Wow. Even the master of “very,” President Trump, would come up short on superlatives for this one.
The third episode of HBO’s eighth and final season of Game of Thrones, “The Long Night,” hit all its marks. If immediate fan reaction in a number of watch party videos is any gauge (and, seriously; click the link and watch the clips; they are amazing), the long slog through nearly nine years of television intrigue and turmoil has been worth it. Fans were emotionally invested, and the cathartic release Sunday evening was palpable. If art is measured in genuine, visceral emotional reactions, then “The Long Night” at its climax was high art.