He gave the Wildlings a pretty good pep talk, and he got Wun Wun on his side. His stock will rise when he retires Ramsay.

He seems pretty much the same person. He kind of dabbled in serenity, but now he's going to go full Hound on the Brotherhood. I'm interested to see if the books show him as more of a changed man.

They've become the Brothers Without Manners!

He's a legend!

No. If she was going to die, she would have died right away. Now it's just a question of whether she gets away and heals up on the boat, or kills the Waif in a rematch before leaving.

She did some pretty earnest praying last episode (peppered with a couple of "fudges"), so I'm assuming that she is in fact religious.

I don't really believe in downvotes, but you get one for that. Pathetic.

I immediately assumed that the niece doesn't exist.

Huh. Well, I guess Peaches is not my cup of tea, to put it mildly. It did seem like the perfect setting/music for angry/sad/guilty suicidal Sarah to get wasted and fall apart.

She is really, really, really hot. And a good actor, too.

Waifland, for the win!

Waif for it…

Fair enough. I think both or all three would/will encounter stiff resistance. In my dream scenario, almost certainly not to be fulfilled, some combination of Jon (influenced by the Night's Watch) and Yara/Theon (influenced by the Kingsmoot) introduce democratic elections to Westeros. Of course, Littlefinger would…

Or would be actively appalled!

His face was kind of blotchy, I didn't notice the hands, but will take your word for it. They didn't do anything with his voice or eyes, which the genre TV watcher in me looks to for signs of deadness/alteredness.

That's probably right. Not the Martells. Not sure if there were some other prominent loyalists. Probably not Greyjoys? I think the leading rebel houses were Baratheon, Stark, Arryn, Tully, and latterly, Lannister.

There's only one if. Were R+L married or no (Targaryens do sometimes practice bigamy)? I'm taking Kingsguard at ToJ as evidence for. To be fair, two ifs, because also, enough people would have to believe it. I'm inclined to think Martin wouldn't create a secret prince if no one was ever going to know about it. Of…

Good to know. I think Arys got iced by Areo Hotah in the books, and maybe the Kettleblack brothers are languishing in a dungeon for allegedly fornicating with Cersei?

You had me at naked.

In Westeros, nobody even bats an eye at first cousins getting it on. Though they do seem to be unnerved by breastfeeding ten-year-olds. Apparently, attachment parenting isn't a thing there.