game of thrones season 8 episode 2 review

And there was no visit to King's Landing or the Iron Islands this week, the likes of Cersei and Yara reduced to mentions by others. Seeing her take sexual agency with Gendry was a welcome step in her development, without losing what has made her a compelling character. Talking of, we got a brief moment with Gilly (but not the two of them together), so if you were wondering what she was up to, now you know.īy far the most memorable scene saw Arya finally embracing her humanity again on the eve of battle, while never quite letting her badass side drop. Tyrion continued his tour of people he's met, taking stock of how far he's come as a character, while Jorah Mormont was given Heartsbane the sword by Sam. On the plus side, we had Jaime and Brienne getting the chance to interact again, while the former's confrontation with Bran felt a little bit of a letdown. It serves one main purpose – to lead us into next week's much-vaunted epic battle episode, so there's value in getting all the check-ins and emotional connections out of the way before the Army of the Dead arrives to sweep it all away. Brienne in particular speaks up for him, and is rewarded later with that impromptu (and effective) knighting sequence which gives the episode its title.Ī good chunk of the episode was taken up with characters relating how far they've come, and debating who will take shelter in the crypt versus who will stand and fight. Jaime looked like he was headed for a bad end, only to be saved by in the court of public opinion by those who know what he has done in the years since he killed the mad king, shoved Bran out of the window and slept with Cersei.

Still, for those who have long waited to see characters get together – in more ways than one – the episode delivered on different levels. Which, for all its minor (and a couple of major incidences) came off as a little less than totally satisfying in the shadow of last week. As an hour of television, A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms wasn't so much full of drama as it was a living recap of past stories. While we were told that several episodes would be feature length this season, this episode could well have been mashed together with last week's to create one, giant reunion-filled catch-up of where everyone has been, how they fit into the story and a summation of their likely chances.

Game of thrones season 8 episode 2 review