 Thanks for checking out this game of thrones review video. This is for season 8 episode 4 So we are almost there This is the third to last episode and things are ramping up because I'm gonna tell you my star rating up front on this episode This is the highest one of the of the season for me. This is a four and a half star So yeah, we're almost there. We're almost to perfection as far as you know compared to game of thrones goes You know, we're almost to game of thrones perfection on this one. So Great episode first off Some really good stuff We're actually picking up story because with the last one there was a little bit of story in the last one But it was mainly more about the battle which is fine when it's like big and grandiose and that was fun But as we all know it was a little dark It was a little hard to see things so that kind of sucks where they're like kind of cutting corners in a sense But all right, so here are my thoughts on this one Did you ever think going into game of thrones and seeing past seasons that we were gonna get to a point where Sansa Stark would legitimately mourn the death of Theon Greyjoy For a long time prior was just like no kind of like me but that's a great thing about game of thrones is it brings it back at some point to You know back to the beginning back to where things started in a sense But it also takes things to a point where people evolve so much They go they go through much and become totally different people Sometimes they they go through so much that it takes them all the way around again And you know we've kind of seen that so that happened with Sansa You know she goes all the way back around and she's good with Theon in his passing like I said in the last episode He had a very good death Jon Snow when he was speaking at the body burning ceremony where they're you know burning all the dead from the last episodes battle he Um He sounded very kingly and his speech was very kingly It it was the words he was using but it was very much the way he was saying things his tone How he was projecting all that stuff and they kind of set it up to be like Mmm, this is a moment where you can see him as a king, right? Just look at them like this you can see him as a king and you kind of see that on Daenerys face as she's watching him And she's just like oh Yeah knowing who he actually is now and then he has a better claim to the throne than me This is concerning especially when he sounds like that when he's talking to all these people and everyone's in on it They love him so Kind of kind of rough the other thing is I you know Maybe I missed it and people can let me know down in the comments down there But I didn't see any dothraki by the way when when all the body burning was going on I didn't see any dothraki So I was just like did they all die because like I said in the last episode I was like they're just sending them all in there first to get killed and that's kind of what it seemed like So I assumed they all didn't that none of them make it but then later on I think Varys when they're like doing battle planning I think Varys kind of alluded to some dothraki still being alive. So I was just like oh, thank goodness They didn't kill an entire like a race of people Which is what I thought happened in the last episode so you kind of see that The Daenerys like she changes kind of quick like she goes from mourning Jorah and then once he's gone She's like back in go mode and she's thinking about getting to that throne and it seems very inappropriate for her to Shift that fast because you know, they're all having a good time. They're eating. They're drinking They're celebrating celebrating the fact that they're still alive but also celebrating the lives of the people they lost and kind of mourning them at the same time and It just seems like when she She starts getting like very serious and she's just like, oh, you know, I'm over this is kind of her attitude of how she's acting She's like back to business and you you see her starting to get very insecure And she's kind of like oh I need to grab the reins of this back and start moving things forward And it's just this kind of shift in her where you're kind of I believe you're kind of more than in past episodes and past seasons you're like, hmm, maybe We should be questioning her a little bit and that comes into play even more later in the episode But I'll kind of talk about that as I go along And what I when she made gentry a lord and was just like oh you should You should be a lord and you should get Damn, I forget the the island now Excuse me for that, but I forget the island. She's like you should be a lord. There you go I think it was kind of a message of She's gonna try to get all these people with claims to the throne strong and weak Into other positions where they kind of become loyal to her But also are kind of like out of the way like you go beyond that island and do your thing and we'll be cool But we'll be cool from afar So it kind of gave me the idea that she was doing that in front of John Snow to kind of give the message like I Kind of want people with legitimate claims to the throne Pacified or like away from me, you know, so that's kind of what it seemed like is it was like a signaling Of that type of thing But it was also to you know, endear people with with power in that sense to her because if