Taking crack it it.
1) Suicide Squad - Tormund cracks me up, scares Gendry by saying we make due with what we got, tells Jon smart people don't come up here looking for the dead. Then he makes a point about bending the knee and Mance and how many people died due to pride.Then there the hound , Gendry complaining about Mel stripping him and putting him in bed and saying it sounds alright so far, then points out he is Whinging and that Beric been killed six times and doesn't bitch. Jorah and Jon, we heard most before, the part that I thought was interesting was May and Serve you Well and your CHILDREN after you. This ties in to what I think Benjen said when he joined the Night Watch about not knowing what you will be missing and a foretelling of things to come.
2) Sansa and Arya - The story Arya tells Sansa is one of her Father supporting her and acknowledging her as who she was and is, he was one of the few that didn't want to put her in a box and seen the spirit of Lyanna in her from early on. Arya is having a hard time with Sansa because of the letter and because she chose Joffery over family going all the way back to Ned having to Kill Lady because of her lies. Sansa defending herself as a child was pretty well countered by Arya's bringing up Lady Mormont, also the fact she said Jon lost the Battle of the Bastards and it was her that won back Winterfell is a half truth really, Jon would not have been in that position if Sansa had been forthcoming with the information about Littlefinger.
Sansa also trying to get sympathy from the one person she isn't going to get it from concerning what she went thru, I like that Arya says I can imagine a lot. Sansa is scared and not just for what Arya said about the other houses, she is scared because Arya can read her like a book, and even though Sansa has changed Arya is playing a DVD about what Sansa ahs done and has not seen what has changed about her as of yet. Sansa is also finding that Arya is much more then she appears to be, she never asked what training she was doing at this point, she may have been assuming it was more Sword training like with Syrio.
3) Suicide Squad part 2 - Hound and Tormund, again these two light up the scenes with their dialog, trading insults back and forth and The Hound saying he hates Gingers, then The Hound saying Dick and Tormund needing it clarified as Cock and then saying I like it and the Hound saying I bet you do lol. Then Tormund describing Breinne as his women, The Hound about shits himself, the way The Hound says she wants to carve you up and eat your liver when Tormund says how she looks at him and then saying you do know her lol. Beric and Jon, again a reference to him not being a Stark in reference to how he doesn't look like Ned and must look like his mother, us knowing his mother is a Stark so really saying he looks like Rheagar. When he says you and I won't find much joy here, but we can keep others alive, that I think is all of it in a nut shell, I am the Shield that Guards the realms of men, Night Watch Vows, ok so he left the cloak behind but he is really still a man of the watch in essence. Seemed that Jon was appeased with that, it's not just a responsibility he has as a leader but that speech may have given him a understanding and purpose.
4) Dani and Tyrion - The start of the conversation about Hero's, this is all about Jorah and Jon, she is fearing that they will die, she doesn't come out and say it but she loves both, one in a more father way and the other in a more traditional sense, she tries to say Jon isn't in love with her but Tyrion stating the way he looks at her longingly then her smirk and shaking of her head, yeah you have the hots also Dani, saying he is too little and Tyrion stating as far as heros go he is little
The whole discussion about Cersie was what we all know, don't trust her and prepare for the worst and hope for the best in so many words, how ever the statement about Dani being impulsive and having a temper made Dani pissed and showed her temper, also discussing her death didn't win any bonus points, Tyrion had a point about what to do about succession, but there is no succession unless Dani wins first of all, secondly it's the Dragons that will insure a win and she has to fly on Drogon to do that. However why doesn't she wear any armor? That would reduce her risk by many times, if she could bet a Valerian armor plate and helm she would be almost bullet proof. Yes they are expensive and hard to come by, but even a typical breastplate and helm would be a protection form most random shots. Tyrion should know that talking about dying isn't something you want to do when your waging a conquest also. I really think this is part two of the Jon conversation concerning Longclaw and foretelling more then anything else. Especially after the above conversation about hero's and the fact they both have the hots for each other.
5) Suicide squad part 3 - Gendry has the eyes of a Eagle, Hound says bear and Gendry can say do Bears have Blue eyes at 300 plus yards in a Blizzard, Bears can teleport in a Blizzard, it was behind him then attacks the Redshirt from the side, lots of redshirt deaths coming also. The Hound can't get past Fire, I know he froze and Thoros jumped in to protect him, poor Thoros. I do love the lines, Beric How you doing, Thoros I just got bit by a dead bear, aye ya did lol.
6) Sansa and Littlefinger - That lieing son of a Bitch, seems very resourceful my ass, then proceeds to blow wind up her ass, then that bastrad tries to set up a plan to have Breinne kill Arya.
7) Suicide Squad part 4 - Ok they hear the Wights and the lone White Walker and set a trap, anyone notice that lone White Walker had blue eyes and then did not have blue eyes when he looked up from the fire and then they cut back and he does again ? When they cut him down iI told myself that's the key when almost all the Wights fell apart, they are held together by the Magic of the White Walkers and the White Walkers by the Night King. The run across the lake was kind of funny, they had a lead on them and started across the ice before the Wights were upon them yet those Wights are fast bastards they should be Olympians, they caught up and began to circle Jon and companions before they reached the rock outcropping. Gendry is a Triathlete, he made it back almost as fast as a man on horseback at a full gallop, not to mention the dam Ravens getting to Dragonstone and Dani faster then 250 megabyte internet all the while Jon and his buddies are freezing their asses off. Well Thoros is gone, at least he went out with his religious beliefs burnt by fire. The group comes to the same reasoning I did, The Hound stating all the Lords he has met have been Cunts lol. But the fact is they would never even get close to the Night King against those numbers.
