‘Game of Thrones’ just gave us the most traumatic episode since the Red Wedding and we may never recover

This recap is dark and full of spoilers for Game of Thrones Season 7, episode 6, “Beyond the Wall.”

I guess Drogon wasn’t the dragon we needed to worry about this season. ???

After the Loot Train Attack of episode 4 proved the sheer destructive force of just one of Dany’s dragons in battle — enough to make even Jaime Lannister reassess his sister’s chances of winning the war — episode 6 served to level the playing field, as the Night King managed to kill one of the massive beasts with seemingly no more effort than it takes to lob a softball.

(Sidebar: Who knew that the leader of the White Walkers was a world-class javelin-thrower? Still, he’s clearly no match for Gendry, who’s a lock for the gold in the men’s decathlon at this year’s Westerosi Olympics.)  Read more…

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