Yeah, I definitely have issues with this and previous episodes, but the Mad Queen turn is not one of them at all, although maybe that’s partly because I’m a book reader, too.

The center could not hold [without story notes from GRRM].

Bronn is definitely the most pragmatic person left, and possibly one of the smartest.

I mean, I’m not a soldier, but I imagine assassination is rather different than melee. Arya did some melee back in Winterfell, but she wasn’t equipped for that in King’s Landing: she was on a stealth mission to kill Cersei before she got caught up in the carnage. (Side note: did Jaime not bring his Widow’s Wail—did he…

Like, I could even take that ending if he hadn’t slept with Brienne. I wouldn’t like it—I ship them, but why on earth would seduce a woman he clearly has some sort of feeling for and also respects? It’s too close to turning him into one of the guys back in Renly’s camp who bet on taking her virginity, only it’s the…

D&D are all about subversion for shock’s sake, which is why this is all so much hollower than Martin’s books. (Also: since they planned to have Jaime go back to Cersei, why did they have Jaime sleep with Brienne? I can’t help but think to set up a harder emotional fall when he goes back to Cersei, and wow, what a…

If we find out Brienne is pregnant, I am going to throw something. His journey’s like Dorne 2.o.

I really thought the story of Rickard & Brandon’s fates would have come out during Jaime’s trial, that Brienne would ask him to tell them what he told her in his own defense, but nope.

I thought the mirroring of their colors (Targaryen red vs. Lannister red) was a very nice touch. For all my issues with this season, the costuming and production design are not one of them!

Jaime’s arc on the show is like Dorne 2.0...what was the point of him?

This really deserves more stars

Pavlov’s Mad Dog

I actually feel like Arya’s journey is one of the only substantial ones this episode. We knew where Jon was going to land once Dany went all mad queen, but what with the battle at Winterfell and this, Arya’s relearning just how vulnerable the small folk are and why lords and ladies matter, even if she doesn’t want to…

It’s like they were like, “Hey, so how can we show that we really don’t understand our characters but spend as much money as possible to close out the series?”

It definitely had a US release because I bought the DVD in the early 2000's; Amazon, I think. It’s been ages since I watched it, but it’s worth the hunt, particularly if you’re also a fan of Rowan Atkinson.

I love De la Rosa, but they’re too sweet for me. If they were maybe half that size, they’d be perfect.

If Bronn wasn’t so amoral, he could be a decent Vimes.

Like father, like son: he also got dumped by his great love, a wild Stark girl who doesn’t want to be a lady.

I’ve been watching it, too, and it’s a shame the writing never got to the level of the cast.

I kinda feel that him taking it over is kind of perfect. He’d get along with Martells, can be both charming and a hardass (RIP Lady Olenna)...of all the issues I suspect I’ll have with the endgame, this won’t be one of them if he lives to collect.