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spoilers from episode 2 obviously we do top 10 and Easter eggs from the
books starting with number 15 the trial of Jamie Lannister a nice mere 40 Ria's
trial during season 4 and Cersei having to take the walk of shame all of the
Lannister children now have been held to task for their past misdeeds Tyrion is
really the only one of them who was on trial for a crime that he did not commit
although he had plenty of past misdeeds that he was not being tried for there
were all kinds of references from Daenerys to him becoming the Kingslayer
you my father apparently Viserys told her a lot of
stories about Jaime when she was young you promised me an army all I see before
me is one man with one hand everybody seems like they're trying to set Jaime
off but he takes it really calmly until brand gave him that record drop moment
just like he gave a little finger during season 7 chaos is a ladder in Jamie's
case it was the quote that he gave him before he pushed him out the window the
things I do for love they call out the fact several times during the episode
the Jaime has been on the opposite side or enemies with pretty much everybody in
this room like we here all at one point wanted to the Starks now we're here
defending it when they're sitting around the heart at the end of the episode
think about how pissed Tywin Lannister would be if you were alive to see them
do this which i think is also a nice name drop from Tyrion reminding you
about bronze secret mission to assassinate them with the crossbow he
used to Tywin during season four important detail - according to Jaime
the golden company truce the Cersei has give or take 20,000 - the ones that
you're on is already she'll have enough people to defeat anyone who
survives the battle with the White Walkers during episode three next week
or at least Jaime thinks so unless there's some other big twist which I
talked about towards the end of this video when I start talking about the
White Walkers I think there's going to be a big twist with the night king and I
don't think he's going to do what you expect him to do like bran was trying to
concoct this plan to lure him out into the open
there's a really important reason why I don't think that's going to work
I love the Jamie refused to apologize for the Mad King I'd do it again
in a second I was protecting my family my house he refuses to apologize to
Sansa for taking in Ned Stark I was acting under orders it was time of
war I did what I needed to do but later in the episode he opens his conversation
with bran by apologizing for pushing him out the window
14 though was just setting up the Brienne Jaime arc during the season they
have one of the most compelling relationships on the show I know there's
all this torment stuff and they're using for comedy in the background the big
woman's do that but really I think it's all about Brienne and Jamie's
relationship so I'll talk about what that is because it's not quite the same
thing as Gendry and Arya's relationship or Jon Snow it's an Eris's relationship
I think the show has just done a lot more work establishing their
relationship than say like Jon Snow and Daenerys whose relationship which they
kind of sped through season seven like they meet and then a couple episodes
later they're deeply in love they were a lot of callbacks stirring Brienne's
testimony all the way back to season three he protected me at the cost of his
hand that was Locke's group during season three and Brienne also very aptly
puts that the only reason why salsa is alive because of an oath that Jamie
swore to Catelyn Stark to help find her children and bring them home which is
why he gave Brienne Oathkeeper and her armor and set her off on her way the way
Sansa explained it during the episode though is that she trusts Brienne and
Brienne trusts Jamie it's not this Sansa trust Jamie she's willing to give him
the benefit of the doubt based on brand's testimony and because of the
Cersei twist almost none of them are listening to Tyrion so he's kind of on
the outs for most of the episode number 13 Jaime and brands reunion in the
godswood so this is sort of brand telling Jaime that he only could become
the man he is today if he had pushed bran out the window if
he had not he would still be the golden trash bag character that he was at the
beginning of season one it doesn't absolve Jaime of any of his guilt and he
has this really funny reaction to brand when Brant explains how he's not brand
stark anymore I'm kind of the three-eyed Raven it's the same quizzical look that
sanso had on her face when bran told the same thing to her I don't know
what that means three-eyed Raven what's that even though bran has green sight
and he probably has an idea for what Jaime's role is specifically he doesn't
come right and tell him and I love the way they
leave their conversation - is that why should you worry about whether or not
I'm going to tell anyone the truth about what you did to me because we all might
die tomorrow so what would it matter after that so you almost get a version
of that same extreme Jamie reaction face that you got at the end of episode 1
when he first noticed brand like oh my god
