odd if Gendry hadn’t mentioned his treatment by the Brotherhood) and some, such as Tormund and the Hound’s brief chat, were straight out of a bad buddy movie. Thus, in the frozen North the Westerosi equivalent of the Magnificent Seven traded quips, exchanged swear words and swung their dicks around. For while the stand-off with the Night’s King’s forces, Dany’s ride to the rescue and the dragging of Viserion from the icy deep were fun to watch (who wouldn’t gasp at the possibility of a zombie ice dragon?) the script was almost unbearably clunky. This penultimate episode suggests that, for now at least, spectacle has the upper hand – and with that comes a host of problems.
The main problem David Benioff and DB Weiss have had with this truncated season is maintaining the balance between these two strands even as both the final battle with the Night’s King’s forces and the end of the Great Game draw closer. On the other, it is also a drama about deception, manipulation and quiet trades that happen in dark corridors.
#Game of thrones beyond the wall wallpaper series
On one hand, this is a series that not only loves a showy set piece but that has consistently been able to deliver them. Game of Thrones has always been a show at war with itself.
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