you know gender he has a legitimate claim if he were to one day say oh, you know I'm a Barathe and I kind of am rethinking this thing. Maybe I want to be a king It's good for her to have the friendship there should be like I remember when I made you a lord and you were a bastard, so so anyway The real quick the Tyrion and Davos bromance is exactly what I needed I've always liked those two characters and to see them together like talking in the last episode I think the last two episodes and then this one They were kind of like getting chummy in and chatting a lot And I just really like to see their interactions because I really like those actors. I really like those roles and Yeah, it was just really cool The other thing they hit me during this kind of like party scene. I was like Do we do are we all like getting hammered and having sex now? Is is that what we're doing because I'm pretty sure there was just a massive fight everyone should be very tired You're pulling your swords out again so to speak I I don't you know But I mean I guess at the same time they're like There's a lot less people here. We need to start repopulating. Let's go also just the idea of When you're that close to death It makes you I guess want to create life in a sense But no I think more like live it up, you know And what's one of the better ways to live it up, especially when you don't have any sort of like real entertainment back then They having sex is the best entertainment. They had pretty much I mean, you know saying this is like medieval times basically if you get that I'm sure you do The moment when gendry goes off when yeah, gendry goes to aria and he's just like oh I became a lord now. I'd love you to come and be my lady and I got the exact quote She said I'm not a lady. I never have been was this great moment of like Boom love it nice Because one of the big things that drives me nuts with movies and TV shows is this whole thing where it's like you always have to have a Relationship you always have to be in a relationship. You always have to be looking for it But there are some people that that's not there. That's not I was gonna say not their destiny in the context of this This show. Yeah, there are some people where that's not their destiny But also just like in real life like not everyone's looking for a relationship Let's get some of this relationship stuff out of the the series and movies and everything like that because There are a lot of times where it doesn't even serve a story purpose and sometimes where it does serve a story purpose But it's so like forced that you're just like One thing that really comes to really the forefront of my mind is like the Avengers Age of Ultron movie that Marvel did like the relationship that they totally forced between Black widow and the Hulk slash Bruce Banner. It was just like is I don't know where it didn't fit. It was really dumb I know a lot of people complained about it. I'm sorry the Light went a little crazy. I'd just get it back under control So that stuff just bothered me so when she was just like I I don't want any part of this basically I was like Awesome cool because that's how people like her character. Anyway is just like a straight-up badass who's like I'm going my own way I'm gonna do my own thing and that's what she's doing here and then she goes and Strikes out on the road with Sandor Clegane the Hound and That was another moment kind of like the Tyrion and Davos moment where I was just like, yeah, I needed this I'm I'm excited to see this. They're gonna go out of venturing together. Basically. They're hitting the road together They're together like they were before but this time they're kind of his equals to be honest Actually, not even his equals Arya is a little bit Above him because he basically got torn down throughout the series and is more way more humbled Although he's still skilled fighter and Arya came from nothing and now she's this this person known as the one who saved Westeros basically and destroyed the Night King So it's like whoa, so like she's up here now and he's down here and I don't know I just love where like I love where that's potentially could go And I know we don't have a whole lot of episodes to explore it But if they had like a spin-off, I know they're doing spin-offs of the show But a spin-off I personally would like to see is the Sandor Clegane and Arya Stark adventuring buddy Show that's what I want that'd be awesome and then Tyrion and Davos But then again, we don't know if any of these people even survived the show, so we'll find out Um So when everyone was trying to get it on I just kind of wrote down is this the Boudoir episode We're like we just keep going into bedrooms and everyone's trying to get into the bedrooms, which reminds me that like the the romance scene between Jamie and Brienne. I was kind of like It makes sense to me like I'm cool with that because he really needs to be with someone else in order to get over Cersei like he's never had any love other than his twin sister gross but we've you know well-tread material at this point, but He needs to have that connection with someone else You know emotionally and sexually in order to move on basically and I kind of was seeing it as man This is the moment where he could totally cross over and become that different person because he gets over Cersei And