Game of Thrones Season 7 Episode 4 'The Spoils of War' Part 1 REACTION!! 

Stark Family reunion: Jon: I came back from the dead! Bran: I can see everything! Arya: I'm a faceless Ninja assassin! Sansa: WTF, guys???

That scene in the cave when dani said "Isn't their survival more important than your pride" is the exact same sentence Jon said to Mance Rayder before he got executed.

People dismissed the existence of dragons before they saw them. People will dismiss the existence of white walkers before they see them. When theres a very real threat like Cersei in front of you, it's hard to listen to someone saying there are mythical monsters past the Wall.

Keep in mind, Daenerys invited him specifically to bend the knee, and Tyrion completely left that out of the letter he sent to Jon. So when he gets there, she assumes that he's come to bend the knee, and Jon has no idea about any knee bending cuz it wasn't mentioned. So then she's confused as to why he bothered coming at all, then he starts asking for stuff and going on about White Walkers. She realistically doesn't buy it because not one of her Westerosi advisors which include Tyrion, Jorah, Ser Barristan, Olenna, Yara, Theon, Ellaria, Varys, even Viserys, have ever brought this up. However, this Jon Snow who calls himself King (which basically ignores her position as The North isn't actually independent), who is the son of Ned Stark, who was best friends with Robert Baratheon, a man who had literally tried to have her murdered from the day SHE was born, until the day HE died, is saying they exist and they're coming. She has no reason to believe him. Even in his argument, he claims the throne won't matter if the army of the dead come, but essentially contradicts that by implying Northern Independence will. To Jon, he's thinks he's dealing with another power obsessed monarch who doesn't care about the people and he's frustrated. To Dany, she's thinks she's dealing with another entitled & patronizing man, trying to uses lies to scare her into doing what he wants and take all she's worked for, so she goes in super assertive boss mode. Her attitude isn't off or wrong, she's just a woman in a super misogynistic land, realizing that she has to either go hard or go home because as a woman, she's already at a disadvantage and that's without being a "foreigner" (which technically she's not), and the "Mad King's Daughter". TL;DR Their first meeting went badly due to their own preconceived notions of who the other was based on their familial relations, and miscommunication surrounding the point of the meeting due to Tyrion's deception in the letter.

Yo Bran, can you pass me that salt real qui... Bran: Chaos is a ladder. 🙄

I love how in the previous episode Baelish tells Sansa to picture every possible outcome and everything that can ever happen and nothing can surprise you. Here comes Bran who doesn't have to picture anything. He literally knows every situation and outcome...and that is one situation Baelish didn't expect. And it ended up surprising him. Kind of poetic.

i mean, dany sailed to westeros with the intention of conquering the 7 kindgdoms, and jon is in her way. he's in control of the biggest kingdom. people only think she's rude because it's jon. if it was an unknown lord people would probably find it reasonable.

meera is such an underrated character

This is the first time the Stark kids have been on screen together since the courtyard scene of Robert’s arrival in Winterfell back in season 1 episode 1!

When i first saw the scene of the drawings in the cave, I couldn’t help but imagine a cut scene where jon was scribbling on the walls before danaerys arrived because it was incredibly convenient for them to be there.

You Guys keep expecting Daenerys to trust Jon just because he's a nice guy, Remember Jorah was a nice guy as well but nearly had her and her unborn child killed? Remember that Big Guy from Qarth who offered to help her but stole her dragons and attempted to murderer her? I don't blame Daenerys at all for being a little tough on Jon and I bet if you guys didn't know Jon Snow you would have no problem with her attitude

This episode is like an hour long panic attack.

Sansa-“I remember how happy he was to see me when he sees you his heart will probably stop” Steven- “Can we not talk about that” Nikki-“Yeah let’s no talk about that” Me-*Rolling on the floor silently dying inside*

I think what people aren't understanding about Dany is that she's trying to win her own war, and now Jon wants her to help with a Northern threat. In her mind, why should she pledge her resources, her dragons, her support, to someone that won't pledge to do the same for her? That's why she asks him to bend the knee, otherwise she would be putting her entire power play on the line for him, with no support in return. It's not being stubborn, it's being diplomatic and needing him to meet her halfway. The support has to go both ways.

