Game of Thrones S7E06 Explained

[@danielr3244]

"Nothing more deadly in this show than having no dialogue" Brilliant.

[@thai-nguyendinh4232]

Crafty Hatband Can you explain it to me? I didn't get that

[@lewisdavidson571]

Crafty Hatband nothing is more dangerous than being related to Sean Bean

[@zoltantakacs3332]

They are just staring like the homohobbits in lotr..

[@MCR-M8]

Fur clad red shirts

[@TheMotherofTacos]

Kira The Renegade Nothing is more dangerous than _being_ Sean Bean.

[@smadak]

I love that you called out the man-rape not getting any outrage. So many people like to pick and choose what fits into their narrative. Men experience sexual assault too, and it deserves just as much outrage.

[@failuregreat9424]

sexual abuse against men/boys should be treated as serious as against women. remember Chester Bennington's depression (or at least part of it) started after he got sexually abused when he was a child.

[@Emily-zr7of]

Kelly Well both are Often treated as not that serious. Both men and women because it is a crime that is hard to prove, etc. Also men are shamed because they should be stronger than that and women are shamed because they should've known better. This false presumption that female rape is taken that more seriously is dammaging. Both aren't and both have just as much chance to not be charged or even go to thé police for it.

[@MrPaindogg]

True, and the statistics back this up... total amount of dudes getting raped by hot sexy witches with leeches is pretty much 50/50 with everyday man in power rapes woman. Stay in your fucking lane Alt-whatever's, and comment on plot- not social issues you clearly have zero fucken grasp on!

[@Joobin345]

Mrpaindog: internet expert

[@superbilly7160]

Kelly Absolutely.

[@bennettvanpelt1277]

Benjen being able to fit bran a meera on his horse from immediate danger from the wights? No problem. Benjen being able to ride off with Jon to safety when the wights aren't close? There's no time

[@FurnitureFan]

Bennett Van Pelt My theory is simple hypothermia. Rangers know to treat exposure asap. Benjen doesn't feel the cold now, he's walking dead. But he remembers.

[@lozzastitch8692]

Also if he fights them. That gives Jon a longer head start, giving him the chance to get back to Eastwatch.

[@BrBill]

My theory is that Benjen is unhappy being undead, and chooses not to live anymore. I really want his backstory. Why is he the way he is when all other undeads (except Beric and Jon) are basically mindless automatons?

[@bennettvanpelt1277]

I can understand that he may want to give him a headstart and all but the wights don't reach benjen until jon is a good distance away, considering he could fit a cripple and a girl on his horse and still get away, riding with jon wouldn't slow them down enough to get caught by the wights. Also, I would agree that Benjen is unhappy being undead but at the same time he could have made it back to the wall to at least give jon a proper farewell and maybe help prepare him for the walkers. Logically I can see why having benjen sacrifice himself would make sense as a showrunner, its just one of those situations that he couldve easily survived.

[@FurnitureFan]

Br. Bill Yes, why is Benjen's mind not affected? Maybe it's the show writers merging his character with Lady Stoneheart? I really hope this will be covered in the next book.

[@Aquaneos1193]

"But Jon is the hero and must have his magic sword" I love this new sassy ASX during these dark days of Thrones

[@idniilzo]

Gendry for the 2020 Tokyo olympics

[@hf3923]

Idniilzo night king, bronn and the hound too for javelin, swimming and shotput

[@Freeewaaay]

Idniilzo Don't forget the night Kings Spear Skills !

[@ArturoRodriguez-gb2uv]

Harry Forsyth Anguy for the archery competition, Arya for fencing. Westeros is getting a few gold medals.

[@Baamthe25th]

Jon, Theon and Jaimie for the swimming competition.

[@loro.h9612]

best commnent, damn am i laughing ...

[@KL-yu6om]

My favorite moment was when the dragon fire didnt even unfreeze the frozen lake.

[@tannerjablowski3192]

That’s actually not that unrealistic, depending on how thick the ice is. Go watch videos of lava being poured on ice. Ice will cool it so fast that it barely does any damage

[@Agent_Ste]

@@tannerjablowski3192 it was thin enough to break a few scenes before

[@lauriviisanen3353]

Thinking that they were quite far up north, air must have been like -30(-)-40 Celsius. So the ice is really cold as is the lake. It first needs the energy to get the ice to 0 celsius, before it starts melting. Then the energy for the phase transformation to liquid. Then phase transformation from liquid to vapour at 100 celsius in normal air pressure. The heat transfer from the surrounding ice/water happens quite rapidly, from the ice/liquid around. So to melt the lake, it would take quite a lot of energy to first get the thermodynamic system(lake) in this case to 0 Celsius and phase transformation energy. So I would imagine the fire would kind of melt holes around the rapidly appearing water, but to get that ice to 0 celsius would really take some time(Drogon would run out of gas). And the water beneath it is also freezing, so the cold air is also a factor. Seeing how fast it froze + the surrounding ice zombies making their own thing 😀It is quite safe to even keep a huge bonfire on a lake because of the rapid heat transformation/movement from surrounding system, which only melts a tiny hole in comparison. A small nuke would vaporize the water 🙂

[@twit9129]

​@@lauriviisanen3353 okay but that fire was able to melt steel and other metals which usually needs to be at around 1500°C

[@cecilianagy3562]

The Hound - like an idiot - throws a rock. LOL

[@9penguin9]

This show is basically just a blockbuster action movie now, albeit a really, really well made one. I prefer the drama and complexity of earlier seasons and the books, but I'll admit it's still fun to watch.

[@MCR-M8]

RetroDad We are in the third and final act now, of course it's gonna be action packed. It's the end game, no time for episodes of walking and exposition.

[@lordvucic5148]

Season 8 sends it's regards

[@joeyjerry1586]

@David Palero, I think by well made, they meant in terms of the filmmaking (which one cannot deny) but it doesn’t excuse the writing. I honestly hate how people defend the last seasons by saying they’re just bad by GoT standards but better than most tv shows. No, sure they’re visually incredible but the writing is what matters. Breaking Bad isn’t this epic tv show with a massively ambitious story. It’s much smaller scale but it’s considered one of the best tv shows of all time because of its outstanding writing.

