![]() ![]() That said, Shannon argued last week that Game of Thrones is turning into fan fiction, and I’ve never seen that more clearly than I did in this scene. It’s a sign that he really has been listening, and he understands what’s important to her, and takes it seriously, which is much more promising for their relationship than the fact that both of them are pretty. Maybe Jon waking up with “I’m so sorry” is too perfect, but I still like him better for acknowledging her loss, and her grief, and his own mistake in deciding this crazy-ass mission was a good idea. It’s enough to me that they’re both kind of infatuated, and nothing pushes people together like stark terror and the grim prospect of death. I don’t need this to be a love pairing for the ages. If action movies have taught us anything, it’s that danger is an aphrodisiac, and also that action movies generally end before we have any sense whether the hero and heroine might still like each other after the adrenaline wears off. This week, they got to see each other’s courage and determination in a desperate situation. But Jon’s courage in touching Drogon clearly had an impact on Dany, and Missandei’s behind-the-scenes report on what a good boss Dany is clearly had an impact on Jon. Before this episode, it was fairly clear they’d both noticed each other in a “frustrating, yet kinda hot” way. You know, just like all those other “boy meets girl, girl takes boy hostage, girl allows boy to mine dragonglass, boy goes on quest to battle undead army” stories we’ve seen in the past. This is a classic “first they hate each other, then they love each other” scenario. Tasha: To me, the mechanics of their pairing here make perfect action movie sense. well, that everyone would die from exposure or zombies. But Dany not showing up would basically mean. Dany showing up to save the day would be satisfying, but it would represent an incredible disregard for any kind of logistics or continuity - and that’s coming from someone who hasn’t been bothered by the hyper-travel this season. But the entire thing set up a no-win scenario. The series has made such a big deal of talking about how hard it is to live beyond the Wall, that it was obvious the elements themselves were going to serve as a narrative ticking clock - and sure enough, after a single night, Thoros bites the dust. It’s that the episode was clearly setting up a situation where a very important group of characters were stranded out in the icy North, and the most obvious savior was, at the very least, a continent-long raven flight South, then a continent-long dragon flight North. ![]() It’s not that Jon getting punked by the old “reveal yourself to the scouting party so the real forces can get you” ploy was a problem. Every time Sansa starts to show some backbone, the show rescinds it as soon as possible. ![]() “I do not need to be watched over or minded or cared for,” she snarls at Brienne, in response to a sensible warning about Littlefinger - a warning Sansa should fully agree with - and yet there she is, running to him for help. And maybe, just maybe, that’s still true… but at the moment, she really does seem to have gone back on her feelings about him, and his plot seems to be bearing fruit. For one shining moment, I thought she was playing him, that she’d figured out that all this was his ploy, and she was playing the innocent with him to see what his move would be. I am so profoundly disappointed in Sansa, after everything she’s experienced, for running back to Littlefinger for advice about what to do about Arya’s letter. But when “Beyond the Wall” isn’t forwarding the undead-menace plot or making the shippers’ wildest dreams come true with Jon and Dany making sad eyes at each other, it focuses on Littlefinger’s plot to drive Sansa and Arya apart. Tasha: Once again, we’ve got a lot of big, significant action to get to, and some hugely important story moments. ![]()
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