Game of Thrones 8x3 Poll!

It totally could have happened, the wights were just on the other side of the garden entrance. Arya has those ninja skills

Lol they literally pulled a Robb Stark on the Night Kings ass and killed him unceremoniously and without a conclusion, the same thing those fans have been wanting them to go back to doing for years and they’re still pissed. Killing him like that was the most Game of Thrones thing they could have done. And don’t give me “Its not the same thing”, because it is. We all expected our hero’s to die that episode, so of course a bunch lived and it was the Night King who died. As Arya once said “Anyone can be killed”. You can’t both say “They should have killed more main characters!” And “They shouldn’t have killed him that fast.” The Night King died very similarly to Robb. He died because he underestimated his opponent and was overly confident in his strategy. He wasn’t looking at outside factors. He could see Jon was preoccupied with his dragon and wasn’t getting to him, and he believed Jon was the only one that could do it. He had no clue about Arya. If the main characters fuck ups can get them killed, then the same applies to the villains.

"they'd complain if anything happened" classic fanboy defense #14. The WWs were hyped up since the first scene of the first book and first episode. Imagine having a KuH-rAzY pirate and an alcoholic queen be the final villains instead, talk about stakes dropping off a cliff.

awesomeusername

Walder frey killed more character than Night King

abhi

Unless arya can channel her inner flash and run past the dragon and godswood in 10 seconds that didn't happen dude. Also subtitles were showing "he yells"

abhi

I saw a theory that Viserion was guarding the Garden entrance and Jon saw Arya on her way to kill the Night King. He got the attention of the Dragon and screamed "Go, Go, Go" so she could get by. That makes the whole outcome better for me and makes more sense than him just standing screaming at a Dragon.

It was cool in the moment but when you think it all unravels. This means the only reason Jon was revived by Melisandre was to be one half of the two reasons the Night King was able to enter Westeros at all. The Night King only got a dragon because Daenerys flew north of the Wall to rescue Jon and co who went there at the behest of Daenerys' council to get a wight. All the northern Lords warned Jon to not go South to meet Daenerys. This is why Jon NEEDED to be a part of the Night King's demise. Otherwise he was revived to almost doom Westeros for Arya to save it. And that's not even including the fact that Arya only found out about the Night King two weeks ago so essentially stole Jon and Bran's character arc climax.

Steddy

I don't care how much of a badass Arya is,she shouldn't have been the lone protagonist who took down the Night King.She learned about him and the AOTD in episode 2 for godsake.

abhi

It's TLJ all over again

abhi

You could have had the NK fight Jon then he lose and then Arya gets to kill him. As it stands the NK never actually participate in a fight and that's way to impersonal to be satisfying.

Doby Greg

we never got to see the night king fight !! he just walked around real slow the whole time. i’m happy it was arya but for night king to go out with one stab seemed rushed and left me like “that’s it”?!

BooBooKitty

You then get into a debate as to what is secondary. I think Dorne is rather important from the books as is the Jon Con Invasion. Neither of those appearing on the show (the Dorne we got being nothing like the current storyline in the books). To me the ending isn't just "here is where everyone is... cut to black" by the final scene or page. The ending is the build and final resolution as a whole. I cannot see how the show and book can share an ending when so much of the detail from the book hasn't been included in the show for at least four seasons.

I think he was referring to the ending being different relating to the secondary characters. Like the overall endings of all characters being compared? At least thats what I got from it.

Overall I was satisfied, but I wish they had tied it to the prince/princess that was promised prophecy.... doesn’t seem to be connected right now.

I kind of expected it to be longer, maybe atleast 1 1/2 - 2 episodes and a 1 on 1 fight between jon and the knight king or something, even if Jon didnt win and someone saves him. But i was pretty satisfied with the ending. Arya's a badass.

KieranT

“I can’t believe Jon didn’t get to fight the Night King” *and if Jon fought and killed the night King here’s the response* “Omg that was too easy talk about a nerf why didn’t he just Rez more undead to stop Jon” And thus why 48% said no they’d complain if anything happened.

Xanbry

He said as much in the recent 60 minutes interview but then proceeded to contradict himself immediately thereafter saying there would be a debate about which ending was better. Well, if both endings are the same why would there be a debate about which one was better?

At the end of the day I am satisfied and still have faith in the show because recently George R R Martin confirmed in an interview that the ending of the show is the same as the books, just the side characters and storylines will be different. So... IN GEORGE R R MARTIN WE TRUST lol

Much like many other people, I too had my issues with the episode. i.e. Jon not getting to have a 1 on 1 with the NK, and the army of the dead ending in one episode. But at the end of the day, after thinking about it I realized I am satisfied with it. I did not see Arya killing the Nigh King coming but atleast it makes sense. If you think about it, dots do connect and its not COMPLETELY random like if for example Sansa was the one to kill him or something. I think it just feels all of a sudden to us because of the plot that killing the NK means killing the entire army, but that was going to happen anyway no matter who did it and which episode it happened in.

This was a difficult one to choose; ultimately, I picked yes. While I thought that the build up did not warrant just one episode, even if it was feature length, I can't deny that the entire episode I was on the edge of my seat, the tension was on point, I felt fear for every character, and when Arya killed the Night King I literally jumped out of my chair, in my room on my own, pumped my fist and shouted , 'YES!' Causing the dog to bark. So the episode delivered what it was going for, for me. I kind of wish they wouldn't have shortened these last few seasons, but it is what it is.

MattillaTheHun

I also wish Jon had more to do in this episode, even if he doesn't get to kill the night king he should have been given the chance to kill wight Visereon before Arya ended it. Then he would be a dragon rider and a dragon slayer.

Cameron Rickard

I think the visuals, music, and directing of this episode was incredible and pushed the envelope, but I feel like the writing left a lot to be desired (Lots of plot armor, ex machina moments, bad battle tactics, and the Night King sort of ending off as being 'some guy') but it was enjoyable for the most part, just not that satisfying, I partially blame the lack of source material, but also feel like they wanted things to be cool rather than make sense, still a great show though.

I don´t mind how it ended. And the ep looked great. Though what brought the enjoyment down for me was the poorly thought out battle tactics. Like, for example, what was the charge supposed to accomplish? They were light skirmishers, not heavy cavalry. And the point of charge is to break the enemy. The dead don´t ever break. And did they even have any useful weapons, until Melisandre made them light up?

Sojtus

Annoyed that Cersei never had to deal with the real threat of the Night King and his army. I also wanted to see more engagement with the NK's generals. It would have been great to see one or two go down and the dusting of groups of wights as a result.

I was satisfied with it, as I’ve always been gripped by the rivalries, conflicts, politics etc more than the danger beyond the wall. Now the Night King has been defeated, the show can focus on the fact the biggest threat to humans is each other!

Victoria E (vickster5001)

I pesonally felt annoyed that this great enemy was resolved in 1 episode while Cersei gets the rest of the season and if she kills more people than this episode it makes her look more powerful than the army of the dead and that won't stand. Also Arya's story has been completely disconnected from the dead story line and it would fit better if she had killed Cersei as at least she has a connection story wise to her but the white walker storyline has been jons and it should have been jons to conclude.

