{"id":435,"date":"2017-11-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/china.chinaacheru.com\/wp\/2017\/11\/08\/lets-discuss-game-of-thrones-season-7-episode-4-the-high-point-of-the-season-so-far-and-a-jaw-dropping-ending\/"},"modified":"2017-11-08T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-11-08T00:00:00","slug":"lets-discuss-game-of-thrones-season-7-episode-4-the-high-point-of-the-season-so-far-and-a-jaw-dropping-ending","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinaacheru.com\/staging\/lets-discuss-game-of-thrones-season-7-episode-4-the-high-point-of-the-season-so-far-and-a-jaw-dropping-ending\/","title":{"rendered":"Let\u2019s discuss Game Of Thrones Season 7 Episode 4 – The high point of the season so far, and a jaw-dropping ending"},"content":{"rendered":"

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BYANDREW SNELL
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SPOILER ALERT – It’s the shortest episode of the show so far, but still managed to cram more in then the average season finale
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Things really got going in this week\u2019s Game Of Thrones , as plans which have been seven seasons in the making finally kicked into gear.
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Revealed to be the shortest episode of the show so far, at a mere 45-ish minutes, it still crammed in more action than the average season finale has managed.
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So let\u2019s get right into it. Don\u2019t read on unless you\u2019ve seen Season 7, episode 4.
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Seriously, this time.
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There\u2019s big spoilers and you\u2019ll regret it…
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Dany’s list of allies is getting short <\/strong>
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The \u2018Spoils of War\u2019 of the episode title is the gold which the Lannisters have looted from Casterly Rock to pay their debts to the Iron Bank.
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And bank manager Tycho Nestoris (played brilliantly by Sherlock\u2019s Mark Gatiss) is already trying to get Cersei to take out another hefty loan to help with the reconquest of Westeros.
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We\u2019re told Qyburn has been in touch with sellswords the Golden Company in Essos to help on that front. Does this mean that rival mercs The Second Sons and Dany\u2019s ditched lover Daario Naharis might make a comeback to warn her of the Lannister plan?
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Cersei is out for vengeance<\/strong><\/p>\n

Even though her presence in the episode is short, Cersei\u2019s shadow is cast long over it. Bronn even sarcastically quips to Jaime: \u2018I\u2019m sure Queen Cersei\u2019s reign will be quiet and peaceable\u2019. His response \u2018Stranger things have happened\u2019 suggests his confrontation with Olenna Tyrell last week has dented his confidence in his sister somewhat.
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Up in Winterfell Arya has finally arrived home, and after a frosty reception (geddit, coz it\u2019s winter\u2026?) from the gate guards she finally gets reunited with Sansa and Brandon.
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Sansa\u2019s relationship with her sister looks strained already, and there\u2019s a more than a hint of jealousy when she sees Arya training with Brienne. It certainly seems that Sansa is resentful of all her siblings now – Jon for being made king, Arya for emerging from her trials as a fighter, and even Brandon for becoming a seer. Quite how this will develop in the future remains to be seen. Are we looking at a Cersei of the North?
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Littlefinger has been left out in the cold<\/strong>
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The more interesting of the Stark interactions is Bran\u2019s meeting with Littlefinger. Baelish is still desperate to get his claws into the Stark children, and has now turned his attention to the last of the boys after his return from north of the Wall. He offers Bran the dagger which almost killed him waaaay back in Season One, but the lad does not seem impressed.
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Aidan Gillen has done a great job of portraying Littlefinger this season, as his control over both Sansa and the wider situation starts to unravel. He\u2019s clearly shaken when Brandon says \u201cchaos is a ladder\u201d. If the new Three-Eyed-Raven has seen elements of his scheming, how far will he go to keep his plans hidden?
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I\u2019m also starting to enjoy Bran\u2019s story arc more, as he becomes more and more distant from the tedious power games of mortals. As the Three Eyed Raven he has grander visions to look upon – as Meera says, he \u201cdied in that cave\u201d when he took over his new mantle. Here\u2019s hoping we get a few more flashbacks in the coming weeks.
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And so we come to the blossoming relationship between Daenerys and Jon. He takes her on a stroll through a cave (he takes all his hot dates to caves, but it didn\u2019t end up working out with Ygritte) and looks like he\u2019s managed to impress her with some drawings of the White Walkers. He almost has her convinced to help him defend the North, but she again demands that he bends the knee and recognise her as Queen. She hits him with the sucker punch though: \u201cIsn\u2019t their survival worth more than your pride\u201d. It\u2019s the same line Jon gave to Mance Rayder in Season Five – and Mance got burned to death by Stannis when he refused. Probably one to remember Jon.
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Worth noting that Jon does manage to calm Dany down later though. When she learns that her Unsullied are trapped at Casterly Rock and is raging at Tyrion and Varys, she asks for Jon\u2019s advice over whether she should just use the dragons to burn the Red Keep to the ground. He manages to get through to her about \u201cbuilding a world that\u2019s different\u201d. Really, a marriage match is the best solution for all concerned here. Just ignore the fact they\u2019re probably auntie and nephew – only Bran knows that at the minute and he\u2019s a thousand miles away.
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Right.
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On to THAT battle then.
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What’s that coming over the hill….<\/strong>
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We FINALLY see Daenerys take to the skies for a proper fight – and see what kind of a game-changer dragons are at war, both in the show, and out.
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Make no mistake, the design and execution of the CGI Drogon in this fight scene, coupled with the real-life stunt work, direction and camerawork make this one of the best battle scenes in television history.
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Showrunner David Benioff has claimed one scene this year involved more stuntmen set on fire than have ever been simultaneously set on fire before. You have to assume it\u2019s this battle (unless there\u2019s an even bigger fight to come), and it pays off in spades. The sheer spectacle of the battle is jaw-dropping.
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Following Bronn through the fog of war was a great move. It would be easy to show this battle from above, as Drogon flies around and burns everyone to a crisp. But instead we are mired in the fear and confusion of the battle itself with screaming Dothraki and screeching dragons all around.
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And it seems that while Qyburn\u2019s Big Crossbow O Doom (\u2122) can hurt the dragons a bit, they\u2019re a lot more resilient than he\u2019s given them credit for. Hopefully he\u2019s built a few more, but you\u2019d think that now Dany is aware they have giant spear chuckers she\u2019ll be a little more cautious than flying around with no armour on.
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DRAGONS. ARE. AWESOME<\/strong><\/p>\n

