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Game of Thrones Reaction & Review S5 E8 'Hardhome'

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Introduction: 0:00 - 12:26
Reaction: 12:27 - 42:20
Discussion/Review: 42:21 - 55:39

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FIRST TIME Watching Game of Thrones! | 5x8 Reaction and Review | 'Hardhome'

Game of Thrones | Season 5 Episode 8 | Reaction & Review | "Hardhome" You read it correctly... We have NEVER watched Game of Thrones before! We are House of The Dragon fans, FINALLY starting our GoT journey! We are super excited for you to join us as we delve into the infamous world of GoT for the very first time! It's definitely been a long time coming... Buckle up, because it's going to be a long 8 seasons! Be warned, Winter is definitely coming... Click the link below and join NOW for exclusive content on our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/spartanandpudgey If you would like to support our channel, click on the JOIN button and receive some extra perks such as membership badges, exclusive custom emotes and priority reply to comments! Introduction: 0:00 - 12:26 Reaction: 12:27 - 42:20 Discussion/Review: 42:21 - 55:39 Like and SUBSCRIBE and click that bell to turn ON POST NOTIFICATIONS if you enjoyed the video and want to keep up to date with new posts! Connect with us on INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/spartanandpudgey/?hl=en OUR DISCORD: https://discord.com/invite/aPbnMXbYkM Connect with Spartan on TWITCH: https://www.twitch.tv/cpaspartan #houseofthedragon #gameofthrones #reaction

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Anonymous

That wildling woman really stuck out as a great character to me too, I wish that she had had a longer storyline. But as we know, any character can get their shit wrecked at any point in time

Ricky

This episode is one of the best in the series. And Seaso. 5 is great. It just feels a bit slower than previous seasons, but it's great.

Stannis loves grammar.

remember episode 8! your GOT experience is about level up!

Julien

For everyone who thinks Spartan is too hard on Cersei and that she's not that bad, I have two questions: (1) Do you think Ned, Tyrion, Robb, Sansa, Arya, Tommen, Stannis, Robert, Sam, Catelyn, and so many other characters that had a younger sibling would have pinched that siblings cock so hard as to almost rip it off if their mother had died giving birth to him? (Of course, we know the answer to that question FOR A FACT w one character: Jaime). (2) Do you think any of these people at Cersei age would have threatened the witch the way she did? ("If you don't tell me I'll have my father gouge out your eyes"). Can you imagine young Robb or Arya saying that to some random woman in the woods just to get an answer from her? Cersei has been an evil bitch from the earliest moments of her life that the show tells us. The show has been screaming that fact with a megaphone. She's awful. Not because of some prophecy, or whatever happened to her in life. She has always been awful. From day one. That's just her nature. Life didn't make Cersei a horrible person. She was always a horrible person.

HDN

I agree that she's evil, but I don't think the Starks are good simply by nature. If Arya or Sansa were raised by Tywin and without a mother they might have been worse than Cersei. And if Ned raised Cersei she might have been honorable.

Julien

Cersei wasn’t “raised by Tywin and without a mother” when she did that monstrous thing to Tyrion. Her mother had been dead for like 2 seconds. And once again, Jaime was in the exact same situation as her. He was the exact same age as her. She is evil (which doesn’t mean she is not complex) and her upbringing or circumstances had nothing to do with it. About the Starks, Jon was raised without a mother and with a stepmother who fucking hated him. C’mon.

Jenny Tolls

She also killed a dog for no good reason so she has that on her resume.

HDN

@Julien that's why i said ''might''. It's not the only factor but it is a major one. Jaime was just irresponsible. For Tywin, responsibility means becoming like him. Cersei was 7 years old (4 in the show) and had Tywin accusing Tyrion of killing her mom. Do you really think people are just born evil? I don't think that's how it works.

Stryder Garvey

I would say the writing doesn’t take a step down until season 7… 5 and 6 are great

neutchain

I guess she was born to be a cunt and didnt have the kind of parents around to teach her otherwise. Also probably didn't help that she grew up in a world where people seem to murder everyone in their way to gain wealth/power. Savagery and ruthlessness are on full display everywhere you look... The way Ned Stark explained to Bran why he killed that man in episode one clearly demonstrated that he tried to instill a good moral compass in his children very early on. Sansa was really a little brat when she was younger but she never showed malice or hostility. I think parenting does matter a lot when it comes to someone's personality, I dont really believe that some people are just destined to be evil. I think it often comes down to bad/no parenting, early bad influence of others and some bad choices.

micah

good call on the valyrian steel spartan!

