Game of Thrones Recap Spectacular! Season 8 Episode 2 - "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms"

JIM: We open this week’s episode at the Airing of the Grievances: Jaime Lannister Edition. The Kinglsayer stands before the assembled muckety-mucks of Winterfell while first Khaleesi and then Sansa testify to the many ways the one-handed man has wronged their families. What follows is, playtime with adolescent Mountain & the Hound notwithstanding, the sickest burn in GOT history:

Jaime: “Do you want me to apologize? I won’t. We were at war. Everything I did, I did for my house and my family, I’d do it all again.”

Bran/Raven: “The things we do for love.”

Lots of dynamics at play in this scene, as we get an affirmation of the Brienne/Jaime bond which we’ll really dive into later, Dany’s annoyance and growing distrust of Tyrion, and the power struggle for HBIC between Dany and Sansa. My question: if Tyrion indeed does get demoted, who would you promote to Hand - Varys or Jorah?

And if you think I didn’t just to go to YouTube to dial up 10CC’s of “The Things We Do For Love” then you don’t know me at all.

Essie:  Like walking in the rain and the snow, when there's nowhere to go, and you're feelin' like a part of you is dying…

Oh, sorry, I got wrapped up in Jim’s musical indulgences, but there’s no time for that because there are questions that need answerin’!

Once again, we see Tyrion continue to come up small with his gambits and stratagems, and I keep asking, why is this person who is considered to be one of the smartest people around continually fucking up?? I mean, is the dude just drunk the whole time or something? Is this some sort of subtle PSA about the HORRORZ OF DRINKINGS!!!? I don’t understand what they’re doing with his character at all.

And this is a pretty big fuck up on his part! The fact that Dany didn’t want to go north because Cersei was just going to take back everything Dany gained is not lost on me… and due to her trusting Tyrion trusting his sister, she’s now right in the situation she was looking to avoid AND she lost a dragon to the Night King because of it.

Though Sansa does call Dany out on this later as well saying that SHE was also foolish to trust Cersei, and she’s not wrong, because if you’re going to be HBIC, you get all the glory, but you need to take the blame when things ultimately don’t go well. (And when I’M defending Sansa, you know she MUST be correct!)

And the fact that Ser Jorah… Ser Bad Decision, as I have quite often referred to him… advises Dany to keep Tyrion as her Hand, well, it makes me wonder if that is indeed a BAD DECISION. That’s more than a few times he fucked up while advising her, and each is bigger than the last. Again, WHAT is going on here?? But the fact that he is Ser Bad Decision means that I would pick Varys as Hand over Jorah. Also, did the fact that Tryion say that someone else was going to be wearing the Hand pin before it was all over sound ominous to anyone else? It seems like some doomed foreshadowing there.

Two other things about this scene that stood out to me:

The reasons they let Jaime stay rung true to me in that you knew that Jon was going to say they need anyone they can get to fight, and you understand both why Brienne stood up for him AND why Sansa trusts Brienne. I feel like it was all deserved.

Lastly, there was a whole bunch of collective pearl clutching among the muckety-mucks (as Jim so eloquently put it) when Jon bolted from the table after the “trial” ended and didn’t even give Dany a glance. The awkwardness was palpable. And delicious… especially because I’m starting to think that girlfriend needs to be taken down a few pegs.

Lacey: Let’s jump ahead and paraphrase a thing that Sansa says later in the episode, dudes do some real dumb stuff in the name of love. Which is, kind of a whole theme here, but I digress. Mayhaps, Tyrion is screwing up because he’s distracted, maybe much like, Ser Bad Decision and ol’ Jon Snow, he’s in love with Dany. Which like, fine, I get it, she’s charismatic and has 47 different titles, but there are more important things in heaven and the Seven Kingdoms. But, he’s also always had a soft spot where his siblings are concerned, justifiable with Jaime because underneath it all, his heart is just as golden as his hand. Cersei, however, never cared about anyone she didn’t share half of her DNA with, so trusting her is D U M B, just like it’s always been.

Personally, I would chose Varys to be my hand, he’s been pulling levers behind the scenes to get Dany back on the throne forever. But, she’d chose Mormont, because she likes to be looked at with adoring puppy dog eyes as often as possible.

