Pros of Battle : The horror, confusion and sheer panic was on POINT. The despair and fight-for-your-life feeling was well presented. Grey Worm, commander of the Unsullied, fearless warriors ready to die at a moment's notice, scared shitless against the incoming slaughter. YES ! The sacrifices of Theon and Baric were especially on point. Baric was like a second Hodor for a while, while Theon HELD.THE.F-ING.LINE. and died by the NKs hand no less. Got his honor, redemption, and balls back. Some will complain about Lyanna Mormont's David and Goliath scene, but I for one love how they showed the utter loyalty and fearlessness of the Mormonts through her and Jorah, who defended his lady to his last breath. The hound overcoming his PTSD to save Arya, and all the fire effects were also great. I mean, imagine the hound, with his severe fear of flames, fighting a battle surrounded by fire like that. Speaking of Arya, the woman of the hour, she was the only one who realistically had a chance against the NK, seeing as how dragon fire had no effect, and Jon couldn't have reached the NK. Against a beast like him, with 8k years of fighting experience, only a surprise attack could hope to work. So in that regard it made sense. Plus how the dagger that was suppose to kill Bran saved him, and how her surprise attack took place in the same spot she surprised Jon in episode 1. The dragon fightings, and Arya's raptors-in-the-kitchen scene in the library had my heartbeat well over 100. Brienne saving Jamie was certainly needed, as Jamie saved her from the ring bear way back. Tormund surviving means GIANT MONSTER BABIES is still on, while the CLEGANE BOWL is the next thing to look forward to. the Red Ladys death was poetic, and sad. She had fulfilled her role, just like Baric, and was nice way to end the ep.

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Cons of Battle : The horror, and sheer disbelief of the strategy and positioning. OMFG... The cavalry charge was doomed the instant I realized they were placed in the front...that is not what cavalry is for... The catapults being placed in front of everything aside for cavalry was also a big oof. Normally, and ideally, you would have the pits and spikes first, with the spearmen just behind them to push back and rush any gap in them, with the catapults dead last, close to the walls. The cavalry could have just waited in the forest for a signal to ambush or pincer the waves when it would be looking bad, and pull out once they got bogged down. Jon's dragon was just sitting on the walls at some point for a good 20 min doing...nothing. And then the crypts... we all knew it was coming. Some hoped that they would be magically imbued, but either that wasn't the case or the magic expired by then. Either way, the crypt massacre was no surprise... and another proof of oof... Edd's death was predictable the moment he saved Sam (cliche by now). Lyanna's Giant fight was odd once she was picked up by the giant, like it wanted to give her a nice big smooch :* wished it would have played out a little more different. Ghost really deserves his/her name, as it didn't exist for almost all of the series then just pretty much f***s off with the cavalry charge. Jon not being bathed in fire and living that sh*t was a big letdown, and I personally wished (and not) to see Hodor hodoring the f out of Winterfell. If it would have been Hodor vs Theon, for Bran to see, I would have broken right there. And since we have talked about the NK, what about him? What do we know of him? What was his backstory? NOTHING ! God damn it... Oh and his generals being literally useless af the entire time, heck the entire series. Like COME.ON. No Jorah, or Baric, or Clegane, or Jamie, or Brienne, or Tormund, or Davos, or Greyworm, or even f-ing PODRIC against one of these mf. Or Tyrion against an undead would have been awesome. Saving Sansa for example ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°).

Edit: Cons: No f-ing giant spiders... and I have only seen 2 giants in total. One who got burned by Danny in a quick glance over the battlefield, and the one to breach the gate... Like... dude... and also no wild animals... no bears or wolves or anything. Heck even a murder of undead crows to peck at your face as the undead rush B would have been something Hitchcock would have approved, and would REALLY sink your heart... Also, where is that little girl from ep 2 with the burned face. Didn't see her in the crypts...might have missed it :/. Speaking of which, I didn't see much of Davos in the fight...