Back To Where It All Started! | Game of Thrones 8x1 REACTION and REVIEW | 'Winterfell' 

The comments here have been rough and whiny since S7. These viewers hated the show (last few seasons) so much, that they’re still here-whining and want you guys to hate it as well. Who does that? There was a time I loved Prison Break or Stranger Things. But once I didn’t enjoy it anymore, I just stopped watching. Why would anyone try to be a bummer, or force their opinions to others? It’s been 4 years. Why are they still in every reaction video posting negative comments? Why not just move on? Just wondering.

Can y'all do parts of the "Now Our Watch Has Ended" special after? Not everything, but the controversial parts of it.

The theory is when Dany burned the body of her first husband Drogo, he re-incarnated into the Drogon the biggest dragon and that is why he is bigger and more independent than the other dragons. So the drogon looking Jon as he kisses Dany is confirming this theory to be true and was angry seeing another man kissing his wife because Drogon wasn’t there for the relationship with the other guy. R R Martin said nothing is done by accident in these stories, like the dragon who is now with the Night King is the Dragon named after her brother who betrayed her.

@@jsnow5754did you live under a rock when a million petitions were signed to redo season 8 of the show? Also Dumb and Dumber AKA the writers lost their upcoming projects because even the actors for the show thought the writing was terrible. It’s an amazing show for 6 seasons then it’s garbage. Like honestly don’t put others down because they demand better from their entertainment.

This 🤣🤣

Every smug cat knows everything! Of course....oops yeah, nah,nah....

I think D&D was kinda clueless about his character. He sat like a tree the whole time doing nothing. When he said, "why did you think I came all this way?" I was like tf!! That was his motive!? Didn't he say he can't be lord of anything? Did Hodor die for this? He became three eyed raven and than act like nothing but a useless drone.

Yep most wasted character lol. I expected him to worg into some insane shit or something all he does is sit around judging and flying ravens about

@@mishubakhtiar8200 HE CAN'T BE LORD BECUASE HE WANTED TO BECOME KING AFTER OTHERS DO THE WORK

lmao yeah we're literally missing 27 episodes. it has to be the all-time TV record for rushing things

😂😂

@@LMarti13 they at least could have done full seasons 7 and 8. That choice was baffling! Though they would have needed at least one season to let it build organically.

We just didn't watch travel time or side stories.

and so it begins...

That's gonna be a theme this season

@@sbj2k1 No...now it ends

Wow I’ve loved this show for the longest time and never heard this

it’s true i’m the contract

It's why at the dragon pit in S7, bronn says "come on pod let's go get a drink" out of nowhere 😂

What about table readings?

@@stephanielomeli6950 It's true I was the crossbow

Starts with the arrival on the King's Road, ends with Bran and Jaime!

'The King's Arrival' Jeffrey bouncing up and down on his horse, the Hound's helm flapping, Arya once being that lil boy, Cersei being a complete bxtch w her messy hair, Robert calling Ned fat and not giving af about his wife's grievances. Iconic.

But Ned never learned that R & L were actually married, and that Jon was legitimately Rhaegar's heir.

​@@ogieogiethe child's name would not have been Aegon Targaryen if it was a bastard, and Lyanna told Ned Aegon's name. He knew.

@@ogieogieYou must not know what you’re talking about, eh? Just saying incorrect shit with such confidence

The payoffs man

Lets not forget that no one thinks she is the smartest character ever😂

​@@drrohanjacob5343 except for Arya for some reason.

​@@mellemadswoestenburg1296She is no one It was a pun😂😂

@@drrohanjacob5343 oh shit. Sorry for that. I'm such an idiot.🤣🤣🤣

​@@mellemadswoestenburg1296👍😂

It was the first one. Classic GoT, though, to make the first and most touching reunion happen between two characters who didn't even have any (onscreen and in any case not particularly friendly) interaction before,don't you think? 😂 (but, then again, they weren't the same people anymore and had been through so much, so on the other that's actually particularly (!) appropriate... gottta love that story!)

Yep. All of the others, and I mean literally all of them-not just the Stark/Stark reunions-fell very, very flat. It’s so unfortunate that they spent so much time on cock jokes and fanservice instead of on genuine emotional impact and build-up.

Jon is the king ,it was his desicion

Thank you!

@@drrohanjacob5343 bad decision. Jon is too impulsive to be King.