I think it says a lot about Jaime’s integrity and honor that he never brings up that the Mad King was about to blow up King’s Landing when he killed him. I would bring that shit up all day long, but Jaime just takes it. He’s the Kingslayer, he owns it. He’s not trying to make anyone believe that he did it for the greater good, he just sucks it up.

And, seriously, Dany bringing up the “bedtime story” that your gross, obviously crazy brother used to tell you about the man that killed your dad. You do recall that your sun and stars killed him by pouring molten gold over his head and that we were all very into it, let’s not try to use him to justify anything.

JIM: Let’s jump right into Essie’s favorite storyline of the night - the Deflowering of the Wolf Girl. Arya and Gendry continue their patented insult flirting as Arya eye-fucks her favorite blacksmith and throws some knives while imploring Gendry to finish her damn weapon already. Fast forward to later in the episode when Gendry is all like “I got yer weapon right here” and Arya’s all like “Well, it is long and hard, just like I ordered it” and he’s all “Hey, btdubs, I’m a Baratheon bastard” and she’s all “Feelin’ cute, might cut somebody’s face off & wear it as my own later” and he’s like “Uh, I’ve had three girlfriends but you wouldn’t know them, they live in Canada” and she’s like “Let’s get it on and make Reddit explode” and he’s all “Usually, my women take my pants off for me” and she’s all “Buckle up, bitch, a girl is about to get turnt...”

Question - how do you feel about the pairing? Is it love or is just for the experience, like Arya said? Does that mean one of them definitely has to die now, like in a horror movie?

Essie: MY favorite storyline? This just goes to show you that, even after knowing me for 15 years (15 years… wow) (Ed. Note - Damn, you’re old), you still don’t know me at all. And, to continue our 1970s musical theme, James, if you don’t know me by now, you will never never never know me....

My takeaway from the odd… flirting? can we call it that… that took place early on is that I absolutely love that Maisie Williams plays Arya left-handed, as Arya is left-handed in the books. And when she was chucking dragonglass daggers like a boss, all of them were coming out southpaw. Yes, this is the stupid, subtle shit I notice… and I wonder why I’m epically alone in this world… but I digress.

I also noticed the fact that there are now two Starks that you absolutely cannot lie to. Tough family.

As far as the Wolf Girl knockin’ boots (I’m ALL about outdated slang), as soon as she left the Hound and Beric on the ramparts, I could hear the porno music already playing. When the sexing started, much like the opening scene and their reasons at the “trial”, I found Arya’s reasons and her reaction to the situation here to be very true to her character. She was in complete control, there was no mushiness or anything like that (mostly because I think my girl is a bit dead inside at this point), and I get why the scene is there. If you think you’re going to die, why not find someone to schtup… and ESPECIALLY so if you’ve never did it before?? I still don’t ship these two even a little bit, but a girl knew what she wanted and a girl got it. Ain’t nothing wrong with that.

I saw a bunch of reactions to this on the internetz since the episode aired, and I guess I get why people were off-put by it a little. I mean, we did see this girl grow up, so a lot of people will see her as this tiny thing from Season 1. But, that said, she’s all growns up… she’s growns up and she’s growns up and she’s growns up. I thought the scene was well done, was not gratuitous at all (though a WEE bit fan-servicey, but I don’t mind that), and I read today that the showrunners actually gave Maisie Williams the choice of how much or how little she wanted to show.

All that said, while I could have handled a full-frontal during this scene because I can keep all of the above in mind and she IS an adult, there’s part of me that’s glad and relieved we didn’t go there. I thought how it was showed was just enough.

Lacey: I would just like to note, that on my HBO GO last night, this was just “Game of Thrones 69”, because hey-oh, I am 12 on the inside and also so very alone. Of course it’s the episode number, but let me have this inappropriate, infantile moment.

Now, as you may remember from last week, I am already on board the Arya/Gendry love boat, sailing through the tunnel of love, right to Love Island. Okay, maybe it’s not love, maybe it’s experimentation before almost certain death at the hands of a supernatural fighting force with someone you’ve known since you were a wee lass, who has happened to turn out as a total smoke show. So, good for them, also I’d like to congratulate Gendry on his second time of doing it, because we all know what the Rule of 3 means here. Also, the look on Arya’s face after said doing it tells me that this wasn’t love, and that she probably should have taken a run at Pod instead.

