It can’t stand alone in greatness, since the bleak outlook of every preceding episode is necessary for it to be truly cathartic, but it most certainly is the tightest, most affecting piece of storytelling showrunners D.B. It’s at least the best of season four and is certainly a thematic milestone. I am tempted to say that, for this reason, “The Watchers On The Wall” is actually the best episode of the series. It subverts the bleak message of past episodes showing us that yes: when you’re alone, all you can count on is yourself, but in the company of family, love, and duty can hold incredible power. This week, at Castle Black, loyalty and brotherhood defeated the lumbering giant of wild chaos. The power of “The Watchers On The Wall” is that, after 38 episodes of being told again and again that good people are weak because of their codes, we are finally shown hope in the most unlikely of places. The most shocking deaths that have made this show so ubiquitous all come as a surprise because in our hearts we want things like honour, faith, and justice to have mass. If there is a message underneath the unforgiving brutality of Game of Thrones it is that a moral code has no power outside of those who believe it. And when you’re nothing at all, there’s no more reason to be afraid.” – Samwell Tarly on killing a White Walker I wasn’t a steward of the Night’s Watch or a son of Randyll Tarly or any of that. “If someone had asked me my name right then I wouldn’t have known.
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