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on the spoiler side of things...

i thought they did the death of the dragon really well because as soon as it died, I was thinking, "ah crap, they're going to reanimate it" but then it sinks below the frozen lake and I'm thinking, "ok cool, we won't have to worry about that" so when the final scene happens and you see the chains, i got taken completely by surprise.

Now... here's an important question about the fantasy. That undead bear thing that attacked them, that thing was just a wild animal right? It doesn't fight on the side of the dead or living, it's just a wild animal right? Otherwise, it would be marching as part of the army of the dead. Now, this is important, if that thing isn't tamed (and I don't believe it is), then the dragon should also be a wild animal and should NOT be fighting with the army of the dead, but I'm thinking it will be, which would be dumb. What do you think? Wouldn't it be the tits if somehow it is still drawn to Dany? And listens to her? That would be pretty neat.

I thought it was really lame how quickly they wrapped up Uncle Benjin. It felt like a quickly tied-up loose end. And I think we're done for people sinking in the water and we're supposed to assume they are dead. They've done that schitck two episodes in a row! What the heck?

most of the men that went north of the wall died but I thought most of those were real characters. Who besides the fire priest died up there? The guy that fell who Jon couldn't save, was that someone important? I can't remember who went North beside Jon, Gendry, Hound, fire priest and the guy with 9 lives.

still love the show

It's unclear how much awareness the wights have. Are they just brainless zombies, like The Walking Dead?? It seems like they are totally in thrall to whatever White Walker is controlling them, but they still know how to walk and fight, etc, so they're not just dumb animals. So, I'm assuming that the dragon will maintain it's basic intelligence, but it'll be under the total command of the Night King. As plot twists go, that's a doozy. It looked like the dragons were totally going to overpower the dead army, and that would be the end of THAT. That was a great reversal. The stakes just got jacked up even higher, and all of sudden, it's a much more level playing field.

In terms of characters -- it was Jon, Tormund, Jorah, Gendry, Thoros (red priest), Beric, the Hound, and 4 or 5 redshirts. All the redshirts died (of course) and Thoros. The other six named characters all survived. I expected Tormund and maybe Gendry to both die as well.

i would have liked to see ONE shot of Tormund or the Hound reacting to seeing dragons for the first time. I know they had their hands full but it seems like that's been a monumental moment for EVERY CHARACTER from Jorah to Tyrion to Jon. It's a miracle for crying out loud but I understand that the Army of the Dead is a tad distracting.