S08.E03: The Long Night

[Athena]

Episode Synopsis:

Arya looks to prove her worth as a fighter.

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[anamika]

Arya : Most valuable player of the game!

That's all.

Goodbye Theon, Jorah, Edd, Lyanna, Ghost and Hot Dothraki Warlord.  

Edited April 29, 2019 by anamika

[revbfc]

That’s what you get for fucking with Arya Stark!!!

[SallyAlbright]

Really hard to find the words to do that justice. Arya...fucking AWESOME. 

Lyanna Mormont, Jorah, Theon...heroes. Dany's tears for Jorah killed me. 

The music is INCREDIBLE. 

Grey Worm and Missandei making it through brings me so much joy. 

Edited April 29, 2019 by SallyAlbright

[Quickbeam]

So dark. Literally. I squinted my way through it. 

[bluvelvet]

O.M.G!! Did not see that coming

you will close BLUE EYES! 

[RandomWatcher]

That was dark, both figuratively and literally.  A lot more survivors than I expected...not counting all the extras.

[Hanahope]

Wow.  Who lived?  Brienne?  Jamie?  Gendry? Grey Worm?  

 Arya for the kill.  Those assassin lessons taught her well. I thought she was a goner for a moment.  But she was ordained to kill blue eyes.

That crypt was a death trap for sure.  

Goong to miss Lyanna  (but she got a giant!),  Jorah (saving Dani to the end), Theon (he did aight), Delores, and everyone 

and yes, so dark, it was hard to see everything.

Edited April 29, 2019 by Hanahope

[meatball77]

Ok, who has the list of who is still alive?  Do we even know about everyone?

Arya is amazing.

[Clawdette]

I turned off all the lights and I could see so much better.  Don't know why I haven't thought of that before.

[Callista]

Arya was awesome (and that's an understatement)! But I also loved all of Melisandre's scenes, down to her going out on her own terms. And Davos should scoop up her necklace afterwards. 🙂

[Growsonwalls]

HOLY SHIT. I THINK AFTER THAT EPISODE ALL OF WESTEROS NEEDS TO BEND THE KNEE TO ARYA STARK, SLAYER OF NIGHT WALKERS.

HONORARY KNEE BENDS TO LYANNA MORMONT, SLAYER OF GIANT WIGHT WALKERS, THEON GREYJOY, WHO DIED A HERO'S DEATH, AND SIR JORAH, WHO DIED DEFENDING THE WOMAN HE LOVED.

I can't process who might or might not have survived this episode.

[Happy Harpy]

Arya Stark, savior of the world.

Top that, bitches.😎

[dbell1]

These women are badass. Danny, Arya, Lyanna, Brienne, even Mel, they all were ready to die.

Jorah broke me, he was dead, but kept going.

Lynanna taking on a wight giant, what a hero.

Theon, your redemption was heartbreaking.

What happened to Ghost? Is Rhagar the Dragon dead? Damn this mood lighting!

Arya should have been in the Godswood the whole time.

Edited April 29, 2019 by dbell1

[Dee]

That was INSANE.

[stagmania]

NOT TODAY BITCH

So ...Arya is the Prince Who Was Promised???

[Spartan Girl]

Syrio would be so proud, Arya.

Poor Dany. She lost the one person who had been with her from the beginning. Goodbye, Ser Jorah. I hope you knew she loved you.

Goodbye, Lyanna you magnificent badass.

Goodbye Theon. You finally made amends.

And now we've got three episodes left!

[sumiregusa]

They should have consulted Peter Jackson on how to do a long extended battle that the audience can actually see.

[bluvelvet]

I was so tense during this episode I got a headache. 

Is the second dragon ok??  Can’t remember the name, was it Rhaegal?

Poor Drogon getting all those stabs 

Arya *****Stark! I thought she was going to die.. omg

Hard to see but easier with dim lights. 

AMAZING episode.  So many emotions. Was Jon really trying to kill the eight dragon ?

Where is Ghost !!

Edited April 29, 2019 by bluvelvet

[anamika]

Theon and Bran. Beautiful.  Bran: You are a good man. thank you.

D&D in the behind the scenes interview:

" We thought it important  that whatever the plan was that it should not just work out. Because that would be kinda dull"

No wonder none of the character's plans ever work out.

Arya taking out the NK seems to be a GRRM thing - D&D knew about it three years ago.

[Eyes High]

Sansa/Tyrion? Called it. That hand kiss was pretty swoony for a show that’s not that great at romance.

I’m surprised they went all Attack on Titan on Lyanna Mormont. Pretty badass death all things considered.

