The Reel Rejects - GAME OF THRONES 6x05 & 6x06 REVIEW – “HOLD THE DOOR” ABSOLUTELY BROKE US!!

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Starting point is 00:01:22 All right, look at Andrew. He's got his blankie. I've got a sweater. We're doing Game of Thrones. That's right. You've got to tell the people how you are, though. I'm doing. I'm doing well, but I will be doing.

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Starting point is 00:02:36 But before we talk, please subscribe to the RagePod. It would make me very happy. And I like making me happy. So do it. Yeah. Some incredible episodes. Yeah. I don't know if I've read this tear before we just really quickly get into it.

Starting point is 00:02:50 But I know people have said peak Game of Thrones is like seasons one through four, maybe even five as well. But I know I've heard it really goes downhill, especially season eight, but I've really enjoyed this season so far. Me too. I'm so invested in all the storylines still. I know a lot is always going on. It's really an ensemble piece. Yeah. And I'd say the one, I still want to see the resolve, the only storyline that really just is, I wouldn't say annoying me, but just I hate the, which is the point, right?

Starting point is 00:03:20 The High Sparrow. Like, I hate that character so much. Jonathan Price is a character. Right. But I understand, like, the villains that I, I've talked about this in the last couple episodes, the ones that I think are the scariest villains. are ones who think they're right. You know, whether they're trying to inject their... Like Ramsey.

Starting point is 00:03:42 Yeah, but yeah, oh my God. A lot of other ones in this show. For sure, for sure. But ones who are trying to inject their worldview onto others or forcing it onto others while not being respectful. Right. Or ones who actually just think they are right and that they are being good in their own way. Right.

Starting point is 00:03:58 But when it comes to the other storylines, I'd say DeNaris, that one is going... I'm so anxious. Like also too, just I was talking about at the end there, the way she was on Dragoen, is that how you say it? Yes, I think. The way she was riding the dragon, like when she first was getting out of the Coliseum and the gladiator style thing, she's very nervous and understandless. It was the first time she's riding, but now she's like really confident. And I love seeing that contrast between her when she's doing that. And you can see the dragon feels that too with her.

Starting point is 00:04:31 And you can see everyone's following from that confidence. And so there's that. I agree with that. And last thing, because I want to see what you think to before we talk a little more in depth, I loved seeing a little bit of seeing, it sucked, but I love seeing a little bit of the lifestyle at home for Sam Tarley. To see someone like, Sam is one of the nicest, most honorable, most wonderful human beings we've ever not only met on this show, just in general, I would say in TV. He's just such a pure and beautiful soul. Dude.

Starting point is 00:05:03 Yeah, for sure. But someone who grows up in an environment like that, I feel like that could break a lot of people or turn them into a spiteful little shit. Yeah. So for him to grow up with a father. And granted, his mother is a very kind human being. So that's the other half of it. And I can see where he gets to the good side too from. But to be around that kind of a father 24-7 to still have his purity and still be such a wonderful human being.

Starting point is 00:05:28 I think that's a testament to not only Sam's mother, but himself as well. well. Yeah. So, but yeah, his dad is the worst. He's terrible. Terrible. And what do you think? I really loved like when Sonsa, this was in the episode five, when she confronts Littlefinger,

Starting point is 00:05:47 that was I, because it's so uncomfortable for her to do that and for her to be like, keep continue asking him. So he says it out loud. So he realizes what he's done to her. I love that. I also love that, you know, Sonsa's like, John doesn't need, she's like, I'll be there. I'll be with it.

Starting point is 00:06:10 Like he has, he's a rightful, you know, a guy of the North as much as Sonsa is. He's a rightful stark, even though he's a bastard. You get what I'm saying. The Hodor part, wild. Hodor. I never saw that. Why does he talk like that? They revealed it, but they revealed it in an organic way that makes sense.

Starting point is 00:06:32 sense on why he does that. Exactly. It was for brand's benefit. It's almost like a promise kept. Why do you think he remembered that the whole time? That's the only thing he's saying. Yeah. But now when you rewatch it, it's like, oh my God, now this has such a purpose.

