# Game of Thrones 8.03 "The Long Night" 4/28/19 \[Show discussion\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 28, 2019, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-8-03-the-long-night-4-28-19-show-discussion/833190 "2019-04-28T20:36:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2019, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-8-03-the-long-night-4-28-19-show-discussion/833190/41 "2019-04-29T02:44:04Z")
Fuck forgot about Ghost. Hope we at least see him get buried next ep. What a shitty way to go ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2019, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-8-03-the-long-night-4-28-19-show-discussion/833190/42 "2019-04-29T02:45:03Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > There was some question whether there might have been some other way to beat them in the first half, but once the dead got over the walls and overwhelmed everyone it was obvious the only possible way to win was to take out the Night King. So that was a given. The only question was the misdirection in thinking Jon was going to do it instead of Arya. I don’t think it’s a given. I would have loved (and hated) it if the dead killed everyone in Winterfell. Would have make sense too. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2019, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-8-03-the-long-night-4-28-19-show-discussion/833190/43 "2019-04-29T02:45:32Z")
> [@Dale\_Sams](#): > > Fuck forgot about Ghost. Hope we at least see him get buried next ep. What a shitty way to go Ghost didn’t get a death scene, plus he may have briefly been in the preview for next ep. Major players (and their warg animals/dragons) don’t die without a death scene, I’m 99% sure. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2019, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-8-03-the-long-night-4-28-19-show-discussion/833190/44 "2019-04-29T02:45:43Z")
And i guess Ghost died as he lived, off screen. ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2019, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-8-03-the-long-night-4-28-19-show-discussion/833190/45 "2019-04-29T02:46:03Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > Drogon shook the dead off; I’m pretty sure we didn’t see Rhaegal again after he crashed and Jon was on the ground. According to my TV closed captions, the dragon Jon was fighting at the end was Viserion (the captions would say “Viserion roars”). > > Also, I’m almost positive I saw two dragons flying in the preview for the next episode. Ah, well that answers that. Well that’s even one less major death… Makes it even more silly. Sent from my SM-G955U using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2019, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-8-03-the-long-night-4-28-19-show-discussion/833190/46 "2019-04-29T02:46:13Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > So the deaths are: > > Jorrah, Melissandre, Theon, Leanna Mormont, Resurrection-man, Edd(?) > > Is that right or did I miss something? I thought Pod died right at the beginning. It looked like Brienne tried to help him but couldn’t. Did I just spend the whole episode being sad about Pod and he’s not dead? And we didn’t see Ghost again after the Dothraki charged. I don’t like battle episodes but I thought that was intense. I scared the cats a few times. ---
**Author:** ![Caldris\_bal\_Comar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce7236/32.png) [@Caldris\_bal\_Comar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caldris_bal_Comar)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2019, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-8-03-the-long-night-4-28-19-show-discussion/833190/47 "2019-04-29T02:48:00Z")
I’m glad the Jaimie/Brienne ship is still afloat, but honestly I wish more people would have died. The consequences of the whole thing seem kinda underwhelming, especially considering how intact and populated Winterfell looks in the preview for the next episode. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2019, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-8-03-the-long-night-4-28-19-show-discussion/833190/48 "2019-04-29T02:49:07Z")
I think the best stuff was the Arya hiding scene. Most of the up close brawling was too confusing and too dark for me to follow. ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2019, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-8-03-the-long-night-4-28-19-show-discussion/833190/49 "2019-04-29T02:49:30Z")
Fuck, I don’t even remember seeing Pod. Damn I guess he’s dead since we didn’t see him fight forever. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2019, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-8-03-the-long-night-4-28-19-show-discussion/833190/50 "2019-04-29T02:49:56Z")
The music was really good, and the Dothraki charge was visually gorgeous though utterly pointless and wasteful. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Prize](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d2c977/32.png) [@Sir\_Prize](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Prize)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2019, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-8-03-the-long-night-4-28-19-show-discussion/833190/51 "2019-04-29T02:51:01Z")
