S08.E03: The Long Night

[Athena]

Episode Synopsis:

Arya looks to prove her worth as a fighter.

Reminder: This is for discussion of the TV show only, no book talk allowed - including saying "but it's different in the books". Any spoiler from outside the books (i.e. previews) should be in spoiler tags.

[scarynikki12]

ARYA IS MY QUEEN HOLY FUCK!!!

[AimingforYoko]

Holy fuck, that was relentless. So, in a way, Littlefinger saved the day.

And look where's Cersei's sitting. That Iron Throne bears a striking resemblance to a catbird seat.

[GodsBeloved]

Arya!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Edited April 29, 2019 by GodsBeloved

[Leroux]

Tywin Lanister, "Dragons do not win wars, soldiers win wars" 

Arya Stark , you are one hell of a soldier. 

The Princess that was Promised , Arya Stark ❤️

[easypeasy]

That's my girl.

[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.

[OllieSocks]

Without a doubt the most incredible episode of television I’ve ever seen. Incredible. 

[Popples]

Arya's the baddest assassin in Westeros and Essos. COME GET SOME!

RIP Boss Bear Lyanna.

[dirtypop90]

I LOVE THAT IT WAS ARYA, THE PRINCE WHO WAS PROMISED LOL

This episode wasn’t that bad, not sure whether to be happy or disappointed about that.  All deaths were expected.

Is the Night King really GONE GONE? That bitch Cersei with another win.

Living vs. Living let’s go.

Edited April 29, 2019 by dirtypop90

[FormerMod-a1]

Arya!  Even with the convo with Melisandre I didn't pick up on the "blue eyes" thing right away.  

Also, that's why you want the dragon queen on your side, xenophobic Westerosians.

[Morrigan2575]

Arya for the Fucking Win! Damn I'm slow I missed the whole thing. Like did not get the Red Priestess' whole talk with Arya...went right over my head!

Poor Theon knew he would die protecting Bran but, it was still so sad to watch.

Jorah's death ranked 2nd in the sad death department.

Did Raghael (sp?) Die? 

Good episode but most of this was telegraphed last week. Except the big one, so I guess that's a major win for them.

Edited April 29, 2019 by Morrigan2575

[BitterApple]

Damm, Lyanna AND Jorah?! I was expecting one or the other.

Forget the amazing battle scenes, Tyrion and Sansa absolutely ripped my heart out tonight.

[Leroux]

"What do we say to the God of Death?"

Not today, you made it happen Arya. 

She never gave up, never. 

She-wolf Arya Stark. So proud of her 

[Hiacios]

What a spectacular episode!!!!! I'm at a lost for words!

Edited April 29, 2019 by Hiacios

[FormerMod-a1]

Just now, dirtypop90 said:

I LOVE THAT IT WAS ARYA, THE PRINCE WHO WAS PROMISED LOL

I was just thinking to myself if that made Arya the Princess Who Was Promised.

[AimingforYoko]

Just now, Growsonwalls said:

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

Named characters known dead: Lyanna, Jorah, Beric, Edd, Theon.

[operakatz]

Wow, that was tense...

Arya to Death: Not today. Hot damn, that's our girl. 

Lady Mormont, bow down. RIP fierce girl.

[QuinnM]

I knew that Arya had not practiced that knife flip, obtained the Valyrian/dragon glass dagger and trained for 4 years as an assassin for 3 credit undergrad points.  Dang, that was good.

[Lillith]

That was so relentless and exhausting I feel like I need to watch it again to process everything that was happening. But I don't think my nerves could take it again. Amazing. So Arya is Azor Ahai y'all. 

The two I didn't see were Podrick and Ghost did they make it? The Dothraki are wiped out and the Unsullied too. Wonder if the other Northern houses will take up arms against Cersei? 

[Auntie Anxiety]

I feel like I need a rest. Wow. Arya for the win!

I figured she was going to be the Night King Slayer when she told Mellisandre that she wasn’t going to die today.

[AimingforYoko]

1 minute ago, aquarian1 said:

Also, that's why you want the dragon queen on your side, xenophobic Westerosians.

Yeah, without dragons, this would've been a five minute episode.

[Popples]

Ghost was with the Dothraki siege and I just made myself sad.