Yes. This felt like the “true finale” much like The Battle of Gondor in Return of the King. Both battles ended far from the end of the story, but there still is more to do to resolve the secondary conflicts, such as distracting Sauron so that Frodo can destroy the ring. Part of me thinks they should have flopped the two resolutions or spent more time on this battle (eight episodes instead of six, perhaps??) or saved the Night King for last. My guess is the next part of the story will end less epically and far quicker than any battle arc so far in the series. And there will still be time left to solve the Game of Thrones issue.

Heidi Michelle Click

I'm happy enough with the end of the Night King. The Army of the Dead and the White Walkers were put over as unstoppable and were only just beaten at the final moment. I've seen complaints that we don't know enough about NK but I feel with the flashback and the info we've been told, we know all we need. RIP Big Daddy Ice, you'll be missed

ElBilbo

Im saying yes. But only because I feel like the show wants lean more heavily on the human aspects of the story. And I can respect that as those aspects are very engaging, and probably my favourite part. If the show had been called "A Song of Ice and Fire", then maybe the night king should have been final boss. But its "Game of Thrones", so I guess it makes sense that the Iron Throne is the Endgame. Still i hope they resolve things in a smarter way than just a rush for the crown.

Yes, I am happy with the way the episode played out. However, I'm not happy that it was in this episode and that Cersei is the final big bad. The point of the Night King should have been that humanity is too focused on the politics of their game of thrones that they fail to see the bigger picture and the real enemy. In fact, if GRRM ever releases his book, I think the ending will be that everyone dies. I think that the real ending is that the Night King will win, because humanity was too busy squabbling among themselves to realize that it really doesn't matter who is King or Queen.

Not to mention, we're getting a whole prequel series on The Long Night. We can still get plenty of information on him.

Malcolm Ferguson

I loved the episode and it’s definitely one of my top five. While I am kind of on the fence on how the night king was taken out, I still think the ending was pretty good and while nothing new was revealed about the night king, in my opinion I’m okay with him remaining a mystery.

That guy

I feel it was a satisfying end for the White Walkers and the episode was great but I agree with Shane that the Night King should’ve been the ‘final boss’ not Cersei.

Jack McKenzie

I think even though it’s amazing that Arya Stark was the one to win the day I don’t get how she found her way to the ice king. I loved the episode too. Probably the must tense I’ve ever watched any episode. I did love the foreshadowing the episode before when Jon asks Arya how she got behind him.

KingKoopa11

Contrary to Shane’s opinion (sorry Shane!) that the NK should be the last boss, I actually agree that it should be Cersei. This is the Game of Thrones. It’s all about the back stabbing and maneuvering of the characters to get the Iron Throne. The NK, though a formidable and ancient evil, is merely a side arc compared to the main focus/ theme of the show. That said, I’m worried that the writers might make Dani the final boss and she would fight with Jon for the right to rule. 🤷🏻‍♀️

rayza31

Personally, I feel that Arya Killing NK makes sense, Jojen said "The Night's Watch can't stop them, the kings of Westeros and all their armies can't stop them." it was an enemy that no magic could contain or army could vanquish, it makes sense that it was someone who could get past the army and get NK 1 on 1. Normally NK avoids fights where he might lose, as he did with Jon he raised the dead instead of facing him, but let Theon go for it because he knew he might lose to Jon but not Theon. besides that, I thought we'd lose more people but there is time for that.

christopher wills

I personally don't mind, that the Night King was killed so "easily". Game of Thrones, in my eyes, is more about well the game of thrones - who will become ruler of the seven kingdoms. The dead were just a threat to overcome and they had serveral battles against them. Also with Theon dying like this and Arya tricking the Night King this episonde was just awesome. And my personal MVP (without counting the dragons) of this battle is lady Mormont. She just killed one but that one could have done a lot of damage to others. Rest in Peace lady Mormont you are my Ethan Forrester of the TV series.

Ethaya

It was a very good battle with great moments. But we've been building up this threat for the entire show and it seemed a little too easy. We didn't lose any major characters and we still have very little knowledge on the Night King.

I know White Walkers began the show and were a big mystery that leaves you with more questions then anything else. But Game Of Thrones is not just about the white walkers. They were about who would rule and who sits on the Iron Throne and it was never bout Evil Creatures. Was just something toe bring all players but one on one side a tells you people can work together its just have have the right person a king or wueen to be peace

Skeletor

Enjoyable episode. Despite it being so dark it is very difficult at many times to see what was going on. Many comments already on some of weak points, some good some not, but that is my opinion. I was truthfully expecting an epic swordplay between DK and AT(JS) but this was better. I like the setup to that moment; Catspaw, the Red Woman, Arya's combat skills with Brienne and her stealth skills with Jon. Anyone else notice the hair on the white walker's head move as if some thing or one moved by it very quickly and stealthily ie Arya's assassin skills?

This is not lord of the rings, where the NK/Sauron is the ultimate evil. GoT is about the human heart in conflict with itself. It is about a struggle for power in many forms. The main point about this conflict with the NK is not about the method or how quickly he is killed, but what it took to get conflicting human hearts together to make it happen. This battle was merely the epic resolution to that story. That is why Jon is the prince that was promised. He was the one man who could bring everyone together, despite politics, to defeat death. It was always a political drama, and so it is going to end as a political and military battle for the throne. A game of thrones if you will. It makes total sense the the show ends as a political drama for the throne where Cersei is the main antagonist. I thought seasons 3-4 were everyone’s favorites anyway, and those were seasons that had the least to do with the white walkers. As for not enough characters dying, we have 4 hours of story left, which is plenty of time for more characters to die and twists to occur. Would it really be that interesting if we had, say 7 main characters to follow? They made a narrative choice to let some intrigue play out. Take it or leave it. It also makes total sense that an assassin was required to kill him. It was clear that facing his army head on would never work, and Jon 1 v 1 combat is too cliche. This show has had more theories than any other show in television history by a long shot. It makes sense people didn’t like it because it didn’t follow a theory they enjoyed. This show was doomed to polarize people because there was so much time for theories to develop. It was bound to disappoint those that would have written it differently. But it’s not our story to tell.

It's hard to be satisfied when, between the dark and the blowing snow, I could barely tell what was going on most of the time.

Kevin Bartelen

yea, intense stare downs between jon and the night king since season 5 only for the night king to ignore jon at the end. a little bit of a let down in that regard.

