Game of Thrones

I actually had trouble enjoying this last episode (and I don't think I have ever said this before). The mushy scene between Jon and Dany didn't work for me.... it felt like watching a Hallmark movie.

Also, I don't find Arya's behavior believable (maybe it will be more understandable once we understand the direction this is going). I suspect that Sansa is going to turn the tables on Little Finger... she is plotting something. I think Arya is part of the set up.

I hope I fully enjoy the fall of Little Finger next week.

Do not believe Cersei would let Tyrian leave her presence alive, so smacking writers on the back of their heads.

I'm finally feeling degrees better about Theon, but still smarting over Yara.

Last week’s episode finished with a dramatic sea battle, Euron Greyjoy ruining Tyrion Lannister’s plans to take King’s Landing and almost killing Yara.

Notably, the final moments also saw Theon recede back into the cretinous Reek, jumping overboard rather than attempt to save his sister.

Despite some fans taking issue with Theon’s decisions, Gemma Whelan — who plays Yara — sympathises with the character.

Speaking at the London Film and Comic Con, via Radio Times, she said: "I think a really good point has been made and he has PTSD [Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome].

"He’s not making a conscious decision at that point to abandon her - he’s spooked and he is overtaken by something stronger than himself and he does jump.”

Whelan added how, even without the devastating anxiety disorder, Theon made the right call: "He’s not conscious of abandoning Yara. However, had he been and had he thought ‘I should try and help her’, one step forward would have had me killed, surely, so I think he’s made a great decision for all of those reasons. He survived and who knows what happens next?”

Meanwhile, Euron actor Pilou Asbæk has hinted at the character’s fate, saying: “He knows his time is spare. He knows he’s going to die at one point. And if you ask me, it’s probably going to be spectacular. I hope so. But right now, he’s in for a ride.”

Multiple endings will be filmed for the final episode of Game of Thrones to stop the storyline leaking.
HBO's President of Programming Casey Bloys says even the stars of the show won't know how it ends.
"I know in Game of Thrones, the ending, they're going to shoot multiple versions so that nobody really knows what happens.
"You have to do that on a long show. When you're shooting, people know," he told an audience at a US college.
"So they're going to shoot multiple versions so that there's no real definitive answer until the end."
The seventh season of Game of Thrones was hit by several high-profile leaks.
Hackers released scripts, HBO documents and unbroadcast episodes from other TV shows.
Four people were arrested in India after a pirated episode was uploaded from an online streaming service in Mumbai.
Another instalment was mistakenly released early in Europe, copied and shared online.