[LuvScottishAccents]

1 minute ago, BitterApple said:

Damm, Lyanna AND Jorah?! I was expecting one or the other.

Forget the amazing battle scenes, Tyrion and Sansa absolutely ripped my heart out tonight.

House Mormont is no more. They died like the badasses they were.

[AuxArx]

I'm exhausted.  That's all I've got for now, except...you go, Arya!

[Advance35]

OMG I just don't know what to do with myself.

Arya Stark saved the world.  It had reached the point where I couldn't stay seated and was watching standing up.

[Growsonwalls]

And I don't care if she's "supposed" to love Jon Snow, Dany's tears for Sir Jorah, that's real love. 

[rozen]

This was great and all...but what the hell was Bran's plan? Seriously? He sat there warging into some ravens watching w/ surround sound as the Night King came to murder him? I honestly expected the Night King to strut up and suddenly bend the knee to our new Sith Lord Bran. 

I know the plot demands Dany take enormous losses to make her battle for the throne harder, but wtf was sending the Dothraki to their doom with no support? Literally why? 

I love how Clegane was ready to let all these suckers die until he saw his baby Arya was in danger. He snatched her up like a unruly kitten and booked it!

[Last Time Lord]

Jorah: Can...I...at least...get to... second base?

[Conan Troutman]

Jesus Christ that was fucking INTENSE! I'm just totally floored right now.

For all the carnage though, the death count was thankfully less severe then expected (of named characters, there is, the body count was easily in the thousands, not counting those who died twice). Edd, Beric, Theon and Mel were pretty much telegraphed. I didn't see Tormund in the last twenty minutes or so,, did he die? Greyworm also lived unless I missed it, but probably only to fall victim to Cersei. But that's another battle for another week. Edit: Forgot Lyanna. I expected her to die, but she had the most glorious death of them all. Of course she wasn't going to have anything less. And Jorah, had written off the Mormont's last week already it appears.

Arya killing the NK wasn't a huge surprise, but I totally loved every bit of it. Nice callback to her sparring scene with Brienne. 

Was that the best episode of the show? Hard to tell, but it certainly was the most spectacular and I can't imagine they're even going to try to top it the remaining three episodes. That's the only bummer really, that it's almost over now. But what a wild ride. Or, in Bran's words: You're a good show. Thank you. 

Edited April 29, 2019 by Conan Troutman

[saxon57]

Was Ghost lost? Didn’t see him after initial charge

[QuinnM]

Just now, Lillith said:

That was so relentless and exhausting I feel like I need to watch it again to process everything that was happening. But I don't think my nerves could take it again. Amazing. So Arya is Azor Ahai y'all. 

I check my watch 32 minutes in because I thought I might stroke out or something and was hoping the Apple Watch would call 911.  Interesting because that was just about the time they took a slow and quiet pace for about 5  minutes.

[FormerMod-a1]

So, the whole Dothraki hoard were wiped out, and the Unsullied too?  Or nearly wiped out? 

[Morrigan2575]

1 minute ago, Lillith said:

The two I didn't see were Podrick and Ghost did they make it?

Podrick yes. No idea on Ghost, he disappeared with the Dothraki. I hope he didn't die off screen

[Popples]

1 minute ago, LuvScottishAccents said:

House Mormont is no more. They died like the badasses they were.

Made last stands like fucking bosses!

[QuinnM]

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satthere warging into some ravens watching w/ surround sound as the NightKing came to murder him?

Nonsense, he gave Arya the dagger she needed to save him.  He knew he was safe.

[ferjy]

4 minutes ago, BitterApple said:

Damm, Lyanna AND Jorah?! I was expecting one or the other.

Forget the amazing battle scenes, Tyrion and Sansa absolutely ripped my heart out tonight.

I was actually expecting a lot more. Although I'm not quite sure who survived.

[Ottis]

That was terrible. An hour of disappointment and “what the hell is happening?” followed by 10 minutes of “how long can we stretch this out” then about 10-15 minutes of good stuff with one nice moment (Theon) and one great moment (Arya). What a waste of a cast of characters. And the sneaking around stuff was stupid, in a battle against endless waves of dead. I know they used it to break up action but it should have been a long, frantic retreat. Also... go Lady Mormont. ADD: If the producers think Arya saving the day was “misdirection,” they are nuts. She had a secret anti dead weapon made, for crying out loud. 