@@kidgforce1 Jon would be a terrible king. Often he courted the outsider and got his own ppl against him like at the nightswatch with the wildlings. But he was still king of the north and without him dany would have most likely burnt the north down

@@drrohanjacob5343 Okay, your point? Him being the king and making decisions doesn’t mean his decisions don’t effect how his own people might feel. Robb was King and it was his decisions, yet it got him killed. Jon was Lord Commander and it was his decisions and that got him killed. If you’re a leader and all you care about is your authority and not looking to even bother to read the mood of the room, then you’re not a very good leader.

She better shouldn´t have burned all these Wagons full of food in the Reach.

​@@kidgforce1that's part of the plan, did you forget?

@@Aydan2108 who´s plan?

@@kidgforce1Tyrions

well wehre would all these magic wagons of food come from? In realirty medieval armies were not very big becuase they were very hard to supply. A medievel economy has susbistence levels of farming. There isn't tons of free food going around to supply large armies. It also takes an enormous effort to supply that food (in those wagons - whose mules/horeses/oxen also have to be fed). And we're in Autumn/Winter as well. So guess what, not quite as easy as one might think to supply armies with food.

I second this. That would be amazing

Thirded

YES. Let's do this

Let’s make this happen!!!!!

Yes!!

yeah but bonding with dragon was non existing compare to HOTD

@@queenxx1690 Yeah I was wondering about that. Definitely a big writing mistake.

14? Started the books in 1996 and now the series won't end cuz George is garbage, now everyone is 40

Pretty sure u can still make loud noises without a tongue

True, unless vocal cords were removed too.

Lol yeah… up until they said season 7 was good. They don’t see the terrible writing in the whole getting a zombie thing and wasting a dragon along the way? Really? 😂😭

​@@jonathanlorio3265 So, you don't like them anymore because they love something you don't like?

@@jonathanlorio3265 Because unlike you they liked it. When you can start to accept that people like the last few seasons you can move on with your life. And I say again, If you hate it so much, why are you watching reactions to it over and over? That just makes no sense to me.

@@CSVideosNET I just never get these people. If you don't like it, why are you watching reactions to it? Then getting annoyed when the reactors don't agree with you. I have seen dozens of reactions to this series and only ONE reactor didn't like the last seasons. Yet these people keep watching the reactions again and again hoping, no, not hoping, KNOWING the reactors will hate it too. And when it never happens, they get pissy. LOL.

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Suzy Lu is good also. You can try it

@@Iori955 I've seen her and her husband. They are very good also. I like this one because they do a deeper dive for each episode.

That's the only problem I feel it had; all the events worked in themselves, but needed more connective tissue between them. There could easily have been two full seasons made out of it.

I Know, for me the show runners got to the point the needed, I understand that at least, but it’s true that it’s rush and there are many things that could have been done better, if not more seasons we could have been given a full ten episodes seasons 7 and 8, for the very least.

That's where season 7 failed.

​@nicholassmith7984 they waited over a decade for Martin to put out the next book (which he STILL hasn't done). They had to consolidate or cut a lot of storylines already like Jayne Poole & Sansa or Lady Stoneheart. All of those layers Martin is known for they would never have been able to do justice with just making up their own random convoluted side stories. So they focused on the main story. For me especially rewatching I'd love an abridged version, the early seasons drag at many points.

It is a bunch of basic, corny and on-the-nose S1 callbacks thrown into a scene, with a terrible cock joke in there for good measure (because that’s what Tyrion’s character is now). It isn’t a “masterpiece” by any stretch of the imagination.

Massive understatement there. Their relationship ended so badly that there was a court order issued that they legally could not be in the same room together. People will pick one of them to blame for their relationship being so bad, but in reality after hearing their grievances against each other, a judge decided that the best thing for everyone, especially innocent bystanders, that those two just not be allowed near each other again. Now that is scary.

When you worship money over morals that's always the outcome

@@TruthLives-ee6sf In what way did they earn money while not being moral?

Agreed! The CGI were amazing, but at cost of character arcs and story writing!