After watching this episode twice now, and seeing a few reaction videos, I've decided while I enjoyed it, in reflection I decided overall I didn't like it. Loads of problems. I think GoT was a victim of its own success in this episode. I feel that it was CGI and spectacle over actual storytelling and character driven plot. Compared to the likes of the Blackwater or the Battle of Castle Black., I found those much better told and moving.. Here are my issues: 1) . So dark that you could barely make out what the hell was going on. 2) . Most of the characters were merely background scenery, Oh look, Jaime is still alive.... Oh good Gendry isn't dead yet..... 3) There weren't actually that many 'moments' in it, just a handful of them, and even then, the Melisandre Arya scene, compare that to Tyrion's 'Those are Brave men knocking on our Door, Let's go kill them moment'. Dothraki charge cool, Lyanna's death a moving moment, Sansa and Tyrion in the crypt moving, Theon's death, Jorah and dany's fight. But overall, Jaime, Brienne, Gendry, Pod etc, they might as well been extras. 4) . Melisandre, grand and all, but I would have preferred something like her having to sacrifice herself in fire to the Lord of Light to complete her story. Plus, the story hasn't dealt with any of her backstory, why is she a million years old.... what's up with that? 5) . Not going to nitpick tactics and stuff, because I hate nitpickers, but when the lit the trenches, they just sat their and watched, no dragons torching them by the trench, not even firing arrows at them. 6) Bran, cool warged into a few ravens and saw the night king.... what else did he do other than be bait, after seeing the nightking, did he go warg off somewhere and watch Avengers Endgame? 7) White walkers, all of them were there, and the didn't do a single thing, not even be good bodyguards for their king? 8) Whole Night King, just being evil and wanting endless night. I would have liked a rationale motive to why he was attacking, why now, what was his purpose etc. Compare this to the expanse, where all the villians, you can totally understand their motivations, I found the NK's motivation weak as f**k. Built up this big figure, taking babies making them into whitewalkers in some ritual, raising this army after 1000 years etc. Why? 9) Arya's kill was fine and all, but after such a build up of an enemy, felt easy and rushed. But basically, I actually wondered what reactors would react to, as I said, it was a handful of scenes I mentioned, and then it was just overly dark, confusing shakey cam footage of zombies basically. As the end of a plot line that literally began epically on the first episode, felt let down.

Peadar O'Ruadhán

Also this means Jon has a bigger role to play possibly since people thought he would kill the night king, and Azor Ahai was the one to brung the dawn not exactly the one to kill the night king. Maybe Jon is him through bringing everyone togeather.

Brann can see the future. For one he preducted rigt where Jamie would show up earlier in the season. Second he also gave Arya the dagger in the same spot she kills the night king. Brann beat the night king in the end through Arya. Im good with that since the two people who should have the kill are Jon or at least Brann since they have the biggest connection with the Night King. Just my thoughts

Jojen in season 3 episode 10 "You saw the White Walkers, and the Army of the Dead... The Night's Watch can't stop them, the kings of westeros and all their armies can't stop them." I agree... his whole purpose was because he was supposed to be the only one who could defeat the NK, yet all he did was act as bait. He had no confrontation with him aside from a quick glance.

Woodsie89

I thoroughly enjoyed this episode from start to finish. But no, I was not satisfied. Best way I can put it is, this was a great conclusion... to a different story, not the one that was built up over the last 7 season. Jon and Bran were the ones who worked for the entire series to defeat the NK, and neither of them really did anything. Jojen in season 3 episode 10 "You saw the White Walkers, and the Army of the Dead... The Night's Watch can't stop them, the kings of westeros and all their armies can't stop them." And yet, that's exactly what we got, Bran went all the way north, with the sole purpose of becoming the TER, just so he could be bait, so any old schmuck with a Valyian steel weapon can kill him.

Woodsie89

I know Shane was complaining that the ancient evil was killed before Cersei was dealt with, but honestly I wouldn't have it any other way. Game of Thrones has by and large been far more about the politics and the struggle for the throne, and it is far more fitting for it to return to that at the end rather than end on the more straightforward battle for the sake of humanity.

ctom42

Defeating the Night King in Battle was never gonna cut it. His army is/was unbeatable. So an assassination was the logical conclusion to the problem, although the execution was lacking. But truth be told, an assassination is never as Epic as defeat in Battle, so it was at a disadvantage to begin with. In hindsight it being Arya makes the most sense. She is the one most familiar with death. And since the Night King can be viewed as a personification of death, she was the obvious choice.

Red Claw

Fan service is killing everything good about this show. So disappointed by this anticlimactic ending.

I think that Jon serving no narrative purpose once the war began, in a story where he was the main protagonist against the dead for 8 seasons, made it fall a bit flat for me. I'm totally cool with Arya landing the killing blow and I accept the retroactive prophetic lead-in's and hints of her stealth, etc, but the story feels incomplete to me because we never got a climax to the Jon vs Walkers story on a personal level for the character. It was HIS arc that built up this threat for the entire show, and then he's pulled away from relevance at the point when the threat finally arrives. It's like if Jedi ended with Luke never making it to the throne room. Really fun episode in a vacuum--a stunning, terrifying, tense spectacle that I enjoyed. But from a story perspective that was supposed to be a blowoff to 8 seasons of buildup, I didn't like the conclusion.

Cody Mahan

I’m going to say yes for now, but I’m in a similar spot as Eric where it’s going to come down to how the last 3 episodes play out. The episode was amazing, and for the most part I’m ok with the who, the where, the what, the how and the why of this ending. It’s just the when that I’m conflicted about. I was kind of hoping Cersei would end up allies with/joining the Night King, allowing for both storylines to merge and conclude together.

Dylan Carpenter

hell yes i loved it, my girl arya added the night king to her list :D favourite character from my favourite house in the show dealt the final blow so of course i'm happy :D

Mick Stewart

Wish you had to kill all the White Walkers, so then just like in the preceding books of LotR where Aragorn had to hunt down the remaining Mordor forces, Jon and Dany would have to keep hunting the Walkers while fighting Cersei for the throne

Danny King

It's just the title, that shouldn't serve as the reason to do something. When have the zombies ever been the primary antagonist in the walking dead?

Ashley Jamieson

I didn't love how the episode played out but would like to watch the rest of the show before definitely saying this was the wrong play. either way, I hope the book goes a different way with it

Alexandre Martins

59% enjoyed it? Wow.

Kaleo Mungin

I debated this for a while but I have faith that when I see the rest of the season all will become clear and I will feel stupid for ever doubting it.

Harvey H

for a show that killed it's main character in episode 9, decimated the "good guys" in season 2 and constantly subverted storytelling expectations... People really are stuck hard onto the idea that the "Great Evil" needs to be the "final boss"... The Night King was the great evil, he was defeated in episode 3, now we solve the game of thrones.

n p

I loved it, Arya, is one of my favorite characters.

Scott O

I liked it. I think the point of killing the Night King, but it still not being over, is that the true enemy is mankind's desire to kill for power. More people may have survived than we expected, but I think many of them are now going to die by each other's hands. And I think Jon will ultimately be the one to put an end to all the bloodshed, by destroying the Iron Throne or something, thus becoming the "Prince that was Promised", by destroying the ultimate enemy - which is not the Night King, but humanity's own evil.

Malcolm Ferguson

In episode 1 we saw wights that were easily killable. We heard of white Walkers as a bed time story meant to frighten children. And that’s what we got. First time we saw a white walker it was killed by freaking Sam....by accident! He didn’t even mean to do it. The white walkers ended up being exactly what we were told they were, nothing more than a bed time story meant to scare children. You know what children weren’t scared of them? Bran and Arya.

Chris

I think it would have been way better if half of the army of the dead went to King's Landing and the battle at Winterfell was just a diversion. They still manage to win by killing the white walkers that are there but the Night King goes South with the rest of his army and takes Cersie by surprise adding the golden company and Lannister armies to his ranks. Then the final battle can be both for the iron throne where the night King is sitting and against the army of the dead.

Cameron Rickard

Game of Thrones is about the Iron throne and it makes sense that the NK would be assassinated.

