The Night King started thinking about him the first day he left, and now, after the first seven days, he still misses him.
The eighth season of "Game of Thrones" has already aired four episodes. The ratings for these four episodes on IMDb are 8.5, 8.8, 8.6 and 7.7 respectively.
I personally think this rating is quite reasonable. The second episode is indeed the best episode of the season so far. It truly renders the calm, tense and depressing atmosphere before the storm, which directly improves the audience's perception of the third episode of the Battle of Winterfell. expect.
Frankly, the fourth episode aired this week has disappointed me even more than the last. The overall quality of the third episode is not bad, but because of high expectations, there is a strong psychological gap, and the problems in this episode are more serious than before. There are not only tactical mistakes, but also loopholes in the plot and the collapse of the characters.
Still, Game of Thrones is above average. Regrettably, it is gradually losing the style that Game of Thrones should have.
Now, with a heavy heart, I will simply repeat (spit) (groove) the fourth episode of the eighth season.
[Warm reminder: There are spoilers below. This episode is really hard to describe. Please forgive me for the bad things written in this article]
The dead don't die
The beginning of this episode is the expected cremation scene. It is said that the dead are the greatest. Here, let's cherish the memory of the warriors who died heroically in the Battle of Winterfell.
Sansa put the family crest on Theon's chest, representing the wolf family's acceptance and recognition of him. At this moment, Theon truly died as Stark.
Jon Snow looked at the late Lyanna Mormont in front of her, wondering if he recalled the Bear Island loli, who had the same name as his mother.
Mother Long lost her favorite bear in the last episode, and she lost her best friend Missandei in this episode.
They first met in season three, when Long Ma came to Astapor to buy the Unsullied army, and Missandei was the translator for the slave owner seller.
Although Missandei is proficient in more than a dozen languages, she still can't get rid of her slave status and has to endure the scolding and abuse from the slave owners.
The words of Astapor's slave owner insulting Missandei were heard by Long Ma, who had silently decided to pack Missandei away with her.
Missandei followed Long Ma all the way from Slaver's Bay to Westeros, and they established a deep relationship with each other.
In the arena of Meereen, facing the attack of the son of the harpy, Missandei and Long Ma held each other's hands, and when they were about to go to death, the dragon Drogon arrived in time to resolve the crisis.
This time Missandei and Grey Worm clasped their hands, but they couldn't continue to bring her good luck.
Unexpectedly, she received a lunch in this episode, was captured by Euron, and then beheaded by the magic mountain. Only then did we find out that Flag, who went back to our hometown for our honeymoon, wasn't set up for Grey Worm.
In my previous article on Women of Thrones (Game of Thrones: The Women Who Survive in Troubled Times ), I described Missandei this way:
Not all ordinary women from poor families can have the same good luck as Missandei and meet a savior who is willing to take them out of the sea of misery.
Since following the wise boss Long Ma, Missandei not only got rid of her slave status, but also achieved a double harvest of career and love.
Unexpectedly, good days are always fleeting, and no matter who it is, it is difficult to escape the fate of "everyone is mortal".
For Long Ma, the relationship between the big bear, Missandei and her is not only a monarch and minister, but also a family and friend who can talk about everything.
Long Ma witnessed the two people who knew her best die in front of her, and Missandei even screamed "Dragon Flame" before her death.
Next, Long Ma will follow Missandei's last words and plan to burn King's Landing to the ground.
Working hard to conquer the world, but facing the situation of betrayal and separation
Gendry was canonized as the Lord of Storm's End by Long Ma, and the Onion Knight was the first to come out and congratulate Gendry.
Seeing that the Lu family now has successors, the Onion Knight is deeply gratified.
Long Ma's move has been affirmed by the little devil. It not only shows the mind and bearing of a queen, but also attracts people's hearts. It can be seen that Long Ma still has certain political literacy.
Tormund took the lead in paying tribute to Long Ma, who highly praised Erya's heroic performance.
Although Long Ma succeeded in mingling with everyone in the north at this time, the carnival after the victory actually contained a rolling undercurrent.
Jon Snow is far more loved than Mother Long, and the little devil prefers to celebrate with his brother.
At that moment, Long Ma felt that she was alone.
