S7E06 update (Patreon)

This video has been the most difficult to write of all the Season 7 videos. There are heaps of the usual sorts of connections, backstories and mysteries to discuss. But there are also the undeniable failings of the episode, which I try to address in a fair and balanced way. Here's the conclusion so far:

In this episode, Beric says that the enemy is death, and “Maybe we don’t need to understand any more than that”. It’s almost like Beric is telling the audience we don’t need to understand how Jon survived on that island for days, or why the Night King stood and watched. We don’t need to understand why Arya suddenly turns on her sister. Or how Jon survives again and again. Or how Cersei’s reign works politically. And maybe we don’t need to understand. But Game of Thrones at its best isn’t just about battles and tits and dragons. It’s complex politics and human drama that makes you think. David and Dan do an amazing job of adapting a story that George Martin wrote to be unadaptable – and at this point they’ve even run out of books to adapt. But hopefully these last seasons of Thrones can conclude the story without losing that layer of detail and depth that makes Thrones so special. Thanks for watching.

So the script is pretty good, but it's currently too long – over 4000 words. Once it's hammered into shape, it'll be time to record and produce. Expecting a Friday or Saturday release for this one. Thanks for your patience!

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