But, essentially, Daenerys sees the wall, goes through it and beyond the wall sees Khal Drogo (Jason Momoa) and her dead son. And one that reminds me of a scene we saw in season two, when Daenerys had a vision of the Wall.Īt the time, it was hard to know what to make of it. Daenerys bristled at the notion, but it is a question worth considering moving forward. Tyrion spoke for the audience in suggesting that Jon is interested in more than a strategic alliance with Daenerys (again, something confirmed at the end), but that led him to push her on the idea of legacy. But it was a conversation with Tyrion (Peter Dinkledge) that is most fascinating. And obviously her action scenes North of the Wall, and her exchanges with Jon were really key (more on that last part in a bit). Not that it wasn’t close… Looking To The FutureĪ lot happened during this fireside chat.ĭaenerys played a big part in this week’s episode. Of the seven named characters that headed out into the snow, six came back. While a number of Wildlings were lost on the journey, none of them were named characters. The bigger surprise wasn’t that Thoros and Viserion died (some, including The Ringer’s Mallory Rubin, predicted a dragon would fall to the Army of the Dead last night), it was that so many survived. While Beric survived the battle, he lost his friend and the man who’s brought him back six times. That means the Lord of Light has lost another practitioner, the Brotherhood Without Banners has lost a leader and Beric Dondarrion (Richard Dormer) is likely down to his last life. Thoros of Myr (Paul Kaye) also fell along the way. Of course Viserion wasn’t the only casualty of the ill-conceived mission. And now we know that in the final six episodes in season eight, Drogon and Rhaegal will have to face a friend and brother. I spent a lot of time thinking about ice dragons this spring and summer, but Sundays episode made me realize you have to be careful what you wish for.
The close of the episode was that blue eye opening above, a chilling reminder of the bigger war to come, and the fact that Daenerys, Jon and every living soul in Westeros has an impossible enemy left to defeat.
In the closing moments of the Army of the Dead pulled Viserion from the bottom of the lake and the Night King worked his magic. That blue eye isn’t a great sign for our heroes, or really anyone living.īut that wasn’t the end. (Meanwhile, fire hot tears streamed down my cheek, and I’m man enough to admit it.) The beast fell, perished and sank into the frozen lake. The Night King, never one to miss a moment to strut, fired an ice spear into the heavens and through the neck of Viserion, one of Daenerys three dragons. Daenerys and her three dragons traveled north of the wall to rescue Jon and his ill-fated mission, but only two dragons came back. But who would be the third? Well, if you’ve seen Sundays episode, you know that question is sort of academic now. Daenerys (Emilia Clarke) is certainly one, and most believe Jon Snow (Kit Harrington) would be another. Many fans of the show have wondered who the three dragon riders would be. Instead, the show has chosen to show us how the ice dragon would be made, and it came at a cost. Some had theorized the ice dragons were hidden in the wall or already existed to the north.
But what I’d never considered was how it might come about. But the question was whether we’d see it or not. At one point I even named one of my Fantasy Football dynasty league teams the Ice Dragons. It was beautiful and captivating, and something that I couldn’t let go. Earlier this Spring I saw the image above of an ice dragon.
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