Mike

I'm mostly unhappy about the character of Bran Stark(3 eyed raven). Where's the payoff of watching him go on this journey for ~10 years?

plus the books will probably end way differently anyways

Deadpool

The show is called GAME OF THRONES not WAR OF WHITE WALKERS soo Yes i’m satisfied because we only have 3 episodes left

Deadpool

I’m satisfied. Game of thrones was never known to tell you the whole story or history of everything. Sometimes things are chaotic cruel and incomprehensible. The Game of thrones is just how you use that chaos to ones own benefit. Cercei is doing THAT right now. Playing the Game of Thrones...roll credits

Gavin Hardiman

I’m satisfied, you could say that if the night king was after the 3 eyed raven the whole time wouldn’t it make sense that he was staying north of the wall since that’s were the 3 eye raven was hiding until bran got the power and went south then the night king followed. Couldn’t the 3 eyed raven travelled north during the first long night and then the nights king followed.

Timmytoby

I understand why people are upset we did not learn more about Azor Ahai, Lightbringer, Bran the Builder, or what the Night King’s purpose and origins was beyond being a malevolent force made by the children of the forest that got out of control. But ultimately this show is and has never been about the fight between the living and the dead or fulfilling ancient prophecies. What happened in the past thousands of years ago will never be fully understood, some of the myths are probably based on true events, others tales told by Old Nans in castles. The Army of the Dead are simply a malevolent uncompromising force that are a consequence a mankind’s worst tendencies, that will eradicate its history and people like a plague or hurricane - an endless night. There is no destiny, Game of Thrones is about chaos. Characters simply did what they could when the moments came to save themselves. Arya killing the Night King both meant something and was random. It was great in my opinion.

Nick Earl

Looking at the entire series as a whole — a series consisting of 70+ episodes — I’m pretty satisfied. I’ve read the books and choose to see them as a completely separate story — a story, I assume, will be very different.

Søren Petersen

People who expected all six episodes to just be giant fights were just crazy to think that’s the way it would go. This shows bread and butter was always its character driven arcs of back stabbing politics that I love to death where you trust literally no one. And I hope it ends the same way. People backstabbing each other left and right till there is one person left on the throne, and it’s the one person we never saw coming.

Andrew Courtney

so much build up since episode 1 and it all ends with this episode and i fucking loved it! Cercei got lucky but her words came true "let them deal with the dead and we will deal with whatever is left" DAMN

After the build up and expectation, haven't been this underwhelmed since; The Last Jedi.

Robert Trainer

At first, I was kind of disappointed because I had assumed that Winterfell would fall in this episode and they would have to fall back towards King's Landing, which would host another battle there in the next episode. Now, having rewatched it, I enjoyed it a lot more without that expectation. Also, when Lyanna Mormont took out that giant, I had a vision of Gimli from LOTR saying, 'It still only counts as one!'

Alan Carroll

While I loved the episode for how great it was all put together, the blatant plot armour and fake outs of people being swarmed then fine the next minute was a really big let down for me. I'd like to have had more of the Night King too, but I'm sure the rest of the season will be great regardless.

There’s a difference between what I was feeling in the episode and after it ended. The episode itself was great, the story it had to tell, the moments, the twists, overall it was very well directed, very tense and creative. The moment it ended I started to think about the impact in the overall story of the show, and that made me feel uneasy. During the episode I was very afraid for the characters, now I’m not because I can’t see Cersei as a more formidable foe as the night king, and he couldn’t kill any major character. Also, there is our knowledge that more 3 episodes exist, that takes you out of the story, like knowing how many minutes are left in a movie. All this generates uncertainty because I can’t think of plausible answers, but that doesn’t mean the show can’t. We have to see how this episode fits in their story, because we only saw the battle, and not the aftermath and it’s consequences. Then we can judge, story-wise.

Jocta96

I loved that it was Arya who took down the night king. I also love that Lyanna Mormont went out like a motherfucking boss!

Jessika Steele

no episode one introduced the white walker should have ended with then as well

Dragan Scott Stromberg

I like the fact that jon was distracting viserion so arya could sneak past.

Matthew McRoyall

Yeah it’s fine, it’s A Game of Thrones not the Walking Dead

Ryan Shannon

I just thot that there was more to the Lor of the Night King , now Cerci is the villain 🤨

I have a theory that the night king was a Targaryen. this is why 1. He could ride a dragon 2. Fire didn’t hurt him. What do y’all think?

Kricket Carnes

I love everything about this episode. For all of the episode (and even after THAT scene), I felt on the verge of throwing up because I was so nervous and so hooked to all of these characters. And, I know that there is some controversy as to why it happened the way it did. However, it makes perfect sense to me why the Night King isn't the "final boss". If the Night King and the dead weren't defeated in this episode, the next two/three episodes would've been two different wars (one with the Dead and one with Cersei). For the story with Cersei to be resolved, they needed to get rid of the more immediate/deadly threat which was the Night King. It would be difficult for the combined armies to both outrun the undead and battle Cersei in King's Landing. Leaving it on an ending note here with the story of the Night King and company is the only way that the group would have a fighting chance against Cersei. The show is titled "Game of Thrones" too. The Throne and who ends up on it is the overarching story present within these series so it makes sense to me as to why the fight with Cersei/the fight for the Throne would be the longer arc. However, I was genuinely surprised that this particular arc was over upon first watching it. But, once I thought about it some more, I realized why it needed to end when it did.

Pretty satisfied. Headcanon says Dany took out the night king's shield allowing Arya to do health damage. Disappointed that Jon is written in a way to not learn from past mistakes, but EVERY other character does...

How could I NOT love everything about that episode? I was in cardiac arrest the entire 90 minutes with literal shakes! As for the Night King's fate, I was very satisfied (in so many ways). He messed shit up and killed hundreds upon hundreds of people, just at Winterfell alone. Then he was surprised by a character that's been set up for seasons to be a stealthy badass. It was just perfect in my opinion.

Mark Ryan

I am satisfied with ending of long night and Theon had one of the best deaths of the show in my opinion, the remaining starks and his sister had forgiven him for his actions, he gave his all to protect bran and was taken out by the embodiment of the long night and unknowingly gave Arya the time to come in and end the war, a true hero of the seven kingdoms in his final moments, RIP Theon! The whole of Westeros will sing songs in your memory.

To retake Winterfell, to assemble the North, to bring Dany and her forces to the fight, and, looking forward, to possibly take the throne (tho I don’t ultimately think he will).

ScarlettMi

I am satisfied with how this episode played out. This is because the main purpose of the wight walkers was two bring all of our characters together to fight the dead. Now they have done that, the final battle will be for the iron throne against Cersei as this show is called Game of Thrones not Game of the Walking Dead.

Dylan Allardice

Why isn't there an "I liked it but I also didn't like it" button?

Cultured Degenerate

I thought that Arya killing the night king was super cool and unexpected, but overall i'm pretty dissatisfied with how all the other characters in the episode played out (like what was Jon even doing? Screaming at the dragon till it died? What was Bran doing for the last 30 mins of Theon protecting him? Why did Dany sit on the ground long enough for her dragon to get overrun with wights? Jorah didn't HAVE to die. Sigh ....I could go on and on, tbh). I'm also with Shane on how it feels weird that the NK and all the Long Night stuff was played up for so long and hyped up so much but then it was just over in one night.

