Game of Thrones’ current breakneck pace is gutting its most anticipated reunions
Spoilers ahead for Game of Thrones.
Game of Thrones’ “Eastwatch” episode came bearing the gift of reunions. It was the latest round of important meet-ups in a season already packed with homecomings, but the power of those encounters is wearing thin.
Anticipation for some of these scenes has been building literally for years. Gendry hasn’t been seen since 2013, when Davos sent him off in a rowboat to escape death by blood sacrifice. And yet, his return to the show is sandwiched in with Tyrion’s meeting with his brother Jaime for the first time since Tyrion killed their father, and Daenerys reuniting with her old friend / traitor Jorah, who she thought had died of greyscale. In past seasons, major personal encounters like these would have...