However, I completely agree with Essie here, this was classic Arya. Controlled af. Anyone who was weirded out by this sex scene isn’t acknowledging the growth and autonomy of Miss Thang. She, much like Ariana Grande, another tiny, powerful woman, saw it, she liked it, she want it, she got it. It’s just that instead of receipts lookin’ like phone numbers, it’s Arya’s kill count.

And, yes she probably will die, because you never lose your V-Card when there are evil forces lurking about, Randy from ‘Scream’ rules apply to White Walkers just as much as they do to psycho killers.

JIM:  For our purposes I’m going to just go with Braven to refer to the Bran/Three-Eyed Raven situation from now on. Now that we have that settled, it’s all going down in the Godswood for Braven where he volunteers to use himself as bait to lure the Night King. Earlier in the episode he also had a long-awaited meeting with Jaime “The Crippler” Lannister, where much to the Crippler’s surprise, Braven gave him a pass. My question comes down to the logistics of this plan to lure the Night King to the Godswood. What if he just swoops in on his dead dragon and ice incinerates him? Obviously he won’t cuz that doesn’t work narratively but shouldn’t there be more discussion of the fuckin’ ZOMBIE DRAGON??

Essie: I too found it odd that there was no discussion of the zombie dragon and how they were going to deal with it. I mean, shouldn’t you have SOME plan for it? That said, maybe they’re saving that for storytelling/dramatic purposes?

Also, did anyone else find it ominously bone-chilling when the Three-Eyed Raven asked Jaime, “How do you know there’s an afterwards?”

And yes, he’s the Three-Eyed Raven now… everyone in Westeros, and especially JIM, should stop deadnaming him. (God, Jim is just the worst…. Wait did I actually write that down? I was only supposed to think that and not type it… hmm…)

Lacey: Correct me if I’m wrong, but they only know about the Ice Dragon because of Braven, right? And these are a stubborn-ass people who don’t seem to believe a thing until it’s undead and attacking the shit out of their faces. But, I’m assuming that if the Bran-Eyed Raven is putting himself in the Godswood as bait, that he hasn’t seen the dragon icecinorating him? I don’t know, I’m very confused about the convenient-ass vision that the Three-Eyed Bran is having. I suppose it’s a lot of information to sift through, but can’t he just tell everyone that they’re going to win, or that they’re going to die? Because a wine-fueled, pre-undeath orgy could also be an enjoyable television program.

JIM: You know who gets his own question this week? Theon Fuckin’ Greyjoy, that’s who! I’ve been accused of being a Theon-apologist for the entire run of this series (mostly by Essie) and I wholeheartedly accept that and am feeling pretty vindicated lately. Theon returns to Winterfell and pledges to defend it and the the Starks. An offer that moves Sansa to give him a big fat hug and also have some eats with him later in the episode.

My question - how fantastic will it be when Sansa and Theon end up together and rule Westeros as husband and wife? Though clearly Sansa is gonna have to be the top in that relationship.

Essie: Okay, okay…. You know what? I think the fact that Theon came back to fight at Winterfell pretty much completes his redemption arc, especially when you take into account Sansa’s reaction to him. How can the Sansa/Theon reunion be the most emotional of all the reunions that have taken place this season?? It was actually a bit misty in my apartment while watching this scene.

As far as your question goes, Mr. Funkatron, that’s never going to happen, because I’m convinced now that he’s had his redemption and forgiveness that Theon is going to die. Yep. Just my prediction. Also, speaking of his apparent forgiveness, I find it unforgivable that he didn’t get a scene with Arya, because I wonder what SHE thinks of him betraying her family. Maybe we’ll find out, but it seems like the moment passed with these two getting any kind of moment together.

Lacey: Theon is going to die, Mr. James. I apologize in advance to the tears that will flood your eyes, and then your home, turning your couch and coffee table into the new Iron Islands. Because his redemption has been so beautiful, because he has rediscovered who he is as a man, l, and most of America will cry along with you.

Let us never forget this ode to young Theon (Alfie Allen)

Some quick hitters:

JIM: Jesus, the Davos and the little girl who looks like the Princess Shireen scene. My allergies are acting up or it’s dusty in here. I can’t even.

Essie: Yeah, I hear ya. A bit schmaltzy perhaps, but it worked for me. I also read on the internetz that you can hear a bit of that creepy-as-fuck song Shireen used to sing as strings in thee background of this scene. I haven’t gone back to confirm it, but it would be a nice nice touch if it were true.