he sleeps with Brienne. It's a weird kind of start to a sex scene, but it makes sense because you know, they're both knights She's never had sex before. He's having sex finally not with his sister So it's kind of like it is awkward like appropriately So but then when he wakes up he you see him kind of with this emotion on his face of like Is this a mistake? And I think what it really is is that he's uncomfortable Being a better person. He's uncomfortable not being tied to Cersei not being a bad person You know, he's made this transformation kind of a being much better when he went to Winterfell And he's gonna fight for what's good and he left Cersei But in the end after he cleared his mind so to speak and had sex with Brienne and tried being good and having a different relationship He just kind of got scared. He got cold feet and was like it doesn't feel Comfortable for me to be good like he's afraid of being something good He's afraid of being someone who can really contribute to the betterment of The realm basically of the kingdom So he has that moment where like Brienne is pleading with him and she's just like don't go Which is a really good moment very well Written very well acted the dialogue is really nice and it's very emotional and you could see you know Like he's welling up so you can tell by the way he reacts to Brienne that What he wants what he like really really wants at the heart of himself is to be With her and to be a good person like she said that she believes he is but he just feels like He doesn't deserve it in a sense like he feels like he doesn't deserve it because he's he's come to terms with all the terrible things He's done and he finally kind of has a conscience But then there's also like I was talking about that familiarity with I don't feel comfortable Not being a bad person and not being tied to Cersei So he leaves and so it'll be interesting to see how things go But in the end what he really needs to do is kill Cersei so he's totally cut loose. We'll see if that even happens Fingers crossed. I know everyone else out. There's like yeah, please So, oh, okay, so The the other bedroom scene that I want to talk about was with Daenerys and John Snow. Well a gone Targaryen where Daenerys seems to because she was looking at him after she got the news about him being a gone She looks at him differently, you know, she's kind of like, oh, that's my brother and also like he's possibly competition But when she goes into the bedroom, it's like she's reverting back to what they had before she knew And she even says something like I wish I didn't know but you can you can sense you can sense that all this is coming from her Planning a part of her brain. This isn't so much emotional as it is. Look, I need to get him to Stay subservient to me in a sense. I need that to happen because she's so focused on the throne that That I mean that's where her head is. So she's nothing about a relationship with him. She's not really like Oh, I do love him I think she's kind of gotten off that at this point because it feels too uncomfortable from the incest standpoint and from the Competition for the throne standpoint. So she's just trying to make smart moves And I think that was also signaled with what started at the celebration in the like beer hall This is the best way I can put it so That's how I saw that is that's a move like she's not I don't think she's really interested anymore And you know, he was amicable. He was just like hey, you know I don't want to be king. I'm down with this. So, um, oh and They finally brought up Dorne Finally, we haven't seen anything with Dorne in quite some time. So hopefully I think they're still alive at least some of them The sand snakes hopefully the sand snakes show up in some episodes coming up Well, the last two episodes basically because Dorne's just not been in it And it'll be interesting to see if Highgarden gets involved in any capacity as well Because once you're not like focusing on these other areas of Westeros You kind of forget they're there and then when they're something comes up like they they mentioned Dorne and I was like, oh, oh, yeah Yeah, let's let's get them involved. Let's do this. So we'll see but It's nice to kind of, you know, be reminded Oh and at the moment where they're kind of planning things out like with the map and everything and Daenerys started You know saying some kind of suspicious type things and Arios kind of looking at her like I thought to myself I think Arios kind of mentally saying I might have to kill this person. It is a possibility I might have to kill this person. So I don't know if you all felt that way or not, but Also, I forgot how much I missed Bronn when Bronn showed up and he was threatening Jamie and Tyrion That was an awesome scene like his dialogue is always great His character is played too perfection for what the character is and he's always like like a menacing like crappy but funny guy and I don't know. He's just really enjoyable So it was really nice to have that scene with him and the play between he and Tyrion Like they always had a great relationship. So that was really nice to see come back Yeah, I already wrote about the Aryan and the hound together. Oh How about the the moment where Sam Samuel Tarly is like super excited to tell Jon Snow how he had sex Not just that he had sex but try