I like Jaimie's assault on Highgarden. Much like the first season they yadda yaddad the battle. Highgarden lost what was its most powerful lord who joined with Jaimie. They lost their whole future of the house when the sept blew up. It's not unrealistic for their army to be gone through defection. I don't think this is reverse engineering the plot but a straightforward read of what we saw on the screen.
I think Tyrian makes his plan clear of undermining Cersai's and Jaimie's love of her heritage forcing them to counter. He was out thought and Beutiful foreshadowed by the queen of thorns saying I am alive today because I haven't listened to clever men. She even implored Dany to use her dragons.
So I'm not with you on those to.
Euron -- Nothing about his plot makes sense.
Jon to get the zombie again nonsensical. It's really the unexplainable one that was solely done to move people around and isn't defendable.
The mistake they made was spending the budget HBO gave them on battles instead of episodes. The long drawn out fight sequences while cool have limited the time spent on things like travel and quick conversations that fill in the world.
The biggest thing for me lacking this season is consequence to actions. Jon had the dumbest idea and only a dragon that we knew was going to die died. Tormund should have died to have consequences. Sam should have contracted greyscale while curing Mormont. Greyworm should have died for Tyrions stupidity.
To me the theme of this show from the beginning is for the heros your best trait is your downfall and the Villians bring on their own demise through their actions. I think that's why I am enjoying the Arya/Sansa/Littlefinger plot.
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