Lacey: Not just that, but way to bring Gilly into this, make me think she might be potentially not annoying. I don’t like how you’re playing with my emotions writers. Also makes me think that Davos will die doing something heroic/stupid to save that little girl.

JIM: The thought of Grey Worm and Miss Andi cashing in their 401Ks and living out their old age on the beaches of Naath is touching, and romantic, and probably completely unrealistic. But damn, it’s a beautiful dream, isn’t it?

Essie: Sure, it is a beautiful dream, but… hate to break it to you… not. gonna. happen. I’m near certain that one of them is going to die (Grey Worm), and I wouldn’t be totally surprised if Miss Andi bites it too… and I’m not just saying that to upset Jim (though, admittedly, upsetting Jim is a nice side-bonus to this comment).

Lacey: I almost kind of feel like they aren’t even central enough to the story to warrant story time at this point. Like, what function is Miss Andi even serving right now? I haven’t seen her with in 100 yards of Dany yet this season, so she can’t be doing much advising. I feel like they’re only showing them so they can be killed for cheap tears later. Yes, it’s a nice thought, but it makes me yawn.

JIM: Jon spends a little time with his brothers of the Black, Sam and Edd. Sam again needs to defend his fighting skill and I love that he still considers stealing books from the Citadel on par with killing a white walker. Also - Ghost is back!! Carry on.

Essie: Yes! I love when Sam was listing his bad-ass deeds and stealing books was right near the top of the list! Fantastic. I scribble a couple notes down when I watch each episode and what I wrote down for this scene was one simple word “GHOST!!!!” Shame we never got a Jon and Ghost reunion, complete with a montage set to “Let Me Tell You ‘Bout My Best Friend” where they show Jon and Ghost frolicking, and playing fetch, and then Ghost violently eviscerating one of Jon’s enemies while Jon laughingly looks on… you know, like most boys and their pups.

One other note that I’ll touch on here… Sam telling Gilly at one point that it’s going to be safer in the crypts also seems SUPER ominous. Can anyone say Stark Zombies lurking in the crypts? I wonder if they’ll go there….

Lacey: There is SO much speculation on the internets about the dead in the Winterfell crypts rising to join the army of the dead, and after the fan-servicey nature of this episode, maybe they’re just giving us what the consensus wants at this point, so maybe? But on to the boys in black, I actually kind of loved Edd in this scene, the “and now our watch begins” was really nice, and also, like hey, the threat has now moved here, we are last line of defense, basically. And Sam is really going to coast on that White Walker kill for the rest of his life, isn’t he? As a future librarian, I thoroughly disapprove of stealing books, but I guess in this case, there were reasons.

JIM: Khaleesi spends pretty much this entire episode frustrated and annoyed with everyone, beginning with Tyrion and his mistake of trusting Cersei. Jorah offers his advice that she needs to get over herself and get back on board the Imp Train cuz he’s still her best option. Between that selfless advice, Jorah telling Lady Mormont she’s the future of the family and Sam gifting his own father’s sword to him, I have a terrible feeling that this may finally be the end for Jorah Mormont.

Dany also takes Jorah’s advice to sit down with Sansa and sweet talk her into being an ally, which is all going perfectly well, bonding over Jon Snow, even poking fun at his short stature. But then the question of what happens to the North after all the fighting is done, annnnnd we’re right back to square one.

Jon finally confesses to his Targaryen lineage after being distant towards Dany up to that point in the episode. He lays it all out for her. Mama Lyanna, Daddy Rhaegar, Baby Aegon. And Dany’s first thought isn’t oh, snap, we just had Auntie/Nephew lovin’, it’s that Aegon (do we start calling him Aegon now?) is the last male heir to the Iron Throne. Before they can get into it, the horn blows cuz the Army of the Dead has arrived.

I feel Jongon™ won’t even want the Iron Throne if they survive but the rage of the possibility of being pushed aside may push Dany closer to the edge. Her family does have a history of madness after all. How do you think this all plays out?

Essie: Right before the horn blew to signal the Army of the Deadz is here, I was almost certain Jon’s next line about who sits on the throne is “It doesn’t mattah!! The dead ah ‘ere!!” Buuuuuuut, we never hear those words due to the horn, which at least makes me think that Jon and Dany will both survive the next episode so this story gets some sort of resolution. But they might be the only two people I’m sure will survive the next episode… well, them and everyone else smart enough to stay far far away from Winterfell.

