S5EP9: Flame On!

Summer is here and with it so is the heat! Here comes a terrible segue… And speaking of heat, there was a whole lotta fire this episode hunh? At this point, everyone knows that Drogon finally showed up to do something useful. And man, how thrilling was that finalscene?  So many unanswered questions though… Like, where is Dany flying to? How did she avoid getting spiked on Drogon’s back? What about everyone else on the ground, Dany's just gonna let them polish off her retinue? Why didn’t Khaleesi stick around to flambe more people from above? Please please don’t ever kill Melisandre! And most importantly: The security in for Dany is really horrible. All those people brought in huge golden masks with horns? C’mon now.

And nothing the Unsullied have done in this, or past episodes, have shown me that they are fierce fighters. In fact, they seem to get killed with awful regularity. Also, Jorah's fighting skills are in some dispute too. After watching his lame performance in the gladiatorial ring, I wouldn't trust him to defend me against anyone. Well, until he suddenly morphed into a fighting machine after he had his Khaleesi to protect. Most of this season's fights have been pretty lame and poorly choreographed and so slow! Don't you think?

Frankly, I don’t even remember what else happened this episode. All I can remember is flames, flames, flames! And not just of the dragon type... Farewell sweet Shireen. Here, this will at least cheer you up: watch dragon LeBron torch the Warriors.

It literally took me five minutes to figure out why Nymeria Sand got 68 injury points — out of a total of 110. Did I miss some huge fight? Was I an episode behind? Turns out, each time Nymeria slapped little sis Tyene, she got injury points. That vaults her into the top ten scoring for the season, and with one episode left, she’ll likely emerge as a points leader. Now, I don’t interpret the rules but that seems unfair! A little slapping game is cool and all but +68 points!?

I mean, Daario and Jorah got 45 and 62 killing points respectively, both less than Nymeria’s little patty cake. For next season, I think we definitely need to figure out a better way to balance game and episode scoring. But for now, go go Nymeria! There’s no doubt her outburst will give some teams a championship this season.

Overall, a lot of characters put up points this season but most of them were just a smattering of drinking or insults. Nymeria, Daario, and Jorah had huge weeks but only seven other characters hit double digits. Then again, that’s pretty good!

Now, who gets the blame of not stopping Princess Shireen’s stake burning? Who who! Her sacrifice better result in a smoke army or something, not just a singular monster...