 Thanks for checking out this review video for Game of Thrones season 8 episode 1 I feel like I barely even heard about this show. Yeah, right It's pretty much all anyone's talking about So just so everyone knows up front if you're watching this video and you have not seen Game of Thrones or you were not caught up To season 8 do not watch any further. Stop go watch the entire show up Including season 1 or season 8 episode 1 then come back to this video because I am going to spoil It's all spoil. So this is basically a Kind of a reaction kind of a review for me. I watched Season 8 episode 1 and as I was watching I wrote down a bunch of notes, which I will go over in this video So sorry, I will be looking down or do that if people like this enough I will continue to do these reviews for the entirety of season 8. So with that said, let's get into it Oh also subscribe, please if you like this video if you like any videos You seen on my channel subscribe and you can check out those other videos. Anyway, so The first thing when I started watching it, you know, I pop it on because I watched it on demand I didn't watch it when it actually showed Sunday night. I know Blast for me. Why would you do that? Why wouldn't you watch it with everyone else? It's because I happened to be off today and I was very tired last night And I was just like I'll just watch it first thing in the morning with some coffee because that's a good way to do it I'm sure some people had it with me the night before Hopefully everyone enjoyed it But anyway, the first thing I saw was the runtime on this and I was like weren't we promised like two hour long episodes or something for This season so then I kind of did a little bit of research and apparently what was put out is that Excuse me allergies and stuff is that the Episodes weren't necessarily going to be an hour. Some will be an hour Some will be over an hour So they had run times broken down and the longest any episode is for the season is an hour and 20 minutes Which I believe the last two episodes. It's only six episodes Episodes five and six are going to be an hour and 20 minutes each But there are a few other ones that go a little bit over an hour some there's one that's like a little bit under so It varies, but I was going in expecting. I'm like here we go two hours a game of thrones Now so it's a little let down, but that may have just been my fault. Oh, by the way Yes, these are the sigils on the shirt My wife got me the shirt some years ago from like red bubble, you know They would do a lot of shirts on there worth it Okay, so digging into what I actually saw when they're in Winterfell and John Snow and Daenerys and everyone's coming in I was like, why didn't are you talk to John Snow then? But I believe what was going on there is it's just been so much time and she was so overtaken by emotion that she was kind of like like kind of frozen like she didn't know what to do she basically Let that kind of quick moment pass where it would be appropriate for her to run up to him and talk to him because she hesitated on it She's like, what do I say to him? It's been so long, you know, just kind of shocked by seeing him after so long So at first I was like go like I'm sure a lot of you were like go talk to him You love him like he's your favorite person in the world basically but that ends up getting taken care of much later when he's at the Whatever that tree is like the weeping tree or something like that the old gods and he He has a really good, you know time with talking with Arya, you know, they show each other their swords They're like hey check out my sword. Hey check out my sword and no It's like a really nice sweet connection And I think that's something that people have been kind of waiting for for some time now. So I thought about that Right Excuse me right after she sees John Snow then she sees the hound and that moment for me Like I'm sure a lot of you people watching this was like. Oh Man, this is something there. There's a lot of gravity There's a lot of weight in that moment where you feel what Arya feels your you know, she's like I Can't believe that dude's still alive. I don't have to kill that guy. I have to kill that guy So then when they meet each other later he she literally Just pokes at him basically and and Kind of I don't know if she's kind of saying like I I will kill you again or just saying I don't I Would rather that you have been dead like I don't care about you at all basically because when he says to her You know, you left me for dead and she's like well, I robbed you first Which That's great writing. That's a wonderful line. I think that was actually like my favorite Exchange in that entire episode to be honest like it's such like a He got you or she got him in that instance. You're like Okay, it is like that and you can understand it. I mean he's on the list Come on you guys. He's on Arya's list along with a bunch of other people were still alive All right, so I will say though something that hit me when the procession was coming in a wonder felt like how Regal how Regal and like powerful Did Daenerys look when she was coming in like the way she was positioned on the horse and like her face. She was kind of like You know, I mean, I don't even know if I'm doing it close to right But I just felt like I