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Best episode of the season, mostly just off of the cinematography alone. (That scene) Qyburn's death was the best part of the episode. Jamie's character arc was somewhat disappointing but at the same time...not that surprising. I know a lot of people disliked the ending for Cersei but I thought it was good. She finally broke down and her empire collapsed on top of her. On mother's day. Dany being brought to madness by Westeros --- I think they did pretty good in the build up for that within the episode. Is it hinted at how she knows someone betrayed her though?

F4E, she flew away before her fleet got wrecked. Hence why the scorpions turned on her fleet afterwards. Am I wrong? Where have I downplayed Cersei? Not going in circles over the North and such. I don't think I have downplayed them at all. Sansa, probably. Last question I will pose to you, what is Bran's purpose now? What does he do now? The greater threat is gone. Why wouldn't he try to intervene to prevent Innocents from dying if Cersei is aiming to use them as meat shields? Or is he just going to be a sitting encyclopedia? Lol

They showed that in Age of Ultron too.

Awesome write up on Bulger, Razor.

Dany flew away in the very same scene in the show, dude. I don't know, the Battle of Winterfell is a pretty significant battle to just be played down and labeled as one battle. And that's typically how you earn trust and respect in the North anyways but w/e. I downplayed one detail on Bran (I said it would be for the greater good) and everything I say is tearing at the fabric of the show.... OK

F4E, a fire breathing dragon is a nightmare match-up for a fleet of ships. If Dany is battle ready, that fire can immediately immobilize Euron's ships. That alone could have made a difference. I agree (and never disputed) it makes sense for Euron to confront Dany's fleet. It just happened in an incredibly unrealistic manner. I think my scenario is flatout better. Rhaegal gets caught approaching a spotted fleet and Dany flees after realizing they have scorpions....more realistic and same outcome. Nope, lets throw all logic out the door for a cheap surprise. The war board scene, I think, included both Sansa suggesting to let the armies recuperate and someone mentioned Euron's fleet is dominating the waters. So Dany makes the worst decision to immediately move on King's Landing and she still manages to get blindsided by Euron (again)... its just stretching it in my opinion. I just think the Sansa stuff is a little contrived given what I said. They fought side by side, why wouldn't the North back Dany after that? Especially with Jon's blessing and full backing as well as a shared common objective. Though now, it makes a little more sense for there to be conflict after Dany's dumb ass decisions after the war board scene and the revelation of Jon's heritage. So we will see how it plays out. Well, Bran could be doing a lot with what he has. Like spying on Cersei? It is for the greater good. And him revealing to Sansa and Arya, Jon's heritage is a fairly major moment to just be cut away from. Just because I am criticizing an episode doesn't mean I hate the show. You are criticizing me for the show not going how I want it to. True. But what is also true is that the writers are doing nonsensical things to push things that they want. In my opinion...it is poor writing. Keep in mind, that despite 'improvements,' it is a ballista on a ship, shooting at a moving dragon from distance. It's not happening, the way it happened.

Pure-show viewpoint. Spoilers:

Such a pet peeve of mine, it still needs to make sense in the respective world. iTs fAnTASy isn't an excuse for bad writing, this is HBO not SCI-Fi.

That last episode was mostly terrible. All logic and reason out of the door, how far are they going to stretch things?

Lighting was an easy way to save money on the battle scenes, I bet. Because we needed the overly produced, cheesefest that was Dany & Jon's dragon ride together earlier in the season. The showrunners even said in the recap that battle scenes are boring.. uh what???? Pretty anticlimactic, Jorah sacrificing himself for Dany was a given. NK & his lieutenants did nothing. No showdown, nothing. Doesn't seem like it followed Arya's storyline at all either as her talents weren't even used. It was a surprise, I'll give them that. I was hoping we would also get some dialogue between Bran and the NK at the end. Lastly, wtf was Bran doing the entire time?

Hollywood Brown - Interesting pick. I think he adds an additional, much needed dynamic to the offense. I have character and durability concerns from first impression. Other thoughts: Uh what? Story of their off-season? Hope Kyler pans out because he seems awesome but I am not convinced it will be in AZ or even the NFL. The Cardinals roster is super suspect, especially the line. And they went hard after roster cuts and aging veterans two years in a row. Not sure heavily investing in the QB position two years in a row is the move. Haskins makes a lot of sense here, given Smith's injury. I am not sure why they are being criticized for it? I think Haskins has potential and can probably start day one. Sweat was great value and well worth the risk, I am biased...I picked him in our mock. The Ferrell hate is NUTS, the kid is a great player imo. I really like Abram too. Would have loved to see them go defense again over Jacobs but I think he was still an ok pick. Two great picks! Can't speak to the Jones pick, but he is a blue devil so fuck him For real though, seems like the Giants knew what they were doing so I would trust it. I think the Packers expected the Ravens to go Savage, so that's why they traded up for him, that was maybe a little questionable even though he is very talented. I dig what the Falcons, Vikings, Jags, Bills, Seahawks, and Eagles did.

I don't think Gendry dies, last of the Baratheon line. I think it makes sense for him to survive and be king of one of the kingdoms in the end.

Lots of people think the Night King is en route to King's Landing to frag Cersei

100% cool with it

Chern, if you want to pick for me down the stretch that's fine. I'll still check in but I am pretty much blindly picking at this point and no need to hold it up.

The Lions select Demarcus Christmas, DL, FSU

With the NON-LATE pick, the Vikings select Andre James, T, UCLA

The Lions select Hjalte Froholdt, G, Arkansas

With the 193rd pick in the NFL draft, the Ravens select Trace McSorley, QB, PSU

With the 191st pick in the NFL draft, the Ravens select Travis Fulgham, WR, Old Dominion

With the 190th pick in the NFL draft, the Vikings select Greg Dortch,WR,Wake Forest

With the 184th pick, the Lions select Cody Barton, OLB, Utah

With the 160th pick in the NFL draft, the Ravens select Greg Gaines, DL, Washington

With the 146th pick in the NFL draft, the Lions select Lil'Jordan Humphrey, WR ,Texas