Woody Allen’s film Annie Hall begins with him telling a joke. The joke goes something like this. Two women are

I just want to say that for an episode that was restricted to just one location with no action whatsoever (that’s a lie. someone was getting some action), this was one of my favorite episodes of all time. Top five, red wed or alive. So let’s get to it.

It’s been 84 years… well not quite, but it’s been a while (Aaron Lewis voice) since we’ve had a new Game of Thrones episode to talk about. Season 8 episode 1, appropriately titled Winterfell, crashed into our collective consciousness like that meteor that killed all the dinosaurs (valar tyrannusaurus, all dinosaurs must die), and it did not disappoint.