8) Sansa - The exchange with Breinne was not playing dumb as I first thought in my first watching, she is sending her away to Kings Landing so Littlefinger cannot manipulate the situation and pit Breinne against Arya, I am pretty sure Sansa has had conversations with Bran by now concerning Littlefinger, Arya and their intentions, the feinting of doing work and then looking up in contemplation as the door closes clued me in.The game is up Littlefinger and Sansa is a step ahead now.
9) Tyrion and Dani - Poor Tyrion, he fears he will lose his bet on Dani if she dies, but if she doesn't do what she is doing they all lose anyway even if he doesn't know it.
10) Suicide Squad part 5 - The Hound should be playing QB somewhere, he has a hell of an arm, but if you have a dog getting bored you need to keep him busy or he will tear something up or make a mess, and he did that rock not sinking and It has to be a collective consciousness with the Wights and Night King and or White Walkers seeing the Ice was Frozen started the whole thing rolling. More Red Shirts dying, although it appears with right weapons the Wights die easily. I was on the edge I thought Tormund was a goner, some redemption for The Hound and Thoros, or maybe he likes Gingers a bit more then he thought, Shitty Mosh Pit, damn Wights didn't catch him when Jon had that Red Shirt jump in the Pit. Epic entrance by Drogon and Dani. Those Dragons wiped out thousands, the Night King is a Greenseer also, how else would he know to bring Javelins to the fight, and damn he took the Gold on that first throw. Now in reality hitting a target that far away in the air with a thrown spear is almost impossible, it's like trying to hit a bird with a rock, unless everything lined up perfect it isn't going to happen. However it was sad to see Viserion fall from the skies, he looked mournful as he passed and slid into the water. Dani showing disbelief, heartache at the same time, then the stare down from Jon and the Night King again. Jon sacrificing himself again for others, telling Dani to go, I think that seals the deal. That cloak and leather in that cold had to be heavy as shit in the water, let alone it was frozen stiff as soon as it touched the air. Benjen with that Flaming Mace was cool looking, another Stark fallen though, the last of that Generation, remember what Sam said to Ollie, Jon always comes back.
11) Dani and Jorah - Emilia does a good job of playing this part, the looking out hoping beyond hope Jon will show up, yes predictably he does but still done well.
12) Jon and the Ship - Ok maybe I'm dumb, but he got to the gate, he is in frozen hides, why do you transport him to a ship and below deck before you take off the shit that is freezing him to death ?
13) Dani seeing all the scars and not quite healed up wounds, speaking of what's up with that shit, Beric's wounds healed closed and scared, anyway Dani appeared shocked at how many and her question now is answered, yes he took a knife to the heart, actually not quite, that wound is high in the upper breast and the abdominal wounds were probably more fatal. I think she see's more now about the man, Jon didn't brag, he didn't look for sympathy, he didn't use dying and coming back, he obviously has suffered a lot and is continuing to be unselfish and honorable despite the obvious price he has paid for it.
14) Sansa and Arya - Game time chit chat, this was set up by Arya, Sansa is so screwed if she pisses off Arya and betrays Jon, she knows it now, Arya handing the dagger to her and turning her back daring her and also knowing Sansa does not have the ability to actually kill someone. Sansa needs to make amends and let Arya know she made mistakes and show full support for Jon somehow to the Houses of the North.
15) Jon and Dani - Aside from the back and forth about going we are back to children, Dano saying she won't have any others then the Dragons is another foretelling but just the opposite is going to happen as we know. He called her Dani but that's not who she wants to be referred to, bad memories of her brother, Jon Saying My Queen, well I took it as a two pronged statement, he is still not bending the knee, he is giving her his heart and she knows it, why she said I hope I deserve it in referring to both him and the Northern people. She really looked like she wanted to jump his bones after as well and pulls herself back. All these years and Jon has moved her in a way like no other, not by saying he was going to do something for her to prove himself like Daario or like Khal Drogo, nor all the suitors she encountered, not by trying to dominate or own her. But by respecting her, by being unselfish, by seeing her as she wants to be seen truthfully and without the walls of protocol getting in the way.
16) The Night King and Viserion - Alright those are chains and made of Iron and or metal, they would need to be forged, if he is a Greeseer then he may have planned for it, if not then he would need to forge those and mine or come up with the metal, being hundreds of feet long each, and weighing thousands of pounds each let alone the weight of a Dragon and needing time to make each link and join, transport and then who in the hell goes to the bottom of the lake and wraps them around Viserions neck, to bring him up, that and pulling him back thru the frozen ice, I understand magic is one thing, but really come on, a little CGI or the Night King going to the Bottom and touching him would have been more believable and practical especially in the time frame were talking about. It was kind of cool seeing the Blue eye open though.
All and all a great episode aside from some of the plausible aspects which I pointed out, these I think are aspects of a rushed situation which would have been ferreted out before in season past. We should be getting our payoffs in the next episode on a lot of these thing I am thinking, it's set up and we have been beaten to death with several aspects of Jon and Dani as well as Littlefinger and ARYA'S and Sansa's story lines this year.