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Great acting, great production, and mind blowing CGI cannot make up for poor writing.

"It's easy to do things that are shocking or unexpected, but they have to grow out of characters. They have to grow out of situations. Otherwise, it's just being shocking for being shocking." -GRRM

Was this episode visually appealing? YES. Could the script for this episode be better? YES.

If you just want action, lots of fighting and explosions then this is the episode you are going to enjoy. But if you want a logical story line without plot holes, a poor plot amour and strong character development (or endings), then no. The story line is very obviously rushed and you can tell that D&D has put little thought into writing a script that could match the levels of the earlier seasons, instead they opted for a more cinematic approach with impressive visuals.

The writers must crazy to think we as an audience can accept characters do complete 180 turns out of nowhere

It seems that seven seasons of character development cannot compete against the incompetence of a pair of producers who aspire to Subvert Our Expectations™ by throwing every bit of logic, common sense and character depth through the window in order to provide only violence and shock value.

This was not what Game of Thrones was ever about. The magic was all about the characters, their motivations, their virtues and vices, their relationships with each other, the decisions they made and how they impact the world around them, the high-fantasy setting was only a setting, it was never the focus.

Problem is, the producers Kind Of Forgot™ about the characters' motivations and instead they turned them into mindless plot devices at the service of whatever plot they believed to be the most shocking.

So, OK, this episode divided the fans. Personally, I love it to death. It's so true to this show's heart and soul - and to its historical influences. The developments are certainly not what many people had hoped for, but if you watch the entire show again from the very first episode (I did), this has been coming from the start. I dare say the showrunners have done some impressing sleight-of-hand here, showing us one thing with one hand, tricking us to ignore what the other hand was doing in broad daylight. It's just brilliant.

The one thing that COULD have been done better, however, is the buildup during this season. Season 7 worked well and got us halfway there, but this season got off to a slow start, and the previous episode just had too much ground too cover in one go. Still to me, the issues with some earlier episodes don't diminish the achievements of this episode. It's shockingly, devastatingly great. Period.

6/10 for the visuals and only. This episode is D&D trying to bring back the old game of thrones plot twists the way Martin did, and failing bad. They had enough budget for 10 episodes. They preferred to make 6 rushed hollywood action films.