S05E08 - Hardhome - Have READ The Books

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 01-06-2015 03:22AM #1

...and Discuss!

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 01-06-2015 03:25AM

Wow! Just Wow! Do the words "Holy Sh**balls, That Was Epic!" mean anything to anyone else. Like, I'm gonna be able to sleep after that.

Here was me thinking there was some really awesome conversations happening between Tyrion & Dany, Sansa & Theon at the start of the episode, as well as seeing Cersei get her comeuppance and then a rousing speech from Jon and Tormund to rally the wildlings, but then it escalated at lightning speed and my jaw was on the ground for the last 20 minutes of pure awesomeness... What an amazing hour of television!

The White Walkers were creepy as f**k, but especially those children. It was just incredibly eerie.

I was terrified at one point they were about to unexpectedly kill off Edd, but thankfully he's still standing alongside Jon and Tormund in the end.

December2012 · 01-06-2015 03:32AM

Return to form - what a f$€king brilliant episode!

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 01-06-2015 03:35AM

December2012 wrote: »

Return to form - what a f$€king brilliant episode!

Up there with "The Watchers On The Wall" and "Blackwater" as one of the best episodes of the entire series for me.

Messi19 · 01-06-2015 04:01AM

After a general disappointment of the first seven episodes, all is forgiven. That was amazing

viztopia · 01-06-2015 10:01AM

Did anyone notice a person in the back of Jon snows boat at the end who kept a hood on and never seemed to move? Don't know of it is relevant or not but seemed a little weird

ZeitgeistGlee · 01-06-2015 11:46AM

God damn that was an episode. The ending legitimately gave me chills.

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 01-06-2015 11:49AM

viztopia wrote: »

Did anyone notice a person in the back of Jon snows boat at the end who kept a hood on and never seemed to move? Don't know of it is relevant or not but seemed a little weird

Yeah, at first I thought it was one of the White Walkers (and maybe it could be), but then I was thinking now that Tyrion has teamed up with Dany, perhaps Jon Connington and Aegon never went across the Narrow Sea in the TV version but went beyond the wall to Hardhome and it's possibly one of them in the books. A huge leap, but anythings possible.

Or maybe Benjen Stark or Gendry or someone we've already met before.

viztopia · 01-06-2015 11:56AM

Or maybe merlande (not sure of spelling) has left stannis ?

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

Yeah, at first I thought it was one of the White Walkers (and maybe it could be), but then I was thinking now that Tyrion has teamed up with Dany, perhaps Jon Connington and Aegon never went across the Narrow Sea in the TV version but went beyond the wall to Hardhome and it's possibly one of them in the books. A huge leap, but anythings possible.

Or maybe Benjen Stark or Gendry or someone we've already met before.

Son0vagun · 01-06-2015 11:56AM

And that's were the budget went!

zl1whqvjs75cdy · 01-06-2015 11:58AM

Christ those kids were freaky as ****. Unbelievable episode though, really enjoyed it. Things getting serious and they did a great job of showing how hopeless the fight is against the white walkers without everyone banding together. The fights in the south seem utterly insignificant in comparison.

Hans Bricks · 01-06-2015 12:06PM

Why did I watch that hungover ? Absolutely spectacular. I'm still trying to calm down after that. Nerves are shot. I've been waiting and waiting for the White Walker's appearance since last year.

Did anybody else just shiver when that deep rumbling sound of the impending blizzard began creeping over the mountainside ? That wide shot of the wildlings gazing in terror was epic.

I think it's obvious that Jon is AA reborn after that white walker duel.

MrWalsh · 01-06-2015 12:09PM

That was amazing. I couldn't help but contrast how crap the fight scene in Dorne was compared to that.

The Nights King raising the dead was EPIC! How can you beat an army like that? They just raise the dead and increase the ranks as they go!

How come Jon Snows sword kills white walkers? Valerian steel?

ZeitgeistGlee · 01-06-2015 12:09PM

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

Or maybe Benjen Stark or Gendry or someone we've already met before.

Could be D&D's take on Coldhands maybe? Or maybe Benjen in a Coldhands-esque role?

Hans Bricks · 01-06-2015 12:19PM

You have to admire how both the books and the show keep us all hooked in terms of the mystery surrounding the Others. That was such a pay off.

podgemonster · 01-06-2015 12:55PM

That.....that was one of the finest hours of television I have ever witnessed What a ride! A truly spectacular battle. I'm shaking here, the OH in the next room thought i was watching a match. I leaped from my couch when Jon Snow sliced the White walker in two. It was incredible, fúcking incredible.

GerB40 · 01-06-2015 01:12PM

I'm kinda speechless after that. The episode was head and shoulders above anything we've seen so far this season, add in the battle of Hardhome and I think it's one of the best episodes of the whole show so far. Sansa knows Bran and Rickon are still alive, Arya was sent on her first killing mission, Qyburn has Robert Strong nearly finished, Ramsay saying "I don't need an army, I need 20 good men". What was that about? Daenerys taking Tyrion on as an advisor was a nice little scene. Sam just inadvertently gave Olly justification to give Jon a bit of a stabbing. But then he says "I've been worrying about Jon for years, but he always comes back". Now if that's not foreshadowing I don't know what is...