Did anyone else think that Bran would turn out to be Arya doing the face thing? ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2019, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-8-03-the-long-night-4-28-19-show-discussion/833190/52 "2019-04-29T02:51:06Z")
> [@Dale\_Sams](#): > > Fuck, I don’t even remember seeing Pod. Damn I guess he’s dead since we didn’t see him fight forever. He was fine. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2019, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-8-03-the-long-night-4-28-19-show-discussion/833190/53 "2019-04-29T02:52:13Z")
Glad I wasn’t the only one who couldn’t follow everything, given how dark it was. I’m going to read all the recaps just to learn what I missed. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2019, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-8-03-the-long-night-4-28-19-show-discussion/833190/54 "2019-04-29T02:52:50Z")
> [@Caldris\_bal\_Comar](#): > > I’m glad the Jaimie/Brienne ship is still afloat, but honestly I wish more people would have died. The consequences of the whole thing seem kinda underwhelming, especially considering how intact and populated Winterfell looks in the preview for the next episode. Yeah, if it had been truly Martinesque I’d have thought we’d see at least two main players from a list like Tyrion, Sansa, Jaime, Brienne, Jon, Danerys, or Arya buy it. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2019, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-8-03-the-long-night-4-28-19-show-discussion/833190/55 "2019-04-29T02:53:50Z")
> [@Sir\_Prize](#): > > Did anyone else think that Bran would turn out to be Arya doing the face thing? Now **that** would have been noteworthy! ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2019, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-8-03-the-long-night-4-28-19-show-discussion/833190/56 "2019-04-29T02:53:56Z")
Lighting the Dothraki arakhs(sp?) was cool, as was the trench. Mel proves useful, even if the Dothraki didn’t do a lot. “Stick em with the pointy end” 🙂 Theon, Jorah, and Lyanna Mormont got heroic deaths. Drogon is alive, not so sure about Rhaegal I for one did not tire of the battle, and I agree then can be tiring. Winterfell folks for sure alive: Jon, Dany, Sansa, Arya, Bran, Tyrion, Davos. Probably Varys Probably alive: Brienne, Jaime I am sure I’m forgetting folks I did NOT see the NK defeated this episode, Negotiating with Cersei is at least possible, if not likely. Brian ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2019, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-8-03-the-long-night-4-28-19-show-discussion/833190/57 "2019-04-29T02:53:56Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Watching it now. Man, this is dark…like literally, my tv is fine, but this episode is pitch black. I wonder if this decision made the special effects cheaper or more expensive. Also, House Mormont may be dead now, but holy fuck Lyanna took a giant wight with her! :eek:🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Wayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bruce\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Wayne)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2019, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-8-03-the-long-night-4-28-19-show-discussion/833190/58 "2019-04-29T02:54:01Z")
All the character defending the castle and surviving against the odds is make up for the Dothraki dying a bit to quickly. This is the second of three episodes that didn’t live up to expectations. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2019, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-8-03-the-long-night-4-28-19-show-discussion/833190/59 "2019-04-29T02:56:03Z")
> [@dasmoocher](#): > > Plus, I thought the dragon looked pretty decomposed. Rhaegal would have been freshly killed if it had been him. I believe Jon’s dragon was shown ripping out a massive chunk of the undead dragon’s neck, which knocked the NK off to the ground. As the undead dragon fell, it somewhat deeply gashed Jon’s dragon’s chest, which then crash landed, dropping Jon. Later, when Jon turns to stand and face the de-necked undead dragon, they gave us a glamour shot of the missing neck. I think. I dunno, it was very dark. ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2019, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-8-03-the-long-night-4-28-19-show-discussion/833190/60 "2019-04-29T02:57:18Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > So Arya is Azor Ahai now? That’s what I was wondering. Now I want to go back and read all the prophesies to see if that fits. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-8-03-the-long-night-4-28-19-show-discussion/833190.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-8-03-the-long-night-4-28-19-show-discussion/833190.md?page=4)