I think Ramsay couldn't help himself. He saw a chance to kill someone Jon was clearly very concerned about right in his face again, and he took it.

It's just so jarring how his whole voice changes.

No, but it was a resurrection of sorts for the show.

I don't think it was pride, she just didn't trust him. But then the stakes got high enough that not trusting him became worth the risk. She wasn't just being pissy with him.

I wholly disagree about Rickon. Yes he'd been absent and we may not have cared as much for him as other Starks, but that sequence was so incredibly staged that I absolutely felt it and gasped out loud. The suspense was so great.

Not necessarily. I also don't think they had arrived yet, and she wasn't 100% sure they were gonna make it.

Yeah, I really thought we were going to lose either Tormund or Davos, if not both, and it really looked like Tormund was getting the heroic sacrificial edit for a while. So happy they're both still with us.

That wouldn't have saved Rickon. Even if Ramsay didn't get to show off in his big sadistic way, he was killing the boy.

No, she knew damn well he was a goner. And Jon wouldn't listen. Nothing would have saved the kid.

And editing. Holy hell the pace was incredible.

Exactly. That's what I'm thinking.

If nothing else, let them make cheesy hotel commercials together!

Tormund sure bit something!

Me three! And when I heard the second growl, I thought maybe that wasn't Rickon's direwolf head after all!

I wasn't entirely sure on Jon. For a little while there I thought they might actually take him out again. And part of me thought that would be awesome to fuck with everyone that hard.

Me too! (well, I was yelling zig zag). And I was sitting alone in the living room.

Yes, but this time I honestly didn't think reinforcements were going to arrive. The editors are so good and stretching it out enough to let you think that what you thought would totally happen isn't going to happen, so then when it happens, it's still really powerful.

I was surprised how much Rickon's death affected me, as he was a pretty non-existant character since the beginning. But it was expertly done, just like Oberyn and the Mountain. Deep down I knew he was gonna die, but they timed it just enough to give you a glimmer of hope, and then BAM. The editing in this episode was…

Plus Yara hitting on Dany.

I wasn't speechless through the episode. I was watching by myself, and I kept yelling and the screen and moving from couch to couch. Breath just starting to come down to normal, that was seriously probably the most insanely gripping, suspenseful battle scenes I've ever seen, save for maybe the opening of Saving…