![game of thrones season 8 reviews game of thrones season 8 reviews](https://pyxis.nymag.com/v1/imgs/3b4/e1a/5fb2c39ec78c740c111c35b74379070d30-14-Game-of-Thrones-Credit-Sequence-1.rsquare.w700.jpg)
Given time, the premiere reveals the whereabouts of characters including Theon (Alfie Allen), Yara (Gemma Whelan), plus Tormund (Kristofer Hivju) and Beric (Richard Dormer) and several of the figures who were at The Wall when the zombie dragon came in the last finale.
![game of thrones season 8 reviews game of thrones season 8 reviews](https://static.metacritic.com/images/features/2019tv/gameofthrones801.jpg)
It’s a vast army now amassed at Winterfell and the characters present at this location include (but surely aren’t limited to) Tyrion (Peter Dinklage), The Hound (Rory McCann), Sam (John Bradley), Gendry (Joe Dempsie), various aligned outside families and, perhaps not clear on her place in this whole situation, Arya (Maisie Williams).ĭown in King’s Landing, then, we have Cersei (Lena Headey), current occupant of the throne, pregnant with her brother’s baby and generally uninterested in threats to and from insurgents in The North, waiting for Euron (Pilou Asbaek) to arrive with a mercenary navy to support her reign. So we have Jon Snow (Kit Harington) and his incestuous, dragon-toting queen Daenerys (Emilia Clarke) arriving at Winterfell, stoking Sansa’s (Sophie Turner) insecurity. Basically, after having spent the better part of six or seven seasons with the characters spread out across the Seven Kingdoms, last season was primarily spent consolidating. Reviews normally include some plot summary, and that’s both irrelevant and pointless when it comes to Game of Thrones. That’s how I’d describe my response to Sunday’s premiere: reasonably satisfied. You give me 50+ minutes of Arya reacting to things and I’m reasonably satisfied. Despite having read all the books and watched the series with general-but-not-rabid enthusiasm, I have no investment in who ends up on the Iron Throne or what gadget play or deus ex machina gizmo will enable the end of zombie encroachment. I’m not a destination-driven Game of Thrones viewer.