Game of Thrones Screencap Breakdown: “Beyond the Wall”
By Corey Smith
Our heroes flee toward a conveniently located island in the middle of a frozen lake.
Dragging a wounded Thoros and struggling wight can’t make this easier.
The overhead shot establishes the geography of the scene.
And this avalanche of wights spills down the gorge.
You can see here the first wights starting to spread out. They aren’t taking any chances.
As anyone who’s seen a zombie film knows, you don’t have to be the fastest, just faster than the slowest member of the group. Here, another redshirt bites the dust.
The wights quickly smash through the ice, and everyone knows wights can’t swim. Note that there are more than a few Night’s Watch brothers in the group.
It’s a wight standoff, the undead cousin of a Mexican standoff.
Meanwhile, Gendry handles this hill like a Crossfit champion. Look at that incline. And in the snow.
It’s all worth it, though, as Gendry makes it back to the Wall in no time at all.