"Isn't their survival more important than your pride?" - Dany This is the same thing that Jon said to Mance Rayder before he was burned alive.

Dany can tell that Jon is sincere, but it still doesn’t change the fact that she is putting herself (and the people who chose to follow her) at great risk by giving him her forces without anything in return. SHE would be a bad ruler by doing that. Jon is doing the exact same thing she is - expecting help while remaining loyal to their people. The only difference is that we KNOW Jon’s war is more important. To be fair to Dany, Jon is being ridiculously stubborn. He wants an army and dragons, it doesn’t just fall into his lap because he’s a nice guy. It didn’t even happen in the war of the bastards. Actual northerners refused to help him. Why would a southerner who is trying to be a Queen be any more lenient? And why does this suddenly make Dany wrong? She’s no different than she’s been before. Everyone in the comments is acting like she’s entitled. As if she’s never locked up her own dragons, or opened fighting pits which went against all her morals, or married herself to a man so that she could better rule her people. Dany makes the good choice, it just doesn’t always pan out well for her. Like Ned. He made the right choice in confessing, it’s just Joffrey was a dick.

Steve and Nikki, you should realize that White Walkers is something that nobody believes in despite seeing magic, Season 2 Melisandre didn't believe people could come back from the dead until she met Beric even though she does magic, Tywin and Tyrion both believed in dragons but never White walkers. Magic is more common knowledge than White Walkers, also remember Dany's scene with Varys even though Tyrion defends him Daenerys still confronts him, when she trusts someone she wants to trust him because she does not because her advisors tell her to, you can take Jorah for an example he wasn't aggressive and earned her trust easily and years later she finds out he betrayed her so Daenerys isn't going to rely completely on first impressions

You were all about Dany just leaving Meereen behind and going to Westeros to accomplish her original mission. Now you're irritated because she's... doing exactly that? Because she's not dropping everything she's worked for to help some dude she doesn't even know? And with no proof of the threat he's going on about? And for nothing in return? Look, I get it, it's easier to sympathize with Jon, but that's only because we've seen what he's seen. Dany hasn't. The only thing she sees is the war already in front of her nose. That's her focus because it's real without a shadow of a doubt and it's already in motion. Granted, she could tone down the pomposity a little, even though she's sort of always been this way. I think it's just different now because it's Jon she's talking down to and not some smug slave master. I know you guys have probably already finished the season by now, so maybe your opinion on this has changed. Not trying to call you out or anything. Just trying to offer some perspective, though it seems like a lot of people have already beaten me to it.

Annnnnd Steven just totally blew over the fact that, to Dany's perspective, a stranger marches into her throne room and demands she drop EVERYTHING she's worked her ENTIRE life for to help him, while he gives absolutely no promises that he'll help her in return, and is in fact insisting that one third of the country she's trying to get back for her family will be GONE at the end of it. That doesn't exactly make a person want to be accommodating. Never forget, we know him. She doesn't. And he didn't exactly phrase his request as anything but a demand. Then again, we all knew Jon was never that good at this negotiations stuff.

"Chaos is a ladder." Littlefinger's face was EVERYTHING.

The last Dragons people seen 150 years ago, and the last time people saw white walkers was 8000 years ago. Also you have the skulls of dragons (for example in king's landing). Would you believe if some strange person said to you about something without any proof. Except for some drawing that could be easily drawings made even by kids who like that kinda stories, like Bran in season 1. Even Nights Watch didn't believe in WW. Only after Jeor Mormont was attacked by the dead person they started to take them as a serious threat.

He wants help, she wants fealty. Fair trade. It's a two way street, guys. Dany didn't come to the 7 kingdoms to suddenly take up some other king's cause and drop her own. I don't get why people don't see her perspective on this. She's not just gonna suddenly go "oh okay forget the only goal I've had for years, run off with you and give my forces to fight mythical snow zombies because Tyrion met you once and said you were chill back then!". She came to conquer.

*"You're a dragon. Be a dragon."* - The late Olenna Tyrell.

