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Originally Posted by Sirken
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my big issue is this. in the book, the nightswatch is in the right for stabbing jon. hes not allowed to gather up his brothers to fight the boltons. but in the show, the brothers were just salty over the wildlings. that is not ok. they didnt end jon "for the watch", they did it because they didnt agree with him. dumb.
sansa will be fine.
pretty cool how they worked stannis's scene to make you wonder if hes dead or not.
not horrible, but far from the best finale. as a whole the season moved real slow, reminded me a lot of book 4.
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I pretty much agree with all of this. Although definitely not the best, this season wasn't horrible. It was just awfully paced (plate tectonics comes to mind), which makes it seem worse than it actually was.
I do, however, think some of the original plot needed work. Stannis TWICE gets caught unaware because he doesn't employ sentries and scouts. That makes absolutely no sense. The Meereen story had an even bigger plot hole. There's a massive regicidal insurrection in the fighting pits, and the next time we see the city Varys and Tyrion are overlooking a scene of relative tranquility? I'm sorry, but unless Drogon was hovering above, those people would be in open revolt right now. Or maybe they're happier with slave soldiers led a foreign dwarf ruling them.... (I realize there was a similar situation in the books)
I'm being captious, but honestly I didn't mind the season other than the pace and the above gripes. I agree with you that they looked like petty, treasonous ass holes for killing Jon that way. In the books, he was essentially deserting the watch. The penalty for that is ALWAYS death. In the show, Olly should've stabbed him alone. Would've made more sense.