@@theredeemer1644 Since season 6 the whole pace changed. Since they reached the end of the book material they started mashing different side plots in one and started to focus more on "subverting expectations" formula than making the writing make sence and feel more "real". The reason why all the character arcs made sense by season 6 is the slow development. Danny's Arc will be same in the books. But it will make more sense why that happened and will feel more organic because it will be well paced. Bran's also. And I'm not the kind of fan that compares the books to the show fanaticly. I LOVED the show. Still do. I just feel like if D&D were not so posessive and gave the show to other showrunners we would still have GoT seasons airing. Instead they decided to smush and wrap up 7 years of buildup, side plots and character development in few hours. So yes it is very rushed and that is why the good momentswe all have been waiting for 7+ years feel underwhelming and unorganic most of season 8. I won't get deep here because of spoilers for them (I know they have mods but still)

@@lexieraven6239 Agree, they rushed it because they wanted to move on to Star Wars. The irony of that is they lost the Star Wars project after how disappointing the last season of Thrones was. Comparing the writing of the show when they had Martin's books to the writintg they produced themselves after they ran out of source material there is a clear decline in quality. It gives the appearance, whether true ot not, that they only produced good writing because they had Martin's books to go off of. It makes them look incompetent as writers. HBO offered them more money and more seasons. They definitely had the resources to give us a better conclusion. If they were ready to move on they should've just handed the show over to someone else as HBO was more than willing to continue it.

@@theredeemer1644 they did the BEST they could? Are you on drugs? The sure did the BEST they could to rush the finale. HBO offered + time, + money and they were already tired of the show. That was selfish. Thats why this show is considered such a let down since S5.

​@@theredeemer1644Exactly. GRRM purposely tried to write something that COULDN'T be made into a movie or show. The fact that they managed to make what they did is astounding.

there will be plenty more

Massive delay to HOTD though, writers strike, then the actors strike.

@@CubejamF1 they confirmed that the actors of HOTD cannot strike because the strike in doesn't affect them

@@CubejamF1no delay on HOTD. S2 is airing next year is planned

WHY WOULD HE BLAME JAMIE, FOR PUSHIG HIM HE ENJOY FALLING DOWN SO MUCH

Best part of the episode

Arya admires Visenya and Nimerya, she absolutely would love the woman who brought back the dragons, at least be interested in her.

@@vbb2076 plot twist she actually kills Danny in episode 8-1 and wears her face the rest of the series. Jk jk

Dany is the kind of entitled princess Arya hates. Of course they wouldn't get along 😂

@@orton305 How would she know Dany is entitled if they never interacted?

@@BhlackBishop Unfortunately , the awful writing told her

..."a foreign army"...

How she didn't expect this is beyond me lol

@@d3l3tes00n she's spent the last few years of her life brainwashing herself in to thinking she was the one, the hero of the people, the rightful ruler of the seven kingdoms and that they all wanted her as their queen.

@@d3l3tes00n I guess you could say that the slaves needed liberating, and she did that in Essos…. But not many people need liberating from chains in Westeros, and those that do don’t trust the name. When you’ve spent the last few years becoming such a success story, it’s hard (and humbling) to be surrounded by people who don’t care. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Tyrion did warn her back in season 5! "Nice thought! Braking the wheel, but who will back you???" Back before D&D turned Tyrion into a bumbling idiot!!!

as a great tagariyan said "i dont want it"

@autdelux ah dun won eh.

Watching Season 8 again is bring up so much anger again. I loved Season 7 unlike some people out there but Season 8... SMH

@@rmunie1taking a lot

I'm interested to watch this season again to see if it plays out any better than on first watch. I doubt it will, though. I'm not even sure that the way everything plays out would have changed, I just think they rushed the season and totally botched the finale, which had a lot to do with not having what should be the final book to work with (hell, given GRRM's inexcusable delay in finishing it, that book might never come out).

And the writing is dumb and full of errors.

Too bad it was too dark to see them.

what a waste of time since all of the reunions after jon and sansa fell so flat

9:48 "It's going to be hard re-watching GoT and knowing what happens. Ugh..." - Pudgy I wonder how hard it'll be for her to re-watch. Maybe you can upload some parts of a re-visit?

That's OK! If Spartan deletes it from his mind! He wouldn't have been the only person who deleted season 8 from their minds🤮🤮🤮

@@TheMe0wsCat They finished the show, and although they haved mixed feelings, they overall enjoyed it. They don't seem to fall where most of them fandom has. At the same time, that could still change with time. I remember Spartan saying in S1 that Sam is the kind of character who is meant to die early. I wonder if he remembers and was surprised to see Sam make it to the end.

