A Fool's Hope

Before their finale, "Game of Thrones" would always have a big battle episode that was dedicated to a specific battle. This episode felt a lot like that. The start of the episode was a great way of connecting the entire series again and prepare us for the last stand. Then, the battle on Lothal became the most impressive action sequence I've seen in this series. All characters got a chance to shine, even Chopper getting a little scene for himself. It feels like they're ready to bring us to the end, and to end it where it began was a great idea on the creative team's part. Lothal has always been a center in this series, and it feels like that we're back here, defending it against the Empire one last time. The inception of the battle didn't really work for me, mostly because it seems like such a cliché, and it ends up being pretty much that. It also felt like the writers desperately wanted Thrawn to be absent from this battle, since he could have probably won it. However, those a small things. As a penultimate episode of the series, I thought it brought a lot of pieces together and sets up and exciting finish for a great series.