The arya moment was awesome but yeah, i too would have liked to see a duel between jon and the night king

Rahul Attray

I am fine with arya killing the night king. I like that but i also wanted a main battle between jon and night king. They had teased it before and it would have been a really good pay off for the story

Rahul Attray

I was expecting more main deaths. I feel like there was a lot of plot armor in this battle. Characters were dog piled by whites and next thing you know they were fine. Still loved the episode

Agree!

"Hold on guys theres another idiot in another world I have to help out first"

ObligedUniform

I feel like in S1 E1 both the walkers and the Lannisters were set up as antagonists and I like that in the final season our heroes have to face both threats. I wouldn't have minded if the battle against the Night King had gone on longer, but we've spent so much more time with Cersei and know her motivations so much better that I think finishing off the series with her is more compelling than ice zombies (that though they are terrifying) we just learned the motive of last episode.

Jeanette C

I know what Bran was warging into at the end. He had to peace out for a minute to warg into a rat to go and save another universe real quick. ;)

Glynn Rockwell

I always thought the Nights King and his army would make to Kings Landing. So that's a little disappointing but I still chose 'satisfied' because Arya is one of my favorite characters.

I love this take. I've had my preferences over the years for who would sit on the throne, but I've also kind of always thought that when all is said and done, in the very, very end, that throne is getting melted down and there will be no King or Queen.

ScarlettMi

I loved it. The Children of the Forest created him to destroy the realms of men. It was clearly stated. Bran confirmed it. But people are still out here saying “But he can’t be dead, we don’t know what he wants! We don’t know his backstory!” Yes, we do. It just doesn’t matter. Because the great evil isn’t magic or monsters, it’s us. The Children created him to fight a war, a war with humans. It must end with us breaking the wheel. For peace, we must stop the war between men. Calling it now, it will end with a council ruling, not a King or Queen. With seven to rule and make decisions. George said years ago that more that one person would sit in the throne. It really trumps the fantasy trope of "Defeating the big bad monster", something I wouldn't want to see again. And like you said, this was basically Chapter 70 of a 73 chapter book. It feels different for us because we had to wait, but if you were to binge it I feel like you would certainly feel the rise of stakes and tension throughout. And now, we must have a conclusion for the story.

I’m alright that Arya was the one but it was over in an instant. Such a great first half of the episode but it seemed pretty easy to kill the Night king. I wish Bran had an excuse for being zoned out the whole time. He could’ve warged into Ghost or one of the dragons.

Anonamai

Why was Jon brought back?

Erich Bomke

The very first enemy we are introduced are the Magical Walkers, n WINTER IS COMING for 7 seasons because of them. They are the unknown enemy that has the the undead army that rises everything they kill Animals, Humans, Giants, Mammoths... and after 8 season they finally confront them n in 1 episode they win the unwinnable battle with out losing a single main character, living the enemy Cersei L. for the Finaly boss fight a enemy that Daeny dint kill earlier because of the innocent by standard n Arya that was going to just walk in kill her n walk out like nating had to go home to see her family n help out on that war. so now 3 episodes left of the greatest show ever dedicated to get ready to fight a enemy that 1 person can single handedly kill Arya n the rest what looking the happy ever after for everyone this is crap. n it will be bulshit if Cersei army a group of mercenary kill any main character when the big bad og the show from the start dint. S1-S6 WINTER IS COMING!!!, S7 WINTER IS HERE!!! finaly, S8 E1-2 set up before battle , E3 they fight n win against the biggest, greatest, most powerful army, of undeath ever n win without any main character daeing half way the season living the enemy they could had crush whenever they like for the finaly of the show WHY!!

Nicolas Cardillo

Personally I believe there were flaws with how the episode played out but I think the end result is perfect because this show has always been most interesting when it comes to the political warfare and character moments. Thats what the ending should be. Yes the night king was made to be the big bad but in retrospect he was never really flushed put and didnt have any personal relationship to the other characters besides Jon. I wish there was more of a prophetic twist or some mind fuck but I'm glad hes dead now and we can focus on the relationships that have been laid out for the last 7 plus seasons.

Cody DeCraeke

I agree with some others in the comments, I was satisfied by the episode But not how the villain was used or how quickly it ended

It's disappointing to see some of the comments here. "Arya isn't worthy" "she came out of no where" "why didn't jon get to do it".

DF

I'm satisfied with the episode, unsatisfied with the way the Night King was used.

tsujoi

Shane, you liked them killing Snoke in The Last Jedi, I don't see that much of a difference (disregarding the Rise of Skywalker trailer).

Jackson

While I am a little disappointed that Jon didn't get to dual the Night King and have a big hero moment, I still freaked the fuck out when Arya went Assassin's Creed on the Night King.

Matthew Cronin

No. It was almost comical to me how Arya appeared out of nowhere and dealt the killing blow. With one stab, hundreds of years of lore and seven seasons of build up ended in about 10 seconds. How is that NOT anticlimactic? And what an unearned victory for Arya who only got involved with White Walkers two episodes ago by the way. I feel like Jon's whole character, moulded from the start around these northern invaders, was robbed to not have a direct hand in their demise. I've never cared who sat on the Iron Throne, even less so after seeing Hardehome. We had seven seasons of "This is the only fight that matters" only for it to end without the White Walkers even fighting, to now go back to the politics of the very temporary power of the Iron Throne that I don't care about. Cersei is no threat, we saw what ONE of Daenerys' dragons did to the Lannister army in season 7. Well, at least it was pretty to look at.

Steddy

definitely wouldn’t have minded a little more, but also didn’t need it. watching all the moving pieces of aryas journey culminate in a lot of epic sequences (library, godswood, etc.) was super satisfying to watch, especially as arya has been my favourite character since the show begun (have watched the episode twice now, and honestly got better the second time around)

There’s been about 180 minutes of episode the first three and we have about 240 to go in the final three. Plenty of time yet.

Chris

I really dont have issues if the whole White Walker part of the story ends like this but I still hope there is more to it. Like its somehow tied to Bran's powers and that the Night King can never truly die or something.

Lairdom

Had a feeling Arya was going to be the one to do it. Especially with the talk her and the Red Woman had in Season 3, I think, about the color eyes she would shut. Was happy to see that it was confirmed after the episode. As far as for the Night King, he was just a side story for me. It's called Game of Thrones for a reason. Could it have been better? Yes. But with the amount of time left in the season, I was satisfied with the outcome.

TanukiEyes

I might be if I could actually SEE what happened... 😬😜 I was actively googling who died WHILE watching the episode just for confirmation that I saw what I thought I saw. For now, yes I’m satisfied because I have faith that the excellence the show runners have proven themselves with so far will continue to the very end. 🤞

No, for 78mins The Night King was basically winning and they took the easy way out in 1min. I agree this should not have been the mid season episode.

Cristian1818

It feels like all the nine years of hype gone for nothing. We didn't get even good answers of the too many questions we have, and basically Bran is the hard desk of Westros and his ravens are security cameras. that's the only answer we had. Disappointed of the ending but great battle and episode.