but number 12 Jamie and Tyrians reunion they have a funny moment just remarking
about how things have changed so much since the pilot episode remember the
last time we were here my golden days are behind me
Tyrion says his whoring days are behind him and they have that funny moment
where the stark soldiers on the balcony just spit down at them but turns out
they also kind of hate Daenerys - so Tyrion tries to reassure Jaime like
things aren't quite so bad they sort of reflect on Jaime's relationship with
Cersei and Tyrion actually quotes himself from earlier on the show so when
he talks about the way that he wants to die
when I'm 80 years old in my bed so on and so forth that was actually a line of
dialogue from way back I think it was either season one or season two when he
was talking to the crow hills clans of the Vale when he was with Bronn they got
captured he was trying to talk the storm crows into taking him back to Tywin for
a really big reward the weird thing about Tyrion in the episode - is that
there were a couple of different conversations that he had where he
talked about his own death as if he's prophesying his own death before the end
of the series so just watch out for him any character that talks about their own
death that much is probably going to wind up dying at some point number 11 was
Jaime and Brienne Sri Union in the yard they have a conversation about pod which
seems kind of funny but really it's a metaphor for what's going on with Jaime
during this season so Jaime says he's come a long way but Brienne says he's
still got a lot to learn just saying that you know even though Jaime is doing
the right thing now trying to be honorable he still has a long way to go
before he completely redeems himself Brienne stops him short as they're
talking about battle planning why aren't you insulting me and it's
sort of them acknowledging the air between them where they left things last
time where they know that they care about each other but because neither one
of them is completely prepared to directly address the way they feel about
each other she just kind of pushes them away and it gets even more tense towards
the end of the episode but I do feel like the two of them later in the
episode probably had one of the best scenes in the entire episode number ten
was Daenerys versus Sansa so this actually lets you know about what's
going to be happening after the big battle of winter
like what happens when we defeat the night king there's still going to be a lot
of problems to solve they're both wearing their new outfits Sansa has her
new leather armor on Daenerys has the new fur lined dress they make remarks
about families being very complicated obvious set up for the R + L equals J
info bomb that John is getting ready to drop on her the fact that it's just
going to complicate both of their families Stark and Targaryen they make a joke
about Jon Snow being short because she was talking about Khal Drogo who was the
man that you loved before John she talks about someone who was taller that was
Khal Drogo that she was referring to but the real tension between the two of
those characters is all about what happens to the north after they win the
battle of defeat Cersei and put Daenerys on the Iron Throne
Sansa once continued independence for the north after the Battle of Daenerys
clearly isn't ready to offer that to her so they're going to have to circle back
around to that after the big battle to address it before the finale the reason
they're cut short though is actually great number 9 Theon in sonses reunion
this is actually one of the more touching reunions in the episode it
reminds you of the beginning of season 6 when they first escaped Winterfell
together so there were actually a couple really good Sansa Theon scenes during
the episode she seems like she cares about him a lot the whole reason he came
back though is obviously to atone for what he did he even references it later
when brand explains his plan for bringing the night came out in the open
and the gods would let me defend you with the Ironborn so it's sort of him
atoning for sacking Winterfell during season two but like I said I think
there's going to be a big twist with bran's special plan in the night King I don't
think it's going to work so I don't think things are going to go down the way they
think they will number eight though Jon Snow's reunion with edy and torment so
this is actually just a funny moment where he sees edy and the music swells
up but torment almost tackles him out of frame before he can hug edy torment was
like the master blocker of this episode like he shows up just to make things
awkward with Brienne and Jaime later in the episode he stops Jon Snow from
hooking edie torment is a master at stepping in between people the whole
point of this scene though was just to catch everyone up to speed about what
happened the last hearth r.i.p a little Lord umber and they basically say that
anyone who hasn't already made it to Winterfell
like the Glovers over in Deepwood Motte they're already part of the army of the
Dead so I think that's a way to say that by the time the White Walkers have shown
up at the end of the episode walk into frame they've already hit
Deepwood Motte so all the Glovers are somewhere walking