Jon said the same thing about the pride to Mance Ryder when he didn't agree to bent the knee to Stannis.

Nikki you seem to fail to realize that Daenerys talking about his pride isn't her denying her own pride, she is questioning his intentions, if this threat is real if it is important they fight together if they're survival is at stake why doesn't Jon just do this? If he does it she'll give him what she wants and everyone can be saved so why isn't he trying to compromise knowing she has no idea what it is they're fighting but he does. She's trying to figure him out

Trusting new people always bit Dany in the butt in the past. She has trust issues. She's not just gonna stop fighting her war and trust a stranger right away. It's not in her character after everything she went through since season 1.

Bran has watched the entire series, the history and lore and all the books. He's probably even seen Season 8. Dammit!

''Drops everything to watch this..'' love you guys ;-)

16:35 - I actually thought that Jurassic Theme tune would start playing, even though I've seen this before. 😂🤣

This is pretty much how Daenerys has acted from the beginning, no? She threatened to burn Qarth to the ground. She told her original khalassar that their enemies would "die screaming." She told that guy from Astapor that she'd kill him and she took his gold. And then she crucified 150+ guys in Mereen along with feeding a guy to her dragons. But because we like Jon we're suddenly shocked she's being "rude"?

Jon and Davos probably scribbled those drawings on the rocks before Dany walked in lol

I don't get how people use today's political style of reasoning to evaluate Daenery's. She was raised in a time where Kings and Queen's wishes were sacrosanct. She has been raised from day one that she is of the ruling blood of this kingdom. The bending of the knee of her subjects IS HER RIGHT! This was not a democracy. Add to this, these subjects, Jon's father, rose up and to slay the members of the royal family whom had ruled for thousands of years. For her personal safety it's understandable that she feels she most subjugate the lords who rebelled. In this time being nice gets you viewed as weak and over-throne.

This season is chalk full of season 1 callbacks. That front gate with Arya is a callback to when Arya was dirty from chasing that cat, and she was trying to get back in to tell Ned what she heard in the cellar. They wouldn't let her in at first, but she told them she was Ned Starks daughter and she'd box their ears. The words Dany said to Jon about him putting his pride before his people, is a callback to Jon talking to Mance Rader about him bending the knee to Stannis to spare the wildlings. But in this situation, her father did murder their Stark leaders in the north. The north remembers. Brandon has been hollowed out from too much information download. He wasn't being arrogant to Meera, though. He has lost a large part of his humanity to take on being the 3 eyed raven.

13:38 LMAO AWWW sister talks are always so heartwarming. I remember nights with my own sister... braiding each other’s hair and giggling about murder...

Dany is the best thing in this show

Waited, all morning for this. "Targaryens aren't immune to fire they have high tolerance of Fire"~George RR Martin

Watching this reaction, I only just realized that Arya received two special blades from two different brothers.

"There's something else I want to show you, My Grace." Jon leads The Dragon Queen around a rocky bend. "Jon Snow, why is there a hot tub in this cave?"

Meera- “You don’t need me anymore” Bran- “No I don’t” Nikki- “ RoOoOoOoOoD” Me- *Silently cries 🤣🤣

Not only that. You had no issue when a man in Stannis made People declare for him like The people at castle black. See the difference is you like John do you don’t want him to have to bow down. Fine but then he’s in open rebellion and an enemy. I don’t know what people thought was going to happen. You have to bow to royalty or die. Dorne, tyrells all sides with Dany. Nobody had an issue. Jon refuses. Well this is exactly what would happen with any ruler. What would happen if Robert summoned Jon and he refused to bow? Exact same shot except Jon might be killed. As for not believing in white walkers, NOBODY, believes in them. Ned didn’t. Stannis barely cared. Walkers surely wasn’t his priority it was taking the throne. They start the show establishing that nobody has seen white walkers in a thousand years. Come on if someone tells you someone that hasn’t been alive since the year 1018 is walking around you might be skeptical. And again it’s not like all of Westeros is preparing. Most of the word is clueless.