Starting point is 00:06:45 It's not just a line. There's a purpose behind this line. Right. Like, do you think, why do you think that he switched from speaking to just Hodor? I mean, it was part of that quote, right? The hold the door. But I don't know if like. to know if you, you know, if you felt more about, I think it's really just because he needed

Starting point is 00:07:09 to remember that, that that was, that's basically his way of, of serving. Like, that's what his life was there for. Yeah. He's like, hold the door at the end. Yeah. No, I mean, it serves, it serves as a big purpose for him to remember that. So I could see that being the case for sure. There's another thing, too, I wanted to mention.

Starting point is 00:07:31 I thought going into the backstory of how the children and why the children, like the motivation for creating the White Walkers. Because I always wondered where, I mean, I know this is a fantasy element. This is not take place in our world, even if it is in, you know, in the past and all that. But I thought the motivation for why they created the White Walkers makes a lot of sense for what man was doing and, like, destroying a lot of their resources and cutting trees down and all that. It's like I understand the reasoning for doing it. But this comes also back to like atoning for the past and sins and all that. When it comes also back to with Circe, like she's the one who got the high sparrow involved in all this, right?

Starting point is 00:08:12 Because of all this shit in trouble that was happening at home. But it's like, unfortunately, you know, stuff that you bring in can sometimes be your undoing. And that happened with the children too, creating the Whitewalkers, you know, might have served good for this very moment right now. But then in the long game, it ended up being a very negative. move in the end, which same thing with Circe. She brought the high sparrow in right now because of Marjorie and all that stuff like for the moment

Starting point is 00:08:38 but now he has her son. Now it has her son. It turned into a very, very bad thing in the end but agree. Yeah, but that was a very fascinating move in terms of the backstory. I didn't I always like going into stuff like that when it comes to the backstory. I mean you could have still

Starting point is 00:08:54 had held on to the mystery and I still would have had the what if but this was done in such an organic and fascinating way that still felt very captivating to me. Yeah. And I really like the reveal of Uncle Benjin. I think that's a lot of fun with Brand. I don't, I'm like, I also really like that I didn't think I'd feel like this like, yay about it, but that Yara stole from your on grade drug because I'm like, listen, B, you showed up at the end and you're trying to like swing yourself around here to be like,

Starting point is 00:09:25 I'm going to like rule. And I'm like, Yara has been here the whole time. Like, who are you? obviously just acting like a cis white dude who's like I'm just going to come in and get what I want like and I know they're not all like that so don't come for me but you get what I mean and I talk like it's it's a joke but it's also kind of not a joke because that's sort of how like his behavior especially in this that's like how he's behaving which is wild to me I'm like you're you just you just thought you could roll up at the end and be like we're good here I think that's insane. Yeah, like, where do you think Samwell and Gilly are going to go?

Starting point is 00:10:03 That's a great question. Far from his home, obviously. I don't know. Where do you go? Because the white walker, does Sam know that the white walkers are coming, by the way? Or is he not, is he unaware? The thing is, like, I'm, I don't know if I'm as worried about the whitewaters. I'm more worried about, like, him going to the Citadel and becoming a maister.

Starting point is 00:10:23 Because now I'm like, that he has Gilly. How are we going to do it? Well, I think the good thing. was he took the sword, right? He can use that sword. It's got Valerian Steel, but he can use that sword to take Hill Whitewockers, right?

Starting point is 00:10:33 With Valeran Steel. So he's got some form of protection, although if the numbers are overwhelming. Maybe he won't become a maister then. Yeah. Whatever the case was, he made a very striking line, though, to her. He said that when he made the choice

Starting point is 00:10:48 to not leave her there, and Lynn, Little Sam, he said, we are going to be together. So wherever they go, they're always going to stick together. So I think that's an important distinction to make. Yeah. And like, I mean, I feel really scared about the faith and the crown joining forces. Yeah. I think it makes it super scary. There's a reason that they're supposed to be a

Starting point is 00:11:10 separation of a church instead. But you get what I'm saying. Like now the, it's basically like the king and the Tyrells. They don't have any power because now it's basically, that's why Lady Tyrell he won. And I'm like, because that's true. The faith has convinced Marjorie to convince now Tom and Tom and is king, we're screwed. Yeah, I don't know what the plan is. Like how, what are we going to do? Yeah, I don't know what the plan is because they literally, they broke her in that prison. That's what she's got control over him. So I don't know what the long- Do we think she's still in the prison? Tom and is back at the thing, but it wasn't revealed if Marjorie is back in the castle. So I'm like, is she going to be back? Or is it? assume, I would assume she's, now that they're, they've joined forces, she's going to be back at the, that's my guess. I don't know. I mean, we'll see in the. She just was talking so weird about like, oh, I just gave to the poor, like, just so that I could like see that way. And I'm like, is she going to become like the guy, like the lead guy? I mean, I'm scared. It was so hard to tell just from a lot of her, there felt like so much subtext in her. That's what I mean. Yeah. I was like, I can't tell if she's playing some kind of a, I don't know. But that's what this show.