@@Mic-Mak Oh, I'm well aware. I can read the description stuff. I'm just keeping in mind those who haven't seen the entire show. I'm trying to stay away from spoilers. It's interesting seeing them already noticing a drop in quality in the writing, though. They came up with better ideas at the end of the episode than the actual writers did. 😆

@@jaybird8192 Yeah... I even like a decent amount of season 7 for a few reasons, but I'm on the list of people who "deleted season 8 from their minds." ☹

😂

i mean, its a bit weird if he isnt emotional about his dad dying despite the hate they had for each other, its still your dad at the end of the day

I dont think they will anytime soon, they started breaking bad reactions on patreon.

that hair dont represent anything, stop spouting nonsense

with a cringe face leading up to it and sarcasm tinged in her voice

"Flight of Dragons" is beautiful, I think is a mix of elements from the Targaryen and Stark themes.

Let´s wait for Thr bells.

​@@kidgforce1The Bells is a masterpiece

It also shows how her base inclination is to rule through fear, not love. She has to repeatedly be counseled away from committing horrible acts. People will argue that the unsullied love her, and she freed slaves. Yes. But to her that is just. If she deems something just or worthy, she'll fight for it and all who stand in her way be damned. We cheered her on for killing the khals and the slave masters bc they were either arrogant misogynists (khals) or evil men (the masters) but the acts were always horrific and she went about them in ways that her advisors disagreed with. Either morally (don't burn a whole city of innocents down) or politically. So yeah, her character has always been driven by her lizard brain. Fear and cruelty.

@@Hollygli Sadly most of the fandom see this is as a failure in her character and writing. Too which I agree in some capacity. Dany's change felt too rushed and pushed but I still like the story and idea of her STILL being a Targaryen and daughter of the Mad King as an uncontrollable factor in her. That slight confidence in creating fear, and commiting of extreme acts. I think too many people were so in love with her character that they couldn't comprehend her eventual turn in mental madness and fall but I believe if they went about it a better way it would have been way better.

Which shows she was insecure & not a good ruler. She always led by fear.

We just didn't watch travel time or have side stories.

On the contrary I think that Rickon will be part of some deep shit in the books. He is incredibly powerful for his age,he probably has the best warging skills in the Stark family. He is 4 in AGOT and he immediately learns how to warg into Shaggydog, he spends days in the darkest part of the Crypts of Winterfell,when other characters are scared to only enter them,he also predicts that his family would not come back North from the South. Now he is in Skagos,where there is clearly something going on,with all the stories of unicorns, cannibalism and maybe dragon eggs (Cannibals' ?). He will do something important in the books

@@niccologregorutti9309 maybe nothing important in the main story, but if he lives then I can see him growing to become a legendary figure of his era akin to theon stark or brandon the breaker or even cregan stark.

@@bobbybsburner9729 exactly,I hope he becomes a legend, especially after what they did to him in the show

Seeing as Lena barely had any lines this season, there may not be much to be angry at.

@@BhlackBishop True. I think she takes a backseat till episode 4 and then ... well, there is certainly cause to ramp up the Cersei hate after that one.

Saaaaaaaame

The Jon and Arya reunion was very underwhelming and was the one most people was most excited to see

I honestly think Sansa and Jon was the only good reunion. Good music, tears, hugging. The rest don’t compare. Arya and Jon does come at a far distant second. Bran and Sansa is third, and Sansa and Arya was the worst; being music-less.

Moot point. Cat is dead. AND the relationship between a mother and child is quite different from the relationships between siblings.

I expected the reunions with bran to be awkward because of how much he has changed. Really all the reunions made sense to be a little off. A lot of years and trauma change people. Although I expected Sansa and Arya to actually be the most emotional. But also a little suspicious how Arya survived that long, mostly on her own.

​@@crunchb3rryThats utterly false lol. George confirmed HBO was willing to give them more season and more money but d&d refused because they wanted to end the show instead of giving it to more capable showrunners.

@@gudhaxer41343 I think for what that show was leading up to, yes two seasons were necessary but in an ideal world where George had at least published the sixth book, more than two seasons.

they waited over a decade for Martin to give them the next book. So many cast & team members obviously love the show but were still relieved and glad this project was OVER vs several more years dragging the obvious main story out.

Yet Drogon will later let Jon past him into the throne room? He knew Jon wasn't a threat at that time. Jon didn't decide what he was going to until he heard Dany double down on her hypocrisy about breaking the wheel but just becoming the wheel.