Edited April 29, 2019 by Ottis

[MarySNJ]

2 minutes ago, Lillith said:

That was so relentless and exhausting I feel like I need to watch it again to process everything that was happening. But I don't think my nerves could take it again. Amazing. So Arya is Azor Ahai y'all. 

The two I didn't see were Podrick and Ghost did they make it? The Dothraki are wiped out and the Unsullied too. Wonder if the other Northern houses will take up arms against Cersei? 

I saw Podrick up against the wall with Jaime and Brienne at the very end. Alive. Did not see Ghost. 

I love that Bran knew to give Arya the cats paw dagger last season. But I wonder if he knew all of this would happen. 

[Lillith]

2 minutes ago, Morrigan2575 said:

Podrick yes. No idea on Ghost, he disappeared with the Dothraki. I hope he didn't die off screen

Maybe he's chilling with Nymeria and the rest of the pack. 

[GodsBeloved]

All the big dogs in the room

Daenerys, Dothraki, Dragons, Unsullied

And it was Arya, little Arya Stark who saved the day. If it weren't for her Missandei all y'all would be dead.

And Lady Mormont, you go girl. The littlest thing out there took out a giant!!!

Northern girls were on fiya tonight!

Edited April 29, 2019 by GodsBeloved

[ShellsandCheese]

1 minute ago, aquarian1 said:

So, the whole Dothraki hoard were wiped out, and the Unsullied too?  Or nearly wiped out? 

Not all. But probably most. 

[TaurusRose]

Relentless.  But Arya is the MVP.  I love that she saved the day.  I'm hoping that Ghost somehow survived.  I mean if useless Sam Tarly (sorry, never a Sam fan) survived through sheer incompetence, I'm hoping the wolf made it.  RIP Lyanna and Jorah Mormont, Edd, and all the poor Dothraki and Unsullied who gave their lives for a thankless people.  Glad Sansa spoke a truth.  Useless, but finally decent towards her first husband.  Seems like Daenerys is still is a snit because she's not the only one.   But Drogon was adorable being sad with her.  I will have more to say later, but I have to wash the dishes.  LOL

Edited April 29, 2019 by taurusrose
Correct the dragon's name.

[Leroux]

Theon, Theon, Theon !!!!!!

My heart broke off at his sacrifice. Bran words to him.   His death, all of it. 

Theon, a real hero. 

[MissLucas]

Hey, Theon got a 'thank you' - nobody tell Meera!

[bluvelvet]

Totally forgot that Bran gave Arya that dagger !

Also remembering that Mel told Arya that same prophecy in season 3 when they took Gendry!! 

Edited April 29, 2019 by bluvelvet

[enoughcats]

5 minutes ago, saxon57 said:

Was Ghost lost? Didn’t see him after initial charge

Or is he busy knawing on several thousand bones?

[Conan Troutman]

5 minutes ago, Lillith said:

The two I didn't see were Podrick and Ghost did they make it? The Dothraki are wiped out and the Unsullied too. Wonder if the other Northern houses will take up arms against Cersei? 

I haven't seen Podrick for while, but I guess he did. No idea about Ghost. By the way, where the hell was Nymeria? I absolutely expected them to show up. But I guess they barely would've made a dent anyway, only added some wolfs to the NK's army. 

[Hiacios]

1 minute ago, rozen said:

This was great and all...but what the hell was Bran's plan? Seriously? He sat there warging into some ravens watching w/ surround sound as the Night King came to murder him? I honestly expected the Night King to strut up and suddenly bend the knee to our new Sith Lord Bran. 

I know the plot demands Dany take enormous losses to make her battle for the throne harder, but wtf was sending the Dothraki to their doom with no support? Literally why? 

I love how Clegane was ready to let all these suckers die until he saw his baby Arya was in danger. He snatched her up like a unruly kitten and booked it!

I know, I didn't get what he was doing in that trance the whole time. What the hell was the plan?

[MVFrostsMyPie]

This episode made me realize that I would have survived with anyone dying, except for Arya and Tyrion and Brienne and Sansa. Like, the rest I would have been sad over, but not surprised about. Surprisingly, I would have been the least heartbroken over Jon or Dany.