GOT: Wow!

If you missed last Sunday's episode of Game of Thrones you missed an amazing episode (and I recommend you do not continue here until you see it). 

We finally saw up close why the approaching winter is such a threat to everyone in the south. In Lord of Rings fashion, we watched a horrendous battle between the Wildlings and dead army of the White Walkers. And while the Wildlings cut through the dead like Orcs, they kept coming  (including dead children, which eerily reminded me of scenes in The Walking Dead).

It was hard not to feel despondent as the live humans were eventually added to the army of the dead. And while Jon Snow killed one White Walker, it was clear there is a slew of them and they are happy to watch the dirty work from afar.

One knows the return of dragons and dragon -related weapons will help, and many Wildlings escaped to fight another day, but you wonder how many will never live to see the final battle.  Besides, the southerners have done well decimating their armies and killing off their best commanders. The Daenerys/Tyrion detente in that sense was the only hopeful story Sunday night.

With all of this it was hard to cheer the demise of Cersi, but that story was sufficient by itself to carry the show alone.  One cannot mourn those who play with fire and ignore the warnings. With two jailed queens and a child king, the south slowly collapses while Jon Snow attempts to hold back hell. 

Yes, the wandering are over and the story is taking shape. Winter is coming, and we now know most of the living will not survive to see the spring.

Update:  This YouTube clip provides some interesting background on filming the White Walker attack.