[@shelldie8523]

Three years later he wept with sadness

[@HOTD108_]

A really well made one? For TV maybe, but compared to most of the great action movies, it doesn't even compare.

[@gizzylaserfoot2604]

The Knight King, "Play your last pathetic card Jon Snow. Nothing can stand up to my Blue Eyes White Dragon"

[@Phatnaru0002]

"None of the cards in my father's kingdom are pathetic, Night King. But it does contain... the unstoppable Plot Armor!!!"

[@gizzylaserfoot2604]

What, Impossible!? Plot Armor?! No GoT character has been ever been able to use it.

[@TheSeraphrim]

Nater ohh my gosh through the power of friendship and never giving up he was able to use plot armor

[@Tallborn5]

Tyrion has been having plot armor since s1 but nobody cares now cuz most of them forgot. Jon Snow actually died for his actions.

[@xXHollowkillerXx]

Jon is like: "Screw the rules I have green hair!"

[@elliotwilson7050]

"the night king activates his trap card." fucking PRICELESS.

[@EarlnEarl]

Is there a Blue-Eyes Zombie Dragon? I know there's a zombie Red-Eyes.

[@elliotwilson7050]

if only there was a miracle technology that would allow you to look up this information.

[@danlei88]

I thought the same in the scene and wondered why no-one on the internet had made that joke yet. Especially since the Blue-Eyes White Dragon memes started appearing.

[@timeistheenemy]

today's teenagers cannot understand this. :)

[@Nhong0879495641]

You will thank me for delightful views. shortlink.im/BhIb8

[@chikamichi]

A 21mn-long very polite & informed way of saying this was entertaining shit.

[@nightking4506]

true, he could have spared us the time

[@SirDavothe2]

It is so sad that your videos used to help us understand a complex and enthralling story but now they just point out how that the show now makes no sense.

[@saysHotdogs]

Dani over with a dipshit political statement at the beginning

[@FunkMastaMegaFlex]

Truth!!!! I was thinking that same thing. Like this story totally lost its structure. Its really noticeable in season 8. Season 7 here had a lot of similar issues too.

[@MsNickTesla]

AltShiftX criticizes the episode and many people complain that he is jumping on the bandwagon and hating without reason, AltShiftX compliments the episode and people complain that he is blind to the flaws and GOT is trash now, is it so hard to just watch the video and enjoy AltShiftX opnion? i don't agree with everything he says but his videos are amazing, filled with information and nice discussions.

[@bozmania1]

Just another example of how fickle people really are! I'm sure they all started as super fans, but once they see an opinion different from theirs... we'll we won't get into American politics right now

[@skyesfury8511]

I like ASX's attention to detail without being obsessive about it. Several of these videos have helped me understand things that happened in the show that either were not included in the show or didn't translate well from book to screen. The people who bitch on either side are the same people who bitch when their bacon sammich has one too many or one too few strips of bacon. Enjoy the fucking sammich, bitches!

[@buskerbusker8826]

I'm pretty sure most of the people fine with it just started getting into the show and haven't read the books, the history and lore.

[@MrGeneralHeavy]

I agree with you, and i will like AltShiftX no matter what, but some of his complaints are kind of hypocritical or wrong, at least to me. "Jon Snow being saved in the last minute is bad, but why wasn't Benjen saved at the last minute." "Lets apply real world science on how fast a Raven flies, but not on how much a Horse can carry without getting tired too early." "Why didn't they just burn the Night King, a being who is immune to fire?" "Arya is hypocritical because she served wine to Tywin, even though she literally worked against the Lannisters during that time by killing them off or trying to warn Robb."

[@no_nameyouknow]

People have opinions, I don't see why so many of the comments here are complaining about people complaining. We have gotten way too META as a society. Critiquing the episode is fine, alt shift does it. So people are also doing it in the comments. I mean, shit, now I have been forced to complain about people complaining about people complaining about the episode to get my point across. I don't want to, but how here we are... FYI I agree, I just enjoy the channel for the high quality and in depth way he goes about "explaining" these episodes.Of course sometimes there is not much to explain, so it's more of a Got ep.7-6 discussed.

[@MrRozza001]

Lol you can tell he's not enjoying it anymore

[@jphinojosacorral]

rozza mcgow yeah, you can feel the enthusiasm

[@ledeux]

I dont enjoy the show either anymore i watch half of last episode ans stop it

[@inimicalODDITY]

rozza mcgow yeah. I feel like this is more of an episode recap than an in depth analysis of the episode.

[@JimTheGinger]

The whole video was straight ripped from r/gameofthrones. There's nothing original in here. He's only doing it at this point is because he basically has to.

[@rigdigwus]

well ya because the show doesn't give him anything that could be further explained.... this season is just pure shit.

[@Kittykat81572]

Thank you for bringing up the hypocrisy of the rape scenes. It really is messed up

[@Akechi_The_Phantom_Detective]

Yeah I'm not going to lie a Leech to the cock seemed just a tad excessive to the point I'm sure she didn't do it for the blood.

[@sgtkumpel]

but was gendry raped? that's not a rethorical but a sincere question. i guess he had no power and was a prisoner, but it is not as if Melisandre forced herself on him and to the moment he got handcuffed, he seemed rather fond of it.

[@Kittykat81572]

sgt kumpel did he make the choice actively?? Did he say "I want to have sex"?? No. He didn't. Maybe you should look up what consent means

[@ronnietheboywonder]

Didn't realize Gendry got raped, I figured he was seduced then had a leech on his cock...ok well that doesn't sound any better. I also wasn't upset about Sansa's tape scene or even Danny's because it's a fucken show and it's fake.

[@trooth2much]

I think if he reacted in the same manner as Sansa it may have had different impact on the audience.

[@Vaalferatus]

Yes. We are all disappointed. I can hear it in your voice aswell.

[@tahashrif8434]

D&D be like: They're laughing at us I HEAR THEM IN MY SLEEP

[@oletramekaf5603]

Your videos are so freaking good, I can't imagine how many hours you put into each of them. Thank you!!!

[@urorazbojnik5678]

I can imagine he's putting more hours into these videos than the writers put into writing season 7 plot.