Great sentiment, can't wait for the show to expand on it in a meaningful way

Bro, they needed 3 more SEASONS

"Dnd lows" that's the best way to put it... dumb n dumber brought this show to it's lowest

​@@TheManOnTheStreetOMGthey waited over a decade for Martin to put out the next book (which he STILL hasn't done). They had to consolidate or cut a lot of storylines already like Jayne Poole & Sansa or Lady Stoneheart. All of those layers Martin is known for they would never have been able to do justice with just making up their own random convoluted side stories. So they focused on the main story. For me especially rewatching I'd love an abridged version, the early seasons drag at many points.

I know the ending gets a lot of hate, but I still like it a lot.

@@jamesstephenson4544 same here.

​@@jamesstephenson4544In my opinion, the series finale lives up to what the series has been doing since the beginning.

@@Gabri3L547 That's a really bad opinion

@@Gabri3L547the last 3 episodes of this season are the worst of the whole series

How is it unearned?

@@notapplicable687 Tell me then, what did she do in the story that makes her the smartest person on the show? If she is you should be able to come up with several examples I imagine.

pudgey stll has dany in her love list

I'm subbed to their patreon and they already finished the show and they HATED the last 2 episodes lmao

@@julianmoses-wright3392 ohh, well not surprising to be honest, considering or atleast I think the majority started to hate the season after episode 3.

@@TheRealRealMClovin Hmm, thinking about your response. I don't agree with it personally but I think that is one of the fairest statements made about the last season. I could see not liking it after episode 3. But I liked the "Bells" a lot myself. And considering they shortened the seasons so much, the other two episodes could have been more meaningful and just better. I didn't hate them but they were lack luster.

@@julianmoses-wright3392I unsubbed after they praised episode 3 lmfao I’m surprised they spoke negatively at all

@@Gojeto346 after all the comments on their episode 3 reaction they started to agree with what we were saying and said a lot of the negativity made sense

Absolutely. And exactly this is the reason why HOTD will NEVER be as good as GOT, even with the stupid ending. HOTD was the attempt to replicate GOTs success, but failed miserably despite all the praise. In fact it was shit and boring as hell. No comparison to GOT.

@@PattisKarriereKarten well I disagree with half that. It doesn’t replicate its success but HOTD still a great written show

@@Knightowl1980 no it’s shitty written. During the first episode I constantly had the same „wtf“ feeling as in Danys „going mad“ scene in episode 5 of season 8 of GOT.

@@PattisKarriereKarten why?

@@theredeemer1644 well that would be "accordingn to your opinion" which is of little importance to me,if u comment to disagree. Only stated what i think is second best for ME,what is the point of your comment? If u dont suggest another show,or even elaborate why you are in disagreement? .....???

Had the most potential of any show I ever watched, but didn't deliver in the end. The last couple of seasons were not that well written. Good cinematography, music, set pieces and visuals can only take you so far.

lol, Davos didn't normally "smuggle onions", that's hilarious. Where's the profit in that? The only time he carried onions, and some other foodstuff, was when he took it to feed Stannis' beleaguered army.

I was confused as to why Dany showed zero emotion while telling Sam. I know she doesn't know him, but still.. she had no reaction whatsoever.

@@d3l3tes00n She had a normal reaction. It was sober and needed to be. Nobody wants a hug from the person who killed their family.

it makes no sense for Sam to be so emotional about it in the first place, his father quite literally was the worst person, we were shown and told so over the course of the show. And didn't seem like any of his family, including his brother or mother, ever really truly stood up for him either. Him mourning the loss of his brother and father so deeply, and further holding it against Dany, is extremely stupid writing.

@@theredeemer1644 lol ok,, I didnt know you were the one who directed me how to say my own thoughts "correctly". Nah its the writing that informs the character's actions, emotions, and everything else in the story. It was out of character for Sam to act that way, given everything we know about his family. And that's exactly why I blame the writing and not the character. We've never seen Sam show any kind of great love for his father or brother, before this episode decided to make it an issue. It feels like the writers just wanted to throw something into the show to help build contrived tension against Dany.

​@@d3l3tes00n according to Emilia Clarke, that's exactly what d&d wanted her to do simce the previous season: show no emotions. however, Emilia said she tried to talk back, since she also read the books back in 2010 and she knows how Dany would've reacted during certain situations

attribute that to Lena Headey's truly magnificent performance.