When Game of Thrones can’t figure out how to complicate things in a way that makes any sense, it drags out one of two plot-bots to get the job done: Varys and Littlefinger. Arya’s heightening heel turn may be a way to let some of that spookiness into Winterfell, and if it also affects Sansa’s willingness to heed Cersei’s call to King’s Landing, it’ll serve an extra story purpose as well.Arya’s Magical Powers Are Just a Bunch of Latex Masks By repeatedly insisting on the magnitude of the fight against the army of the Night’s King, there was inevitably going to come a time where rivalries among humans, even among family members, would be dwarfed by comparison. Littlefinger is doing his best to drive a wedge into the Arya/Sansa relationship, but the dagger-aided drawing room confrontation shows that Arya’s lack of trust is slowly assuming a mind of its own.Ĭredit the series for recognizing the corner it’s painted itself into over the course of Season 7. Like the unsuspecting family member in a zombie movie that gets bitten but doesn’t tell anyone, Arya is rapidly transforming into the force for familial unrest that the Stark enemies would kill for. But the dread of the undead spills over into the Stark sister infighting. With a perfect storm of less-than-desirable circumstances facing humanity, it almost seems quaint to pull back and focus on the interpersonal drama between family infighting. Read More: ‘Game of Thrones’ Spinoff Series Will Be ‘Recognizable as a Past Event’ to Readers, Says Screenwriter What’s more terrifying than, on top of everything else, having the very air you breathe seemingly conspiring to destroy you from the outside in? Back at Winterfell, Sansa is once again left to juggle the considerations of men sworn to Jon, all while considering how the encroaching season would be a huge drag on morale. Gendry nearly meets a tragic end with a frozen fate, collapsing like Pheidippides upon returning to Eastwatch. Thoros succumbs to the cold while trapped on their rocky refuge. Winter is decidedly here and it nearly claims as many beloved characters as sword-wielding skeletons. ![]() “Game of Thrones” HBOīut another major enemy is the weather itself. Even before then, the zombie polar bear that gave Thoros, Beric’s trusted priest, his fatal wound was Westeros’ version of a loosed T-Rex running roughshod over the wintery north. Tormund’s near-death plunge into the water seemed like he was destined for a Quint-like end, only with Harryhausen-ish skeletons dragging him into the water rather than a giant shark. When the Hound’s idle rock-tossing gives one jawless column of bones the idea that his fellow fighters can charge the high ground, that sword dragging across the ice might as well be Freddy Kreuger’s claws scraping the sides of the wall as he approaches his prey. It’s there that what seemed at the end of “Eastwatch” like a heist movie/hero squad quest quickly descends into that distinct horror showcase. Sensing the volume of the oncoming hoards, the group retreats across a frozen lake, watching their enemies spill into a newly formed moat around the humans’ tiny stronghold. But not having the luxury to double-tap the lone surviving enemy combatant, the wriggling walker unleashes a demonic shriek that summons a few thousand of his closest friends. Initially victorious over a small band of White Walker and wight scouts, their intended goal of capturing an enemy starts out going according to plan. We’ve seen legions of the undead traversing these snow-swept mountain landscapes, but finally seeing them in battle against Jon’s north-of-the-wall superteam puts into sharp focus the true danger of what they’re up against. The quickest way “Beyond the Wall” builds this tension is by repeatedly invoking the enemy. Read More: ‘Game of Thrones’ Review: ‘Eastwatch’ Shows Off an Expanded World That May Doom Everyone ![]() ![]() ‘Class of ’09’ Review: Hulu’s Time-Hopping FBI Drama Lacks the Courage of Its Convictions
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