[@YouAlreadyKnowBabi]

@duro razbjnik hyperbole AF.

[@darKILLusionnn]

It might not even be a hyperbole in this case lol

[@andrescolmenares218]

Fuck everything else. When you see alt shift x upload, you stop everything and watch

[@dingorino]

Exactly

[@MedicFilms]

I was watching Fawlty Towers, saw the notifacation, then immediately said,"Oh hell yeah!"

[@Bigotedechivo]

I was leaving for work (already late)

[@mcjive4371]

Seriously just did exactly that.

[@skylarsmith384]

Andres Colmenares ikr?! I was on the phone with with my sister-in-law when I got the notification. Needless to say I told her I'd call her later 😂

[@olly_evans]

Theons sexual torture was also completely ignored

[@tobi9466]

Oliver Evans how? Hahah its like one of the first thing people bring up if they talk about the violence in GOT

[@jamesmcmillin796]

When did he get sexually abused, did it happen in the books that I haven’t read ... yet. Was it when he shoved his hands down on his sister after returning to the iron isles

[@Cybermat47]

James McMillin when his dick was cut off.

[@EvaSVD]

Dark Wizard ????????? It was right there

[@gemmagomez3556]

@@jamesmcmillin796 in the show it's when the two women show up and literally r*pe him on orders from their boss/pimp.

[@maryann146]

"because at this point, falling into water is practically a guarantee that a character will live" lol

[@MarkHogan994]

Westeros Olympic team : Gendry - Running, Arya - Fencing, Ramsay - Archery, Night King - Javelin, Bronn and Jaime - Armor-swimming.

[@Magmakojote]

Mark Hogan podrick: fucking. Wait about what olympics are we talking?

[@katapitasma]

Mark Hogan gendrey rowing

[@stardestroyer1553]

ygritte was a better archer

[@loodeeloo8979]

Mark Hogan it'd be funny if the Olympic Committee invited all the actors to appear in character for the opening ceremony

[@daeneryswillbethequeen9718]

congrats! you're the 48th person to say this joke

[@taegi3990]

anyone else laughed when they brought back uncle Benjen for amazing 10 seconds of screentime before killing him off? this episode was ridiculous

[@donwon7592]

GET THE DRAGONS SOME ARMOR GET TO WORK GENDRY

[@cloudincus4052]

Best Idea yet

[@Ungewisss]

Armor is not that effective against ice weapons!

[@xerdon548]

Johann Hoika Blasphemy

[@sebbe3391]

Johann Hoika valyrian steel armor

[@Crafterplayer00]

No no listen to me Ned!

[@2Corfive17]

Season 7 isn't over until @altshiftx makes his finale video. Just saying.

[@juanjoseph]

Still no episode 7 recap REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@leonlovric7193]

where is last video? it shouldve been posted days ago

[@trishdom7971]

it was a pretty heavy episode, and i guess there's no hurry to upload before next episode in 2 years

[@NortonTaylor]

I really appreciate the sarcasm in this one. Cause holy shit I was rolling my eyes non stop this episode.

[@stardestroyer1553]

constant domination is a fanboy

[@daviddunlop2045]

Constant Domination Unlike you, chicks with taste for good writing are ultra-fuckable. Don't be so jelly.

[@respberry123]

Please do some research on what sarcasm means.

[@KevinBorgOfDeath]

These vids are fantastic. Perfect blend of knowledge, nerdery, humour and valid critizism of the tv show. Love them!

[@4wearemany]

You do the best GOT episodes summaries and explanations out there. Keep it up!

[@4wearemany]

They are great indeed. Thanks!

[@julianmarrison1848]

Emergency Awesome is really good too he does Q&A's about the episode.

[@ClearOutSamskaras]

Emergency Awesome is a market maker and hype master.

[@kirstyplz]

We're all in the dragon pit waiting for Alt Shift X to ride in on his dragon with the finale video. "We've been here for some time."

[@בראשר-פ4ד]

They literally said in the first season that katline was even more pissed at Jon bc he was the only of Ned's Childs that actually looked super northerner and starky. WTF

[@adamtown3121]

It could be because of the different genes of the families. Lyanna Stark + Rhaegar Targaryen = Jon Ned Stark + Catelyn Tully = the other stark children Maybe the Stark genes are more dominant over the Targaryen genes than the Tully ones. Just speculation though.

[@timelapsega]

Lol give me the episode and timestamp that she says he looks "super northerner and starky."

[@nikai0713]

Adam Town It's true. Targaryen genes should be recessive with any other, they're too rare. And Tully, well, 4 of 5 Stark children are red headed with blue eyes (don't know why they only made Sansa look like that in the show), only Arya looks a Stark. So Tully is dominant over Stark

[@RavenStillBeguiling]

Nope. She thinks it in the books, it's never said on the show.

[@dominict9325]

It's spelled Catelyn and it was mentioned in the first book, not the first season, but yes, you're absolutely right. It's said in the first book that Arya and Jon are the only one of Ned's kids who actually look like Starks and in fact, Jon is even Ned's spitting image. Like, it's one of the big reasons she hates Jon so much: He looks more like Ned than her own children do. Which is one of many reasons why I fucking detest R+L=J and why I don't think it's true in the books. Now, I'll grant, Arya is also said to look a lot like Lyanna so it's not too unreasonable to think that Jon could look like his uncle if Ned were his uncle, but given how it's specially pointed out that Jon who, for the sake of argument, is now a Targaryen, looks more like his UNCLE than that uncle's ACTUAL BIOLOGICAL CHILDREN is kinda horse-shit. Sure, it's entirely feasible that Jon would still have the Stark look since dark hair and dark eyes are dominant genes as opposed to the recessive silver-blonde hair and purple eyes, but to be his SPITTING IMAGE is just... Eh, that shit does not happen often in real life. Of course, it's a moot point in the show because they've confirmed R+L=J and keep rubbing it in our god damn faces, not to mention that Kit Harrington obviously doesn't look like Sean Bean, but meh. I consider the books and the show to be completely separate entities by this point.

[@Grohlvana]

Loved this episode, but thought it was ridiculous when only one wight survived. Like, really? They all die but one that Jon & co. can take back since he was raised by another White Walker? That's pretty convenient.

