of Thrones. Traditionally this show has kept to its lineup of having some heavy things

going down in the last three episodes of the season. In season 4 we had Oberyn Martell

Vs The Mountain fight. In season 5 we had Jon Snow's journey to hardhome.

Both epic episodes which delivered on a lot of points and really shook things up in the

world both in terms of story development and scope.

I hate to say it but season 6 did not deliver on what the standard they've previously set

up. Now I won't say that this was the worst episode we've gotten this season because I still hold

firm that episode 1 will be the worst but this week definitely won't be making my top

5. Before I begin the video I must stress one important thing that some people failed

to understand in my video for last week's episode. This is a review video and everything

said here is my opinion. If you disagree with anything I say here? you are welcome to dispute

me in the comment section or make a response video explaining why you thought otherwise.

But as I said this is a review video and my job here is to make sure I point out all the

good stuff and the bad.

For the 99% of you who understand this? I apologize for having to explain it but there

is always that 1% who don't get it so I felt this was necessary to point out. Now with

that out of the way lets get to the review.

First lets start with King's Landing. One of the most hyped up moments of the season

6 trailers was Cersei's one liner "I choose violence" and I was waiting for it all season.

It felt like as soon as she said that then all hell would break loose and for a minute

it did but then it stopped for what ever reason. We've seen the zombie mountain destroy people

before but I wanted a little more carnage on the Sparrows and especially Lancel. For

such a destructive force of a man he is becoming very under utilized this season. The main

purpose of King's Landing this episode is to deal another hit to Cersei who planned

on relying on the old Lannister manuever: Trial By Combat. Well now that is out of the

question because the High Sparrow had Tommen out law the practice, probably after he realized

that there aren't anymore crazy bi sexual Dornish princes willing to fight the zombie

mountain.

Now..this will be kind of douchey for me to say but what I'm loving this season about

Cersei's situation is that

her power is leaving her and the situation is becoming much more dire. Somehow shes holding

it all together that it's almost inhuman. At this point any normal person would be in

a deep depression and crying constantly over the humiliation, helplessness and loneliness

she must be feeling. Her only loyal companions are frankstein and his monster which are about

as comforting as a diner date with Ramsay. We also find out that Qyburn has learned some

devious secret, possibly about the High Sparrow which is a sure setup for their confrontation

in the last episode of the season.

And as i said my one disappointment with the King's Landing stuff was how anticlimactic

the whole "I choose violence" scene turned out to be. I expected him to take out his

sword and go crazy on those fools but he just ripped one guy's head off. I did however enjoy

the little twist Tommen brought in this week by outlawing the trial by combat practice

which really does remove Cersei's option for survival. I've said it before and I'll say

it again: the High Sparrow isn't a fool and its possible that, ever since he had his first

meeting with Cersei in season 5, hes been playing her all this time. She thought she

could use him but he used her and is slowing removing her options in every single episode.

Hes a great player in the King's Landing scene and at this point she will have no options

left to play other than blowing up the city with wildfire which seems to be a theory amongst

many people and I can see where they're getting at here. Its later foreshadowed in a conversation

with Jaime and Edmure about the love mothers have for their children. But the King's Landing

stuff was a mixed bag for me and once again there wasn't enough here to keep me really

invested in much of what was going on but I am curious about her next move and I'm really

hoping she and Tommen are secretly working together because if not then her setting the

whole city on fire will really start seeming very probable. Also I'm starting to feel bad

for Kevan because hes really pissing her off and something tells me he won't be making

it to next season. But King's Landing was okay for me, its becoming a guilty pleasure

of mine watching Cersei get whats coming to her but I'm also hoping for some type of plan

B or master plan to come through and surprise us all.

Now lets turn to the Riverlands where Brienne and Podrick have arrived on scene. I did like

the little scene between Bronn and Podrick, as I said in my previous video, Bronn can

be paired up with anybody and make it fun and interesting. He's pretty much saying what

we're all thinking about Brinne and Jaime and here's hoping he survives til next season.

But lets move on to the main course with Jaime and Brienne and in this episode their interaction

was really cool and little cute. It almost felt like two professional people who like

each other a lot but they're trying not to show it in the work environment. I don't want

to go ahead and say that Brienne and Jaime are hardcore in love with Brienne but you

can tell he has some respect for her and he sees a lot of himself in her...and no I don't

mean that sexually. Some people are saying that he likes Brienne a lot more than Cersei

and that he went all douchebag on Edmure, threatening his child, because he wanted the

siege to end quickly before Brienne was put in danger.

While that does make sense I don't think he loves her more than Cersei. Jaime and Brienne

have been through a lot of things and she helped bring him back from a big depression

in season 3 and in a way you could say that she is his best friend. She was with him through

a lot of shit and, to me, what they have is a mutual respect for each other as friends.

I like to think that not every man and woman on television need to fall in love with each

other.

As for the whole conversation Jaime had with Edmure? I liked it a lot. Jaime has changed

a lot since season 1 and in a way I kind of miss him being a jerk a little and we got

to see a bit of that. I do like Edmure's take on Jaime and how we've come to see him as

a good guy but to the real good guys? Jaime is just another asshole and that makes sense.

During their conversation you could sense a little desperation in Jaime for wanting

the whole thing over with, not just because Brienne was there but because he wants to

get back to Cersei and even I'm surprised he came out and told Edmure about that. But

eventually he does convince Edmure to have the gates lowered and I did like the scene

between the Blackfish and the Tully soldiers. Edmure is lord of Riverrun and it shows how

loyal many of these soldiers can be to their own.

