game of thrones beyond the wall parental review

#Game of thrones beyond the wall parental review series

Returning to Eastwatch, Jon apologizes to Daenerys for Viserion's death she tearfully accepts the loss as the cost of her learning the truth, and she vows to fight the Night King with Jon. Jon is saved by Benjen Stark, who gives Jon his horse to ride to Eastwatch while sacrificing himself to hold off the wights. Jon stays on the ground to cover the others' departure, but is pulled into the water. The men try to evacuate on Drogon but the wights continue their attack using an ice javelin, the Night King kills Viserion. Daenerys arrives and the dragons burn many wights. The wights attack Jon's group when the water refreezes. Daenerys flies her dragons north, having received the raven and having rejected Tyrion's advice to 'do nothing'. Gendry arrives at Eastwatch, and Davos has the raven sent to Daenerys. Thoros succumbs to his wounds and the others cremate him. Beric suggests that destroying the Night King will in turn destroy the other White Walkers and the wights. The Night King and other White Walkers watch from high ground. A horde of wights approaches, and Gendry is sent alone to Eastwatch to send a raven to Daenerys while the others take refuge on a small island in the middle of a partially frozen lake. They capture the last wight but not before he signals the undead army to his location by a high-pitched shriek. Jon and the others ambush and destroy a White Walker accompanied by wights, and all but one of the wights instantly collapse, inanimate. Jon offers Longclaw, the ancestral Mormont sword, to Jorah, but Jorah insists Jon keep it.Īn undead polar bear attacks the party, and Thoros is savaged saving the Hound. Jon, the Hound, Jorah, Beric, Thoros, and Gendry journey beyond the wall with Tormund and several other Wildlings. She refuses to discuss the succession before ascending to the Iron Throne. Tyrion further questions how Daenerys, who believes herself infertile, can establish a legacy that will outlive her. Daenerys grows frustrated with Tyrion's pragmatism, but he reassures her of his loyalty to her cause. Tyrion suspects Cersei will lay a trap when they meet, but counsels Daenerys to not stoop to her level. Arya says she could take Sansa's face, seemingly threatening her with the Valyrian steel dagger before instead leaving her with it. Arya discovers Sansa and explains her training with the Faceless Men. Sansa searches Arya's room and finds Arya's faces. However, when Cersei invites Sansa to King's Landing to parley, Sansa sends Brienne as her representative.

Sansa confides in Littlefinger, who suggests that Brienne, sworn to serve both sisters, would intervene if Arya acted against Sansa. Arya accuses Sansa of mainly being concerned that she will lose face with the Northern lords if the letter is made public. This episode marks the final appearances of Joseph Mawle (Benjen Stark) and Paul Kaye (Thoros of Myr).Īrya confronts Sansa about the letter Sansa wrote to persuade Robb to bend the knee to Joffrey. In the United States, the episode achieved a viewership of 10.24 million in its initial broadcast. 'Beyond the Wall' received mostly positive praise from critics, who listed the epic scale and special effects of the battle between the White Walkers and the dragons, the interactions between the northern raiding party, and Jon swearing fealty to Daenerys as highlights of the episode, though some reviewers criticized the episode for 'defying logic' and its rushed storytelling. The title of the episode is taken from the namesake lands where most of the episode takes place. Meanwhile, at Winterfell, tension builds between Sansa and Arya. Jon is separately rescued by Benjen, who sacrifices himself, and Jon acknowledges Daenerys as queen. Daenerys rescues the group from the Army of the Dead, and the Night King kills and reanimates Viserion. The episode's main plot focuses on Jon Snow's raiding party as they journey north of the Wall they successfully capture a wight to prove the threat, though Thoros is killed. At 70 minutes, it was the series' longest episode until the airing of the season's finale.

#Game of thrones beyond the wall parental review series

It was written by series co-creators David Benioff and D. ' Beyond the Wall' is the sixth and penultimate episode of the seventh season of HBO's fantasy television series Game of Thrones, and the 66th overall. 6th episode of the 7th season of Game of Thrones ' Beyond the Wall'