Game Of Thrones Season 7 Finale: 9 Ups And 2 Downs From 'The Dragon And The Wolf'

1. It Still Has Some Logic Issues

While not as egregious as Beyond The Wall (they even talk about how long a journey will take!), this episode does still have a few holes in it. Again, a lot of it can be traced back to Tyrion's plan, but it's odd that Euron leaves after seeing the wight, yet this was pre-arranged with Cersei, but none of them had any idea the wight was coming. So did Euron go off-script? And how did the Mountain know to not actually kill Jaime, as it wasn't made totally clear? Even worse for the Mountain, why did he let the wight get so close to Cersei, when his one action over the past two seasons has been stepping in front of her?

Then there's the fact that Bran can see all of the past, something he reiterates here very much in the context of Jon's parentage. He's been incredibly focused on that since the end of Season 6, and yet it's from Sam (who manages to remember the thing he ignored, and takes credit for Gilly's big discovery) he learns Rhaegar and Lyanna were married. Maybe his attentions were diverted by the Night King, but it's hard to buy that someone who can see time and is so fixated on Jon's parentage didn't dig any deeper than that Tower of Joy scene (which, as we see it, doesn't even confirm Rhaegar's the father).

Also, where the f**k is Gendry (again)?!

These issues are easier to ignore, though, when most of what was in the episode worked so brilliantly, and it's largely the show getting back on track and setting up what will hopefully be an epic final year, and one where hopefully they do recognise and move to fix some of the bigger problems with this season. It's going to be a LONG wait.

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