Yes. Arya overhears the Ghost of High Heart strongly implying that Balon was killed by a Faceless Man hired by Euron. Since Ja'quen is the only one we know hanging around Westeros at that time, a lot of people assumed that's why he's there.

Excepting, of course, Pirates of the Caribbean 3. No one can enjoy that.

Since it's hard to show dog-warging on the show, I'm guessing they had him there for book readers who want to interpret it that way. For show watchers, they have Ghost guarding him (as he should) and then excitedly greeting him when he wakes up, so we're assured that Jon didn't come back wrong. If he came back Jon…

The story in Pyke is that he fell during a storm. The Ghost of High Heart basically said that he was assassinated by a Faceless Man sent by Euron.

I'd still bank on Ramsay killing him (or at least orchestrating it). Roose is smooth, but he has Tywin's blind spot where it comes to his kids. He created a monster with Ramsay and relied on keeping him leashed. If you poke a monster enough, he's going to eventually bite you, no matter how well you have him trained.

As soon as Tyrion said "I am their friend!" about the dragons, I went "OMFG THEY GAVE THE QUENTYN MARTELL STORYLINE TO TYRION!" Thankfully, they did not.
Also, Lyanna! Yaaaaaaaay! I'm beyond excited for the Tower of Joy next week.

Fat Walda was my sweet chubby cinnamon roll. Surrounded by evil, but staying magically pure and wonderful. Too perfect to live.

It kind of makes sense, though. He and Tywin both had major blind spots when it came to their children. You create monsters and try to beat them into submission. It’s eventually going to bite you in the ass.

YOUR DOG IS ADORABLE!!!

Right? Why Jon and not Stannis?

I flailed in the previews when they showed that. I AM EXCITED FOR TOWER OF JOY

He only wears it to weddings.

She knew. From the moment he closed that gate, she knew. Bless you, sweet cinnamon roll, Fat Walda. Too perfect for this world.

CJA, you are my favorite writer in the whole Gawker empire, and you will be sorely missed. How can you leave us alone when GoT just came back, though? We need you so badly now!

Insert Why Not Both? meme here

I mean, Stephen Dillane said he’s dead, but the way this show goes: no body, no dead. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

The Hound is dead. Sandor Clegane lives. (Shh, let me have my dream). Sandor is a beautiful sweet cinnamon roll who just wants a little bird like Sansa to love him. I really really want him and his grave-digging dog friend to have a happy life.

I agree. I just wish the showrunners gave Sansa a frigging break from time to time and let her shine at the stuff she’s really good at (ie. knowing her courtly manners six ways from Sunday.)

That was kind of my guess, too.

She doesn't wear it in the bathtub scene with Selyse. Not sure if continuity error or if it means something