was like she She looks like she is a queen like she totally looks like it and she looks like she's demanding the respect She deserves all the respect and then when the dragons come in and people are just like I Mean, it's a cool moment at first. I started to feel like oh, they're really kind of like Making this a little bit like filler wise. They're just starting things slow but I also kind of feel like they were starting it that way and starting kind of slow because they had just run the recap of you know previously on Game of Thrones and I think It was good because that that slow start allowed people to kind of catch up and start processing things in their head Because they don't have everything in that recap So, you know when they give you the recap certain things you see will then make you start thinking Okay, well, then there was also this and then now I'm remembering this So that was kind of giving people mental time to get like prepared for the actual episode So I actually thought it was a good idea and ended up working You can tell the the first meeting between Daenerys and Sansa you can tell that Sansa is Does not like giving up any sort of power I mean first of all there's the issue of she doesn't trust anyone and that becomes very obvious in this episode that she Just does not trust people and that's totally understandable because if you really think about it a lot of times people are Most shaped by their worst relationships in life especially if their relationships they have to endure for a lot of time and think about her You know a long time relationships that were terrible and these are the people who shaped her Cersei basically and little finger so she has just been surrounded by I don't want to say evil but like unbridled meanness and Cunning and just people who will never tell you the truth. So throughout this entire episode. She's very wary of Daenerys she's very she seems very wary of like everyone pretty much and you kind of can't fault her because that's the place She's coming from that's kind of all she's known and that has gotten her to where she is right now as the Lady of Winterfell and I mean, it's sad and it's messed up But at the same time like you look at it in the show and you're just like Come on like get your head straight you have to trust somebody like you these people are good and these people are not good and be able to make that separation in your mind and like be cool to these people don't be cool to these people but It's within the context of the show It's their real life and in real life things are super messy and if you are Santa if you're that person It's hard to figure those things out It really is like how do you know for sure as the viewers we know because we see the whole story She doesn't know everything so That's why it becomes so frustrating for us audience members or just like oh my god We like want to yell through the TV and tell her what she needs to be doing and thinking and saying But you can't and that's kind of one of the best things because Amazing writing for shows and movies is making you feel things Specifically making you feel things you don't want to feel when you get frustrated in a show That's because well when you get frustrated because the writing is good. That's how you know It's really well done not frustrated like watching iron fist frustrated because that's a whole different thing, but anyway I thought it was great how they pretty much immediately bring up the issue of Resources how they bring all these people and Daenerys and all her people, you know the unsullied and the Throcky and you know all these people and they're like We don't really have the resources for this We're running very very low as is and then they introduce the issue of the dragons The dragons have to eat and they're running low on their food What do they say like cows and sheep or something that they were feasting on and it's getting low and that's That's great because you're showing that it's a dire situation and And that there's potential for conflict amongst the people there who have a shared Goal, you know that can happen like it can put them at odds because a huge thing is like when resources become scarce People don't act rationally and you can forget about like people trusting each other and alliances and stuff like that So I like the fact that they injected that into it. It's very real life There are a lot of shows that they would just ignore that because it becomes too messy for their writing So I love that they actually included that it makes a lot of sense and it makes it real um Yeah, and then I just kind of wrote about Sansa being so warped So then we go to the portion where we're we're seeing Yara with Yaron And I felt like at that moment and it ended up happening Because she was alive. I was like, they're definitely setting this up for Theon to redeem himself and come and save her And I didn't think it would be the same episode, but it ended up being the same episode where he shows up He you know kicks him butt and then he lets her loose. She head butts him And then holds her hand out to him which Makes sense because it's kind of like hey, you wimped out and and left me for dead the first time but then you came and saved me so I'm gonna hurt you and then we're good As kind of like now we're even