Starting point is 00:12:24 does such a great job of they really keep you on your toes i know also too last thing before we get into the questions here i thought that that scene gave me goosebumps city as well with jora and with the narris where he was she was like i sent you away twice you came back twice and like and then he revealed that you know he's been infected and she said i order you to find a cure and and you know you could really tell how affected she was by this because she doesn't want a georgia and she also says once i take control of um you know the city and and I am the queen, I want you there by my side. And then he confessed his love for her.

Starting point is 00:12:59 Right. Like that was one of the most touching scenes we've gotten in all six seasons for me. I love that. Yeah, that was really good. Such a good scene, too. And you know what? I will say that I was sad that Aria won't become an actual faceless man, but I was actually more happy that she's going back to Aria Stark when she goes to get needle.

Starting point is 00:13:20 Because I was like, damn, girl, I kind of wanted her to, I wanted to see her become a faceless man, use the face and do some weird juice. Like an assassin, right? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Like I wanted it. But right now she could be an assassin. She just has to be Aria Stark, the assassin.

Starting point is 00:13:36 But now she can really help her family. And I'm mostly excited by that because we've got Robin Sonsa together. Who knows where Ari's going to go? I don't know where she's planning on going now, but she is Aria Stark now back with Needle. And that's exciting. You make a great point. I agree with you.

Starting point is 00:13:52 It would have been cool to see that. but I think the problem is she's got too much, as I pointed out a couple times while we were reacting, she's got too much of a moral compass to become that assassin, to take out good people. When she takes out bad people, it's kind of like the dexter effect. If you're only taking out the trash,

Starting point is 00:14:08 this is fine, I can do it. But also, I've got a mission of people I need to still take out, right? I've now got the training in which to obtain that I can do this, but I cannot take out in goodwill and faith good people. Yeah. Because an actress is an understudy wants the bigger part.

Starting point is 00:14:23 not taking out someone for that, even if I pretend to be no one. I'm not doing that. I, yeah, I agree. But I'm glad she's got the training now and the skill to take out the people that she's needed to take. I think we've spent a lot of time, which I like that the show didn't rush, like season two, season three, Ari is right. We're on season six now. We've spent a lot of time in training, whether it be the mental fortitude that we've needed to get to to get to Ariah getting to this point or the physical training. She's ready now. Well, Rejects, when do you usually realize you forgot to eat? For me lately, it's like I look up.

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Starting point is 00:16:37 Jaden Rode says, watching Hodor Dye is probably the hardest I cried watching the show. It was very heartbreaking to watch. I'm curious how you all feel about his death because he's one of the very few characters, I think, and it gives him an amazing, and they give him an amazing ending. Great point, Jaden. I think our fans.

Starting point is 00:16:53 face is, you know, said it all, but he is really such an incredible character. And it's kind of like the I am Groot effect. You know, the character's only saying, in this case, one line or an I am Groot only saying like two or three of the same lines over and over. But because he and Vendiz are such incredible actors, you can understand the subtext in which they're saying all these lines. You feel them so much. And yeah, it was really sad and tragic because he was dying, not only was he dying, but he was dying in service and in sacrifice of someone else. Like, to give up your life on the line for another human being is a very noble thing to do. And Hodor was always so brave and obviously a man of very few words,

Starting point is 00:17:34 but such a character we always cared about, like he was always there for brand. And so to see him go out that way, it's just really sad. Yeah, but also very, very poetic. Like it was like, whoa, the poetry linked to his death. Yeah. I think is a brilliant and amazing death. slash ending incredibly sad but the payoff with it because of the poetic nature of it is is just brilliant that's a very game of thrones-esque thing so i i absolutely agree with you jaden an amazing ending there

Starting point is 00:18:05 and you had to book end that after we had just gone off the the death of was it summer the wolf that was hard it's like back to back to back with all the children as well yeah there's a lot of uh of i mean it's game of throne so we're tar and i are obviously and i'm mostly audience are accustomed to deaths at this point. Yeah, that was a lot. But these are characters we were in animals we were so invested in. So it was a lot to take on at one moment there. The worst.