to explain how that went down and Gillies just basically like he He's had sex before he knows he knows how this goes She's like I've had sex before too, but you know, I understand this is a big deal for you, buddy But no, it's this is just a further Moment of Sam kind of being more adult becoming less of you know Like a child like he was a child for a lot of the show and this is him really growing up I mean, he's the man of the Tarly house now in a sense. So no, I mean he is not in a sense He is so I thought that was good Do oh, okay, this is of an important quote right here I think this is an important quote. Let me read this to you when Varys says quote I'm not sure it matters what he wants people are drawn to him that quote is why Aegon Targaryen Jon Snow is The heir to the Iron Throne that is why he Should and I believe will be on the Iron Throne because of that quote that quote signals What a ruler is what a good ruler or a good president or a good? leader or whatever is Because obviously you can draw parallels between real life and fake life and all that type of stuff But the thing is this just think about this. I've always said there are two types of politicians There are people who do it because it's for them and they want power and they're doing it for their own glory And then there's the good type basically that are the people who don't want to do the job They really if they had the like a real choice and we're able to I guess ignore their conscience. They would say I pass on this. I want to have a normal life I just don't want any part of it They're the people who do the best job because they're not doing anything for them They're driven by the want of the people by the will of the people and it's totally philanthropic And that's how Jon Snow is and that's not any more how Daenerys is and she started that way But through everything she went through you see these small changes starting to happen as she has to make the hard decisions And she finally gets to this point the which I think is basically now where she's we're starting to realize She's she's just when she says she's doing stuff for the people of Westeros. She's just using it as a slogan now She doesn't mean it. She doesn't she's totally not even thinking about that anymore She's thinking about her power and how she wants the throne. It's all about that drive now She's been so focused on just getting there and doing what it takes that she's forgotten what she started out for Like what the reason was that she started out and she doesn't feel that anymore But Jon Snow would because he doesn't even want it and that's why it's gonna be him in my opinion So then we cut we get to the point where there's the sea battle and as soon as that was gonna happen I was like, oh sweet. We haven't really seen like a Sea versus sea battle yet And we we saw some like battle into the sea and from the sea and battle the black water some seasons ago But this one I was like, oh man like ships on ships. Let's get it on So you see a little bit of that and then it's like oh It's like we're not doing that and I was like, uh What a cop out and then it made me think look if you're gonna cut out on this right now And it was so dark for that giant fight in Winterfell Then the end of this series better be the most epic fight for Kings Landing It better be huge it better be awesome and I better be able to see it clearly and It better be at least like one and a half episodes long basically That's all I'm saying which book with the way that this one ended It kind of seems like we're jumping into it in the next episode like we're gonna get it on here so But the other thing I noted was when that dragon goes down I mean first of all good on them because you don't really see it coming It's just like and then he gets it three times, but I will point this out There is no way shooting from a ship in the sea those gigantic Arrows Is that ballast or I think so There is no way that they hit that dragon with that and even if they do there's no way They hit it three times and in quick succession. That's some unrealistic BS, but then again, so are dragons Just saying but I was just kind of like come on. Yeah, right. They wouldn't but anyway Yeah, I just wrote battle for Kings lighting better be amazing it better be amazing I know everyone out there watching this is feeling me on that Because the other thing is they took two years to get this season together and thus far I do not see anything that says it should have taken two years. I'm just saying Just saying unless that that last fight is crazy epic Which I'm expecting it and if it is then I'm like fine two years makes sense Do you really think that Cersei would listen to anyone Also, do you really think that Cersei would marry your on first of all? We know that she said this is your baby And that's not her baby because she told Jamie. It was his baby Which I'm assuming was the truth But then again, who knows but um, she wouldn't marry your on. She does that she's disgusted by that guy She's just playing him even if things came out in the end in her Favor and all of her enemies were gone. I think she would find a way to kill your on. I really do She finds him repulsive as do most of us or maybe all of us. I don't know Uh, so when misande was taken and then she's killed I Could care less. I'm gonna be honest. I'm