Game of Thrones 39: The Watchers on the Wall

Not many episodes occur completely in one place... and here we are at the Wall for an hour. So...


Give me your thoughts on Aemon... because he's awesome and deserves some Sidepiece time.

Non book readers... when Sam promised not do to die, did you assume he's gonna die (aside from your Team America connection)? I mean, it's the Game of Thrones..  you can't make that promise!

"Jon Snow is mine..."  Did she mean to kill, or to keep?  Why didn't she keep her word when the Magnar of Thenn was fighting Jon!?

What'd you think of the Giants, Mammoths?  Mags running at the inner gate? (a part of me wanted to see what took place down there, and not just the aftermath. It would have been more dramatic at least, if somebody went to check in there earlier, right?)

The contraption on the wall to stop the climbers? Where was that when Jon and them were climbing the wall before?

Ygritte's hesitation to kill Jon... was she going to? How'd her last moments feel for you?

Pyp, Grenn?

How's this compare to Blackwater, for you?

The tracking shot... brilliant. I don't even have a question about it. It was easily the highlight of the episode for me. Shane and I discussed it while playing our NCAA football game online... and the only thing I think we've seen this year on tv that was better was True Detective's single shot scene.

I suppose there aren't many specific questions to ask... since everything happened in one place. I really liked this episode (I saw a bunch of comments about how intense it was, and i think it got my expectations up, but i didn't feel much intensity as much as just quality action), and think it's one definitely in the upper few for this season.