{"id":67429,"date":"2017-08-07T21:13:24","date_gmt":"2017-08-07T18:13:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ngradio.gr\/?p=67429\/"},"modified":"2017-08-07T21:13:24","modified_gmt":"2017-08-07T18:13:24","slug":"game-thrones-episode-704-recap-dragons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ngradio.gr\/en\/news-el\/entertainment\/game-thrones-episode-704-recap-dragons\/","title":{"rendered":"Game of Thrones Episode 704 Recap: Here Be Dragons"},"content":{"rendered":"

A lot of things happened in \u201cThe Spoils of War.\u201d But who cares, really, when there were dragons? While we\u2019ve seen Daenerys\u2019s pet monsters unleash some minor pain in the past, this is the first time we\u2019ve witnessed a fully grown, totally empowered dragon fly into battle and do its worst. Was it satisfying? Yes, it was satisfying. I cheered. If you still care about the rest of the episode, though. . .<\/p>\n

HERE\u2019S THE IMPORTANT STUFF:<\/h2>\n

Dragons!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sitting around a musty old castle has clearly worn on Daenerys Targaryen\u2019s last nerve. And what better way for for a down-in-the dumps queen to cheer herself up than by incinerating some Westerosi? So\u2014against everyone\u2019s best advice\u2014Dany hops on No. 1 dragon Drogon and heads off with the Dothraki to find Jaime Lannister and his army, basically just so she can set them all on fire. (What, you thought she was going to take back her rightful throne just by showing up and being really nice to everyone?)<\/p>\n

We can be thankful for Dany\u2019s rashness, because it gives us one of the most epic battle scenes\u00a0Game of Thrones<\/em>\u00a0has ever seen. But how is this going to work out for her? The episode goes out of its way to point out that Dany can\u2019t just claim the Iron Throne by force: if she\u2019s going to rule Westeros, she has to have the people on her side. And you don\u2019t win the hearts and minds of your potential subjects by chasing them with a big monster and burning them all to a crisp.<\/p>\n

Do you suppose Dany may have a big lesson to learn? Oh, who cares: she\u2019s riding a dragon, it\u2019s breathing fire, and everyone\u2019s running around screaming with their hair aflame. Is that not exactly what we\u2019ve been waiting to see for seven seasons?<\/p>\n

AND SOME OTHER THINGS HAPPENED<\/h2>\n

__Arya\u00a0Gets a Knife__<\/a><\/p>\n

You know, pretty soon this show is going to run out of Starks to reunite with each other\u2014and then what are they going to do? (More dragons, perhaps?) In this installment, Arya returns to Winterfell, collects her allotment of hugs from Sansa, and makes herself right at home. The band is back together (minus Jon), and it feels great. Yes, Arya\u2019s turned into a bloodthirsty littler killer, and Bran is now an aspiring tree\u2014but if you ignore those details, it\u2019s almost like old times.<\/p>\n

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Bran isn\u2019t much for hugs these days; he shows his excitement at seeing his long lost sister by re-gifting her with the Valyrian steel knife that was recently bestowed on him by Littlefinger. A girl can never have too many bladed weapons, after all, and Arya goes on to prove it in a rousing training sequence with Brienne of Tarth. (Arya may be an accomplished assassin by now, but she\u2019ll never stop enjoying a good training sequence.) When she drops her sword, the knife comes out, and Brienne nearly cries from sheer pride.<\/p>\n

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