Well, I mean, they ARE enemies. And he IS the Oathbreaker and the King Slayer. It's on Edmure for trusting him. And presumably, if Edmure is still in Riverrun, then Arya lets him out of the dungeon and he takes control of the house again.

I loved so many shots tonight. The opening sequence was framed EXCEEDINGLY WELL. Cersei getting ready for battle with her glass of red, the wildfire in Lancel's eyes, Tommen jumping. It was great. And then they followed it up with that gorgeous shot of Jon and Sansa in the battlements of Winterfell. Really lovely.

Agreed. It can't be any other way now. It perfectly fulfils Maggie's prophecy that her little brother will kill her and fits nicely in with the way this show lets you assume it's going to be one character accomplishing some major plot point (Tyrion killing Cersei) when it's really going to be another (Jaime killing…

Teenage Mutant Ninja Lancel!

ALL of the women who lived through this episode and are scheming for power or vengeance wore fierce, black outfits. Cersei, Daenaerys, Yara, Sansa, Olenna, Ellaria, Arya.

How does she expect to rule? Fear of course. Her chief weapon is fear. And also surprise and ruthless efficiency. She did away with the fanatical devotion to the pope, though.

But Lady Olenna wouldn't have been there in episode 8.

ALL men must die.

This is what I choose to believe. I also choose to believe that she met Gendry in Braavos and had him row her home rill fast. He's good at rowing now.

Speaking of Phantom musicians, did that organ chord remind anybody else of Phantom of the Opera? My TV-watchin' pal yelled "SING MY ANGEL!" at Lancel.

Of course you didn't see her coming! Because she used Littlefinger, Jaime and Varys's teleportation device!

Yeah man. When Daario was like "I offered you my sword" I thought: "The sword is his penis." And then when Tyrion was like "I offered you my counsel" I thought "The counsel is his penis."

Goddammit! I don't want no FOP! I'm a Dapper Dan man!

I work at a newspaper and I have to constantly stay on top of the news cycle when I'm at work. It's exhausting mentally. So when I'm away on vacation and if it's raining or I have literally nothing better to do and there's a TV, I find the most procedural show that's on the air and just zone the fuck out. I watch…

I will, as long as you promise not to leave me in a blind.

Yes, I'll have to keep an eye on that.

Agreed. To fit that important stuff in, we could've perhaps done without maybe 13 of the quick-cut "Jon Snow is stuck in the mud and kind of falling all over the place and confused" shots. It was well done, but halfway through it, I was like "OK, I get it."

Screw Serpentine. Throughout the entire "let's play a game with arrows" exposition, I was like "Dude, were you on an island of cannibals or were you not? Tear his throat out!" Now I would, of course, call that "Pulling a Tormund." (BTW, super glad Tormund survived, but I'm sort of surprised that both Tormund AND Davos…

I feel like his survival at the point is patchy at best.

As written by Bronn.