Yeah Tyrion’s trial is top tier GOT. Rest of the episode however is mostly forgettable and shirtless Ramsay fighting was ridiculous. Stannis and Davos in Braavos was cool though

@@joeyjerry1586 yeah it would definitely be high on my top 10 scenes list but the rest of the episode isn’t nearly as strong

@@JahanMisra Even the trial plotline is affected by Shae's nonsensical 180 characterization which completely ruins the 3 years worth of buildup for their relationship.

It also has Yara going to the Dreadfort so.... Yeah

@@thomaslynch5313, man, you do know that Tywin turned Shae against Tyrion. That’s why Shae was found in Tywin’s bed in the season finale. Plus Shae was heartbroken by Tyrion breaking up with her

The thing that’s so great about Blackwater is that a lot of the best stuff is away from the battle. Cersei’s interaction with Sansa is great and Lena Headey’s acting is terrific. There’s other good stuff between Tyrion/Varys and Bronn/Hound. Unlike Battle of the Bastards, which is a visual masterpiece but the writing is levels below that of Blackwater (and seasons 1-4 in general)

Battle of the Bastards matched it. Had my favorite scene in the entire show: Jon facing the charge. It all came down to that moment.

@@chscelebrity8325 there were so many moments that were pure plot armor and stupid writing that drops it down

@@phantomguy1237 pure plot armour yes, but if you look at it superstitiously then maybe Jon was never meant to die according to the light gods. You know?

they shouldve got the director (neil marshall) back. those two episodes were the only ones he ever got to make :(

100% agree

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Me too Jaime confession’s is my favorite scene

I understand what you're saying, but him saying that he never cared for the people of Kings Landing even though his entire arc is based off that is S tier writing too XD

@@calebwinfield1403 🤣🤣🤣 we got D&D (Dumb & Dumber) to blame for that...

its Grenn not Green fyi

@@jester7786 autocorrect lol obviously his name isn’t “Green”

@@BIastwave. haha i thought so but it was just because you said it twice, just wanted to be sure you weren't mistaken!

@@jester7786 appreciate it lol

I was really sad, but proud of them.

I agree! If anything, that was my favorite part of the episode (it’s been a minute since I’ve watched it, so I can’t fully say for sure). I loved the dialogue between Cersei and Sansa.

Honestly saying these scenes needed to be cut down is one of his worst takes imo. The battle is fine but true character development was happening in the Sansa-Cersei scenes. This scene should have been pivotal to Sansa’s arc (if the show had handled her properly in season 7). She was supposed to learn the game with skill on the level of Littlefinger and these scenes were her first lessons. Plus it was proof that Cersei felt like she could very much relate to Sansa rather than hating her. Sansa was just a tool to Cersei half the time, but there were flashes of empathy because she could see herself in Sansa.

But upon re-watching, those scenes seem really distracting, atleast for me. I love conversations but not during a battle and not that long.

i agree i didn’t like his list and after watching his channel i don’t agree w a majority of his takes

They were awesome indeed. They gave the audience a breather to the ever building battle and the acting and dialogue was great. I also loved the the vignettes before the battle. They were perfect.

My thoughts exactly. With each season we got more budget and less tites, which theoretically is a good thing, but on practice writing is always first and foremost priority

@@sharmelfattakhov5041 And we got less good dialogue scenes. The series became a generic action oriented fantasy show.

Hey don't diss Battle of the Bastards that was epic

@@mrtom2854 It was dumb. Jon was dumb, Sansa was dumb, everyone was dumb. Jon knew better than to charge the field alone, Sansa knew better than to hold back that another force was coming, even Ramsey, insane as he was, knew better than to waste so many troops in a grindfest; we saw him execute a fine cavalry charge and encircling attack against Stannis. It could have been great. Sansa admits that she contacted the Vale and got word back that they're on their way, tells Jon what's up with Littlefinger, and they meet the Vale forces and have process in their own ways that they have to ally with this slime to retake their home. Then do the attack, have the tragedy of Rickon but hold firm, then soldier forward and hold until the Vale executes a suprise attack as the Boltons commit and wipe them out, while Jon finally loses it and charges through the fray to catch the fleeing Ramsey, finally the fox being chased. But Sansa acts as the master to Jon's hound and claims the right to put an end to Ramsey, and the title of Lady of Winterfell, cutting half the "I don't want it" BS in the cradle. And that's just one vision. There's any number of ways it could have been executed better, and avoided groundwork for so many of the annoyances of seasons 7 and 8, like Littlefinger skulking around biding time until they kill him.

@@mrtom2854 You probably watch Game of Thrones in bars and clap for Marvel movies

That fight scene was the best in the whole series. Oberyn Martell was a warrior's warrior. If he had just a bit more humility, he would have left as the definitive winner and had been both avenged and alive. I hate watching him taunting the downed Mountain, knowing what that carelessness would cost him. May all of us learn from that scene a lesson on humility and precaution.

Not to mention Tyrion and Jaime's moments just before the trial! Which was not just top tier dialogue but also very poetic

I think when Myrcella dies, Cersei realizes that the whharsayr is right, and from that point on comes to terms with Tommen's death.

