Game Of Thrones Review: Season 7 Episode 7 Finale

Welcome to my Game of Thrones reviews posts which are an episode by episode guide of season 7. The entire post will be nothing but spoilers so don't read it if you intend to watch it! The format will be done as a house by house analysis, not a minute by minute report. 

Greyworm's army have marched across Westeros, gathering on the plains as Jaime and Bronn watch from above, debating about Tyrion siding with the downtrodden. However when the dothraki army come to stand with them, Bronn observes that they are about to become the downtrodden. Euron's fleet are anchored in Blackwater Bay. Cersei gives her instructions to The Mountain, telling him that if things go wrong, he is to kill Dany, Tyrion and Jon in that order then kill everyone else in any order that he likes.

Dany, Jorah, Missandei, Jon, Davos, The Hound, Tyrion, Varys and Theon arrive at King's Landing and start making their way to the Dragon Pit for the meeting. Bronn approaches with a small Lannister escort and he has Brienne and Pod with him, as they arrived early. Pod is happy to see Tyrion alive and he greets Pod warmly. Brienne walks with The Hound, saying she thought he was dead and she is regretful about hurting him, saying she was trying to look after Arya. The Hound says he was doing the same thing and is happy to hear that she is alive at Winterfell, though he worries that with Brienne gone, she is unprotected. He indicates that he won't get in Brienne's way again and they share a slight smile. Tyrion makes an offer to Bronn to defect but Bronn cheerfully points out that he is delivering traitors to Cersei so he is protected, which amuses Tyrion.

The Targaryen party enter the arena, nervously, leaving the wight secured in a cart outside.Cersei's group enter the arena and Bronn asks Pod to join him for a drink while the others talk. Brienne nods her agreement and Pod leaves. The Hound tells Tyrion that all bad ideas are created by Lannisters and Tyrion says they are carried out by Cleganes. The Hound approaches his brother and notes that The Mountain is uglier now. He asks what they have done to him and then retreats to get the wight. Cersei asks Tyrion where Dany is and seconds later she arrives on Drogon. Euron threatens to kill Yara if Theon doesn't submit to him and then insults Tyrion's stature. Tyrion thinks that Euron is bad at jokes, while Jaime and Cersei tell him to sit down. The Hound releases the wight and the Lannister side recoil in horror at it charging towards them. Jon demonstrates how to kill it with fire or dragonglass, while Qyburn is fascinated. Dany tells Cersei that she never believed it until she saw the actual army. Jaime asks their number and is shocked to hear that there could be over a hundred thousand. After hearing that they can't swim, Euron announces that he is terrified of these things, taking his fleet back to the Iron Islands and advises Dany to return to Dragonstone. Cersei agrees to a truce if Jon goes home and remains neutral but he refuses and Cersei leaves. Brienne begs Jaime to make Cersei listen while Tyrion decides to talk to his sister alone. Jorah thinks Dany should fly to Winterfell but she thinks it would be better to go by ship with Jon to show she is an ally of the North.

Jaime is afraid for Tyrion as he goes in to see her and she wastes little time blaming him for the deaths of Tywin, Myrcella and Tommen. Tyrion tries to tell her that he loved the children and killed his father for trying to have him killed. Finally, Tyrion goads her to kill him but when it comes to giving that order she can't say the words. He realises that she is pregnant. He brings her back to the arena where she refuses to stand down her forces and will instead send them north to fight the White Walkers. Cersei calls her banners.

Jaime prepares the army for the trip north until Cersei tells him how stupid he was to believe they would ally with the enemy. She tells him that Euron has sailed for Essos to bring the Golden Company to Westeros to take back their lands from Dany, paid for by the Iron Bank. Jaime insists that he promised to fight the dead and she calls him a traitor to side with Tyrion, saying she'll kill him if he defies her. Jaime declares he is leaving, to her fury.

Sansa has received word at last from Jon saying he has bent the knee to ally with Dany and she can hardly believe it. Littlefinger says Dany is attractive to Jon and an alliance will make them hard to beat. He points out that Jon was named King in the North and that he can also be un-named. Sansa says Arya as a Faceless Man would not allow that to happen and he deftly leads Sansa into considering that Arya wants to kill her for wedding Ramsay and betraying her family, and be Lady of Winterfell. Theon seeks forgiveness from Jon who tells him that he is as much Stark as Greyjoy because Ned was his real father. Jon forgives him for what he can give forgiveness for. Theon says Yara was the only one who tried to save him from the Boltons and she needs him now so Jon says stop talking then. His men watch as their leader refuses to save Yara, saying they'll reave an island and get away from the dead. Theon challenges him and refuses to back down during the fight, winning and rallying the troops to his side.