around with the other whites in the background but number seven the big
battle planning scene so this is montage Jon Snow giving voiceover an
inspirational battle planning speech while they all show off the defense's
around Winterfell he explains that they only need to the night king to stop
the entire army of the Dead in the other White Walkers so that's when brand
launches into his big explainer the really cool extra new detail we get I
don't know if this is a book thing that George RR Martin helped them with or if
this is just the showrunners sort of coming up with this on the fly is that
they say that the three-eyed Raven is one of many in a line of three-eyed
Ravens that the knight king has been trying to up to this point so the
main target as we all suspected earlier this season is brand himself the actor
that plays the night king before the season started did a big interview where
he says oh I have a target during the season the night king is coming for
someone you'll learn what it is but number six Brant explains his plan for
luring him out into the open now Brian seems like he's assuming that the night
king is going to come to Winterfell but I actually don't think that he's going to
show up because what happens at the end of the episode when the White Walkers
walk into frame on their horses you don't see the night king anywhere and
you don't hear the dragon screeching or flying in the background so for all we
know the night king has turned around and gone down to King's Landing to try
and start creating White's down there so that they have to fight a war on two
fronts instead of just this Battle of Winterfell
but brands plan is to just wait for him in the godswood and use himself as bait
so that's the omen Theon jumps in and says we'll protect you but like I said I
don't think that it's going to go down the way they expected to Brandon samwell's
explanation for why the night king wants to him is a little more eloquent
but it actually does line up with most people's fan theories just that the
night king wants to bring winter to the entire world a never-ending winter
that's why they call it the long night he wants to end man as a species in bran
says the reason why he wants to him because he's a living memory of
everything that's happened in the world so you him you memories of
that then Samwell launches into a much more eloquent explainer for it all which
may be set up for that Lord of the Ring style twist that everyone was joking
about last season what if Samwell is the one to write the book about what just
happened and he calls it a Song of Ice and Fire
Samwell says that's what death is forgetting being forgotten in the way
that you do not forget is that you write stories down so
hopefully they won't be quite so on the knows about it Allah Lord of the Rings
but let me know in the comments if you actually think that that's going to happen
based on what Samwell is saying in this moment there are a couple really great
smaller scenes with a lot of the characters having moments together like
you have the Nights Watch brothers standing on the battlements like they
stood on the wall during season one Samwell talking to it and Jon Snow then
sort of poking fun at Sam well Samwell slayer of White Walkers lover of ladies
we're really screwed now if this would it's come to they try to give all the
main characters moments like this like you have the surge or a moment with a
little bear where she tells him I wish you good fortune in the wars to come and
he's like okay fine because she doesn't want to hide down in the crypts with
everyone else so we did finally get a surge or a little bear scene but that's
probably going to be the extent of it I don't expect them to get a whole lot of
time together number five was everyone around the hearth even though they tried
to play it really comedic Lee there were a couple really great moments it went a
little over the top with tormund explaining himself like do you know how
I got the name tormund Giantsbane a giant when I was 10 climbed in bed
with his wife in the giantess thought I was her child suckled me at
her teat for three months that's why I got so strong Giants milk and they just
go ups a whole bunch of it down from his horn they're the funniest thing about
this scene though is actually Brienne's horrified reaction you just see her
speechless they're just trying to take it all in oh my god what did I just hear
and during all those moments where he was trying to proposition Brienne you
could actually see her in frame wit Jamie just out of focus in the budget
sort of their way of addressing the funny love triangle that's been
happening for the past couple of seasons but like I said I think this is all
about Jaime and Brienne they've been setting that up ever since
season 3 ever since he explained why he became the Kingslayer number four was
arias second reunion with the Hound which was a little more personal but
they also got the ring in with barek who she hasn't seen since season three I
love the way she checked him too what are you doing here you've never
fought from anyone but yourself and then he remarks I fought for you didn't I
which is a way to show you that they both come a long way he's actually being