Everything pales in comparison to Jon arriving in Hardhome. The sudden mist harks back to the prologue in the first episode and the last episode of season 2. I don't understand how Jon killed the White Walker. Was it because of the Valyrian steel? Surely Sam would've found that in some old book. Anyway, Jon had a stare down with the Nights King (who looked a lot like jesus on the cross while he resurrected his Wights). That scene justified the rest of the season so far in my opinion.

Jofspring · 01-06-2015 01:14PM

Class episode.

The Sansa and Theon scene I thought was poor but at least we got it out of the way that Sansa now knows.

Everything surrounding hard home was awesome. Totally flawless.

With no Dorne in this episode it really improved things drastically.

The mountain in another epic fight is surely on the cards now.

Barna77 · 01-06-2015 01:27PM

Wow, just wow

I'm liking Tyrion and Daenery scenes together

Ah jaysus, Arya has turned into Molly Malone

Standman · 01-06-2015 01:46PM

Nice to see the little white walker girl from the first scenes of the very first episode of season 1 makes a reappearance.

Also, the white walker shattering two weapons before being stopped by Jon Snows sword, possibly a nod towards the legend of lightbringer? :eek:

tadcan · 01-06-2015 02:02PM

Wow, just wow. The lack of movement from the person on the boat also looked suspicious to me. Was waiting for a reveal.

Maybe Sam, Gilly and baby Sam, wont be travelling to Esteros, since Aemon is dead in the show and there was no hint of them leaving this episode. I wonder will Jon be back next ep and his stabbing is the epic reveal, since they don't tend to do cliffhangers for ep10.

So it wasn't just me who was signing Molly Malone in my head when Arya walked the streets with her wares.

maryfred · 01-06-2015 02:31PM

Contrast the wideshot scene when Jon and Tormund are sailing into Hardhome and looking at the Wildling army with the final wideshot scene, the boat moving away from Hardhome, Jon looking back at the White walker army that had increased by probably thousands. Amazing!

letowski · 01-06-2015 02:35PM

Wonderful episode, really echo people's comments.

I thought the female leader of a wildling group looked to have a bit of a star about her and would be a good future character, then in good 'oul GOT fashion, she dies.

I think while up to this point it hadn't really been a brilliant season, I like the change in storyline arc's of Jorah and Sansa, while Jon Snow's battle today was obviously a great inclusion to his story.

Proper excited for the final 2 episodes. Winter has come!

Mickeroo · 01-06-2015 02:35PM

Valyrian steel baby! Always had an inkling of course, now we know for sure why those swords are all so important.

Kunkka · 01-06-2015 02:39PM

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Hyzepher · 01-06-2015 02:45PM

Was anyone else waiting for the giant to reappear from the water as a wight (sp)

Mezcita · 01-06-2015 02:50PM

letowski wrote: »

I thought the female leader of a wildling group looked to have a bit of a star about her and would be a good future character, then in good 'oul GOT fashion, she dies.

I knew she was familiar! The lovely Birgitte Hjort Sørensen from the Danish political show Borgen.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2171898/?ref_=tt_cl_t2

Peregrine · 01-06-2015 02:50PM

Standman wrote: »

Also, the white walker shattering two weapons before being stopped by Jon Snows sword, possibly a nod towards the legend of lightbringer? :eek:

Longclaw is made of Valyrian steel which is believed to be the 'dragonsteel' used to fight the Others that Sam read about.

Jofspring · 01-06-2015 03:47PM

It could be for either reason, valaryian steel or lightbringer. It seemed to come as a surprised to the leader/king of the wights when Jon killed the Wight with his sword.

01-06-2015 04:07PM

Great episode. Real development in the first half I can see Dany and Tyrion working well together (on screen and storywise).
Sansa finding out about Rickon and Bran will really push her to light the candle/fight back.
I don't think Stannis will finish out the season honestly.
Jon is gonna die that scene with Sam Gilly an Ollie signalled it really.
The fight at the end was great but the politics involved were great too. Jon's one saving grace may be that if enough of the Knights watch survived the lads left behind might cop on (I doubt it) when they made a big deal of Borjen lady I knew she was a gonner but how she died was epic, glad they got a good actress for the part. Valaryan steel clash and shock was cool I had the same reaction as Jon. Who is the man in the cloak!

They made a big deal of the giant he'll have a role to play at some point I'm sure. Given how heavy handed they are this year with the fore shadowing

ZeitgeistGlee · 01-06-2015 04:09PM

connemara man wrote: »

Jon is gonna die that scene with Sam Gilly an Ollie signalled it really.

On that, I really hope Sam has left before it happens, his poor phrasing was basically a big thumbs up for Ollie. :pac:

S05E08 - Hardhome - Have READ The Books

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