I thought that was the point of the scene where Bran approves sending troops to defend Theon's attack — that he was mistakenly taking the bait and leaving Winterfell unguarded.

Brienne finishing that one guy off with her sword straight down his spine, while not really bloody, was pretty hard core!

Can't wait to see her Unrelenting Force shout.

I saw this as mirroring the witch taking Dany's baby in exchange for turning Drogo into a zombie. What did she say, "Only death pays for life?" Davos seemed to imply that there was a severe cost involved; if so, that matches the limited use of magic in the GoT world.

I agree that Joffrey and Tywin are her source of power, and so she's relatively "safe". But obviously she wants more control than she has, and now she's at odds with both of them. Joffrey is rebelling against her at every opportunity, and Tywin just sent Tyrion to rein her in — essentially demoting her from running…

Me too. It's hard to imagine a better opening for the show than that sequence. The way the changing locations preview the action — which storylines and characters we'll get to see in the upcoming hour — and introduces new places in their geographical context is brilliant. The flyover of the astrolabe sun this time was…