Long Ma hopes that Jon Snow will keep the secret of her life experience, because once this matter is made public, she will lose everyone's support. Even if Jon Snow has no intention of competing for the Iron Throne, he will be forced to stand on the opposite side of Long Ma.
Long Ma has paid too much price along the way, and she can no longer afford to lose more.
However, Jon Snow insists on telling Sansa and Erya the truth, even if it affects the love between him and Long Ma.
It was then that we remembered Ned's strengths. As a person who values honor, in order to fulfill his promise to his sister, even if he was stigmatized and misunderstood by his wife for many years, he was determined to keep the secret of Jonghue's life in his stomach. That's the great thing about Ned.
Even if Long Ma put down the queen's air and begged 囧雪 to be tight-lipped as a girlfriend, it would not help.
Men are big hooves. From the moment Long Ma fell in love with Jon Snow, she began to lose everything. Love can make a person blind and it can make a person stupid.
Long Ma could have taken King's Landing directly, and after ascending the throne, she would help the North in the name of the Queen, but she did not do so, but listened to Jon Snow's suggestion and negotiated a truce with Cersei.
Long Ma and Jon Snow led their army north to Winterfell, and suffered heavy losses in the battle against the army of the dead:
The Dothraki cavalry rushed directly to the front, and in the end almost all of them were wiped out. The Unsullied Legion even stayed behind to cover the retreating northern army, losing half of its strength.
Even so, the relationship between Long Ma and Sansa has not eased.
Long Ma suggested that the North should repay her actions, while Sansa believed that this was not the best time to send troops to King's Landing.
Although what happened afterward proved that Sansa's proposal to recuperate was very reasonable, it was also really chilling.
Because the people in the north still regard Long Ma as an outsider, since Long Ma's father, the Mad King, had brutally slaughtered Ned's father and brother back then, the Stark family never trusted her.
When Jon Snow told Sansa and Erya about his life experience, Sansa didn't keep the secret as strictly as she promised, and she couldn't help but tell the little devil about it.
Sansa has always weighed the pros and cons in her heart. She always insisted that Long Ma is not suitable to rule, and Jon Snow, who has an orthodox status, seems to be the king.
Sansa wasn't alone in the idea, and Varys's position began to waver when he learned of it from the little demon.
Varys believes that those who have no interest in the throne are the best rulers, and Jon Snow is easier to gain the support and support of the nobles of Westeros than Longma.
This view seems to coincide with Tywin, who once taught Joffrey this way:
"Anyone who loudly declares that I am a king cannot be a real king at all."
So far, the following eight people know about Jon Snow's life experience: Long Ma, Jon Snow, Sansa, Erya, Bran, Sam, Little Devil, and Varys.
As Varys said, this is now just information, not a secret anymore.
The ideal ending would be as Little Devil suggested, with Jon Snow and Long Ma ruling together as king and queen.
However, Varys pointedly pointed out that the possibility of this realization is very remote.
Long Ma has acquiesced in her heart that she is a descendant of the true dragon countless times. She believes that she is destined to win the Iron Throne.
Therefore, the Iron Throne is of great significance to her. She has a firm commitment to it and is absolutely unwilling to share the Iron Throne with others.
Varys is still doing his last effort to advise Long Ma, hoping that she will think of the people in King's Landing and not become the kind of monarch she has always wanted to overthrow.
When Varys got the reply of "whatever it takes" from the dragon mother, he made the decision to betray the dragon mother:
"I will fight for the interests of these people, regardless of personal gain or loss."
What the audience deplores the most is that the screenwriter made the little devil's IQ drop sharply, and even directly led to the collapse of the character.
Last season, he made frequent moves, causing Long Ma's military to suffer heavy losses. In this episode, he still made tactical mistakes, knowing that Euron's navy was strong, and the sea route was no longer safe for them, not to mention that Yara Greyjoy, who was good at naval warfare, was not around.
They had already suffered a loss last season, but this time they still stepped into the same river:
On their way back to Dragonstone Island, Long Ma and her party encountered a surprise attack by Euron, a dragon was killed inexplicably, and Missandei was captured by the enemy.
We can barely interpret this as a little devil who has the talent to run a country, but it is definitely not material for war.
However, in this episode, he seems very naive in the process of negotiating with Cersei, and he hopes to recall Cersei's humanity and conscience, which makes me wonder if this is still the eloquent little devil?