Which it made sense and I and I thought it definitely fit Yara's character Definitely, which by the way, I believe that her name is Asher in the books I have I have gone through the books and I believe her name is Asher in the books Which I think is a better name than Yara, but it doesn't really matter that much does it? uh, so Okay, then we then we end up getting to the the stuff with Yaron and Cersei and like It's funny because you see how disgusted Cersei actually is with Yaron But she needs him so badly That she has to be very calculated with the way she interacts with him because she's like gotta hate this person And I just want to tell him off probably want to just execute him to be honest But I I need so much from him. So I need to figure out how to give him just enough To keep him helping me And not give him too much like not sleep with him But with their interaction in this She had to sleep with him because he he basically alluded to the fact that There were there were cracks starting in him in in his loyalty And that if she doesn't do the certain thing that he was looking for which is Having sex with the queen Um, he was gonna he you know was was not truly faithful Like you got that feeling in the in the actor's acting that he would contemplate defecting that either he would do things for himself Or he would turn to the other side So you see that moment where she just it just kind of clicks in her head like she was fighting it But then she's just like I guess I gotta sleep with this annoying awful disgusting individual Hope he doesn't have barnacles on is you know what? We'll find out And then he all he wants to do after they are are done with coitus Is talk about how he was like how did I compare to uh The to baratheon, huh that dumb drunk. How did I compare to your brother? Because yeah, I know about that it's just like I wouldn't say I feel sorry for Cersei at that moment But I can taste the awkwardness in the air at that point And I'm just like uh and it's obvious that she lies to him about everything She says that she's like oh, I like that. You're so arrogant But he's too arrogant to understand that she's kind of being facetious And he's just like all right sweet arrogance is getting me late again. Love it And then like it's so gross when he's just like leans in before he leaves and he's just like I'm gonna put a prince in your belly. I was like Like I was by myself watching this and I literally had my face scrunch up. I was aware that I was like Oh Because it's gross that guy's gross. He's ridiculous So anyway, I know everyone's hoping now that he gets his at some point during this season Everyone's hoping for that Yeah, and I just wrote down like can anyone stand your on is there anyone who can really like stand your on I mean, I was gonna say not viewer Viewers of the show wise but sure viewers of the show wise can you stand your on But I was thinking like in the show like is there any character who meets this dude is just like I actually like this guy No, I feel like everyone who is like cool with him is they need something out of that relationship So, um I do think that when when theon eventually saved yara Well bailed her out and she's talking to him about going back to the iron islands and saying well, you know You're on can not protect this. So I want to go back and take it back Because screw that guy Um I think she makes a really good point when she says that you know We can be very helpful by taking the iron islands back because if Daenerys and everyone can't defeat the white walkers Then they need a place to go where the white walk the white walkers can't get How about some islands in the middle of the ocean? And I I was like, yeah, you know what she she does make a good point But it seems that they're gonna split at this point. Theon wants to go back Um, as we can see he's reached his turning point right now where he's going to become Um an honorable theon. He was he will no longer be reek. He will no longer be reek. So That's coming. Um Just not not a huge thing, but just I loved the trio when they were talking together of Tyrion, Varys and Davos First of all, I love all three of those characters quite a bit Um, I will say that in the books that I've read Davos is one of my favorite characters in that as is Varys those two Tyrion's good in the books too, but I think he's better in the show And I think that has a lot to do with what Peter Dinklage brings to that role I think he does a really good job with it So just those three talking like it was great dialogue All their personalities coming together. You're just like I like all these people. They're really awesome And they were really smart like what they were talking about. They were very analytical And I like that scene quite a bit Um And then I wrote down when I was watching when um, John Snow and Daenerys were kissing I was like is anyone else getting that Luke Skywalker and Leia romance feeling right now Where you're just like, oh Don't do it. No, please don't do it. And then I think the dragon that one dragon kind of knew it too Because when you like kissing or any looks and the dragon's like staring him down. I was like Yeah, um And I think that's why the dragon's doing that kind of is is I think that's a nod to the audience saying like Yeah, they're related and this