It was also great to see Tyrion overlooking the battle, and his horror at the destruction wrought by Drogon and the Dothraki. He urges Jaime to flee and calls him a \u201cf**king idiot\u201d for charging at Daenerys (dude\u2019s got a point, she\u2019s stood next to a dragon the size of a 747). He clearly still has a great deal of love for his brother, and it\u2019ll be interesting to see how that pans out in the future. That brother did stab Dany\u2019s dad in the back after all, she might not be all that willing to grant a pardon.
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There\u2019s a few quibbles with the scene. Earlier in the episode, Dany was concerned about feeding her armies if all of the food from the Reach was taken by Cersei. But then in the heat of battle she sets fire to all the wagons.
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Also there\u2019s that ever-present speedy transport that has been an issue all season. Exactly when she needs to be, Daenerys is half way across the continent ready to do battle when mere minutes earlier in the episode she was moaning about still being on Dragonstone. It\u2019s starting to feel like the showrunners wanted to cram so much into this shortened season that they\u2019ve glossed over some of the logistics of moving ma
\nssive armies around a map. On second viewing you can sort of see where the time jump might be, but it’s poorly signposted and it still feels jarring to have her reappear hundreds of miles away almost instantly.
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But overall, this was the stand-out episode of the year so far. It had everything we could want – battles involving dragon, Starks reunited, and not a hint of Sam Tarley in a library. Quite where we go from here I don\u2019t know. Even if Jaime survives, his army is in ruins and the morale effects of facing off against dragons will be huge. Even with her foreign sellswords coming in, Cersei is going to be up against it now.
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This series is shaping up to be my favourite of them all – and I\u2019m expecting more battles to come.
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Wear some armour next time Dany <\/strong>
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QUOTE OF THE WEEK :<\/strong> \u201cKing Snow, isn\u2019t it? No, that doesn\u2019t sound right. King Jon?\u201d Ser Davos bringing the comic relief
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DEATH OF THE WEEK :<\/strong> Pretty much the whole Lannister army is toast now isn\u2019t it?
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GENDRY WATCH :<\/strong> Still rowing his boat (34 episodes and counting)
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Culled from www.mirror.co.uk<\/a> <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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