Eagles star Chris Long, will recap Game of Thrones and share his thoughts on each episode every Monday on SI.com. His previous recaps can be read here.
Stop the fight. The thought seemed to cross the mind of each and every notable character onscreen at some point during Sunday night’s heavyweight bout (that we squinted over like an iPhone with the brightness on zero in the summer sun). All night it was one step forward, two steps back for the crew tasked with defending Winterfell. Bloodied and shellshocked, each character found a way to fight on, however futile resistance appeared.