Starting point is 00:18:32 I hate it. I can't even rethink about it. All right. Last question here is from Jay Rush and what up Jay. Thank you so much for being a royal reject asking a question. We appreciate you so much. Question, there are six plot lines in the story. Which group is your favorite of the six?

Starting point is 00:18:48 That's a really tough one because they're all so compelling. I can tell you which one's my least favorite, even though I still, I still want to see how it resolves is the high sparrow one. That's the one that I'm at least engaged with. Right, because we hate him. We're just like, get out of here, man. It's not even, it's not even that I hate him. Because the job is as a writer, I'm supposed to hate him, right? Even though I know. I know. Even though I'm under, because I hate Ramsey to death, but I'm so engaged in that storyline. But I don't know, there's something about that storyline that's not having me immersed like the other ones, but I still want to see the resolve of it. For sure. I want to see them driven out of the city or taken to their demise, whatever it is. Yeah. But the other five plot lines are really like, I'm beyond locked in. But if I had to pick number one, because I want to see Ramsey die so bad.

Starting point is 00:19:39 I might go with the Nairus, because now she's with Tyrion. And we've been watching her journey. Not that we haven't watched any of the other journeys from day one or season one, of course. It's just she's gone on a really incredible journey, like to get to the point she's got to. Right. And she's so incredibly close to getting to Westeros and to get in reclaiming where she was rightfully thrown.

Starting point is 00:20:05 And she's had to do it through so much turmoil. And she's such an incredible and endearing leader. And I really want that for her. And also the fact that you pair her up with Tyrion now, even though they've only had a couple scenes together. And Tyrion is, I think, are both of our favorite characters are Daeneres and Tyrion. Yeah. So that's the storyline I'm just latched on to the most.

Starting point is 00:20:24 But I like them all. I would just say least favor is probably the high sparrow one. But I still want to see no doubt how that one resolves. But the brand one, too, I'm really invested in that one as well. Yeah, that one's good. You know, I was going to say, you know, Teryn and Varys are, it's really engaging to like even, even though there's not that much going on. I just love Teryn so much. And the fact that when they have these conversations,

Starting point is 00:20:50 about like, but we have to make sure that that they know DeNaris gets credit for it. Like that's how good of a runner, right? Tyrion is. He's just so good at his job. And I just really like watching him. And especially with Varus, and now that we have this new freaking red lady up in this,

Starting point is 00:21:11 that's like going to be wild. But if not that, I would definitely say, you know, it's so rewarding to see Rob and Sonsa together and to see Sonsa sort of like she's going to be there with John, knows John is going to protect her. And she seems like she has confidence back, which of course you would. Like there's these men that have done these just horrible things to her.

Starting point is 00:21:33 And now she has her brother John back, who would absolutely murder them. And I would hope in a very torturous way if he ever step foot in the same room as any of these men. So that storyline to me, I'm really excited by. I think it's really great to see them together. Finally, we get to see some of the Starks being together. And then it was obviously very exciting to see Aria choose Stark again, because then you never

Starting point is 00:22:00 know where she might end up. Sure. And the civilization of that was taking back needle as well. And obviously we got to save Rickon. Is that he say his name? Ricken? Yeah. I think it's right.

Starting point is 00:22:12 But yeah. And then obviously we got to go back to Rivendale to what's, what's, what's, what's, what's it called? Their hometown from the Starks where Ramsey is taken over. Yeah, you mean to where the Winterfell? Winterfell, thank you. Sorry, I'm Lord of the Rings asked right now. Yeah, but we got to go back to Winterfell.

Starting point is 00:22:29 Like, that's going to be a fun battle, too. I'm assuming the end of this season. So I'm so much to look forward to at the end of this season. But I'm excited. We shall see. So make sure that you guys like, leave a comment, do all the right stuff. Be nice, but cool, but kind. We'll see you on the next one.

The Reel Rejects - GAME OF THRONES 6x05 & 6x06 REVIEW – “HOLD THE DOOR” ABSOLUTELY BROKE US!!

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