Game of Thrones
Episode 7.2 "Stormborn"
Directed by Mark Mylod
Written by Bryan Cogman
Starring Kit Harington, Emilia Clarke, Peter Dinklage, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Lena Headey, Sophie Turner, Maisie Williams, Alfie Allen
HBO
Air date: July 23, 2017
WARNING: Spoilers for HBO's Game Of Thrones....
Last week's Season 7 premiere of HBO's Game Of Thrones opened with the mass yet justified murdering of the men of House Frey at the vengeful hands of Arya Stark. It was a long-awaited, satisfying moment for the series, but it didn't set the stage for the rest of the episode, which was calm in comparison. We saw Bran and Meera finally make it to The Wall, while nearby the White Walkers were marching south. At Winterfell, the new King in the North Jon Snow pardoned the treasonous bannermen that had fought with the Boltons -- he needs as many men -- and women -- as he can for the coming battle against the dead. Because as we learned right away from this season, Winter Is Here. Sansa Stark has learned over the years to be more ruthless and less trusting from her wicked captors -- Cersei Lannister and Ramsay Bolton -- and sly mentor Petyr Baelish, and wants Jon to be so as well, but he's not willing to go that route. Meanwhile, Cersei, now the self-proclaimed Queen of the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros, demanded that House Stark come to King's Landing to bend the knee to her (which they won't). In King's Landing, there was tension between Cersei and her twin/lover Jaime Lannister, which only increased after the arrival of Euron Greyjoy, who wants a marriage alliance with the new Queen. In Old Town, Samwell Tarly was close to discovering how to defeat the White Walkers; we also saw that Jorah Mormont is there as well, alive but still infected with Greyscale. Finally, Daenerys Targaryen and her allies -- and dragons -- made it Westeros to her ancestral home of Dragonstone, where she is ready to begin planning her takeover [...]
The post TV Review: Game Of Thrones 7.2 “Stormborn” appeared first on Geeks of Doom.