Focus instead, the show increasingly asks, on the big map. So you might ask, wouldn’t a fleet primarily composed of rebels against Euron Greyjoy proceed with heightened concern that Euron Greyjoy might try to attack them? What’s responsible for the ambush-Cersei’s suitor’s craftiness, or Daenerys’s henchwomen’s incompetence? The answers probably don’t matter. We’re in turbo mode: Game pieces are flying across the tables of various Westerosi war rooms, and certain details need to be yada-yada’d. The episode-ending battle at sea also highlighted a larger issue with this episode and perhaps with all of Thrones going forward. Bonus expectation fulfillment: Euron got to make like all great Thrones villains and giggle maniacally while covered in blood. The Sand Snakes are just one reptile now-but, to be the most frank, weren’t three sassy warriors a bit difficult to keep track of anyway? Theon may still doggy paddle to safety, and Ellaria and Yara, so rudely interrupted before they consummated friends-with-benefit status, aren’t yet confirmed fish food. Not all is lost for Daenerys’s fleet, though. When a Hit Musical Becomes a Bad Movie David Sims
