Game of Thrones: Squandering 8 Years of Character Development
NOTE: SPOILERS and this is a Rant, which means it is not as well edited or well documented as I usually like to be. The Night King died like a punk. Like a stupid punk. I'm beyond disappointed in episode three of season eight. Not in the action, or the directing, or the acting, or the music, or the production design but in the nonsensical story decisions that have squandered seven seasons of character development and plot lines for no apparent reason. First of all, the battle seems to be comprised by one major mistake after another on both our heroes' side and on the part of the Night King. Let's charge all of our Dothraki into the black night against a vastly superior force. Perfect. Next lets' never fire our catapults more than once. Excellent. Thirdly, let's not have any catapults behind the safety of castle walls. Genius. Then, lets have no backup plan if the dragons can't light the fire trench, the one piece of our defense that was actua...