Sansa summons Arya to the Great Hall where the knights are gathered and Littlefinger is smirking on the sidelines. After a brief conversation about honour, Arya tells her to get on with it. Sansa announces the charges are murder and treason. 'How do you answer these charges... Lord Baelish?' Littlefinger is shocked to realise that the sisters have played him beautifully. Sansa charges that he killed Lysa, persuaded her to kill her husband Jon, sent the letter to Catelyn blaming the Lannisters which started the war and betraying Ned. He denies it but Bran has seen what he did to Ned. Littlefinger orders Royce to help him but Royce refuses. Sansa orders Arya to kill him and she does.

Sam arrives at Westeros and meets with Bran who tells him Jon is returning to Winterfell after bending the knee, and is bringing Dany. Bran tells Sam that Jon is the bastard son of Lyanna and Rhaegar but Sam remembers what Gilly said and tells him about the wedding. They both realise that Jon is the heir to the Iron Throne. It is too late to stop Dany sleeping with Jon on the boat north while Tyrion looks on with concern.

Tormund and Beric watch as the Army of the Dead exit the woods at Eastwatch, and they see the undead dragon blow blue flames onto the Wall, causing part of it to collapse, allowing the enemy through.

My Thoughts:

Littlefinger finally gets what was coming to him, outsmarted by the Stark sisters. I loved how that scene played out and the look on his face when he realised he was on trial, not Arya! Loved how Bran told of what happened to Ned at last. Great stuff and karma that Tyrion has been cleared of trying to kill Bran too.Arya dispatched him exactly the way that an assassin would. Brienne and The Hound would be so proud!

Best moments are surrounding the big meeting. The Hound bonding with Brienne over not getting in Arya's could pave the way for a Winterfell reunion next season. Bronn is being Bronn, which always amuses. Pod is finally reunited with Tyrion, and we see a nice moment of pity on The Hound as he sees what the Lannisters have done to his brother, before saying he will kill him later. I loved the hateful looks that Cersei was shooting Brienne every time she looked at or spoke to Jaime. Heh, jealous much bitch??!!! The Hound telling the Lannister man where to go in his own unique style! Jon of course has be more Ned Stark than Ned himself with his honour taking priority to lying to Cersei. I admit I was amused by that and everyone's horror at him stuffing things up. Watch out also for the great facial expressions from Varys through the meeting. And of course the wight springing at Cersei was great!

Sam WAS listening to Gilly after all. Hurrah! A meeting of the minds between Sam and Bran was revealing as we finally get to hear what Lyanna said to Ned on her deathbed and the word is out at last about Jon! About time! I liked that little moment when Sam thinks Bran has seen Jon returning in a vision and Bran just lifts up the letter from Jon. Theon finds his backbone and sets about rescuing Yara. Looks like Iron Born are as loyal as the darn Northmen to Jon! One minute they cheer the guy who has said stuff Yara, we're reaving again, next they chant for Yara as Theon Wins!
I enjoyed the scenes with Jaime and Bronn on the city battlements as dothraki and Unsullied gather outside King's Landing. I've seen a few people questioning where they are but if you watch the opening scene you can see the Red Keep up on the hill overlooking the sea after we pan off the Unsullied. Besides that is where Bronn and Jaime are, ready for the big meeting. Also puzzled that people are questioning how Unsullied escaped Casterly Rock through the Lannister forces. Umm, the Unsullied killed all the Lannisters at CR while the main Lannister force surrounded Highgarden and Olenna Tyrell watched from above. These were the troops Dany killed with Drogon when the Tarlys died. So there was nobody to stop them marching across to King's Landing!

We always knew that Cersei couldn't be trusted to do anything for the greater good so why is Tyrion buying her crap? Anyway, Jaime seeing the wight for himself makes his put everything aside, including Cersei to do his duty and fight the dead. For one dreadful moment I thought she was going to kill Jaime but he calls her bluff and leaves to go north. AT LAST!!! We've been waiting for this moment for ages! The question is, where is Bronn? Hope he will follow and they will all base themselves at Winterfell.

Arrgghh! The Wall is down. I'm so much hoping that Tormund is ok. Don't really want to see Beric die like that either. We need them next season, which is AGES away!

Niggles:

What has happened to Ellaria and her daughter???
Can't we see something of Yara being held somewhere?
Has everyone forgotten poor Edmure, imprisoned in a Frey dungeon???
Is somebody feeding poor Ghost???
Where exactly is Theon taking his troops when he doesn't know where she is?
Where the fug is Gendry???