"Isn't their survival more important than your pride." jon said that to the king beyond the wall

19:41 and this is the start where Jon wants to believe in her so he appeals to her better nature Jonerys

Finally Arya is back😍😍

Loved when Little Finger got scared when Bran repeated his line to him 'Chaos is the Ladder'. Little Finger was probably wondering who in the heck told him that lol. Shouldn't Bran remember who pushed him out of the cave now, since he can see the past now?

You guys had no idea how amazing it was to finally see Arya, Sansa and Brandan reunite. You are lucky you caught it now versus many fans who seen it waited years YEARS after YEARS to see them back together. They have not been together since season 1, and every year that pass, we lost more starks, and it was devastating. Was losing faith they would ever reunite, and then it happens now. It was incredibly emotional to see this.

I don’t even care that I’m watching this in my lecture😂

Never have I looked forward to a Tuesday...until Nikki & Steven came into my life!

This is my all-time favorite episode. I couldn't breath the ENTIRE episode. I didn't know who to root for and it gave me the ultimate mind****. I've really enjoyed watching you guys I've been watching non-stop for 3 days now. I'm now a subscriber! Can't wait for season 8!

Nikki: He's a BARATHEON! Nikki: Wait.....

I am sure there's a lot of people screaming already about the parallels between Jon + Mance Rayder talk (when The King Beyond the Wall was captured at the wall) and Jon + Daenerys talk in that cave. It is really daunting to have your own words of wisdom thrown back at you & a real eye opener to find yourself on the other side in similar situations.

Again yall think Danny should drop everything and help a random with nothing in return??

Great reaction guys! It's interesting watching two characters you love come together with their two different viewpoints.

“She could be real dangerous with that...” I love these reactions.

daenerys: knock knock jon: who's there? daenerys: ben jon: ben who? daenerys: ben the knee

I had been waiting for this for almost a week!

2AM here in Melbourne, Australia and I'm watching you guys. You guys are so likeable, great at expressing and just genuine !

I literally scrolled your account the whole day!! Could not wait. Love from the Netherlands!!!

I don’t know if you guys know but Maisie (Arya) and Sophie (Sansa) have been really close friends since they got casted back in 2009. Even though Sansa and Arya haven’t appeared on screen together since season 1, they’ve been best friends so they were really excited for Arya and Sansa to meet up again. They also have huge bubbly personalities so they were sort of troublemakers on set and Kit (Jon) actually views them as younger sisters because he finds them as annoying as an older brother would lmao.

Been refreshing my feed for this reaction. Now have to refresh to get part 2.

For Daenerys here Goal has been to get back to Westeros and take the Iron throne, yanno for 6 seasons that's been where she has headed, and so i think she is just so in that mindset now that she's just a little bit distanced from anything else, don't forget shes only supposed to be a young teenager in this, and she feels she waiting long enough to be the rightful queen. I mean jon should have just bent the knee and we'd all be sound :P - Sorry no hate, ya.ll just know I'll Stan Daeny till death

Yay! I've been looking forward to this episode reaction for months! lol. One of the many epic episodes of this series that leaves me completely exhausted by the end to where all I can do is say out loud "omg, I need a drink!" P.S. thanks for doing this in two parts. I know how much work it takes to edit these and some of these episodes really deserve the extra bit. Enjoying these soooo much!

Good on y'all divvying this up in two parts. So much happens in these episodes.

Been waiting ALL weekend for this!!!

"Isn't their survival more important than your pride?" Daenarys accidentally quoting Jon Snow's own line back at him. Jon said the same thing to Mance Rayder in season 5, to bend the knee to Stannis to save his people and get them South of the Wall. There are many times in the show that people learn from those they interact with, and it influences them later on. Here, we see Jon has learned from Mance, and is displaying some of the same traits.

What Dany said to Jon in the cave, it's what he said to Mance before he died.

Been waiting for this for ages

I'm sure Jon made those drawings. They look silly chalk made 😅😅😅

OMG I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS SH*T, LOL. Couldn't WAIT to see you guys reach this episode, hahahaha

Waited all weekend for this! Love your game of thrones reactions!

Stopped getting ready for work watch this! Love you guys and this episode!