[@alonsogeesink-anton5343]

Grohlvana it makes sense that the white walkers would keep a Wight in every group that was raised by another white walker, that way they know if something has happened to that group

[@szethtoxicco1710]

alonso geesink-anton Except for the fact that they're a fucking hive mind!! They'd know anyway. God, you fanboys do some mental gymnastics to justify abhorrent writing.

[@sammygyupsal]

I think its implied that the hivemind is only amongst the ones that were raised by the same White Walker.

[@PoliticallyDonutTasty]

+alonso geesink-anton Why not having a 50/50 ratio? No better... a 25/25/25/25 ratio And they want to conquer defeat humans lol

[@David-kd4qr]

it's a trap! but really. The night king was on the island they escaped to when Bran saw them. He knew what he was doing. It was a trap.

[@EvilThoughtsBaby]

Alt Shift X , you did a wonderful job of expressing this episode, truly amazing. I think many people who really got into Game of Thrones since the first season must feel this change. D&D are not GRRM, so things change and that's understandable. But there are so many things that we don't understand now, so many things that don't make sense.

[@kingdomgeekdom611]

I love your channel. As someone with an English degree how love how well you cite the books. Instead of just saying the books said such and such you put the quote on the screen with the book and chapter name with it so anyone who feels the need can pause the video, read the quote and check if they are so inclined. This channel is head and shoulders above the rest out there and I hope you keep up the good work even between seasons.

[@kingofdaplayazball5817]

17:05 Alt Shift X is down with my man Biggie? And you had already stolen my heart with _Alt Schwift X.._ you beautiful mug. Thanks for the content mate.

[@TheTodeswucht]

That summary at the end really hit the nail on the head. These Episodes aren't bad, they're still very entertaining and fun to watch, but they're not what makes Game of Thrones unique.

[@tipoomaster]

My question is what Dany was doing for all the weeks Jon and co was going north. She just sat there taking no steps towards her goals?

[@failuregreat9424]

Yes. In Game of Thrones Season 7, what you see is what you get

[@nikai0713]

tipoomaster well, since they've arranged a meeting with Cersei, there's supposed to be a cease of fire in the meantime so she had nothing very interesting to do (not worthy of screentime at least)

[@jphinojosacorral]

tipoomaster laughing at Tyrion's jokes and writing Jon/Dany fanfics maybe?

[@paulthoresen8241]

Detox

[@zeeiremonger9201]

not weeks, Months. Even being charitable the whole journey either way should take 3-6 months

[@mousiehaze3465]

THANK YOU!! For not letting the fear of downvotes or negative comments affect your commentary. Total respect for that Alt Shift, telling it like it is, Calling out BS where you see it. Best.

[@northbridge4665]

When arya was pointing the knife at sansa she wasn't actually threatening her, she was playing "the lying game"

[@deleahloon5352]

Rita Rita yes! And when the game ended, she gave the dagger to sansa.

[@MrGeneralHeavy]

Yes, its not like she explained the game before starting to lie.

[@theunundunly5368]

May we remember Thoros..... The Drunk Priest.....

[@WickedScott]

Arya saying 'What about Lyanna Mormont?" on the only a child argument. Lyanna Mormont never was captive to her family's murderers and a psycho king. It's easy to be tough surrounded by bodyguards on an island.

[@gurleensanghera7915]

Wicked Scott yeah thats what i was thinking about! U know if they're playing littlefinger atleast they should get some reasonable lines... 🤦‍♀️

[@thomass6197]

Wicked Scott To be fair, sweet robin was the least tough child in the show and he had the entire vale to guard him.

[@itsbritneybisch8552]

Yeah, and easy enough for Arya to say that when she had the Night's Watch men, The Hound, Tywin and Jaqen protecting her all throughout. Sansa was all by herself, surrounded by enemies and tormented physically, emotionally and mentally. Arya's storyline has been a complete BS since season six, but fanboys and fangirls still keep on keeping on!

[@DzinkyDzink]

"It is easy to be brave behind a castle wall."

[@TheOnlyGimmeturben]

Wicked Scott but in response to that, do you actually think that lyanna would play their word games and sing there bird songs as the hound describes it? I dunno, it isn't the best argument but it isn't completely unfounded

[@evbb]

I look forward to these every week, 70% of that anticipation is for the subtle humor you throw in. Your content is great, and I hope you keep it up!

[@theangrycheeto]

Not gonna lie, this episode kinda crushed my suspension of disbelief. GoT always had a tinge of gritty realism but, IMHO, this episode suffered from a bit of lazy writing and Eagles-from-LoTR-level deus ex machina.

[@kabob21]

Yeah, but unlike LOTR, Dany and her dragons didn't swoop in from out of nowhere. Jon had it in mind all along that her rescuing them would be a last ditch effort with a low probability of success. If it was a truly crushing disbelief moment, one of the dragons wouldn't have died. That's a major consequence of Jon Snow taking such a high risk chance with a low-probability of success rescue plan.

[@Athaeus]

@@kabob21 But Jon was submerged in icy waters for... how long? It was enough time for all the zombies to shuffle away and the Night King to be long gone. And how did Benjen know where and when to show up to save Jon with a horse? And why _did_ all the zombies and White Walkers leave, only to return a little later to fish out the dragon? It all made so little sense. The show isn't all bad. Much of it is still good. But the quality is in a definite decline.

[@DECYRA_MUSIC]

I complained about people calling each other idiots over opinions but after reading some more comments I totally get it.

[@mateeamichinici4707]

Dude, you deserve a frickin' award for the amount of time and effort you put into every single video you make. Mad props to you 👏🏻

[@nadiahristova3527]

:D "and decides he'd rather die than share a horse with his nephew". That's a good one.

[@user-xf6ju3pn2m]

LOL, he said "Fire and Fury" when comparing them to North Korea. Nice.

[@temesgenmehari3749]

"... and then the nights King activated his trap card" HAHA made my day

[@vishishify]

Temesgen Mehari blue "ice" white dragon lol

[@enkiimuto1041]

White Night Dragon is coming!

