Hmm I think this happens to every show at some point but the way this is all being put together seems so off.

The plan for them to somehow capture one of the army of the dead is so dumb. Do they really think Cersei will care? The risk far outweighs the reward. I think there are way more creative ways you can set all of those guys to meet up. Granted that scene where you see The Hound, Thoros, Thormund, Jon Jorah etc etc all in the same place ready to [BLEEP] [BLEEP] up is pretty cool. For instance you could have had a small advance group of the dead on the way to attack eastwatch, Jon and his crew travel to help fight with the dragon glass. The hound and Thoros get released to help fight too. They end up barely surviving, and one of the army of the dead ends up getting captured in a cage of some kind.

The interplay between Littlefinger and Arya was odd too Better ways you can set up for Arya to read the fake Sansa letter from ages ago. Starting to think that Littlefinger meant for that dagger to go to Arya through giving it Bran. It kind of makes Bran's "chaos is a ladder" reference have double meaning, he uses it to let Littlefinger know he knows what he did but also that it had to happen.

It's still must watch TV because you have so much invested in it but everything from the storytelling, writing and conversation is off about this season. Feels a little like they just want this season out of the way so they can make the last season as epic as can be.

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