I also thought that Emilia Clarke did a great job of expressing her confusion and anger and ALL the feelings she had with just a look and a few pointed words. And, of course her first thought was the throne. That is her raison d'être, and in a sharply written episode that really rings true in terms of character motivations, this bit and where her brain went with this info was another note that was spot on from my perspective of the character.

A couple final things here… is the Jon-being-short jokes getting a bit out of hand for anyone else? I mean, it just comes up a LOT. Also, what was Sansa wearing in that scene with Dany? Is that fabric or some futuristic polymer? I think she made something out of a material that doesn’t exist on this world. It was near-distracting to me. I’m not saying it looked bad… but just like… what is that??

Lacey: I too thought that Jon was going to say something along the lines of, “I don wan tha bloooody chair!” But, zombie warhorns be blaring. And, I do realize that it’s been her singular goal since forever, but Dany, it’s just a bloody chair. And it’s only been yours since that unfortunate crowning incident your brother suffered, like 9 years ago, and since then you’ve ruled a billion places, and has it ever been even close to all it’s cracked up to be? I’m actually getting a little tired of her bullshit. Gasp. I know. But it’s true. She’s annoying the shit out of me. I like Sansa better now, and I’ve actively rabble roused for her death before. There’s going to have to be a big turn around for me to be rooting for her to sit her ass on that throne.

As to how it plays out, if they live, it’s one of the less incestuous Targaryen relationships, so that’s a plus. And, Jon, is strong, but still totally willing to be Dany’s sub, which should work for her. If, and the if is bigger than Jon Snow, if she can get over his superior claim to the throne, there might be a chance for these two wacky kids. Or, she could just make it look like a battlefield accident, but then there is the the Three-Branned Raven to consider. So, shrug emoji, I guess, she’s too unpredictable.

Finally, I saw someone describe Sansa’s costuming as Cat Stark in Littlefinger drag and I was like YAASSSS! Although, the particular attention that has been paid to Sansa’s costuming throughout the whole series makes me think she might sit her bum on the Iron Throne before all’s said and done.

JIM: I left this section of the episode for last because it contains all of the feels. Jaime asks Brienne if he can fight alongside her as she commands the left flank. It seemed to me that he was on the verge of confessing something to Brienne, something much more personal than that he’s not a very good fighter anymore but the two agree to fight side by side. Then later in the episode quite the motley crew gathers ‘round the fire to drink wine and spend perhaps their last night alive together: Tyrion, Jaime, Brienne, Pod, Davos, and Tormund who quite vividly lays out the origin of his surname while instantly cementing his status as creepiest/most interesting drinking party guest.

What a beautiful scene overall, the concept of these wildly different characters that can share some wine & chuckles together before a good chunk of them is probably going to die a horrible death. As much as we all love the giant battle scenes and the craziness of the story, NONE of it works if we don’t care about the characters experiencing it.

The conversation turns to Knights and all of the battles the group has survived and once again Tormund reveals himself as the most woke in all of Westeros as he laments that Brienne can’t become a night cuz boys rule and girls drool. And then…

Jaime: “In the name of the Warrior, I charge you to be brave. In the name of the Father, I charge you to be just. In the name of the Mother I charge you to defend the innocent.”

“Arise, Brienne of Tarth, a knight of the Seven Kingdoms.”

Gwendoline Christie’s acting was spectacular. The tears welling on the edges of her eyes. The final smile as everyone claps and drinks in her honor. For the second time this episode, my allergy to feelings got the best of me. Then Pod rounds it out by singing a beautiful and sad song as we check in with all the characters we’ve grown to love over 7+ seasons.

I’d love to hear your thoughts on this scene and whether y’all are as scared as I am that this finishing of Brienne’s character arc means she is gonna die right soon and then poor Jaime is gonna have to kill her after she turns in a white walker??

Essie: There’s SO much to love here, and in this episode as a whole, and I think Jim’s assessments above are spot on (though, really, who the f is he to make assessments?). All these people are starting to gather around to share some low key drinks by the fire and in bursts Tormund who instantly becomes that one party guest that everyone is all like, “Oh man… we were having such a good time until this dude shows up and makes it all about him… Who invited him anyway???”

