Thanks for watching. As you alluded to, the intent was not to capture a wight, but just to kill the Night King before his army reaches the wall. That’s why there’s no mention of the plot. I wasn’t able to remove the Hound carrying it in every shot, so maybe one could just pretend it’s Thoros 😃 I also didn’t want to capture the wight with no payoff since Cersei dies the episode prior (and there being no dragonpit meeting to convince her). Admittedly though, I wish I had more to work with to set up the plan, but I tried to do it without adding any new voice overs or major plot changes. That’s probably the weakest part of my whole 10-episode edit, but I’m always open to improving it if I can come up with something better (or someone presents me with something different that would work). Also, I’m not entirely opposed to Benjen, I’m just not a fan of ex machina solutions in cinema so it felt right to cut that part out. That’s why I didn’t show the closeup of Jon on a horse or leave the line about a rider approaching – you only see a figure moving from a distance, so the assumption is that it’s Jon walking. Anyway, just thought I’d answer your comments since you took the time to give some feedback. Glad to hear you enjoyed the edit though overall!

-P.S.- I’m not sure why you’re getting that weird video screenshot. I just pulled up the source video and don’t see it. I even popped the rendered clip back in my editor and looked frame by frame and can’t duplicate it. Are you sure this is occurring around the 13:58 time code in E9 - The Night Is Dark? Wonder if it could just be a weird glitch from the download or something.