The Reverse Nerd

I have mixed feelings. I liked the battle, although I think the show has still done better. In regards to The Long Nights end, I think I lean towards being disappointed. I personally have always felt that Jon was brought back with the purpose of defeating the night king. I have always looked at those two as rivals, and Jon was always the one to mentioned the great war. So with having Arya be the one to beat him just feels weird. I think its been set up and seeded well, but it just kinda fell flat for me. Maybe a combo of Arya and Jon taking him together would better fit what I personally had wanted to happen. I guess maybe I just wanted more from Jon this episode. As you guys said, its a bit weird going from this big battle against something that has been a constant threat since day one to... Cersei? I feel like those things should have happened in the reverse order. But hey, I have hope that the people running things know what they are doing and can wrap up the show in a way that most people will be at least okay with.

Where's the breaking bad reaction for Monday?

Mr. Big Stuff

I wish we had a somewhere in between option. Haha. By no means did I dislike it, but I wouldn't have minded a little more. The Night King should've been the biggest bad of the series, not Cersei.

Charlotte

The spiral symbol was representing the children of the forest, the layout of the trees in the place they made the first white walker. The white walkers using it as a symbol of fear the way the nazi’s did the swastika - symbol of peace before they adopted it, or satanist using an upside down cross.

Chris

I am a tv only fan and I was thoroughly satisfied. I always preferred the political kings landing action to the stupid stuff north of the wall and dispatch that nonsense so we can resolve the battle for the iron throne is exactly what I hoped would happen this season. Arya has been my favourite character since the beginning, her character has been building to this moment since day 1 and it was so satisfying. Everyone is saying the night king was the Big Bad. We only ever heard of him as a scary bed time story, this unkillable monster from beyond the wall who would bring an endless winter. Yet the first time we saw a white walker he was killed...by freaking Sam. The Night King and the White Walkers turned out to be exactly what old nan told us they were...nothing more than a frightening story and, ultimately, were defeated by a little girl. Now it’s on to the south for the shows real big bad. Cersi Lannister, who has been responsible for far more of our protagonists deaths than the silly Night King ever has.

Chris

It kind of fell flat for me. There was a LOT to like about the episode in a vacuum, but I think from a bigger picture standpoint it didn't hit the right marks for me after 8 years of buildup. I'm torn with Arya killing him - I love Arya and it works as far as showing that crazy unexpected things happen in war, but for narrative purposes it feels unearned to me from a story perspective. They said in the post-episode video that they decided on Arya doing it 3 years ago, so Eric was correct in assuming that they retroactively worked the "brown eyes, green eyes, blue eyes" into fitting to this. They said they felt Jon was too obvious. To me, sometimes obvious is good, and it's obvious because it makes the most narrative sense and has been earned in the story. Bran and Jon both feel earned, I think. Arya learned about the White Walkers like a month ago and her being the one to finish off this great evil that has been looming for a decade just feels odd. Not BAD necessarily, but odd, and leaves me wondering what the point of the entire Walker story is from a narrative sense if this is the conclusion? Some of you likely know im a huge book nerd, though I love the show and see them as different entities. That being said, it's hard not to compare in this facet - in the books the game of thrones is just a distraction from the real problem, which is the Long Night. Whereas in the show, the Long Night has been framed to just be a distraction from the real problem, which is the game of thrones. Thematically it is a gigantic shift, and while I cant/wont blame the writers because they didnt have material to adapt of late, I think it creates a very noticeable tonal and thematic shift in the show and creates a tremendous lack of consistency that hurts the overall story. And I think the flat feeling that I have is a result of that, where the payoff to this incredibly long build has me wondering why the story was even there to begin with.

Cody Mahan

The White Walkers were gonna be defeated obviously, but the fact they didn't even make it past winterfell, and they were just completely disregarded for cersei just makes the walkers themselves pointless. I wouldn't have minded the walkers dying this episode as long as they managed to severely impact the characters and the show, but their presence achieved nothing of consequence, other than to weaken dany's army for cersei. They've been reduced as a side plot after years of being built up as the biggest threat. The only characters of note to die were theon, beric and jorah, who's death's, while they were really good aren't going to be classed as game changing, and melisandre wasn't even killed by the walkers. It's just a waste of potential, they could've done so much more with them. At least some main characters should've died like Jon, Sansa, Tyrion, Arya, Dany, someone that would have a lasting and noticeable effect on the story.

James Waters

The whole point of the series has been that all the scheming and fighting over the Iron Throne, as enjoyable as it is to watch, is ultimately going to be pointless when the White Walkers show up. So the fact that "The Great War" only lasted 3 episodes, and the NK was defeated by someone with 0 connection to them or their story, makes me feel let down with them as a villains. But what boggles my mind is returning to Cersei after this. Now that the the only war that matters is over, how can I be expected to care about this next one?

Username

Yes, if only because The Night King music was absolutely incredible. I need to put that shit in some playlists

I did want Jon to at least have a Scuffle with the Nights King. The longer it sinks in all the characters would have been dead if Arya hadn't come in for the save but it was well set-up by the stealth section earlier. Bran/Ol' Three eye was warged for quite sometime, i wonder if the prequel Long Night series will have a conversation between the Raven and an Earlier Night King to give his Smug face and Bran's stares some context... just a hope really...

Pretty sure that's 100% on purpose by the directors and GRRM

Tim Ott

I mean i assume next episode will have some kind of story from Bran (in some way) about the NK and his motives etc. Just to answer questions and give more backstory.

Tim Ott

I mean.. if you were a white walker, would you ever bother fighting someone else? It would be just plain stupid when you have a limitless army to fight for you.

Tim Ott

Very unsatisfying...no explanation of the spiral symbol, no Bran flashbacks about the Night king this season to explain more about his motive....I hope some more information is reveled on this in the last few episodes

Nuptup

Too easily? Do you see all the death and destruction? That shit wasn't easy, it took 8 seasons of character growth for this moment.

Logan Ryan

sorry but i was never invested in the night king story arc i mean it was good yes but because the night king never did much in the early seasons we just saw him on screen he never spoke he never did much till he downed the dragon and rose it and knocked the wall down... i suspect it was just that for me... because there was no charicter development e.g. scenes with him talking or learning for instance one charicter i am heavily invested in is arya and that is because she had so much development she had all the episodes pretending to be a boy then she got over sea to the house of black and white and got all that development the night king for me was just a boogeyman beyond the wall up until last season

dagrimone

Honestly mate, I feel exactly the same way. I couldn't be any more disappointed with this show. This might be as bad as Dexter's ending if these next few episodes aren't redeeming enough. Where the hell did Arya come from? Did she hit a bounce pad or something?? I am so sad, I feel lost haha

I wanted at least a proper fight. Not one move and die.

Doby Greg

The amount of setup both he and Arya had for it makes it fine.. Arya was certainly set up to kill him just as much as Jon was.

Tim Ott

Gutted Jon didnt get his ultimate show down with the night king. Multiple stare offs throughout previous episodes, leading to a 1v1 epic fight.

Paul Richardson

I see the bots clicked on that yes button ;)

Kara59

The thing i didnt like is that i feel like it was taken care of too easily. All this build up to this fight and nobody really died, no impact so to speak came from this to make it memorable in a way to say that it was worth the wait of YEARS to get to this very moment.

julio morales

I felt satisfied with the episode. When Melisandre said blue eyes I wondered if Bran warg into Arya to get to that point for the finishing blow.

Alejandro Perez

i am fine with the way it ended. however i would not have been against another episode with fighting the night king and his armies. that said i can understand why since they need to wrap it all up.

