Game of Thrones:Season 5, Episode 8

Spoilers alert!

When finally, the much-anticipated season 5 went on air, it didn’t impress me much. The story was going at rather slow patches and a few of the events gravely disappointed me too. Sansa’s wedding to the evil Ramsay and subsequently her rape on the wedding night made me rethink twice. The fact that Sansa was one of the most victimized characters on the show, I expected a bit of mercy from the producers. Pity Sansa! Sigh! On the other hand, the Sand Snakes (read: daughters of the late Oberyn Martell) skillfully and charmingly impressed me with their fighting scene as well as that teasing scene in the jail. And lastly, even though Cersei is an evil lady, she deserves to be outside, not in a cell! And I really do hope her face would be the last thing Cepta Unella(that irritating lady who brings water for Cersei in the cell) sees!

I did not have any high expectations for the eighth episode even though surprises are a key to the Game of Thrones aura. Tyrion meeting Daenerys marks an exciting prospect of a Lannister and a Targaryen finally crossing paths. The incidence of Tyrion meeting the Dragon Queen excites me simply because of the brain power, Tyrion possesses. At least, for the time being she would take some sensible decisions rather than listening to the testosterone-filled, all-brawns-no-brains Daario Naharis. Elsewhere, Sansa is surely in grave danger and in evil hands. I hope she is rescued as soon as possible. Meanwhile, in King’s Landing, The High Sparrow is creating more radical rules than Kim Jong-Un, the real-life fanatic Korean leader. But the highlight of this season, or probably the entire series of GoT has to be the final 15-20 minutes. Jon Snow and some fellow members of the Night’s Watch, along with Tormund, row to Hardhome to convince the Wildlings to join forces with the Night’s Watch, during the hard times ahead. The Walkers sure do have their ears on the ground as they launch an attack aftermath the meeting. The fight sequence of the Walkers with the Crows-Wildlings even betters the battle between the Crows and the Wildlings in Season 4. You wait in anticipation for the death of one of your favorite character during the face-off but the sheer brilliance of the surprise battle evades everything. The epic high point is the fight between a knight of the White Walker army and Jon Snow. This does not end with the usual victory of the hero but with Jon, almost being worn out and also having acquired the knowledge that his sword can actually kill-off a White Walker.

So, what’s next for Game of Thrones? Will we lose yet another of our favorite character in Season 5, with whom we have got attached to? What will be the plan of Jon Snow now, having lost all those precious dragon-glasses?

That stare down the river from the Night King of the White Walkers, towards Jon Snow had definitely sent shivers down him. And for the first time, he has been challenged in this magnitude. Quite amazingly, this episode ends with the sound of the rowing of the boats, not the usual musical ending.

Television shows will come and television shows will go but this eighth episode of the fifth season of Game of Thrones will go down in the history of television as one of the most epic and heart-thumping episodes ever to be watched on television.

Valar Morghulis!