SPOILERS FOR FINAL EPISODE!!!
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I loved the penultimate episode of this series, with its near-hour of OMG battle moments (the scythe!
the hammer! the axe! the giants!). Particularly enjoyed Jon Snow vs. Boss Thenn, very well choreographed and - like much of the episode - genuinely thrilling. That episode actually left me wondering if it would do the show good to stick to one or two locations per episode. Obviously they will never do that, but I've found the constant jumping about the show does a bit of a weakness over the years, particularly when you can tell they're including one plot line just to keep it in the viewer's short term memory.
The last episode was very good too, although I'm very worried about how the Branne storyline is developing. I've never been that into the pure fantasy elements of the show and they seem to be becoming more and more pronounced. Couldn't cheer for the skeleton fight at all. I'm intrigued by what Maester Frankenstein is going to do to the mountain, though. I'm
guessing.
The hound's death was probably the strongest part of the whole episode. The villain and the hero have subtly swapped places. I suppose he arguably deserved his long drawn out death for all the suffering he's caused in his life, but personally I thought he'd earned his heart-poke. Him saying that he wished he'd fucked Sansa because "at least then (he'd) have one happy memory" was moving in that profane way that only the hound can move with.
Could somebody explain to me what was going on with Shae all this time? I've seen some people speculating online that she was a double agent from the start and having an affair with Tywin all the time (her calling Tywin "my lion"). I don't know if I believe this to be true. I think she turned on Tyrion when he told her to fuck off. Not to mention that she probably felt like returning to the stereotypical ''whore'' her lover had called he. Maybe I'm wrong though?