Roose's "on stage, stab, offstage" was unintentionally hilarious.

I would watch that show. Very much. "Eddard has chosen to give me control of him, Officer Sun! It is time you leave! Heh."

And more or less jumpstarting the entire plot.

That being said, SPOILERS - it's not the Lannisters the North wants vengeance on - it's supposed allies who have betrayed.

There will have to be some wildling goings-on, Dany's welcome to Yunkai, Bran reaches the Wall, Jon gets back, and Yara showed up in the preview, too, so more Ironborn plot as well. The last episode of the season for this show is usually a look back and a look forward.

pssst - Martells. I know, it's a lot of Ells.

That's what she said.

not next week.

The purple wedding will not be next week.

I was under the impression that while it was certainly a Lannister-aided plot, the Freys were the ones that broke guest right and betrayed the North.

Let's see if Tywin pisses gold!

The show had enough credit from Dany's burning of the slavers, which wildly exceeded my expectations, that an imperfect Red Wedding is only a minor bump in the road. As you said, the tension and buildup throughout the episode is wonderful, and Grey Worm is a BEAST with that spear and shield. I just for once wanted the…

I pulled a Todd and thought somehow Arya could free Grey Wind. I was teased with happiness and served vinegar.

And then they dicked around for a few minutes. That song should've been part of the whole thing.

A wonderful confluence of TV Club reviews today.

Her desperation was something else. It's all empty words, the Freys aren't on the fence here about saving Luke or overthrowing the Emperor (literally) - they're done, they've chosen. It's over.

I should hope so, since they're part of it.

It will be next year. For sure.

Crossed fingers for The Hold Steady again.

Cute as a button, that one.