Game of Thrones S7E01 Explained

What is the meaning of Arya’s killing? Has Wun Wun joined the army of the dead? What’s going on at Winterfell? How does Cersei feel about Tommen? Why is Euron Greyjoy so fabulous? What does Sam discover at Hogwarts? How has the Hound changed? What does Dragonstone mean for Game of Thrones Season 7?

This video contains spoilers for Game of Thrones up to S7E01 and Book 5.

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[KevJumbaify]

I think people need to cut Ned some slack. Everyone is calling him "Dumb", but people forget that he lost his head because a crazy pre-teen randomly decided to chop off his head against everyone's instructions. His honor and mercy may have put him in a bad situation, but it didn't get him killed.

[NiggaTigga]

Thoros: "Clegane, look into the flames. What do you see?"

The Hound: "Chickens. So many fucking chickens, "

[Loiner_Leftie]

If dragonglass can cure greyscale that might explain why Shireen recovered from it, not impossible that whoever healed her knew some tale of it's healing properties, or hell it wouldn't be hard for her to get exposed to it just living on Dragonstone.

[SumShar]

Game of Thrones isn't officially back until the first Altshift X video is posted.

[irphern]

it was not only main characters that died on red wedding, their whole army got murdered. and almost all of the Frey's took part in it

[MaskedInasense]

...THANK YOU for all your hard work. I rarely comment on videos but every time I get a notification from your channel, I instantly click. As a novice video editor, I can only imagine the layers and layers and lines of editing in each video that you do. Thank you so much for putting so much detail and carefully crafting each scene. I hope you get a million subs soon, you deserve it.

[NiggaTigga]

Thoros: "Clegane, what do you see?"

The Hound: "A Mountain"

CLEGANEBOWL FUCKING CONFIRMED BABY!

[garygreenburg]

I'm surprised you missed the part where Sansa's hairstyle is now exactly like Cersei's... Right after she said she's learned from Cersei.... kinda scary.

[MrKollanehapukurk]

12:03 . Ah yes, the sand is indeed coarse and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere.

[CymruJedi]

These kind of videos make Game of Thrones for me, thank you for all the effort you put into these

[Ounouh]

"John mostly learned from his uncle Ned
Who is a great bloke, but lost his head"

Not sure if intentional rhyming at 4:40

[Eshajori]

I don't think that Cersei meant Tommen "betrayed her" by going over to the faith. She was still trying to protect him and be with him that whole time. I think the "betrayal" she's referring to was actually just the act of his suicide in general. Cersei was trying to control and protect Tommen, and to her his choosing to die was a personal slight - which shows how absolutely nutters she is.

[Bruester]

0:50 They most likely didn't participate in the Red Wedding, but when Arya mentions it in the monologue she delivers wearing Walder's face, they cheered it on. They still supported it even if they had nothing to do with the act itself, making them worthy of her revenge from Arya's point of view. The point you brought up with the Lannister soldiers is very valid, though.

[Mprator]

Littlefinger's character may have suffered the most from the lack of new book material, they don't appear to know what to do with him, they're making him seem 2nd rate.

[gpeddino]

Also, Shireen's greyscale was cured, and she happened to live in Dragonstone, which has a lot of obsidian. There's probably a correlation there.

[ThePooper]

12:05 " It doesn't make sense that this castle is abandoned"

*[Two guards on top of the battlements look at Daenerys' fleet out to the sea]*

Guard 1: "Dude, are those fucking dragons flying around those ships?"

Guard 2: "They're certainly not birds, that's for sure; they're too big and screeching like banshees. Should we alert the other guards?"

Guard 1: "Alert for what? To stand and fight?!"

Guard 2: "Fuck no, are you serious? Alert them to get the fuck out of here. I don't want to die for Stannis, he's been gone for months, I just want to go home, fuck my wife, kiss my kids goodnight, stock my food for winter, and *not* die!"

[superposition]

"And sand is rough and coarse" did he... did he just *meme*.

[TheJogirl]

Who else has just been eagerly waiting for Alt's vids for this season??

[pearse]

I'm so happy we're getting weekly Alt-Shift-X videos again!

[Hoochinaikwa]

Thanks so much for your review/summary of this episode. Seems that there is still one guy left who can review the show without finding everything awesome, nor shitting all over every scene and is just able to review the show for what it is and criticize it when necessary, without sounding annoyed when it doesn't measure up to the books. Thanks again.