I like that. Maybe the next time we see Sam, he's three years older and has a chain, and he's discovered something important. Meanwhile, KL and the North pick up immediately where they left off.

I wanted just one scene with him! I thought Sam's scene was it at first, but we got the Citadel instead.

It almost looked like he was a wight, like the season one wights who attacked Jon and Mormont. Did Qyburn tap into some WW magic somehow?

"Let's make a new love triangle, but we'll make the creepy younger guy from the old one the creepy older guy in the new one!"