Anonymous

Talking about cersei's motivations and the things that explain her actual behaviour. I don't think this is an spoiler (if moderators feel like it feel free to remove the comment!) But In the prophecy, the series misses to add an important line which explains also her absolutely hate for tyrion "And when your tears have drowned you, the valonqar shall wrap his hands about your pale white throat and choke the life from you." She has always thought that Tyrion will eventually kill her. That's the main reason she want him removed every chance she gets. I mean, she is a monster. But that line tell so much about her motivations and fears, also in the series.

Don’tDrinkTheLuminol

I love this episode and especially the wildling woman we meet with the elders, but I call BS on her not fighting off the white walker “kids.” Her mama bear instincts should have made her as fierce with them as any of the others, they are a threat to her own daughters (and every other Free Folk child), and they’re not children, they’re demon zombies. It REALLY bothered me that we get such a strong female character who’s also a warrior, and they imply that her sentiment suddenly stops her from her badass fighting. Her brain should have overruled her repulsion and sadness at seeing the zombie kids, and her adrenaline should have made her fight harder than ever thinking that this could be the fate of her children. I kept thinking, fight, fight, fight or you might be the one who makes your daughters join the army of the dead some day. I’d say RIP, but… she doesn’t. Edited to add: Happy Easter! This probably isn’t the resurrection you usually think about for Easter, but it was indeed a massive resurrection. S and P, people should have been nicer about you taking time off because you deserve to, but I hope you enjoyed the timing irony of this episode for Easter.

Don’tDrinkTheLuminol

Don’t forget she’d rather feed the dogs the wedding feast leftovers than allow that food to go to starving people in her city. That’s some Ramsey level cruelty right there.

Julien

It is a spoiler. You're talking about something that could happen but saying it's not in the show, which means it won't happen, etc. Hard to explain. But this explanation and the fact that it's omitted from the show, points S&P away from certain possibilities. Not sure how else to explain this.

Julien

She's horrible. The interesting thing in these discussions is that people tend to judge evil by the aggregate amount of suffering that someone has directly caused. In Cersei's case it's actually very little! People like Robb or Dany or Robert have caused more, simply by waging war! No, that's not how you measure evil. It's an age old question but in the context of stories like these, it's what's in someone's heart. Cersei Lannister is filled with contempt for literally every human being outside of her children and her father and Jaime. She is completely indifferent to what happens to others, and that attitude oozes thru her pores.

Don’tDrinkTheLuminol

I celebrate that you like Jon even more than Robb now. The big question now is, will you ever love Tormund (the new “barbarian”) more than Khal Drogo?

Mzuka

I mean her kids were already safe, and while rationally what you’re saying makes sense, I think the reality of it is a lot harder to face. I personally have never encountered demon zombie babies, but it might be enough to overwhelm whatever instincts I have. For the mother, I imagine that she’s been imagining and dreading her own children dying and joining the army of the dead for months if not years. I can totally see her not being able to strike them. Writing wise, it’s quite neat to have it done this way because her characters whole ethos was “for the children”. She defied her ancestors and millennia of tradition because she was thinking of the children. Makes perfect sense that she wouldn’t be able to kill the children.

Julie

I was someone who went in to Season 5 hearing terrible things and after immensely enjoying it (I especially adore the High Sparrow situation bc its something different in KL) I was like what was everyone talking of? Certainly its more doom and gloom than previous seasons (which is saying something) but it made sense after the massive changes made in Season 4. All this to say glad you enjoyed! The brilliance in Hardhome is not seeing it coming and ofc people overhyped even that. I hope as we get into those higher stakes moments, people learn to let you guys find out for yourselves.

William

Isn't this setting expectations? You do this on almost every reaction posted

Jenny Tolls

I think people are just too critical. I think Season 5 was a good season. I think it's just mob mentality for everyone to hate on this season. Seasons 1-4 are a masterpiece because of how well all the stories intertwine with each other but I think this is a solid season.

Don’tDrinkTheLuminol

“Makes perfect sense that she wouldn’t be able to kill the children.” But she didn’t have to make a decision about “killing” them because they were ALREADY dead. And they weren’t children. They were mindless white zombies in the decaying corpses of children—a terrible affront to nature.

Anonymous

One of the best episodes this season.

Anonymous

I disagree, this is when they ran out of book material. The season has alot of great moments, the battle at hardhome especially, it is not that at all. I cannot put my finger on it directly without spoiling anything. But I get it.

