'Game of Thrones' season 7, episode 4 review: Daenerys soars, Starks endure

The episode turned out to be prelude to first real battle in war between Cersei and Daenerys

Season 7, Episode 4, ‘The Spoils of War’

You’re gonna need a bigger ballista.

Sunday’s “Game of Thrones” spent its first chunk unfolding through a series of tense meetings and reunions. Arya and Sansa’s was tender, but with signs of trouble. Arya and Bran’s was awkward, because that’s kind of Bran’s thing now. Bran and Littlefinger’s was charged, because Littlefinger may have tried to have him killed, and if he did then Bran would surely know. Jon and Theon’s was barely civil only because Theon helped Sansa escape Ramsay.

Even Daenerys Targaryen and Tyrion had cross words, as the Dragon