But my disappointment in the Riverland scenes comes mainly from the Blackfish and his stupidity.

For him to stay at the castle and die was terrible and poor writing on the show runners

part. And if you're wondering why? well its because their family words are "Family. Duty.

Honor" in that order. Their House puts family above all else. He could've gone with Brienne

because he is well known throughout the continent as one of the best soldiers to have under

your command. He may not have had the numbers needed to defeat the Boltons but having him

around does help in many others ways. His decision was selfish and made no sense. The

House Tully words are taught to Bran in season 1 by Maestr Luwin so Even if you hadn't read

the books you would still know that. Hell I was watching the episode with someone who

hadn't read them and even they thought it was a dumb decision.

what really gets me is that they brought back another great character and did absolutely

nothing with him and he just ended up being some old man yelling at people to get off

his lawn. The blackfish was another character wasted just to get Jaime out of King's Landing.

They did this last season when they introduced the Sand Snakes and House Martell for that

exact reason and they still managed to fuck it up. All to get Jaime out of King's Landing

and give him something to do. I'm all for that but how hard is it to make his trip actually

mean something? While his conversation with Brienne was cool and I did like that little

wave he did to her it would've meant more had Brienne actually accomplished her mission

in bringing the guy back with her to Sansa. It's also a huge slap in the face to the audience

to have the guy die off screen too. I mean come on...if you're going to bring back someone

like him at least give him an honorable death like you gave Barristan. But once again the

Riverlands, like King's Landing, is just a mixed bag for me. While I loved Brienne and

Jaime together again and Jaime's speech to Edmure...I really hated that resolution with

the Blackfish and how it made no sense. It's almost as though they're just bringing back

old characters to quickly kill them off so their fates aren't just left hanging out there

before they finish the series. It was very anticlimatic and seems a little like lazy

writing.

And speaking of lazy writing we come to the Hound on the warpath. It starts off simple

enough with him chopping off some heads, kicking ass and taking names and then we find out

that it wasn't the Brotherhood without banners but just some of their members gone rogue.

Instead of tearing them apart he just helps them in the punishment by kicking the block

of under from under their feet. Wow...way to cock tease an entire episode's worth of

revenge into a minute of resolution. We spend almost an entire episode with those people,

they get killed and its basically resolved so quickly I almost don't get the point of

this. I mean I get the point is to have the Hound team up with Beric Dondarion and Thorors

of Myr and it sounds like they're gearing up for a fight against the Night's King, which

is cool. I get that but why couldn't those three guys actually engage in an all out fight

with him? Once again I understand that not everything in the episode needs to be like

an action movie but if that's the case then don't set your story lines up for a big fight

scene and then just have him assist in their deaths.

The only thing in the scenes with the Hound that I really enjoyed is his interaction with

the Brotherhood before and after those guys are killed. The idea of the Hound joining

up with them and heading north is awesome and I would love a reunion with him and Sansa.

Shame they couldn't have gotten there before the big battle in episode 9 but the thought

of him coming back next season is still great and there leaves a lot of room here for what

they can do. Oh and just so you know...now that its confirmed Beric is still alive? that

means no Lady Stoneheart. Hate to break it to you guys....well maybe not yet. Maybe the

Hound's narrative this season will show us but I'm doubting the hell out of it and CleganeBowl

is losing steam very fast if hes headed north and his brother is still south in King's Landing.

This episode has been really bad for fan theories.

Over in Mereen we get Varys and Tyrion one last time before he departs for places unknown

all in an effort to help Dany get to Westeros. For me I loved these guys this season, I always

enjoy their banter and Varys, to me, is always a joy to see on screen. Some people believe

Varys is heading Dorne to find allies there that would love to see the Lannisters overthrown

in King's Landing and I'm apart of that group.

One of the many friends Dany will find in Westeros will start with the people who hate

those in power and House Martell will definitely be one of those people. I also noticed one

tiny little thing that not a lot of people caught on to...Varys and Dany are never in

the same place at the same time. I'm not saying they're the same person, although I would

love to hear the theory behind that one, I think there is some major reveal that the

show runners are keeping from us that would spoil something about her lineage. Varys has

been the spymaster in King's Landing since before she was born and he could shed light

on a lot secrets we still don't know.

One of the biggest is that maybe her father isn't the Mad King but is actually Rhaegar

which would make her half Stark.

But Mereen was very short this episode and it started off good but then went almost nowhere

with that cringe worthy scene between Tyrion, Missandei and Greyworm. Originally I thought

their banter in previous episodes was charming but this went on for way too long. Its interrupted

when the combined forces of the masters start attacking Mereen. Tyrion was wrong and they're

making sure he knows that. But it's okay....we'll mount a counterattack. We still have some

siege weapons we used to catapult the collars of slaves into Mereen back in season 4, lets

use those and fire back, gather the troops and we'll launch a push against their troops,

Oh no wait...Dany's here with Drogon. Never mind everybody go back to your beds, go home.

Dany's here with her dragon that flies over the water and can burn things below. Never

mind. Everybody back to their drinking. Okay let me ask you, the people watching this video,

a question: What do you think is going to happen in Mereen in episode 10? just take

a guess. Pause this video right now and write in the comments below how you think Mereen

will be resolved by episode 10.

If you guessed that Dany will release all three dragons on the enemy fleet then you

are probably right. We haven't seen the three dragons kick ass together since the end of

season 2 against the warlocks. There was an earlier scene with Tyrion and the other two

dragons and the purpose of that was to mainly show us that they still exist, much like the