That said, though, Tormund is the real MVP of this episode, and his love of Brienne REFUSES to get old. Him drinking from the horn and having it run all over himself was PRICELESS, as were the reactions of the other characters, and then him saying he’d knight Brienne ten times over is just fantastic. Jaime does him one better, though, and wow… what a great, well-played scene. SO much good. SO much feels.

Yep, I think Brienne is definitely going to die. Sorry, James.

The more I watched this episode, though, the more I thought everyone was going to die in the upcoming battle. The whole episode was like watching really nasty storm clouds gather on the horizon. It’s beautiful to watch, but you know that the storm is coming with this beauty, and in some ways, it makes the beauty more profound.

I LOVED how much of a slow burn this episode was. It’s taking a beat before the storm hits and we lose person after person. We see each of these characters that we’ve gotten to know for years… or decades for some book readers… and we’re seeing what they expect to be their last night alive. It was just wonderful and powerful and heartbreaking. And the thing that truly differentiates this show is that, with most other shows you’d think that most of the main characters are going to find a way to survive and that we’ll lose a couple people here and there. Not so much with this show. I’m expecting something like 60 to 70 percent of the characters we see in this episode to die in the next. Maybe I’m overestimating, but if I am, I don’t think by much. It’s going to be a truly difficult episode to watch next week… and I feel like it’s also going to be amazing and breathtaking at points. I also know that I am in no way mentally or emotionally prepared to watch it yet, and I only have days to ready myself. Please wish me good fortune in the war to come…

Lacey: Brienne did not break Randy’s Rules for Surviving Evil, so maybe she’s good? But, I’d risk it all for a Tormund-Brienne-Jaime three-way, and you know you would too. Tormund being all like, “well why the fuck not? You’re a boss ass bitch?” and then Jaime being like, “Let’s do the damn thing. You a knight gurl!” it was all so wonderful, and just really special work from Gwendolyn Christie. But, back to my Sansa on the throne thing, wouldn’t it be bad-fucking-ass to see Brienne as the leader of her Queensguard, Pod, Tormund & Jaime right there behind her? I’m sorry, I’m having visions of a toppled patriarchy, with women fully at the helm, and mommy-likey. It’s all too wonderful and I don’t want to have to think about things going wrong.

And don’t you dare speak ill of Tormund again, at worst, he’s the guy who gets drunk and gets out his acoustic guitar at parties and makes it weird by only playing Bon Jovi’s new stuff.

Yes, I am absolutely terrified that all of these people are going to die. Like it’s a whole room full of Quints and we just got done hearing scar stories on the boat. Every single one of them has shown themselves to be brave and honorable and true. They’ve all had these incredible arcs, l mean, talk about started from the bottom now we here. Whether the bottom was moral or emotional or financial, I’m getting a little verklempt here.

And then, POD, with the Jenny of Oldstones, and its implications in the story. Because, and stop me if you know this, but Jenny was a descendent of the First Men that married into the Targaryen bloodline via Dany’s uncle Duncan, who should have been king, but he abdicated for love, bringing Dany’s direct line to the throne. Jenny also had a galpal that she brought to King’s Landing with her that was a seer. Now, homegirl prophesied about the Prince Who Was Promised, who had to come from the line of Aerys & Rhaella. There’s also theories that Rhaegar was the original author of the song, and Dany specifically mentioning that he liked to sing and write seems like too much, and I feel like I should have a conspiracy board with surveillance photos and red yarn. Deep. Breaths. We also cut directly from this scene to the crypt where Jon does the Ned Starkiest thing he could do and tells Dany that he’s her long-lost nephew Aegon, and my god this show is so good and so intricate. What did we do to deserve this? I mean between this episode, Beyonce’s ‘Homecoming’, and the latest Lizzo album, I don’t need a next week. I’m good.

Speaking of one last good thing, the Florence + the Machine version of ‘Jenny of Oldstones’ that is played over the end credits is just the most, to say the least. That woman is a powerful witch, and I cried all through her concert, and I plan to do it again when I see her in June. So, I guess I’ll take a next week. I have Lizzo tickets on the 10th. Fine. Bring on the deaths, just don’t kill Tormund, please, he’s the Daryl Dixon of this show. Or, maybe that’s Brienne?