[@temesgenmehari3749]

Haha yes, and even if melisandre appears summoning the black magician it's gonna be hard against the blue-eyed white dragon haha

[@KHSmith95]

I'm surprised you managed to explain this episode.

[@abbashaidari8313]

Karl-Henrik Smith that too without laughing.. man alt shift plus x rocks..

[@metalmog3420]

Karl-Henrik Smith - XD

[@zairesyoutube]

Karl-Henrik Smith it was a good ep to me. It's all ways usually the book readers who hate it. Well they hate anything that isn't written by GRRM. But a lot of the fan base tend to forget good eps and ready to name bad parts

[@MatiZ815]

You just have to use your brain from time to time.

[@ezwinso9937]

Zaire MSP so true. I don't care about the books, I have no intention of reading them, I never want to compare the two, the show is not trying to cater to pretentious book readers, this show is one of the most amazing things ever and I'm enjoying it while it's here.

[@Stupointless]

I think Sansa and Arya are working together to convince Littlefinger that they are falling into his "trap." Littlefinger works by making groups fight each other, and coming on top in the end-- Starks vs. Lannisters, Lannisters vs. Tyrells, each time he creates "chaos" and benefits from it. Sansa didn't trust Littlefinger before; why would she trust him now? Their fighting "doesn't make sense" but it perfectly plays into what Littlefinger wants to happen. What if the Starks are luring him into a false sense of security to take him down? Maybe Arya will wear his face so the Knights of the Vale and the Northern Lords will not leave Sansa's side? Just a theory!

[@snowballeffect7812]

FYI NK has nukes. They just don't have a reliable method of delivery to the US yet.

[@z33z11]

Snowball Effect NK = Night King

[@snowballeffect7812]

clever

[@crazyfrogracer2pro848]

woah someone give this guy a medal. he solved the mystery.

[@ReporterRed]

14:17 I'm pretty sure it's heavily implied that the Night King also has the sight and is perhaps even a warg (maybe explaining the hivemind that the wights seem to have; perhaps all White Walkers are wargs as well, maybe not greenseers necessarily though). Remember him grabbing Bran when he was greenseeing to where the Night King had been created in S6? Also, 14:53, fire does not kill White Walkers... nor massive objects. Only dragonglass and Valyrian steel. No offense mate, I'm a huge fan and not trying to be rude, but I think you would know this of all people.

[@AbdelMX5]

Given the only weapons that can kill dragons are Dragonglass which is named after dragons, and Valyrian steel which can only be forged with dragonfire, there is a big correlation that lets us assume Dragonfire has magical properties and might be effective against while walkers too

[@AbdelMX5]

Crashing a dragon unto the NK wasn't the brighest thought ASX had lol, that I'll admit

[@ReporterRed]

Hmm... fair point about the dragonfire. We'll see. I'm going to assume that Daenerys simply doesn't think of this, which isn't totally unreasonable.

[@antoniocarvalho2730]

Daenerys doesn't know anything about the White Walkers, I assume that she even didn't know that there was a "Night King" commanding everything. She just saw a bunch of undead corpses and started burning them. Dragon fire may kill the Night King's lieutenants but I highly doubt it can kill the Night King himself. He's got a magical dragonglass "heart" and was created to be a deadly weapon against men. I think Alt Shift is not the best GoT reviewer anymore ( on the english-speaking community), this channel is almost completely devoted to the patreons now. I prefer Secrets of the Citadel and Emergency Awesome

[@FinchCBauer]

Dany did not know what did or did not kill the white walkers so it would have been more logical for her to try at least.

[@kdrae8433]

Honestly, alt shift x doesn't sound as excited about the episodes as he used to. Sounds like he just needs to give explanation to things which sound bullshit to fans of George rr Martins writing. Anyone agree?

[@jphinojosacorral]

Kate Eriksen yeah, they hated the episode and stop doing what they were doing :( I expect next video to be as sad as this one

[@Erikaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

Keep reading into it. I'm sure you're not projecting your own biases upon it, no sir.

[@gastongabrielsosa8968]

He's a fan of the books. Like all us fans of *A song of Ice and Fire*, this last season lost touch with the books, we can notice, and sure as hell he does. This is no ordinary fantasy book, this is not the lord of the rings where we have heroes and villains, they're the bad ones and we're the good ones. No, these books have politics, betrayal, human feelings in most of the characters, the attention to details, the well crafted plots, this last season all that is lost, and we noticed. It's sad.

[@spatzhawk]

he clearly hates the show xD hilarious

[@sakiolu1]

He definitely seems over the serious as a whole in this video, but I get it. The show seems to be taking a lazy route when it comes to wrapping up the show and getting to the large plot points.

[@Nekranon]

I think I'm more excited waiting for Alt Shift X's E07 Explained video than I was waiting for E07 itself.

[@bbqribz570]

You're the best at these episode breakdowns. its going to suck when GoT is over

[@genericbritishcitizen4930]

Okay, the Ice King knew the dragons were coming because, like Bran, he has greensight, as is shown in Bran's vision when the Night King marked him. But the night king is a lot more skilled with greensight, he has a lot more control and experience, and there for he can probably see almost everything. Therefore allowing him to set up this trap.

[@genericbritishcitizen4930]

I guess that might be wrong, there isn't enough proof to say its true, but to me, that seems the most likely explanation

[@eXcommunicate1979]

It's a good explanation, but then doesn't the Night King know his invasion will be beaten back if he can see the future? Either that, or he knows that he will win.

[@jphinojosacorral]

yeah, he was able to break Bran's warging before, this doesn't seem crazy at all

[@jphinojosacorral]

eXcommunicate1979 maybe, like Bran, he doesn't have it perfectly and sees "some" things from the past and future, not all? I don't know, that's what I think

[@billywe331a]

If the Night King has such vision or insight, why did he not make an effort to kill Drogon or Jon Snow, who were 30 feet away. He acted as if Jon was just another crow.

[@5Davideo]

I'm surprised OP didn't notice/mention in the Arya/Sansa scene that Arya ultimately turned the dagger around, pointing the *hilt* towards Sansa. I took this to mean that, despite all their misgivings, Arya still ultimately trusts her sister: Arya *could* kill Sansa, but won't. It kinda puts the end to the argument made in the video that they're falling out.