is gross right now But I think everyone's kind of known that at this point So and I'll talk about the kind of reveal a little bit later But there's not that much left of this video. So I'm trying to keep it as concise as I can with hitting everything. So um It seems that the issue with all the houses in the north having to do with Sansa You know a lot of them are saying like well We pledge to John snow and we will will follow John snow, but we're not gonna follow Sansa It does seem to me to be um sex related not like physical sex related, but like That she's a woman, you know It does seem to be that like the north is that old timey that they're kind of like we don't We're not gonna follow a lady. We want to follow a king. We want to follow a man But in the end John snow's not their person to follow Yes, but we didn't know that right at that moment Well, I mean a lot of us probably kind suspected it, but we didn't it wasn't confirmed at that point when that's going on um Okay, so here we're getting to it. First of all the samwell tarly seen with the naries and uh, jorah mormon Is kind of tough because like you really feel for samwell I've had a problem throughout the series and actually in the book too of really feeling for samwell tarly because he really is an annoying character and has been a very annoying character But I do feel I do feel that uh in like last season and the beginning of this season He's become way less annoying. He's actually kind of at a point where he's like not annoying to me anymore Because he's becoming more normal because prior to that he just like complained a lot and ran from everything And he just it felt like they hammered that home way too much Like they focused on his cowardice so much and made it so overblown That I was just like, oh my god, here we go another scene with samwell tarly. What's he gonna run away from right now? What's he gonna complain about right now? So it's really nice to see him Matureing really like becoming more of like his own person And the scene where denaries lets him know that she killed his father and brother Which I know his father was a total D bag to him But I think his brother wasn't bad like his brother was decent to him. So that one would really hurt But I mean regardless of what hurt but I feel like that was a good moment that kind of brings home that He's he's kind of unfettered right now. Like he's he's free To be himself entirely because he doesn't have the judgments of his father the judgments of his brother Like he's the only male figure in in the immediate tarly family left. I believe And when he asks asks for the pardon with the sword Like he in the end doesn't even have to because that sorts his then because his father's dead his brother's dead. So Um, I just think really good scene there Like I said, it was kind of hard to watch because you really feel for sam And then he goes outside and he sees bran who bran's a whole other thing for me, which um, I'll talk about in a minute because I don't want to break the flow of this but um But you know sam goes out and talks to bran and bran's like, well, you know, you have to tell john now What's going on? He's like, oh god Can you imagine being the person having to deliver news like that? It's like, oh, so you know this woman you've been kissing potentially sleeping with You guys are related and it's not like cousins or anything or like second cousins third cousins or anything It's it's like that's your sister. Sorry like There's there are not enough baths or showers that will wash that off. I'm sorry But just imagine being that person to deliver that news So he does sam does it. I think he does it kind of the best he can And he's actually a little bit forceful with it like kind of saying look man Like I know this is crappy news and everything but you need to start thinking about a Implications of what this information means and be what you you need to do for Not not just winterfell not just in there. He's not just yourself, but for all of the kingdoms And I think that that like that kind of does show a really good turning point for samwell's character where he's You know meeting conflict kind of head on because that's true. That truly is a very conflict Driven thing to kind of bring up and talk about, you know, not only does he just say Hey, uh, by the way, you're potentially boning your sister. I think you need to not do that But he says also you might want to consider like trying to be the king of all these kingdoms It's That's tough. That's tough to bring up to someone especially when you've been a coward for most of your life So I feel like this is a really good turning point for samwell's character. I dig it. I love it Oh fyi we went to the part where uh barrick tendarian and uh torment giant spain are going through I think that's that was like in the catacombs like the um all the tunnels at the wall and uh At that point I started thinking fyi. I want to tell you people if you haven't read the books at this point at this stage in the story Barrick tendarian is long dead Like he has been dead For a long time And he um, yeah, he's been dead for a long time but I guess they're keeping him around I mean And that's one of the reasons that there was a point where I had been watching the show and then I stopped because Some things started