sorry. I'm coming off. It's like really crappy and callous right now But that story Moment that story blip because her her her screen time is very low And her relationship with gray worm did kind of come out of nowhere. That's what that is one of those like Romances that I feel like is poorly developed. I mean, it's somewhat developed It's better than what I was referencing in the age of Ultron But it's it's not that great developed and it's more of like a distraction More than anything and so when she was taken I was like fine, whatever bye and then when she got Her head lopped off. I was just like, okay, let's uh We're fighting now or or what let's go. I think we are we're fighting Yeah, and I was just writing that at this point you have to realize Daenerys has been turning bad all this time She's slowly her character her good character has been chipped away and chipped away and chipped away She's not what she was and her motivation is no longer philanthropic. It's just a slogan of I want to do for people I took so many notes. I have to flip the page But you get this moment of like man, this kind of sucks. Sorry lighting again You get this moment of like man This kind of sucks when Varys and Tyrion are talking and they're like kind of like do we turn on her? Do we go for Jon Snow because obviously everyone knows now who he is because you can't tell anyone a secret Especially not family because that stuff will be all over the place case in point so So when those two are talking it's this kind of crappy moment We're like, oh, she did a lot of work and they might ditch her and everyone might just be like, sorry We're going with this guy over here. Even though. I mean, thanks for everything so really like she did everything and But the problem is she's tainted. She isn't the best choice anymore Which brings me to something I wrote down, which is just because you created something Doesn't mean that you own it And that's a perfect example of what's going on with Daenerys right now She kind of created the best chance to get a better government in place give a better ruler in place for Westeros She started the movement, but it doesn't mean she owns it because if you're doing it for the people the people own it And at that point the people get to choose It's like it is like a democracy, you know, people get to vote they get to choose So in this situation, even though it's always been rulers, you know a monarchy these people Because Daenerys movement was started by the people for the people they get to choose So she needs to get to a point where she realizes even though she wants the power and wants the throne She needs to realize that the movement she started It's more than her and it doesn't belong to her. It never did really it never did She was just a figurehead to get it going in the right direction to charge it through to King's Landing and then Allow the true ruler to take over just saying Oh and the last thing I said because it was at the end Did you really think that Cersei was gonna listen to anything? To anything like when Tyrion's trying to plead with her like he knows her better than anyone You really think he was gonna be able to Convince her of anything if they couldn't convince her to join the fight against the white walkers Which could have wiped out everyone and everything do you really think you could talk her now into not fighting? When she has to give up the throne in order to not fight No, so that really didn't make sense to me because Tyrion knows better than that Maybe it was just a situation where he's like this is these are the rules. This is what you got to do You got to try and talk it out. I'm supposed to be the diplomatic one So maybe it's a little bit that but the thing is this everyone knows and I'm sure I hope that no one who is watching this thought that Cersei might even think about Not going to war Because she's an emotional brick wall. She's always been an emotional brick wall and that's how it is So where are we going from here? Obviously fighting and like I said it better be awesome and like I said I think Jon Snow ends up on the throne because he has to because he is the good ruler although Georgia our Martin, you know how he does things and things don't always go the right way so maybe we get the worst possible scenario and Cersei wins and Everything sucks that is possible. I Don't know but we'll find out or maybe the people from Doran show up and they take it over or from a high garden and show Up and they take it over. There's a lot in play. There's a lot that could be in play Let me put it that way But anyway, this has been a lot of fun I look forward to doing the videos for the last two real quick shout out to Laura and Danny Sandborn those two individuals have been watching my videos together at night This these videos are a wonderful Couples activity and we'll say that so enjoy you guys Thank you everyone for watching this everyone who has but please help me out hit the subscribe up there Hit the notification bell on YouTube That way you'll know whenever I'm putting out a new video You can go and check it out and word of mouth is a good thing too if you like it To help people also you have something to say about the episode or your thoughts or your predictions Put it in the comments below and thank you very much, but until next time keep it brutal