[@SolusBatty]

Great Simpsons reference. That is one of my all time favorite scenes. Your videos are really something else, I love how you take the time and not rush like many other channels.

[@lauralye1]

Which simpsons episode is this!??!

[@lucianbadarau348]

I just want the books to be better...

[@DexterNewton32]

Or be finished while GRRM still lives, lol

[@thunktankpodcast4645]

Yeah, sadly, I'll take A book at this point!

@@DexterNewton32 loool

[@TheRealXLegend]

To be fair Dany couldn't have known who the Night King was or even that his death might "kill" all walkers. All she saw when she arrived were her people in danger, so she attacked the mob

[@thomasmichaels1671]

It seems pretty obvious to me that John just doesn't care if he dies anymore, not that he thinks he's invincible. Also I don't think we should take Arya's behavior at face value, she might very well be plotting something.

[@eXcommunicate1979]

I hope that's the twist with Arya. She knows/has found out that it was Littlefinger who betrayed her father and she is the one playing HIM all along.

[@dragoncurveenthusiast]

eXcommunicate1979 I am hoping for the same thing. But I was also hoping there would be a sensible explanation when she got stabbed. Fans came up with so many theories that tried to explain, when it turned out that there wasn't an explanation. It wasn't a clever scheme that only looked dumb on the surface. It really was dumb. But as I said, I'm still hoping...

[@cheryljohnson532]

Tom Mass I actually believe thay Arya and Sansa are in cahoots against LF. I wouldn't be surprised if when they showed LF "bribing" the servent girl for info in that quick scene that it could have been Arya wearing a face .

[@jorritheijma7964]

Cheryl Johnson Arya was watching during that scene, so it wasn't her.

[@cheryljohnson532]

Jorrit Heijma ah...ok, I missed that. I do still think that her and Sansa are in cahoots though. After Arya showed Sansa the paper from LF's room....Sansa is shown burning some papers...but they are not the small note that Sansa wrote, it was two large pieces of paper. Perhaps that is how Arya and Sansa are actually communicating??? Just my thoughts and how I hope it will go...lol. Thanks!

[@mannyrae1241]

Since the season is over, How about Robert's Rebellion, that would be an epic video.

[@Firmly_grasp_it]

How is there only 1 episode left this season?!?

[@Kabodanki]

They are waiting for the tumblr community to finish their fan fictions. Let face it, it smells like fan fiction.

[@josetato]

Jon it does seem very tv-showish and smells a lot like fan fiction.

[@kefkapalazzo1]

season 6 didn't seem like fan fiction outside area and they pretty much exhausted the plot lines then. like alt shift x isn't a books snob but he's had some critics for the fundamental plot of the story in every episode

[@jacktuckerbrown7010]

It just ain't GoT anymore :(

[@meknowu1]

It's to please the fans now, they don't care how the story goes anymore as long as it looks good people will keep watching and it will keep getting shitter in terms of story

[@KartGaming]

Arya even told Sansa before tearing into her that they were playing the Game of Faces. She was telling convincing lies.

[@MiniatureMasterClass]

D&D: "So George, we're writing the scripts for season 7. What happens in TWOW?" GRRM: "The Great Other kills one of Dany's dragons and uses it to destroy the Wall! Oh, Coldhands dies saving Jon and Arya kills Littlefinger." D&D: "That sounds amazing! How does it all happen?" GRRM: "No idea. Are we done here? I need to get back to the Jets game."

[@gin9410]

MiniatureMasterClass *i need to get back to trying out new hats*

[@Pro_Butcher_Amateur_Human]

A lot of people joke that it's a genuine worry that George might die before finishing the story. I'm starting to worry that I might die before he finishes it, and I'm only 25.

[@turbopotato4575]

He is 68 we are 100 percent not getting ADOS and maybe not even TWOW

[@AintPopular]

i want GoT intro to be his funeral music

[@andrew7taylor]

D&D must be pretty obnoxious if GRRM would rather watch the Jets than talk to them :D

[@xRawlins]

This channel has kept my hype up for the whole season. I get one episode of GoT and one AltShiftX video every week? Fuck yeah.

[@theanderblast]

NK getting nukes... I see what you did there.

[@justinbrittain9839]

David Benioff call uncle Benjen "cold hands" in this video on the gameofthrones KZbin channel. (game of thrones: season 7 episode 6: inside the episode (hbo)

[@sombonTV]

A_JewishTurtle 13 He has since he first appeared last season, if you go back to that Inside the Episode.

[@tannerjablowski3192]

I read that GRRM confirmed that Cold Hands is NOT Benjen (at least in the books)

[@frostmourn7682]

The whole reference to NK getting nukes and fire and fury response is genius tbh

[@davidcarr472]

So you're definitely one of the better KZbinrs, can you do me a favor and look into this theory for me. NK=LOL Is the night King the Lord of Light moving pieces around in Westeros (like varys and illyrio) to set up his Conquest 1-the Lord of light wants to destroy the faith of the seven. 2- a theory floating around is that the original Seven Beat back the first long night. 3- the LOL has been sending people Beyond the Wall (including Dany) 4- the night King has been sitting Beyond the Wall building his army off the people he finds (waiting on the dragon)

[@dexplays3298]

Knock, Knock. Who's there? Hodor.

[@Deiadara]

Dude, I am SOOOO happy you criticized this episode heavily. Everyone making up theories to simply fill in the plotholes. The show is nothing like it one was. It has turned from an unpredictable innovative story to a hollywood fan service show. I've seen some other videos "explaining" S7E6 and they're like the guys could wait there long enough easily cause of X and Y and daenerys is fast as fuck cause Z and Ω. Thank you for this video, reminded me why I am waiting longer for quality rather than go and watch all the shit videos that come out 2 hours after the episode. Keep it up!

[@Shatamx]

Constant Domination Why. They don't listen anyway.

[@XFactorFPS]

Constant Domination Because nobody will read it. Posting comments on the internet is one of the best ways to show criticism

[@fergusthefungus4875]

Constant Domination instead of whining about someone else voicing their opinion on a show, maybe add something or argue against him? Saying something like you said makes you seem pretty darn pretentious. Just my 2 cents!

