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I like GoT S8E3

There. I said it. Many people these days are very vocal about episode 3 of the last season of Game of Thrones and act as if it's something between treason and fraud. The battle against the White Walker has been foreshadowed for a long time now. As a matter of fact, we knew that this must be coming since the first scenes of the first episode of the first season. And many feel that this episode did not give all that buildup justice. I disagree. I liked the episode. And I will tell you why, but first let me defend the episode against criticism I heard. 1. The military "strategy" and the tactics were bullshit Yes. That's correct. The warfare conducted by the living against the army of the Night King was the most ill-planned, ill-advised and ill-executed military campaign in the whole history of Game of Thrones. "Er... Jens? You lost me... I thought you were trying to defend the episode against criticism - why are you agreeing with us on this?" ...