Jhazzrun

WHAT HAPPENED TO GHOST? If they killed him off screen i'm gonna be SO pissed. What is with the show runners and not wanting to use that wonderful dire wolf? Maybe have Ghost show up to stand beside Jon in that last face off against Viserion. Or it would've been epic if Bran was warging into Ghost at the end to help Arya get through to deal the final blow.

Glynn Rockwell

Yup, I mean it is called Game of Thrones after all right? lol

Jackie Green

Exactly, I thought most people had a pretty good idea where her story was going. For me she had a well written story not one of my favorites mind you but well written and it was pretty predictable where it was going to end, not that its a bad thing its just exactly what her character would do with how she was written.

Jackie Green

I would have preferred to have the Night King killed with Lightbringer...which would have meant a couple more episodes of our characters fully realizing the prophecies and losing the battle at Winterfell. I suppose in a way the prophecies Melisandre forsaw did come true...but it felt too stitched together for me. I'm happy with the battle. It was epic; I just didn't feel like justice was truly done to the ancient plots.

It was a very good episode and an amazing battle. They did so much right, but I still feel they needed som elements. We need answers. Who is the night and why did he choose to attack Westeros now. Which motives did he have? And also I feel like the night king went down to fast. i missed a showdown between him and Jon since they have been teasing it with the staredowns they have had. Overall a brilliant episode and my final judgment will come after I have seen the rest of the season :)

Stefan Thrane Lund

I disagree, I think the show has kept up an even balance between magic and politics( or mundane as you put it) throughout the entire show, pretty much splitting every season into 2 halfs one focused on the throne and the other on the threats to the north and across the sea. What is happening now and has been happening since season 7 is that those 2 halfs are colliding and forming the end game with an even mixture, not higher dose of either one.

Jackie Green

Idk why but I’m not satisfied at all. Lol

Exactly

Jackie Green

The library scene showed us how quiet Arya can move so that it makes sense later on how she snuck past the White Walkers towards the Night King. She was quieter than a drop of blood hitting the ground

TheHumourTumour

No. I was hoping for not one big fight, but several fights all over Westeros. Getting closer and closer to King’s landing. More chance for heroics and more chances for deaths that would be shocking. Also... Then Cersei has to do something because we have only seen her in one episode out of 6 so far.

David Billington

I personally am kinda okay with the ending, even if it was a bit anticlimactic. My big problem with the episode was the pacing. I assume a lot of people might disagree but it really didn't feel like this was 80 minutes of content. I was bored through like half of the episode. Also the library scene seemed completely unnecessary to me.

Caleb

I felt satisfied with this episode. It connected things from across the seasons in some great ways. I, personally, loved the ending. I still think something else is going on with Bran/Three Eyed Raven, so I am waiting to see if there is more behind that blank stare.

I say yes because everything I predicted would happen happened, and also everything I just dared to hope would happen happened. Cersei is a much stronger villain than the Night King anyway, let's get the real party started now !

Kevin Gil

Oh Gus yes lol

Edwin B

So I am completely satisfied with its conclusion

Jackie Green

Was never that invested in the long night and night king story line. I am very excited to move onto the more interesting storyline for me personally with the battle for the throne.

Jackie Green

All I wanted was a one on one with Jon and the Nights King or for Jon to kill the Dragon before Arya

The Jarl

Yes. It's true it ended kind of abrupt but that doesn't mean it's a bad thing. The episode was crazy and this is better then leaving us with a cliffhanger, trying to make it more intricate and end it next episode.

Screcy

Loved what they did with the battle but wish there was more with the NK himself. I wanted a more fleshed-out character. Otherwise, it rocked. Love that it was Arya.

I said No. That doesn't mean that I didn't enjoy the episode. I loved it. However... if this is all we get from the White Walkers I will be disappointed. The ultimate evil they spent 9 years building up should have some greater lore or motivation attached to it. We saw structures beyond the wall once with the Night King, which implies a level of society among the White Walkers. I don't need the Night King to make another appearance, but I feel like the entire concept of the White Walkers has been left under-explored. This show has been steadily moving from the mundane to the mystical as the dragons have grown and the White Walkers got closer and closer, and having the final confrontation be another human contest for power seems like a step backwards to me. My opinion right now is subject to change depending on what happens in the next 3 episodes, but for now I have to vote no.

Steve

I think the problem is less the way he died, or the person who killed him (and all of them). everyone is pretty much content with that. The real issue, at least for me, is the lack of impact of this all army of the dead and night king on the overall world of westeros and the manichean/basic after taste for these villains that are teased since the very beginning of the series. seems foreign to the whole world.

adnene guessoum

At first his death left me a bit disappointed, but thinking more on it, I think it’s a pretty good end. All of aryas story is her learning the skills she used to kill the NK, so it makes sense, and while I did want to see the NK fight Jon, thinking back on it, the white walkers have all been crappy fighters and are extremely weak to valerian steel, so it makes sense he wouldn’t risk a fight

How would you have felt if father from full metal just got a quick death and we never heard him talk about what he wanted

Anthony Lujan

I think it was always coming, and I'm shocked to see so few people have made their peace with it by now. They have established how Walkers die in One Shot since Season 3; had established killing one would kill the things he had created... It was always gonna end like that: someone stabs the Night King, the Dead Army falls. I don't think it's the best ending it could have; in the books... Oh damn, BOOK SPOILERS GUYS (though come on, it's for the first chapter of the first book, goddman xD) In the books they talk, and seem to have more motivations besides being created to destroy mankind; this more complex characterization might lead to a better ending for them... But for what the show had set them up to be (an uncaring, unfeeling army with the sole purpose of killing humans) this was as good as it would always get... And I can't believe how tense, breathtaking and well paced this freaking episode was.

Mordirit

Really enjoyed the episode. Brianne and Jaime using the 2 swords Tywin made from Ice to defend Winterfell was so poetic.

The way he died was fine we all love ariya being the hero but the night king deserved more development for being the biggest villain in the show

Anthony Lujan

I'm on the fence. for one my girl is the one that was promised! Yet I was expecting at least 3 more characters to die. Otherwise fantastic episode

Danocheirus

Looking solely at the show and ignoring the books (which is only fair) this is a perfectly sensible ending and they've certainly been building to it. A fitting end for the night king; created by being stabbed in the heart with dragonglass in front of a weirwood tree, un-created by being stabbed in the heart with valyrian steel in front of a weirwood tree.

I thought the final battle with the night king would be in their ice base/castle as shown in the episode where they show the baby being turned into a white walker and the whole prophecy about the prince/princess that was promised what now.

I'm totally down with it. I see a lot of people ragging on Arya killing the NK, but for like 8 years people were saying stuff like "I love Arya but what's the point of her and her story?" She literally trained to kill death. First by saying not today, then the faceless men. Her story was totally leading up to this point and it was SO satisfying seeing her catch that dagger.

DF

LOL; wasn't it , though? 😆👍

Quwykxz

I'm satisfied but I don't think it's technically the end. I think the title of night King is passed on to one of crasters sons that's still north of the wall somehow. I'm just spitballing here but maybe if they're still children, they can't be eliminated like the rest.