Been waiting for this for so long!

Having a nice up of coffee and a biscuit 🍪 while watching Nikki and Steven reaction and the sun is shining. Ahh life is good.

19:57 Jon unkowingly appealing to Daenerys' desire to "break the wheel"

A few things about the cave: Notice the swirly marks made on the cave. They are the same marks the white walkers have been making all throughout the series with dead bodies/dead horses. Also, Dany asking Jon if the survival of his people is more important than his pride. The exact same question Jon asked Mance Rayder. Probably good that he didn't give the same "fuck my pride" answer :p

OMG, I LOVE YOU GUYS SO MUCH, YOUR AMAZING also this episode is one of my favs :)

I completely agree with your points at the beginning! Keep up the great work.

You have no idea how excited I was for this

ABOUT TIME YOU UPLOAD THIS! I been hurting for a couple of days. 😅

I've never been so excited for a Tuesday 😭

Omg Nikki I am TOTALLY here for the Princess Bride quotes!😍🤣 INCONCEIVABLE!

Yaasss! Been waiting for this one!

I just want to write (which I never do)....I just wanted to say that I thoroughly enjoy watching your videos. I have been in the hospital taking care of my grandma since Friday night, and your videos popped up in my timeline and they've been keeping me in better spirits watching you enjoy our favorite show. I anticipated this video coming out, I had a anxiety attack after I watched this episode lol. So I just wanted to say, thank you for giving GoT another chance, and sharing it with us! You guys are amazing, and seem like really dope peeps! And now I will watch! Have a great week and rest of the year guys! 💜

This is the one ive been waiting for.

Signed up to your patreon this mornng, loving the content guys.

You guys rack up views quicker than any reaction channel I've ever watched!! It's amazing.

2:30am Wednesday...stops sleeping to watch this, literally and seriously love your GOT vidz :)

Just clicked. Haven't even watched yet. Been waiting Forever for this reaction!. It's been like torture!. lol. I Love your Reactions!!. ❤️

Another Novel Note: Historically, the Lannisters were the wealthiest family in Westeros with the gold mines of Casterly Rock. The Tyrells of Highgarden were the second wealthiest because they had the most farmlands and fed half of Westeros. After Robert's Rebellion, the Tyrells were pardoned, but had to pay large sums of gold to Jon Arryn instead of offering a family member as collateral. As Tywin made repeated loans of gold to King Robert, that gold went to pay for the wine and food from Highgarden at prices set by the Tyrells. Thus, in the modern age, the Tyrells (unknown to anyone) had become wealthier than the Lannisters.

So true Nikki, the music is amazing. It's kind of a character. The Starks music is sad and beautiful.

People should lighten up on bran. The guy literally has seen EVERYTHING that has or is happening. He is desensitized and numb. Can you imagine seeing and probably feeling everything that going on in the world and to whom its happening?

can we talk about how EDDIE from stranger things is the guard that spoke to arya at the gate of winter fell !!!! so crazy

Woot been waiting for you guys !!! Didnt like black mirror but this makes up for it haha

Lol, I love that you guys did a 2-parter for what I believe is the shortest ep of the season XD Great reaction as always guys :)

damm im on my way to bed and deside just to look at youtube before, and boom a double reaction from you two. have had such a great day and then i get a suprise x2 reaction from my favorite reaction channel.

I just always imagine Jon with a piece of chalk quickly drawing white walkers on the walls just to prove his point to Daenerys and it makes me laugh 😂

Watching this again.. why was I so shocked when Dany went fully mad? Her irrational (although not mad) side is clearly demonstrated here..

Loving those simple and clean intros. Keep it up guys.

12:45 Six years waiting for that hug!!!! You have no idea, 6 freakin' years!!! Children were born in 2011 and started 1st grade at school during this scene!!!

When Catelyn warned Robb not to break his vow to Walter Frey, Robb accused her of hypocrisy and ignored her. Nevertheless, did that make Catelyn wrong? NO. Does Dany have pride? Yes. But does that diminish the fact that Jon is equally unwilling to relinquish his crown? NO.

Yay been waiting for this episode reaction 😎