happening that didn't jive with the book very much and I was like, oh, I want to wait for the books Uh, but now I don't even think that's happening, but I think I'm going to do a whole uh video where I'm talking about my feelings on Why I think georgia or martin will never finish those books because I don't think you will But I'll I'll do a different video for that. Um Yeah, so barrick is not around in the books. Not like that matters because they're doing their own thing on the show Uh, he I like that character in the books. He's one of my favorite characters to be honest. He's awesome um Yeah, so I wrote down here. I'm kind of getting sick of brand. I've been sick of brand Uh, I think he's just Well, first of all, I don't think his acting's all that great to be honest And the the biggest thing that's hitting for me is that I feel like becoming the three-eyed raven Was him being becoming emo becoming this emo kid. He's just like Uh That Oh, this is going on all that. He's like the most annoying sage ever It's like, I don't know do other do you people feel the same way about this like put some comments down there Like how do you feel about the brand character? Like I said, I don't think the acting's very good and I just I think the the way the character's written He's just so like blah He's just he's he's like the old sam well tarley just complaining about things and it's just like I mean, I understand like he has a lot to complain about in life But I mean you don't need to put that in the show. I don't know might just be my thing I think it is but Um, but at the end that that moment where we basically we come full circle We go back in a in a sense to season one Where jamie shows up in winterfell and he sees brand and just the eye contact there. You're just like Oh That's right. These two haven't seen each other since jamie pushed brand out of a window And tried to kill him because he was boning his sister. It's like, whoa I thought it was cool. Like we're full circle now at the end of this episode. We're like we're back in season one kind of uh, so um So then after the show, I was just like man, you know, like so many people at the moment really want revenge Like so many people and it kind of points to a larger thing that I think, you know, this entire story this entire series points to which is um Human humanity gets in the way of itself survival wise And we're really really seeing that in season one of or episode. I'm sorry episode one of season eight of game of thrones Where they're really showing you like, hey, this is crunch time. This is like do or die time with the white walkers coming and You're either gonna live or you're not gonna live and what makes sense is for everyone to legitimately come together and defeat this threat But while everyone's saying, yeah, that's what we're gonna do You're seeing that everyone's plotting to you know Sweep others legs from out from under them while this is going on which is putting this mission Totally in danger Like you literally could lose all of humanity just because you want power or just because you want revenge And I think the show's doing a really good job, especially now of kind of pointing out how terrible humanity is and it really does kind of point to real life humanity in a sense where how many times have you seen Like politically or in the news other stories wise Where you're just like man, what are people doing? Like they're looking out for only their own interests They're only about power. They're only about revenge And if you just come together You could do so many good things for humanity as a whole But you can't think outside your own little selfish bubble and that's really what's going on in game of thrones is that You know, maybe things will come together in the end. Maybe there'll be like a nice story But everyone knows how game of thrones is gone and everything could be garbage in the end Like I saw someone who was talking on on social media the other day and they're like Is anyone else rooting for the night king to take the iron throne? I think it could happen It legitimately could happen because george barrard martin That's one of the main reasons the way he writes and we've all learned that season one set us up Or like clearly ned stark keeps his head. Nope. Nope. There it went That's literally what it what it was like and we may get that moment at the end of season eight But i'm fully interested i'm in So that being said i'm going to do a star rating for each of these episodes Out of five and I can do halves and i'm just kind of comparing it to game of thrones episodes And a little bit just like overall tv shows. Um, so I would give this four out of five stars I think you know That makes sense to me because it's the first episode of this new season So they kind of got to like get things working a little bit. They can't just jump in and have everything be nuts and crazy That's gonna come later and we don't have to wait all that long because like I said, it's only six episodes. So Um, yeah, so yeah four out of five stars for me Anyway, hopefully everyone enjoyed this. Please let me know if you did also What your feelings are on this, you know, what did you think of the first episode? What are some theories you have going forward? 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