[@shatteredideals]

I, like you and many others, have been noticing a change in the writing of this season from season 1, plus I guess is nice to see a youtube like AltShiftX pointing this problem. But I was actually shocked to see AltShiftX giving his opinion when his videos are known for just breaking down the episodes and pointing important or interesting details that reference past moments or foreshadowing future ones or even implying possible theories.

[@Domee894]

Jessica Fontes yeah, AltShiftX is crossing the line of objectivity recently and I don't like it. I'm okay with subtle comments from time to time but not actual opinions on how in their opinion the society is biased when it comes to rape and such... I don't think they criticized this episode heavily though.

[@admsnowpyke]

i cant believe the hype for clegane bowl is still alive haha

[@abroogie]

Amiel Msm what is hype may never die

[@Brandonhayhew]

Amiel Msm This better happened, because we waited for long time, it better not be delayed.

[@Akechi_The_Phantom_Detective]

I'll be honest, fuck a sparring contest I wanna wrestling match between these 2.

[@hiiipowerbass2337]

What is hype may never die!

[@NumNumNumStudios]

Even if we dont get a clegane bowl in the show the two actors could make a real life wrestling match

[@igylan]

"keeping up with his situps" LOL

[@Hurduri]

Could someone explain why the Night King did not throw the ice javelin at sitting Drogon insted of throwing it at flying Viserion that was way further away and had no one riding on its back.

[@98Dreadboy]

Because they have to have some sorf of chance, lmao.

[@Matthew-du1ef]

Is guess it was basically a warning shot to show his power

[@Devin-ul4ho]

Plus Drogon was just sitting there while Viserion was flying around killing hundreds of wights.

[@fredex8]

Only rational explanation is that he wanted them to escape for some future event he foresaw to happen. If that isn't the case then it's just bad writing.

[@jeffersuzon6612]

Why did the night King not Throw it while jon and the others were in the middle of hte frozen lake.....

[@clintmckee1751]

Bran should have been the one to alert Dany of Jon's situation.

[@cristianmedina3333]

The chains belong to the giants. Those are really similar to the ones which were used in s4 to remove the outer gate inside the wall. Remember the opening scene in s7 in which we were shown that giants had been turned to zombies? Well, probably they brought their chains and during this episode we didn't get to watch the giants for the same reason we don't get direwolves. Chains are cheaper to film than giants.

[@MarkHogan994]

They used ROPES in season 4 to remove the gate, not chains. Go back and check. I did.

[@cristianmedina3333]

you are right, but at the tip of the ropes there is a metal hook, and the things that the mamoths have to hold the saddles of the giants, plus thw things with which they hold the other end of the rope is metal, and when the mamothrider gets down of the mamoth you cann se a big chain. Plus there are some other metal stuffs on the mamoth and making it all happen. According to the nature of Alt Shift X videos we can assume that those chains came from the giants.

[@gaiusjuliuspleaser]

There were no giants at the lake of ice. Only regular human wights.

[@cristianmedina3333]

Yes, I saw there were no giants, that's why I wrote what I wrote on my first comment. Budget for CGI has been somewhat of a delicate issue in the show, that's why I think that whereas we don't see the giants, they are probably there, just like we don't see Ghost but we know he is just walking around there, that's why I compared the giants with the direwolves, it may be easier for the showrunners to make chains than to spend money on giants when they can spend it on making dragons.

[@cristianmedina3333]

I love how everyone just says stupid shit like we are trying to do the showrunners work. Some of us (at least me) are just sharing thoughts to try to understand a piece of art better. Some other, like you, just talk shit because it's free. Keep reaching though...

[@flyaar7]

The HYPE airhorns when you mentioned the CLEGANEBOWL were an awesome touch!!

[@JokerVonMax]

"fire and fury" i see what u did there xD

[@carefullyinspired]

One of the theories I've heard that I really like is that Arya wasn't in fact being irrational, rather she was playing the game of faces really well. Having seen Baelish paying off a maid or whatever in a previous episode, Arya explains the game to Sansa and proceeds to lie about essentially wanting to kill her. The biggest clue is about Arya wearing Sansa's dresses, which is so way off base that Sansa would see that she was not being serious and was in fact playing the game for the benefit of whatever means Baelish had to hear, to demonstrate to Sansa how believable she can be, but also to show Sansa that she is not her enemy. Hopefully, it plays out this way, and we see them form an alliance in Jon's absence that thus ends Baelish, continuing the character cull that started last season as the showrunners have been struggling to control a huge cast of characters without a reference point.

[@pmiles363]

2:13 No you've interpreted this scene slightly wrong. -In one of the scenes Arya explains that while she was training with the faceless men she used to play a game. Tell a story and try to make lies sound like the truth. -That's what Arya was doing when she was telling the story about how the "rules were wrong". -She slips in a lie saying that Sansa betrayed their father. Sansa catches her and explains about how she was "only a child" -Later in the bedroom Arya shows she does not want to become the lady of Winterfell by talking all about how she could become Sansa but Sansa knows thats not her. -Arya respects the fact that Sansa has won the game and so hands her the knife. I hope that explains that part of the story a bit more as I realise it can be quite confusing.

[@kabob21]

Lol, your interpretation is more confusing than what actually happened in the episode. Don't sprain your wrist patting yourself on the back.

[@kithugomusic]

What am I doing here 6 years late? Well, what are YOU doing here? Re-living this show breaking at the seams..

[@mr1337viking]

Thank you for pointing out Arya's hypocrisy and utter stupidity. I feel that character just makes no sense anymore and is quite annoying to watch tbh

[@TheJohny727]

Alt shift x with the doublestandard bomb in the beginning

[@mbe102]

The whole thing with Sansa and Arya is a ruse. A ploy to draw Littlefinger out in the open and expose him. Its so painfully obvious that I just have to think that people are overlooking it, on purpose. Little Finger will be caught out, and gutted by Ayra, and then Sansa will have the Vail's Army's with that General, rather than Little Finger. It is plain as day!

