[Spoilers.]
The episode starts with Jon Snow trying to give the Mormont family sword back to Ser Jorah.
Ser Jorah sees through his ruse immediately.
Ser Jorah knows how to travel in comfort. He's the only member of the group that's lined the straps of his backpack with animal fur, for ergonomic purposes.
North of the Wall is supposed to be quite cold, and the ragtag group's cold-weather clothing is, well, ragtag.
Not so Daenarys, who has a rather bad-ass cold-weather outfit.
As for accessories, Daenarys has either found really well-fitting gloves, or she may have contracted Greyscale.
Things don't go so well for our heroes up north, of course. They are beset upon by a group of undead and must run for their lives.
Eventually they find themselves surrounded.
How bad-ass is Beric Dondarrion's flame-on sword? He'd be a handy guy to have around, not only in a fight, but for the barbecuing applications.
Speaking of flame, when the group is overrun, Daenarys comes to the rescue. Looks like her dragons have unerring aim.
Unfortunately for Viserion the dragon, the Night King was apparently an Olympic javelin thrower in his past life. By the bye, it this shot you can see they're all holding their own javelins:
Yet someone in the Night King's crew hands him a javelin when it's time to throw it.
He takes careful aim…
…and it doesn't end well for Viserion, who actually explodes in mid-flight.
While most of the group has clambered aboard Drogon to make a hasty exit, the death of one of Daenarys' dragons has soured the moment.
They take off and leave Jon Snow behind, as the zombie version of Marshawn Lynch tackles him and sends him into the water. But as he begins to emerge from the ice, people on the internet claimed, the little lion head on the pommel of his sword opened its freaking eyes. I had to freeze-frame it to check and it's true:
Jon is eventually rescued and makes it onto a ship to recuperate.
He and Daenarys share a moment, and I have to say, for a guy who's supposedly pretty outdoorsy, his hands look super-soft.
Back up north, a bit of bad news. The White Walkers have somehow managed to procure chains, and they're using them to pull the dead dragon out of the water.
White Walker management staff simply observes.
By the way, have you ever paid attention to the White Walkers' undead horses? They're pretty gnarly looking.
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Nice! I hadn't seen the pommel thing - weird!