Board Thread:TV Show Discussion/@comment-1031724-20170828053052

Aside from that one satisfying moment that I think you all know to which I refer, it was a disappointment.

For a moment I actually believed they'd defeat the Night King

Instead, it ends with the destruction of the Wall, and the battle about to take place, leaving it up to our interpretation as to what happens next.

In this situation I'd usually come up with a headcanon, but I can't think of one where the Night King can conceivably be defeated. He IS riding the zombified Viserion who just destroyed the Wall. And he was unstoppable WITHOUT the dragon. WHEN there were three dragons flying around, and he effortlessly killed one of them.

And, even if, by some miracle, they do kill the Night King somehow... there's still Cersei. She's not participating in this fight, and Daenerys and Jon's forces will suffer heavy casualties, possibly including the other two dragons, leaving them defenseless against Cersei. So, if the Night King doesn't win, Cersei will.

Only in my most paranoid moments did I think they'd actually end the series like that, but I didn't think they actually would! Just like Angel, except Angel's team actually stood a chance of winning.

Dragonglass and fire can't kill the Night King. Can Valerian Steel? How would anyone get near enough to stick a Valerian Steel sword in him with him riding a dragon and wielding spears sharp enough to impale dragons?

UNLESS there's really one more episode to come, but I haven't received any official confirmation on it. Nor an eighth season, as much as people speculate otherwise, but even if there was it wouldn't be until next September, last two were spaced 13 months apart and I don't see why they wouldn't just make it another 10-episode season if it wasn't the last. 