For me the first 10mins of that episode are the best 10min in the whole series for me. One of the best usage of music in the history of television series!

White wolf scene. 🐺

Agree, I adore the WHOLE episode!

Omg thank you!! ! The s6 finale is definitely in my top 3 if not my favorite episodes. The build up to the sept exploding as the different instruments slowly add in until it’s a full orchestra. And Danny finally setting sail always gives me chills. But the scene that gets me is in Winterfel when Liana rips into the northern lords and names John king in the north. Freaking chills!!! Sure the episode had some weak scenes, but I still love it.

I remember that episode.

The battle does look spectacular. Shame the battle makes no sense though.

@@whowoulge1256 Exactly. It's really dumb and it was 100% predictable.

That episoed sucks. It's not even shot well. Bad writing, nonsensical strategy, and it was hard to tell what was even going on.

@@Al-ji4gd yeah that is just blind hate. What do you mean with it was not good shot. Also come on. It is not like blackwater bay had a better tactical plan than Battle of Bastards

@@reyjr2460 Actually, what you people have is blind love. First of all, yes it did lol. Second of all, Blackwater actually had good writing since it was written for TV by George himself. BOTB was written by two malcontents who couldn't continue to adapt good source material and ended up winging it.

S6 9 and 10 are my guilty pleasures lol

I only like 6x10 because of the davos melisendre scene

It's so good that you couldn't even see the bad writing if you just watch it for fun, so yeah I understand. I love and hate 6x9 and 6x10 lol

Yea the Sept attack isn’t entirely bad in theory just the fact that Cersei suffers no consequences and it’s essentially like it never happened afterwards that makes it bad

I write all my best trap beats to the gif of Tommen falling out the Red Keep window.

I took a break for a week to play most of it. It's one of my favorite games so far.

@@SupercutsDelight Totally agree, glad you're loving it as well

@@SupercutsDelight hearing the ds1 music in the middle of the video took me back man. its been a long wait

I swear soo many people are loving Elden Ring and truly for me I dont see the appeal in it I appreciate GRR Martin being part of the lore around Elden Ring tho

Gonna start reading the books soon I’m very exited but also nervous hah

@@emyemm8502 don’t be daunted by the length of the books they are definitely worth it ^_^

The books are great especially a Storm of Swords.

missed out man

@@barkley8285 I knoooow 😭 😭 😭 😭 😭 😭 😭

Yes winds of winter is the most overrated episode of the show. And the first half of battle of the bastards was an awful rushed mess.

​@@chscelebrity8325 Lol winds of winter is clearly the most well rated ep in the show, no EP in GoT had that much consistency of a mixture of thrill, suspense and twists than winds of winter, but battle of the bastards is undoubtedly overrated

The sept blowing up is thrilling visually, but it’s so lazy. Easy way to rid yourself of so many obstacles in the storytelling

@@rayeedmuhtashim3 I don't care if it's the most well-rated. After the first 20 minutes, that episode sucks, just like the rest of the season.

Season 6 gets over hated, it’s not as bad as people make it out to be but people love to be sheep

First of his name and lord snow over mountain and viper?

@@chscelebrity8325 my friend had spoilt mountain and the viper for me :(

@@fifthofhisname tragic

No winds of winter and battle of bastards ?

@@mv3382 no

that was another girl named Violet, she got pregnant and complained once to many to Ramsay so he killed her. Myranda recounts this to Sansa before her wedding. The girl they chase is called Tansy.

@@LetsTalkOnePiece Hmm. The more ya know.

the scientific term is de-dicking, actually

Actually that wasn't the same girl. The girl who helped torture Theon along with Myranda, was Violet who then got pregnant off screen and was killed by Ramsay.

Only thing that ruins it for me is how silly it was that Sansa waited to the last minute to call the Army of the Vale.

@@davidkapelnikov8637 That's not how I remember the episode. She sent for the Vale well before the battle. Do you recall the scene with Robin Arryn trying to learn archery (trying is being generous lol) when the message from Sansa came in and Littlefinger nudged Robin to send their forces. They just didn't arrive until things were all but lost for Jon. Obviously for dramatic purposes.

Finally someone giving battle of the bastards some respect!

Too much plot armor tho

@@thebigjimmyd yeh and we dont want something purely for dramatic purposes. thats what makes the battle bad. they make jon the underdog when he shouldve easily beat the boltons lmao

Yes. Whole season 1.

Jon mindlessly running towards ramsay, sansa not telling jon about little finger’s army for no fking reason,tyrion first failed plan (many more to come),rickon not zigzagging..Yeah the ep is great visually but its nowhere close to the first 40 episodes of the show

Arya's kill was in winds of winter I believe, which is my fav episode. people can knock on the later seasons all they want, but the end of season 6 (minus a couple nitpicks) was easily the best part of the show. winds of winter is literally nonstop classic moments.

