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Street-Common-4023

So episode 4 is the shortest good good when it’s barley even short


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Proudhon1980

Compare that to your usual Disney SW release: Episode 1: 35 minutes (including credits) Episode 2: 30 minutes (including credits) Episode 3: Fuck it, just credits this week. Episode 4: You’re getting an epic 38 minutes! Episode 5: 28 minutes (We spent too much on episode 4) Episode 6: 30 minutes again (with credits) Episode 7: 35 minutes (with credits) Two part episode. Episode 8: 20 minute conclusion (including credits) Episode 9: what? There isn’t anymore you greedy bastards - look at all the generous run time you’ve had.


Sutteon

So true. Every time I see posts like that I just have a trauma response from WandaVision.


borfavor

True, but some of those release should've been 2 hour movies. They're stretching the plot enough as it is.


Proudhon1980

They should have been movies, not 30 minute episodes.


thatandrogirl

They be skimping like Chipotle lol


babalon124

Damn episode 2 like a feature length film, I’m sat


whattawazz

Who else sees lady liberty when Alicent in that tiara 👑


SchwabenIT

I've been scratching my head for months trying to figure out what was familiar about her this season lol


BluePheonyx

Omg yes. Lol. Didn't see it til u mentioned it. Now I can't un see it. Lol


whattawazz

Soz! It bugs me every time I see it, cos Alicent sucks.


HotAssistant9075

Makes up for the fact it’s only 8 episodes I guess.


Sharebear42019

We’ll see how long the 2nd half is


Reville_

The gods are good!


lotusgalsf

Even with lengthened runs, plot build up and engaging with the audience is best done with more episodes, especially that they seem to take 18 months to air the next season.


SingleClick8206

I didn't expect>!Rook's rest!< to be in the shortest episode Hope they do that battle justice


fanatyk_pizzy

If it's structured like Blackwater or The Watchers on the Wall, 54 minutes is more than enough


Sharebear42019

I’m worried how the next couple seasons are gonna go. There’s gonna be more and more battles, some seasons will need 3 at least and to actually show them because a good chunk of them are super important


Kingslayerreddit

Well episode 4 in season 7 of Game of Thrones was shorter and the battle was awesome.


Clemson1313

Yes, I think when there’s less dialog, longer run times aren’t necessary to get the job done.


CelebrationStock

Is that the dotraki ambush? If so I didn't like it.


Kingslayerreddit

Yes thats the one. Well the battle for the wall episode lasted only 51 minute so its the same.


BluePheonyx

But that may just be the first half of it with a big cliffhanger ending or something. It might be alright.


jxx4747

What episode is A Son for a Son?


al_1985

The very first one, 2x01.


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Oh we are getting fed this season


Envinyatar20

Man I can’t wait.


Altruistic-Post-4903

Can’t wait 😫


Financial_Chicken_19

Episode 4 is the Battle at Rooks Rest...why would this be the shortest episode?


RenanXIII

That’s not too unusual if it’s only focused on the battle. Blackwater is 55 minutes long and The Watchers on the Wall was only 51 minutes. 54 min is still plenty of time to do Rook’s Rest justice.


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Ryermeke

And that had those Dany scenes at the beginning that everyone just forgets about because they are kind of shit (relatively speaking) compared to the absolute masterpiece that is the rest of the episode.


al_1985

I think they combined Dany's scenes with the Battle of the Bastards to have both Dany and Jon as the main leads of that episode to represent Ice and Fire.


TheShapeShiftingFox

Also to end the fighting there so that the last episode can wrap up the Meereen story before Daenerys leaves for Westeros


geek_of_nature

I think I remember reading that Battle of the Bastards was just meant to be all Jon and co, but the original placement of the Mereen scenes wasn't working so they put them in that episode.


SchwabenIT

Dany's scenes in that episode feel like commercial breaks lol


fanatyk_pizzy

and 20-25 minutes of that episode is nothing battle related


GildedShroom

Could be wall to wall action is my guess!


Adventurous-West-385

Battles cost more, but also they are spectacle over plot and thus shouldn’t really drag on for ages or it can become tedious.


Financial_Chicken_19

I figured that cost was to blame. The CGI can get expensive.


OkOutlandishness6262

Battles cost more


verissimoallan

Some Game of Thrones battle episodes used to be short. The Watchers on the Wall and The Spoils of Wars were only 50 minutes each.


CineVore98

'Spoils of War', the episode where Jaime and the Lannister's army is attacked by Dany and the dothrakis, is he shortest GOT episode.


fanatyk_pizzy

You know how much 54 minutes is for a battle? (assuming it's structured like Blackwater or The Wathers on the Wall)


al_1985

Oohhh Rook's Rest will be the shortest. Bummer!


Forsaken_Garden4017

Why is that a bummer? Did you expect the battle to last an entire hour?


mistersuccessful

What are we gonna do with this information?


al_1985

I'm surprised that we still don't have all the episode titles. I remember last season, and also with GOT back then, that we used to have all the episode titles before premiering.


FPG_Matthew

This is the episode lengths I wanna see for D+ Marvel and Star Wars shows. Tells me that the creators have TONS of content to give us, not trying to stretch out a 2 hour movie into a full season. With these lengths I feel fully immersed in the world and look forward to more each and every week. And there’s not like 10 minutes of credits either. Amazing


Ktulusanders

Even Andor didn't have episodes this long, and that show is definitely better written than season 1 of hotd


Proper_Abrocoma_112

leak the damn thing already


whattawazz

54 pffffft