[Sakura12]

OMG. Not today Death.  Arya is the savior of everyone. No one will be doubting her skills now. Bye Jorah, you died doing what you wanted saving Dany. And she did love you, just the not way you wanted. Is Rhaegel dead. I only saw Drogo comforting his mother. 

Between this and Endgame I don't know if I'll be able to focus at work tomorrow. 

Cersei better watch out Dany is battle tested now and she has an Arya. 

[mac123x]

HBO Executive:  Since you're only doing 6 episodes, you need to make them longer so the fans don't riot.  Last 4 have to be 80 minutes minimum

GoT  Director:  Easy, I'll just show the last 20 minutes in slow-mo with sonorous and slightly out of place piano BGM

Seriously, the slow motion at the end was killing me.  It wasn't dramatic, it was tedious.

9 minutes ago, Quickbeam said:

So dark. Literally. I squinted my way through it. 

Yeah, i know it saves them a lot of time doing this at night (don't have to worry about angle of the sun and cloud continuity) but I frequently couldn't tell what was going on.

Edited April 29, 2019 by mac123x

[ShellsandCheese]

Is it that I’m most worried about Rhaegal and Ghost? Did they make it? I think Rhaegal was just injured. I suspected all along that Arya would be the hero. And it was very realistic to have her be; the show has been setting it up for seasons with the focus on her training and it paid off. 

[onyxrose81]

So there was no point to Jon’s storyline at all was there?  I’m shaking with rage tbh.  

Im sad for Dany because Jorah and also Theon.  

I can’t even be happy about Arya because that seemed to come out of nowhere.  

[mammaM]

Holy shit holy shit holy shit holy shit holy shit holy shit holy shit holy shit holy shit holy shit holy shit holy shit holy shit holy shit holy shit holy shit

my brain isn't working !!!!!!!

ARYA !!!!!!

PS did Jaime die!?

[RandomWatcher]

Also the Hound survived...

CLEGANE BOWL CONFIRMED!!

[MichaelaRae]

Turning off the room lights worked perfectly for me. I could see every gorgeous second.without making any adjustments to my TV beforehand.

That first 10 minutes of quiet, high-tension, beautifully shot episode? Some of the most perfect TV I've ever seen. I wanted to VOMIT I was so tense.

Did Ghost die? Someone mentioned it but I don't remember seeing him after the initial line up. 

[peggy06]

This episode broke the internet. OMG. I feel weak. I DID NOT see that end coming! This was so much better done than I expected. Really, really glad the NK/white walkers and wights are gone, and now I can get on to worrying about the rest of the plot. About which I am actually quite nervous, to be honest.  

Character deaths as expected. I thought Davos might die, glad he survived. Lyanna killed a giant! I admit the most emotional death for me was Jorah. 

This has to be one of the best TV episodes I've seen.

[screamin]

Well, that was the most cinematic and spectacular mass and individual battle choreography I've ever seen to serve the purpose of a cavalcade of sheer idiocy - from the Charge of the Light Dothraki Brigade before the missile weapons were fired to reveal what they were up against, all the way down to sheltering the women, children and other noncombatants in a crypt full of potential undead warriors in papier-mache sarcophagi. 

All of the movie-length spectacle still doesn't quite conceal the fact that the death of the NK by episode 3 makes him a rather lame enemy.

Arya was awesome, of course. 

Edited April 29, 2019 by screamin

[Growsonwalls]

I was gutted for Dany as she lost Sir Jorah. I don't care if she's "supposed" to love Jon. To me Dany's feelings for Sir Jorah was real love. Not in the way Jorah wanted but I don;t think she cried that much when Khal Drogo died.

[Enigma X]

I like Arya. I really do. A lot. And given her certain skill set, I can believe she could kill NK. But, I don’t know, her being the one to kill NK feels a bit hollow.

I am definitely riding the Arya train and am drinking her assassin killing juice, but just saying.

[nodorothyparker]

Eight years of buildup for one battle.  What we could see of it was a beautifully shot epic-looking battle, but still one battle and the big huge threat of all time is gone.  I kind of hate that this validated Cersei leaving them all to fend for themselves because now she's suddenly looking like the smartest person in the room.

Not surprised that no main characters died.  This far in, that is about the most unexpected trope-breaking thing the show had left it could do.

[peggy06]

6 minutes ago, bluvelvet said:

I was so tense during this episode I got a headache. 

Yes! My neck hurts so mcuh from how I was tensed up! I didn't even realize it until the scene where Arya gets him.

I feel really stupid now, not picking up on that convo with Melisandre. "Blue eyes" and then "What do we say to Death?" "Not today."

[SimoneS]

Arya, you are a fucking badass, much respect!

Lyanna, you went out like the boss that you are!

