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ElGeniodeOviedo

The White Walker narrative seems a little slipshod at this point, hopefully we get a fuller explanation in the show. Have a feeling in the books, the relationship between the Greenseers/children of the forest/ people of the North will be more complex. And as I mentioned before, I'm fairly certain the simplified narrative of "dragons good, white walkers bad" reinforced by the show so far will turn out to be wrong.

Speaking of things we've talked about before; Sansa is turning into badass feminist revenge seeker sooner than even I anticipated. Told ya Rex

As for Meera and Bran, I have a feeling that a character who has gone missing (and hasn't appeared since Season 1 in the show) will reappear and give them some help. Edit: what Pepe said, but the former rather than the latter.

ElGeniodeOviedo

I'm also not sure Victarion Greyjoy won't be in the show but my theory contains massive spoilers so I'll leave it for now... Maybe I'll drop it in white text when I get back on my laptop

Pepe LeFrits

By the way, the promo clip of episode 6 does little to alleviate concerns about the Tyrells getting slaughtered. Really does look like they're going to have Cersei outwit Olenna with the most obvious plan ever.

goon

Great episode, think season 6 has been the best for a while. Hodor 🙁

Only complaint is the bits with Euron, the acting is awful.

QuincyAbeyie

That was sad.

Please keep the spoiling to episodes that have aired, Pepe 🙁

Rex

So, it only took five and a half seasons to make Sansa anything but a pointless, helpless bore. Well done!
As for Bran, I think Pep is right there.

Claudius

I'm loving Euron. He's comic relief. He declares he's murdered the king and nobody questions him. He then leads a band to 'nurder' his niece and nephew.
As for Sansa, I wonder if Martin wrote this evolution or if the tv show is reacting to last season's criticism.

Rex

Last season? She had been a victim throughout!

Claudius

But she wasn't getting mauled by Bolton in previous seasons. A lot of writers and viewers I know wrote off the show after that.

Temo

El Genio de Oviedo wrote:
Speaking of things we've talked about before; Sansa is turning into badass feminist revenge seeker sooner than even I anticipated. Told ya Rex

She doesn't seem traumatized enough for me. Reek on the other hand...

goon

Take back what I said earlier, the most annoying thing in the episode is that the Arya story is going around in fucking circles again. I'm mean seriously we've been going over this shit for two seasons. The girl isn't ready, the girl has no name, the girl gets her arse kicked by the other girl, the girl gives some dead guys a bath, the girl has to kill some nobody we don't give a shit about. Who gives a shit. As a non-book, non-theory reader maybe I'm missing something but it doesn't even feel like there's anything riding on it.

Claudius

otfgoon wrote:
Take back what I said earlier, the most annoying thing in the episode is that the Arya story is going around in fucking circles again. I'm mean seriously we've been going over this shit for two seasons. The girl isn't ready, the girl has no name, the girl gets her arse kicked by the other girl, the girl gives some dead guys a bath, the girl has to kill some nobody we don't give a shit about. Who gives a shit. As a non-book, non-theory reader maybe I'm missing something but it doesn't even feel like there's anything riding on it.

She should've had last season off like her brother.

Pepe LeFrits

Quincy Abeyie wrote:
That was sad.

Please keep the spoiling to episodes that have aired, Pepe 🙁

Purely speculation.

Gazza M

Anyone else spot the brief richard 'withnail' grant cameo?

Burnwinter

Yeah. Seemed like they had a bevy of comedy talent in that bit. The guy playing "Ned Stark" was one of the main men off Big Train and Fast Show I think. Didn't immediately recognise any others, but some of them looked familiar.

Gazza M

yep kevin eldon, recognised him as well

Mirth

Because why not:

Asterix

Aussies may have recognised Essie Davis as the actress Arya has to kill - she plays Miss Fisher in the eponymous Murder Mysteries, and was in Cloudstreet as well.

The call to the casting agent for this episode would have been fun too - "We're shooting a play and we need an attractive young lady with, um, really quite wonderful breasts".

Biggus

The play was very good but the close up of that mummers cock could have been a bit further away.

QuincyAbeyie

Klaus wrote:
Jens wrote:
What I liked the most about this episode is they are finally trying to clue us in about the aftermath of the war of the five kings. I have been re-watching some season 2 lately and they were doing a much better job of this back then, constantly bringing the news of Robb's battles with the Lannisters up in conversation.

I'm not sure anyone who watched the show last season understood that this was the reason Jaime went to Dorne to retrieve Cersei's daughter. I'm not even sure that it was the intended reason from the writers, because they never mentioned it. It was more, "Oh shit, Oberyn died in a fight he himself willingly accepted, we better sneak into a foreign land and retrieve the kid, because reasons." Which of course made no sense.

Come on, you're just making it sound more ridiculous than it was. They received Myrcella's necklace in the jaws of a viper and obviously took it as a threat.

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