more honorable being a good person she's kind of gone in the opposite direction
even though she is fairly well adjusted she's a stone-cold at this point
they drop a really big red wedding reference when Barrack walks up into how
it gets really pissed off oh we might as well be at a bloody wedding which at the
end of season 3 they walked up at the Quinn's right after the red wedding had
gone down aurilla lets us know that Barrack isn't on her list anymore I
think that happened during season six when the wake was questioning him it was
just a really way of acknowledging how Oriya cared about the hound at that
point number three though was Orion Gendry finally doing the deed as awkward
as possible as you would expect from a couple people like that Arya's first
time I would want to die without experiencing this so let's just get it
on get it over with I'm not the red woman take your own damn
pants off she seems a little surprised when he tells her about his true origin
I'm Robert Baratheon's bastard but I don't think that mattered to her before
so I don't think that it really changes anything about the way she feels about
Gendry the other really interesting thing too about their scene is that when
she's taking her clothes off Gendry notices all of her scars from her
training it's the same kind of look that Daenerys gave John Snow
when she saw all of his scars during season 7 episode 6 like wow what
happened there there's clearly a story behind all those scars number two though
obviously was Jamie knighting Brienne if you didn't recognize they were actually
playing the same soundtrack from when he gave her oath keeper even though it
sounded like an oath keeper theme song the name of the song is actually called
Kingslayer so it started out as a Jamie Lannister theme then once they got to
season four their relationship had blossomed a little bit more it turned
into a theme for both of them in that Oathkeeper moment so I think of the song
is more of an oath keeper theme which makes sense now that he's knighting here
rise a knight of the Seven Kingdoms it's a really interesting book Easter egg
there is that a knight of the seven kingdoms is a reference to the book
called a knight of the seven kingdoms which covers the adventures of Duncan
egg the George RR Martin wrote within the world of A Song of Ice and Fire Brienne
of Tarth is actually related to Sir Duncan the tall if you couldn't tell
what that Podrick song was - big surprise twists pod is apparently a
really amazing singer maybe the other surprise twist is that's what he did to
the girls in the whorehouse so many seasons ago like what did he do to those
girls that make them love him so much but the name of the song that he's
singing is called Jenny's song and it's fabled that the song was always
requested from Jenny by the ghost of the high heart as payment in exchange for
telling the Brotherhood without banners of her prophetic dreams so it's kind of
a book easter egg for something that they didn't really do on the TV show but
obviously the song itself is just really nice the way they use it during the
episode I love the transition to the next big
john snowden air scene - as the song is being sung of this big montage you see
all the different characters and groups all around the castle you see Daenerys
enter the crypts as Jon Snow is standing at lyanna stark's statue and she remarks
about Rhaegar Targaryen oh he did all these terrible things delay on a stark
they said that he was a great singer obviously referencing the Jenny of
oldstone song that compels Jon Snow to tell her the truth
and she doesn't believe it almost as much as Jon Snow didn't believe it he
was a little or quicker to believe what Sambo was telling him oh your best
friend and your brother told you something and you're going to believe it
outright it's true I know it's true the way they're spinning Daenerys his
reaction is that she's thinking more of it from a succession standpoint oh you
have a claim to the Iron Throne now you're competing with me for the thing
that I've wanted this whole time even though I think that they're over blowing
that point a little bit did probably going to use it as a point of drama between
the two of them for the rest of the season at least until the last couple of
episodes everything goes wrong for everyone all at the same time as things
just start spinning out of control as the White Walkers arrive the horn sounds
the White Walkers arrive but like I said I think the twist that we're not
expecting here is that the night King won't even be at this battle it'll just
be his white Walker generals in the army of the night King will try
to beeline down for King's Landing so prepare yourself next week we'll be
there Helms Deep episode is they're calling it Lord of
the Ring style just an episode where it's nothing but this giant battle going
on the biggest battle in TV history so it is going to be epic the episode is
going to be way longer than episodes 1 & 2 so I might have to do like a top 20
video but leave all your questions in the comments below
I'll do an episode 3 trailer video tomorrow I'm going to giveaway winner when
I post that in a QA video on Tuesday just like I did last week but while you
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