The little devil in my impression should be able to easily provoke Euron and Cersei to turn against each other with just a few words.
Long Ma's heart is really tired. She is obviously a real dragon who has opened a plug-in, and she has to care about the opinions of the sheep.
Not only can the pig teammates not be able to carry them, but they also hold back themselves, and even betray themselves.
Long Ma stood under the city wall, negotiating with Cersei at the risk of being destroyed by the group, but failed to save Missandei. At that time, she probably remembered the advice that Old Rose once gave her.
At this time, I also miss the old rose very much. What she once said is actually very reasonable:
"Be it commoners or nobles, they are really just children. Unless they are afraid of you, they will not obey you."
Long Ma was originally a powerful real Dragon Emperor who opened a plug-in, but now she has become the worst person in the game.
She worked hard to conquer the world, but in the end she made a wedding dress for others.
Although she and Jon Snow love each other deeply, this love is not pure, it has always been mixed with too many entanglements of interests, and the person she loves may even take away her throne.
Rhaegal and Viserion died, leaving only Drogon as a child.
Barristan, Big Bear and Missandei who used to accompany her to conquer the world have all died, and the counselors around her are trying to betray her, and now the only person she can trust is Grey Worm.
Even people with no crazy genes in their bloodline would find it hard to endure such stimulation and go black.
Guess what's going to happen in the future
From the hasty ending of the Night King line, it can be seen that the focus of the plot is on shaping the terrible human nature.
Although this episode made people unable to complain, we still rarely saw a few interesting scenes.
For example, Goushan finally sent a candy and had a brief conversation.
Bronn missed the human battle to the death perfectly, and he finally arrived at Winterfell to deliver Cersei's orders to the Lannister brothers.
The little devil promised Bronn the High Court and temporarily stabilized the other party.
Sam has a competitor this time, and Bronn may compete with him for the position of the guardian of the South in the future.
Once again, I can't help but ask, does the screenwriter remember Edmure Tully by the Daming Lake?
The living forces of Riverrun and the Vale may next fight alongside the North on the battlefield against Cersei's Golden Company.
The roles of Tormund and Bai Ling are basically announced, and they will stay in Saibei with other free people to be happy.
Bai Ling, who fought bravely, lost an ear, but as a result, he failed to wait for a hug from his master, and he was greeted by the ending that his master no longer wanted it.
For the lovelorn Tormund, there is no more people and things in the south to be missed.
The next episode will be a battle for the Iron Throne, and the two queens, Long Ma and Cersei, gradually show a trend of ebb and flow.
In that prophecy, a woman more beautiful and younger than her would take Cersei's place.
With the writers forcibly weakening the power of Long Ma, the two queens are likely to lose both in the end, which makes my hunch for Sansa on the Iron Throne even stronger.
Cersei's alliance isn't solid, and Cobain is the only one loyal to her.
Once Euron learns that Cersei has given him a cuckold, he will definitely take revenge on Cersei. The Golden Group and the Iron Vault are only temporarily standing on Cersei's side for profit, and it is hard to say what will happen in the future.
Erya and the Hound travel together to King's Landing to deal with the Biochemical Mountain and Cersei.
Erya mentioned that she never wanted to go back to Winterfell again, she rejected Gendry's marriage proposal on the grounds that she never wanted to be a lady, as she had said to her father Ned, it wasn't her, more Not the life she wanted.
If she is lucky enough to live to the end, wandering around the world or returning to Jia Kun's house of black and white, it will be her final destination.
Cersei will definitely die at the hands of scumbag Erya or scumbag James, and what James did to Brienne in this episode undoubtedly increases the odds that he and Cersei will perish together.
There is a high probability that Varys will betray the dragon mother and die for it.
In the second season, Long Ma saw many visions in the Temple of Immortality. One of the scenes was that she was in front of the Iron Throne. The falling snow may be an important hint. It is self-evident who will be her terminator.
The above is just my personal guess. In fact, the show has shown a downward trend since the fifth season. With two episodes remaining to be broadcast, it is not easy for us to draw conclusions about the eighth season.
Eight years of layout, just now, there is not much time left for us to say goodbye. I just hope that this divine drama will not be unfinished, and finally leave an ending that the audience will never forget.
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