Andrew and Manu talk about "The Long Night," where the Battle of Winterfell spans the entire episode. It's visually stunning with unbelievably cool effects! But unless you have top-quality streaming, it's hard to see. It has bold plot decisions with incredible character beats from the likes of Arya, Melisandre, and Theon! But some of its decisions are very strange.

The fandom seems split on this episode, and we fall somewhere in the middle, though we like talking about its positives more. Join us! Thoughts gather, and our watch begins.

Please note: The initial recording of the section where we briefly recapped the episode was disjointed at parts, so Andrew went back and recorded it solo. The sound quality will briefly be different, and then soon go back to normal.

• Joanna Robinson on some of what into the lighting issues of this episode
• Manu's "Girls Gone Canon" appearance for Patreon discussing the pilot, "Winter is Coming"
• Manu's Avengers: Endgame review at Screenfellows
• Register with the discount code "Manu" for Con of Thrones (Nashville, July 12-14)
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