Anonymous

I believe in nature vs nuture, it is more complicated that what people make it out to be. Take antisocial personality for example wich is the modern term for sociopathy and psychopathy is by current science both caused by genetics and enviorment. I do believe that Cersei at that age had a great deal of horrible trauma with her mother dying while giving birth to Tyrion and raised mostly by Tywin which we know to be a cruel man. Joffrey without doubt turned out the way he did because of her. Not to mention Robert never loved Joffrey. And absent father figure and a mother like Cersei, go figure. Cersei was locked in a tower while growing more beautiful and kept by Tywin until a good match according to him came along being sold to somebody Cersei actually adored. Not having any experience with dating or men, Robertobviously grieved Lyanna and did not care for Cersei at all. Tywin taught Cersei that being cold, calculated and using people gets you what you want. Look at behaviour and say it does not have any resemblence. In Cerseis world the only thing of value in her life and the world she is living in all that matters is power and her family. Can you blame her for that? Jon sure was disliked and put down by Catelyn but he had brothers and a father in the Starks. His upbringing is different by far. He was born a man and a bastard and in a way he had more choice and impact on his own life than Cersei by far.

Anonymous

Actually I took care in not saying what happens or not happens in the TV series while writing the comment, cause I didn't want them to assume as I love their genuine reactions. Just said "In the prophecy, the series missed to add" (JUST the prophecy scene) but I was cautious in not to mention or imply that the outcome is omitted in the show. As you have already watched the series and read the books, you understood it that way, cause you are already spoiled, someone without that knowledge wouldnt assume so easily. Either way, now that you have said it, The comment will likely get deleted. Thank you for that 😔

Dname

I completely disagree, it's gradually get worse after this season.

Stannis loves grammar.

the best line of the reaction. he's got balls that thenn! This episode is one of my favorites because it comes out of nowhere with the action!

cstarklady

Just wanted to say I agree about taking the time off. Don’t let anyone give you shit for it, Spartan and Pudgey, this should be fun, not a chore. I also agree about the wildling warrior woman. I didn’t mind her dying, she had a fantastic small arc that got us to care about her in a short time. I did mind her dying without continuing to fight. I don’t buy she would stop when she had live children she wanted to get back to. I could understand it more if it was a moment’s hesitation that tripped her, but she full on gave up after she saw it was kids.

cstarklady

Loved that! Even we who watched it the first time as it aired were spoiled when they aired trailers for Hardhome. Spartan and Pudgey’s reactions were so genuine.

Martin Robertson

The lady who was torn apart by Wight kids? Her name was KARSI of the Frozen Shore people, who ride chariots made of walrus bones pulled by packs of dogs.

Chaz D

I can’t wait for the last 2 episodes of season 5 to come out! It’s only been a week but it feels like it’s been longer lol

Anonymous

Arguably one of my favorite episodes in the entire series. Tyrion finally interacting with Dany, Cersei being imprisoned, and the fight at hardhome just makes for one jam packed episode of absolute awesomeness. You were paying attention in the entirety of the episode, glued to the screen wondering what would happen next. Jon is an absolute badass in this episode, and shows his worth as a leader immensely through his speech to the wildlings. Seeing you guys react to this series, and this episode in particular brings out so many emotions for me as it feels like I'm rewatching through your eyes. Your reactions are so genuine and such a breath of fresh air. I love the content, keep it up!

Mathπ

Isn't it fascinating that Margeary after a few days (weeks) of imprisonment (and her brother's imprisonment) still held up her façade and composure, but Cersei cracked in very little time.

Mathπ

I agree with you Pudgey, I already loved the mother/chief wildling. She really had a lot of charisma and wisdom, but of course it's GoT so the best ones gotta leave first :(((

Anonymous

I disagree too. I think maybe you can’t know whats wrong with season 5 until you see the whole thing. But there is a lot wrong with season 5.

Anonymous

#8 in my top 10 GOT episodes. Hardhome is GOT at it's best.

Blackeyedlily

Definitely my favorite episode of this season. And to respond to something that Spartan said, it’s not that the books have more details. The issue is that significant plot lines and important aspects of the story were completely left out or changed. And while this episode focused on the White Walkers, in general the show really downplays the magical aspects of the story in a pretty big way. The show runners seemed to really love the political drama and intrigue of this story. And rightly so. It’s just that other things suffered as a result of that being their primary focus.

Sean Fitzpatrick

The sparrow(the leader of the faith militant) became the high septon due to Cersei empowering him and imprisoning the original high septon