[@spacerider12]

Damn, i really love these little jokes here and there and the completly dry presentation. they make these videos 10x times better

[@narutofan9tf]

don't the white walkers bring the cold with them? Like in that one ep where the mutineers of the Nights watch were at that incest camp and that one guy went to sacrifice the baby, only to run away when he say the puddle of water freeze, assumingly because there was a white near by?

[@rainhardravenclaw809]

Yeah of course Dany could have attacked the night king but HER CHILD JUST DIED and the night king still had 2 spears and even was throwing one the moment she fled so she obiously was hella scared. She wanted to get away and not risk losing another child. She was extremely in shock

[@papaleguaz]

Over a week and still no episode 7 video? I can see this finale video is going to be especially good!

[@Alphabunsquad]

Thank you so much for point out to me how the fellowship of winter all have dragon glass weapons. That makes that fight scene make so much more sense to me

[@DrakeyC]

Strong point on the Gendry scene vs the Sansa scene. I always brushed the Sansa scene off because rape has been part of the show since the first episode with Dany and Drogo, and my mom was angry at me for days afterward because I didn't wasn't outraged and horrified by what happened to Sansa and she thought I actually had no problem with seeing rape.

[@yayatistudios]

Danny rape scene is season 1 was pretty clear that humping by drogo so the bar was set from there

[@Ljiff]

I knoooow, right? There's always someone being raped in GOT, I am actually surprised the media outrage about Sansa was a thing. [not that I am ok with rape or anything]

[@zeuskiller100]

DrakeClawfang what about the pedofilia of Trant oposed to Margery

[@thewayfarer8849]

Almost like there's a massive double standard or something

[@Emily-zr7of]

Because Ramsey was such a hated character and drogo was loved. Mellisandre is also a character which isn't like obviously hated by everyone. Also it's fiction all these outraged people wheter it be for sansa or gendry they wouldn't give a shit if it was someone in real life that they know.

[@natthakitkorsawatpat4300]

If ygritt is still alive, we would've won the war by shoot a dragonglass arrow to the night king. how unfortunate.

[@Golden5711]

It's like the end of Titanic. *Yes there was room for both Jon and Benjen on that horse* Edit: A girl got a lot of likes. A girl is glad.

[@christophermxyzptlk7155]

Srishti Gautam But there was no time! (apparently... Because, you know, it takes a shit load of time to hop on a horse and take off)

[@stardestroyer1553]

they could have rode to the haunted forest and then said goodbye

[@Manicanian]

But the dead would have followed them both instead of just ending Benjen and letting Jon live! I am sure Benjen was on the white walkers most wanted list too 😂😂😂

[@demon212]

Benjen said "theres no time", why? He took Bran and Meera all the way south to the wall. During that time Bran could have told him he will need to help Jon and if Benjen rides he won't make it to the wall before Dany leaves. So again all he manages to say is "theres no time", interesting choice imo.

[@Tychoxi]

At least in Titanic they bothered to show Leo trying and failing to get on the door.

[@retrogamingnmore2513]

Absolute best episode breakdowns on KZbin bar none

[@dennisluts4860]

Im checking the channel every hour for 3 days now, cmon dude we want this final part so bad we would kill

[@andrewprofitt6898]

D&D already lost it. Feel bad for Martin and the vloggers relying on thrones.

[@vibekewl]

I LITTERALLY know nothing - until S07EO7 is explained.

[@Kpaxlol]

I am LOVING the comical notion in this video. Keep THAT up hahaha

[@TheaYsabelle_design_music]

"in this show, there's nothing more deadly than having no dialogue".. that killed me..

[@pkmff4071]

Drogon has smelled Jon (S07E05) which is a Targaryen in danger like Daenerys at Meereen arena. That's how they found them. As for Benjen he was the First Ranger of the Night's Watch. He knew exactly how to move beyond the wall or maybe the Three-eyed raven send him again. He can't pass the wall. There's no time for explanations... The wights are coming!

[@hkay93]

Given that the Wights move at the White Walkers' commands, I kind of assumed that Benjen being half turned meant that he could hear their orders and knew where to go because of it. (He would have made the perfect spy for the humans)

[@RavenStillBeguiling]

Drogon and Dany have a bond. Similar in the way the Starks and their direwolves are connected. They feel what the other feels. So i doubt it had anything to do with Targ blood and more to do with his mother was in danger and he could feel it.

[@ChiplockRock]

The problem is that you're making that up to excuse the poor writing that this show had this season. But no one on HBO has said anything to explain a fucking thing. Even so, D&D have stated basically that "if you don't like it, don't watch it" like they clearly know they have the audience and donet give a shit about the criticism the fans (the smart ones) are giving.

[@MyKorrekt]

well i coudn´t agree more with the writers attitude. If you think you are smart just because you critize the writing then please do me a favor and stop watching. It´s like the "smart ones" just randomly hate about the wiriting without seeing major thins. For example missing source material because george rr martin writes slow as hell, or the simple fact that there is no time left for something like the redwedding. It woudn´t make any sense if something like this would happen in s7. The white walkers have been the real threat since the beginning. Now they are here. And i promise you if we see a full episode of jon and the others rowing towards the wall you all would complain too. only real thing that is annoying are the plot armors, but hey you can´t have everything.

[@Shovi_]

@FrozenChery No one is "randomly hating" on the writting, people are making valid complains about what is wrong with the current writing. If you can't see that and only see people whine just for the sake of whining then i feel sorry for you. Blaming GRRM for the faults of the show is a really stupid move, he gave the showrunners the greenlight to adapt it when they knew the source material wasn't finished, so they should have thought long and hard about what would happen when they reached the point of surpassing the books. They could have easily pulled for more time if they didn't throw away entire extensive plots from the books. The show at the moment has a totally different feel then the first 3-4 seasons where mistakes cost people dearly and plot armor was very very subtle, not how we have it now, 3 deus ex machina in one episode.....

[@craigelliott4446]

Arya was playing the game of lies with Sanda. At what time, ever did arya ever want to wear Sansas dresses. Even at the beginning of the series she wanted to play with weapons. You really missed that

[@craigelliott4446]

Like Jesus man, every single thing she said was a lie she even said we are going to play a game at the beginning of the conversation

[@uruk-]

I love how you point at all the mistakes and incoherent stuff without behing too hard on it