Josh Bornman

The ENDING was great, but most of the rest of the battle was just meh. Unnecessarily long and too drawn out in some scenes (like Arya runing/sneaking through so many different locations in Winterfell), and too rushed-through in other scenes (like the destruction of the Dothraki screamers; we needed to see at least a little bit of that actually happening, not just have all of it occur off-screen); the pacing was all over the place and felt really weird. Dany's dragons were also pretty useless in this episode, after being built up as major forces of destruction; The least they could have done is have them tear apart their fallen brother.

Quwykxz

Whilst I personally think its not the end, in one way or another, I am very happy with the end. It was shocking enough to be satisfying in my opinion.

Adele

I'm so happy. I was afraid that they would give away the book ending...and I wouldn't want to read what happens. I'm glad they seem to be going in two separate directions!

ManicMeeks

Not really, the series is a song of ice and fire with GoT being the first book. If anything the Iron throne is the side plot to the lore and great conflict the world eas building to. In my opinion.

Visp

Not really. He got turned into a white walk whose sole purpose was to erase humanity. Why does it have to be more complicated than that. He stuck to his programming. Thank the Child of the Forest.

"NK didn't do anything." Except kill 100s of thousands of people after plotting and building an army for a few thousand years. The NK has been fucking with the Three Eyed Raven and finally in his arrogance lost to no one. Bran knew full well all that was going to go down.

My reasoning for not liking it was that all this long night conflict has been isolated to only the North. Anyone south of the Vale probably hasn't heard about it and let alone the people of Essos, so politically no one cares nor will it probably be remembered or believed. Although, depending how it wraps up I may not care that much. Arya getting the killing blow was fine with me even if Snow was ameant to be Azor Ahai imo.

Visp

I feel if some ragtag group with the children of the forest and dragonglass could do it, surely we could eke out a win, especially since we knew it would come down to someone killing the Night King. Although now that I don’t have to wish for his death anymore I can finally say: The Night King was utterly badass

Sparda123

She cut that motherfucker like carving a cake!

Gavin Hardiman

we are blinded by our love of the series. I really lked the fact that arya killed the NK, and it made enough sense in the whole picture of the series. But what was the point of the NK? and this battle, was it just good vs evil (something the series seemed to stay away from and was quite right to). Now if the NK had killed for instance bran and samwell tarly for some reason in the past, the only two people aware of john's lineage. The political implications would have been very interesting (danny steps down or betrays john and seize the throne? what about the record at the citadelle? would anyone believe john about his parents?). That may have been a good story and a justification for the NK build up and death, i guess...

adnene guessoum

I am not because this feels like a let down from what the books and show been building up too. The very first chapter and first scenes of the show was the WW. Last scenes of S1 was the WW. First Scenes of S7 was WW. They are supposed to be the symbol that all the politics south didnt matter, the WWs did and now they are gone in one ep of battle feels underwhelming and a mistake to not carry them to the end

Matthew Thacker

I feel like it would have been a bit better to have dealt with Cersei earlier on in the season and than the Night King could have been the final boss, I had no problem with how they fell but the placement in the season felt kinda odd to me.

Also jojen reed was a god dam liar. (fire hand)

Game of Thrones has always been about the Human Politics first and the supernatural element second. It all depends on how they do the next 3 episodes, we could look back on this episode and either praise the decision to kill the Night King OR be rather underwhelmed.

SirMonkeySuit

Man this remake of Army of Darkness was something else.

DevilJynx

Absolutely not. So much left unexplained. Bran says The NK has been trying to kill 3 Eye'd Ravens for generations. Why then did he decide to march south NOW? Why try to wipe out humanity NOW? How many times did they tease a confrontation between he and Jon just to give us nothing? 80+ minutes of battle and not a single White Walker vs human fight? None of them even lifted a sword the entire battle. It looked great and was a thrilling watch, but absolutely atrocious narratively.

Conroy

I like that the one with training from the God of Death's people be the one to end what was basically the God of Death to them.

HappyDame

Theon could have just held that spear a little more to his left. Made it way too easy for him.

Hopefully he comes back because if he goes out like that, I am totally unsatisfied.

AnEnthusiasticKoala

Arya ending it was pretty a pretty good plot twist and a fateful resolution to her character journey, but there's just too many loose ends regarding the Night King, his origins, his motivation, etc...

Honestly, I'm not satisfied at all. The NK didn't do anything, and considering that this was supposed to be the clash against the enemies built up since episode 1, it was very underwhelming.

Bayern Fan TV

I can say I'm honestly not sure what to think I loved the episode and that Arya dealt the killing blow, I just didnt think the Night King would be dead already. I might enjoy it more after seeing how everything wraps up.

Joel

I was disapointed at first then i understood and remembered what the plot is... The IRON THRONE

Aðalgeir Aðalgeirsson

Arya was my highlight of the episode. I love Jon and all but I didn't mind someone else taking down the big bad this time.

Anthia Grant

I want to believe that's what Bran was doing with the Ravens, helping Arya climb quietly into a good spot at the right time to get the drop on them. But that's a lot of fill in the blanks you gotta do to accept that. He did give her that dagger though.

DougRaw

Nope, definitely not.

mrfafaa96

"who beat you?" NK:"No one!"

Ragadon

In all of GoT the Night King has always be a side plot, the main quest has been the throne and with the season being so short it had to be wrapped up so we could get to the show's namesake, 'The Iron Throne.'

Nathan Moore

I feel like they should have saved this for the final 2 episodes and switched it with Cersei, that way we can build the battle itself up more, with them showing more of the North being slaughtered.

A prophecy several thousand years in the making, ended because Arya pulled a quick sleight of hand with her knife and the entire White Walker army just kinda let her sneak up on the Night King unmolested? Yeah, I'm a bit dissatisfied, ngl.

Wolf6120

I am but I still voted no because even though we lost a few of the main people I still think almost 90% of our main characters are still alive and think loosing them to Cercei after all that would give them a weaker death, although I am glad the lived

The Jarl

As awesome as it was, I still feel like Jon deserved to kill the night king. It was set up so early, they had so much interaction, he was his villain. And of course losing the NK this early means Cersei is the main villain now... eugh

Hercule Pyro

Arya did in an hour what Jon, The Nights Watch, and Centuries of Starks couldnt do....and I love every second of it. Put that girl on the Throne and lets call this quits!

Erich Bomke

I was so torn when Arya took him down. It made it an amazing movie, an absolutely amazing standalone hour+ that had everything I could want. But what it meant for the rest of the season was such a gut punch. If you're going to end something you've been building up for so long in one episode, big biggg things have to go down with your characters, and they didn't really do that. So idk, this is a tough question. Amazing movie, too bad it was an episode of a tv series.

DougRaw

Yes I am satisfied, I wish we would have gotten a Jon vs NK one on one but I enjoyed how they subverted that. I almost think the night king knew he couldn’t take Jon by himself. This episode went the opposite of how I thought it would. Now I have no clue what the final three episodes will do and that excites me.

Jace

Was a bit of a quick fix to the whole centuries spanning build up of the undead enemy.

Ism Zam

I really liked how they did it. Was really unexpected and i think it had to be to impress people. If it was a one on one fight with Jon it would be very predictable

Ryan O'Malley

I’m glad you guys added that because I personally don’t think this is the “end end” of him. If it is, eh. Depends on how the rest of the series plays out. Overall though I loved the episode and the scale.

RyanKlip

I am satisfied but surprised to say the least.

Abhi Gudivada