8x02: Top 5 Scenes

No order

1. Dany and Sansa- they were honest, friendly, but still acknowledged the obvious tension. At this stage in the game, Sansa only cares about her home, fuck an Iron Throne.

2. Jaime’s trial- so good. I like how he said he’d do it all again

3. Arya and Gendry- sounded creepy in the leaks but it was kind of sweet.

4. Ser Brienne- the tears welling in her eyes, ugh I got goosebumps

5. Jenny of Oldstones- I never knew Daniel Portman could sing! The little montage of everybody doing what they think are their last moments, while he sings about never wanting to leave...that’s what I call television lmao

Honorable mention number 6 is Tormund’s story about fucking and then being breastfed by a giantess. It’s nearly impossible to make me laugh out loud anymore, but that did it.

There were a lot of good scenes and a lot of them I can't say are better than others. This is not in any order.

So for me it was

Sam, Ed and Jon.

Jaime knighting Brie, it almost got and then Brie smiled and it got me in the feels.

Tyrion and Bran. It's not a big scene we don't here much but it was so Tyrion to be the curious one.

The Crypt

Jenny

Honerable mention the return of the NK's 13. Been wondering what happened to all of them. I know a few died but I just liked seeing them keep continuity.

Lots of other very good scenes everyone was on point so to speak, Sansa and Theon, Sansa and Dany, Brie and Jaime, Tyrion and Jaime, Jaime at court, Jaime was the big catalyst this episode and I felt like a good bit of that was building to Brie I sort of count all those scenes as one.

I remember discovering that Daniel Portman could sing really well way back somewhere after season 4 when he did an interview for Thronecast and they convinced him to sing. He only did a bit of it, but he sang The Rains of Castamere. Ever since then I've been hoping they'd have Podrick sing, and he finally got his moment!





As for my top 5 scenes:

1. The drinking party by the hearth complete with Brienne being knighted by Jaime. So many feels!

2. All of Arya's scenes ... with the hound, with Gendry (yes even their rushed love scene). I love how much she's come into her own as an adult now.

3. Sansa/Daenerys scene. I am loving this hardcore Sansa and never in a million years expected it would set people back on their heels ... confident characters like Jon, Daenerys, Tyrion, Arya ... all of them set right in their place by this brilliant Lady of Winterfell. Long May She Reign!

4. Jaime and Brienne out in the snow watching Podrick train men to fight. That was just such a well done scene. Brienne expecting the old sarcastic Jaime who teased her so much... and instead she's flustered by this humble, beaten down Jaime who wants to fight by her side. Great scene.

5. Jorah and Sam - this got me too... giving him Heartsbane.


There are SO many good scenes, I just can't really do a top 5.


6. Jaime & Bran. This is intense stuff and Jaime is really laying it all out bare under Bran's scrutiny.

7. Jon & Daenerys - I KNEW they were going to leave this hanging. I hated it for the first few seconds at the end there, but I realized this wasn't the reveal I wanted, but the one I needed. Daenerys, please be gentle on your boo, he's having a bit of an existential crisis just before the war.

SO MANY GOOD SCENES!

Brienne being knighted
Arya and Gendry
The Night's Watch boys and Ghost scene
Tormound's Giant story
Jaime telling Brienne he'd fight for her.

1. Jaime knighting Brienne
2. Pod’s song
3. Dany and Jon in the crypt
4. Sansa and Theon’s reunion
5. Dany and Sansa in the library

1. The Hearth Scene - In its totality, one of my three favorite scenes of the whole show. The Red Wedding in s3; the Sept of Baelor in s6; the Winterfell Hearth in s8... these are the 3 scenes I'll remember the most when I think back to this show. Six characters sitting beside the fire in a foreign castle contemplating the idea of becoming ghosts the following morning. Beautiful premise brilliantly written. It's gloriously shot, emphasizing earthy colors, not unlike the Red Wedding cinematography (funnily enough) but with this lovely golden hue that turns the Jaime-Brienne bit into some kind of spiritual moment. (Yes, it really got to me).

2. Jaime's Trial - Riveting stuff from everyone involved.

3. Sansa & Theon - Genuinely moving, a demonstration of those deep Northern bonds. Also add the soup scene here!

4. Davos, Gilly & Reincarnation of Shireen - Very simple, very powerful.

5. Jon comes out as Aegon - Kit Harington said in an interview that he finally understood who Jon Snow was and how to play him after reading the season 8 scripts. This scene is a demonstration of that. Lovely work from Emilia too.