Jorah, you protected your Khaleesi to end. Rest well.

Theon, you were never my favorite, but you were courageous at the end.

Bran, you are fucking useless!

Jon, why were you yelling at a fucking wight dragon? And stop trying to kill Dany by flying into her.

Drogon, you are a good son!

Rhaegal, I hope you are alive!

Ghost, I hope by some miracle you are alive.

Dothraki, you were brave to the end. 

Qhono, it is an injustice that a man as hot as you was killed and turned into a walker.

Edd, your watch is over!

Sam, you are fucking useless also. You got Edd killed and laid around crying.

Missandei, nice job telling off Sansa, about time someone did.

Edited April 29, 2019 by SimoneS

[Tachi Rocinante]

I have a nice TV and it felt like I was watching a VHS tape.

[Glaze Crazy]

Yeah, who gets to clean up that big ol' mess?

All the women warriors for the win.

I also had to practically sit on top of my TV with the lights off to try and follow what was going on in the dark. I was glad that some of the fighters got to use fiery swords to cast light on some of the scenes.

Great episode. I guess we find out next week the total death toll? RIP to the characters we did lose this episode though.

[Haleth]

Ohmygosh, that was the most incredible hour + 20 mins I’ve ever seen on tv. I’m shaking and my stomach hurts. What an achievement!  Bravo, show!

[stagmania]

I loved that ending in the moment but I’m sitting here digesting and I do not at all like that the Night King went down that easy. And now Cersei gets to be the final big bad and we’re going to go back to fighting over the Iron Throne. From an epic existential battle for the living to petty infighting over who gets to rule who. It feels anticlimactic. 

[anyanka323]

7 minutes ago, anamika said:

Arya taking out the NK seems to be a GRRM thing - D&D knew about it three years ago.

That was something that I was expecting considering the huge influence that Tolkien and Lord of the Rings have on both GRRM and D&D.  It's a lovely and fitting parallel to Eowyn taking out the Nazgul Witch King with an assist from Merry. 

[anamika]

So Dany has pretty much lost her close confidante in Jorah and all her Dothraki. Thankfully Missandei and GW seems to have made it.

I thought Ghost was dead. Rhaegal seems to have made it from the promo for next week.

From the preview for next week, it looks like the North is supporting her campaign? I can see Yohn Royce cheering her. They seem to have appreciated her efforts.

[CherryMalotte]

They should just name this episode Brutal As All Fucking Get Out...because that's what it was.  I actually started taking notes at the beginning of the episode and got maybe only half a page done because of the intensity.   

All those Dothraki and Unsullied....dead dead dead.  As horrified as I was I didn't cry until the end because of Jorah.   That man went thru seven hells and back for Dany, and when she broke down so did I.  All hail Iain Glen, I have loved his acting for years but wow, this series...he was magnificent.  

Not today Death...not today.  Thank the old Gods and the New for this forum, as we all need each other for grief counseling.

[dbell1]

After this night mess, I want the battle for King's Landing at noon, on a sunny day! 

[SimoneS]

The fact that people couldn't see the episode is why plasma should have won over the led in the tv wars.

[iMonrey]

I'm so confused. I thought Rhaegal killed the ice dragon but died in the battle but then it turned out he was just injured? And he was the one who put his head down on Jorah's body at the end? I thought Drogon was killed by the wights then turned into another ice dragon so I think Rhaegal is the only dragon that survived. 

Epic.

[JennyMominFL]

I think i am the most sad about Hot Dothraki Dude

Edited April 29, 2019 by JennyMominFL

[Ambrosefolly]

5 minutes ago, Enigma X said:

I like Arya. I really do. A lot. And given her certain skill set, I can believe she could kill NK. But, I don’t know, her being the one to kill NK feels a bit hollow.

I am definitely riding the Arya train and am drinking her assassin killing juice, but just saying.

I thought I would be the only that felt that way and I might be a bit more critical. I think that Arya is a Mary Sue in a lot of ways and I kind felt that the Night King himself should have been a bit harder to kill. 

[GrailKing]

12 minutes ago, ShellsandCheese said:

Is it that I’m most worried about Rhaegal and Ghost? Did they make it? I think Rhaegal was just injured. I suspected all along that Arya would be the hero. And it was very realistic to have her be; the show has been setting it up for seasons with the focus on her training and it paid off. 

I didn't see a wight Ghost.

[iMonrey]

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The fact that people couldn't see the episode is why plasma should have won over the led in the tv wars.

I have a plasma TV and I couldn't see half of what was going on. I think it probably would have looked great on a big movie screen but on TV it was just too dark.

[Sakura12]

Is the Episode title ARYA STARK is BAMF!