Dexter.

"And we'll build a great fleet that THEY will pay for !!!"

What could be worrying is the fact that for all the (relatively short) time the Iron Islands were shown in the show, I don't believe we ever got to see a tree on them. And if they need their best ships to go to the mainland and chop some trees there, they're in a bit of a predicament.
Also, given the size of the…

"What is dead may never die, but rises again, harder and dumber !"

"Aegis"

In that case (and hoping you are wrong ^^), I'd advise Sansa not to stab Jon. This does not end well for the stabbing parties.

That's the impression I had from G.R.R. Martin's comments as well. More like "icy LotR elves". But they look badass in the show nonetheless, so it does not bother me that much.

I get your point about "course correcting". It really felt like Sansa was blossoming into something more than the usual victim once she left King's Landing, only to be thrown into the pits once again.
But I might see how she "needed" (as a character arc choice I mean) to go through another onset of violence to get to…

I'm all for it. They can't be worse rulers than Joeffrey. ^^

Was a bit disappointed by that weapon as well. The short spear-like weapons of the other White Walkers were better looking I thought.

We can be hopeful in that regard, given how efficiently the Daenerys storyline kicked off since this season, after feeling (to me anyways) like going around in circles for so long.

Bewteen the Hodor scenes, the origin story for the White Walkers and Sansa confronting Littlefinger, that felt to me like the best episode of this season (as of yet). Like I said to one of my friends after watching it :
"Only one comment to make. Wow. Just wow."
Having seen all that without the "benefit" of knowing a…

I kinda liked his "Where are my niece and nephew ?……Let's go murder them !" ^^

If anything, Skurge is a less straightforward name than Mr. Sinister ^^.

Honestly, I find her so beautiful my brain's not even knowing if she acts or not, and if she does it well or not. Ôo

Not the sequel in which I'd like to see Karl Urban. Swap the "Thor" sequel for a "Dredd" one, damn it ! ><

Something alog those lines, but with better vocabulary ! ^^

I hope they get a reviewer that "doesn't get" this show even more than Joshua Alston for the next season. Then "Empire" will get the reviews it deserves ! ^^

The chart does not take into account the fact that some heroic figures inside one's army count for, sometimes, out of sheer charisma, leadership skills or swordsmanship, hundreds of soldiers.
Brienne, Tormund and Wun Wun in the Wildling army put it on the same scale level as the Bolton army.
Well, unless Ramsay has…

Daenerys, with the Unsullied AND the Dothraki at her back, will knock on King's Landing's doors. And the Lannisters will answer "Fine, have it your way !" ^^
I hope Cersei's alive long enough for Daenerys to name Tyrion hand of the king. The look on her face might be worth some tribulations…