@@mattbuchanan6412 I dunno man even by itself most of the hyped up moments in Winds just don't work due to how unnatural and contrived they are. Tyrion suddenly out of nowhere declaring that he believes Dany can bring prosperity to Westeros when in the previous episode he had to talk her down from destroying cities full of innocent people for no reason, Jon learning Mel murdered a child and deciding to give her a slap on the wrist as long as she only burns people in any of the other regions in Westeros...and Davos being completely fine with this, Benjen showing up as a deus ex machina to barely explain why he's been missing and then immediately fucking off cause the writers don't know what to do with him, the "epic" R+L=J reveal that has barely any relevancy to the stories being told and only serves to make Jon's history more convoluted and turn him into even more of a generic chosen one archetype than he already was.

That episode didn't make any sense.

S1-S6 were great. S7 & 8 are so dissapponting :(

i agree. I didn’t like this list or a majority of his takes. Too many epsiodes from S1

He didn't say they weren't good scenes. He just said they kind of break the tension during the battle.

@@TheBlackestKnight21 Maybe because S1 is one of the best.

I've re-read the books like 4 times now. At this point just thinking about them makes me sad cause as a long-time mega fan of GoT and ASOIAF I keep reminding myself that I am very unlikely to see what happens next in book 6 and especially book 7. So while I do recommend them, just be prepared for the emotional void after you finish book 5 and the released chapters of book 6, cause you're gonna be mega hyped and slowly disappointed.

@@thomaskoutsoukis8976 Noted. Also I know George R.R Martin hasn't finished series. But I needed something after the final season left a horrible scar. So I started healing it by starting to read the books towards the very end of last year.

@@thomaskoutsoukis8976 we'll probably see book 6 but book 7 is unlikely due to his age and all his "sideworks" :(

@@munyenyo7534 Hope we do...

@@munyenyo7534 yeah.

Just curious: How many times have you watched GoT?

@@posthawk1393 think 4 or 5 times rewatched up to S6E10. I’ve only watched S7 twice. And I’ve never rewatched S8.

Stannis proved in that very moment, that he’s more of a King than Joffrey who ran to his bedroom.

This 🙌

hmmm

Lol! Yeah, but Theon is definitely not as impressive as Hodor! 🤣🤣🤣 (S1, E8 The Pointy End: FYI it was a fake prosthetic the actor wore for modesty reasons...)

@@sharonpopolow6874 Theon wasn’t what I was looking at, but to each her/his own

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No episode after season 4 should be in a list like this.

If only WoW's entire run time was as good as the first 20 minutes...

yeah the winds of winter is the only episode past season 4 that i'd put in my top 10

Facts

Have you read a Song of 🧊 and 🔥?

Blackwater is the best but okay

Do you have the poster of Muhammed Ali and Sonny Liston in your bedroom

@@judephoenix I’m on asos right now.

That would cancel out nearly all the terrible decisions from Seaons 5-8 though, because those decisions were all terrible because the writing called for it.

#1 Bran not listening to Catelyn and climbing the tower

@@John-xr9ry Nah number 1 has gotta either be Ned directly confronting Cersei or Robb deciding to marry Talisa

@@domskillet5744, but Bran climbing the tower caused him to fall into a coma, leading to an assassin trying to kill him, leading to Catelyn going to king’s landing and discovering tyrion’s apparently the killer and capturing him, leading to jaime attacking ned when he was leaving for winterfell, which started the war of five kings

@@John-xr9ry Idk if you can call it a bad decision on Bran's part though, rather that's just extremely bad luck that Jamie and Cersei happened to be getting it on in the exact tower and at the same time he was climbing.

This is infinitely better than the list in the episode. It’s clear that he just wants to bash the post-books seasons as much as possible. Anyone who thinks S1E5 is better than hardhome or the last two episodes of S6 is out of their mind.

@@ldougherty1572 thank you! Just my opinion, but I completely agree , I don’t think the show lost its stride after season 4 like most fans do , honestly season 6 is my very favourite…. The highs were still just as good as ever on this show

@@spencergadoury I agree completely, and I'd even say that S6 easily has some of the highest highs of the show. I think S4 is probably a better season overall because of how consistent it is--every single scene, even the smallest dialogue scenes, is entertaining, but S6 is definitely a close second.

@@ldougherty1572 totally, season 4 is a masterpiece in every way as well, definitely my personal second favourite season. Amazing build up and the dialogue and writing are immaculate like you mentioned , so many good payoffs to arcs built up throughout the show as well. Seasons 3,4 and 6 are just incredible… I mean most of the show is , just disappointed how they rushed the last 2… rlly should have been 10 seasons IMO

Interesting it's the final or penultimate episodes

Only casuals liked battle of the bastards, it made zero sense from a tactical perspective and was utterly contrived. Great cinematography with no logic. All sizzle no steak

@@Captain_Insano_nomercy no, it’s a fictional show filled with fantasy elements and people looked way too hard into trying to critique it there’s a reason critiques and majority of fans like it😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 idk why anyone was thinking ab all that dumb extra shit through jon being a badass 😂😂

exactly he had wayyy to many S1 episodes because he clearly likes robert a lot lol

Nothing shallow about the love of beauty