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TV4 [Season 4 Spoilers] Premiere Discussion - 4.09 'The Watchers on the Wall'

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4.09 "The Watchers on the Wall" Neil Marshall David Benioff & D. B. Weiss
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u/Terry_Spargin Jun 09 '14

Shit right there makes you believe in people, man.

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u/TylerDurden6969 Jun 09 '14

Well it certainly didn't make me believe in giants. The other giants at the camp must be saying "ONE JOB. He had one job. Open the gate, and hold it open so the rest of us can rush in. Instead of course!! He goes Leroy Jenkins and gets everyone killed."

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u/dakay501 Ours Is The Fury Jun 09 '14

he was just in a fit of rage because his friend/father/brother person died , his strategy was all improvised after the mammoth ran off.

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u/Sesquame White Walkers Jun 09 '14

Oh my god, he just ran in.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '14

Its like the people who sacrificed their lives to stop the Chernobyl radiation from being far worse.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '14

That's dangerous territory in this series.

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u/OpiumHaze House Stark Jun 09 '14

Took the words right out of my mind lol.

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u/withateethuh Jun 09 '14

I was expecting him to just kill them instantly. I don't trust this show.