avclub-a2fccc64d9848bec20f7a55517adf404--disqus
Silver Gleaming Death Machine
avclub-a2fccc64d9848bec20f7a55517adf404--disqus

Or Baratheons. Tyrells not doing so hot. Martells might be kinda fucked, too.

I really liked how much time they dedicated to it, too. The scene's power was largely a result of how lengthy the scene was. By the time it was over, I can't imagine anybody not sympathizing with Cersei — no mean feat for someone as frequently as horrible as Cersei.

I thought it was weak in the sense that there wasn't much closure. Last season, Brienne, Hound, and Arya all had some closure. Jon Snow, Stannis, and company. Tyrion and Tywin. Sansa and Littlefinger. Lots of convergence of stories, too.

Just wait until they sew his head to Jon's body

Yep.

Well, they're running out of Lannister children, so soon the point will be moot.

Et tu, Olly?

Yeah, I meant Melisandre would be taking on the Thoros role.

Assuming she didn't break her legs and not counting Rickon, Sansa is now the only fully-abled Stark.

Hoping for more Varys and Littlefinger next season.

There's no way that Jon Snow is dead, right? Melisandre shows us with the realization that she's been following the wrong guy, just in time to Thoros-of-Myr Jon up.

I'm a big fan of the Imperator Cersei look.

I'm not sure about this. It seems clear that Davos knew it was a possibility, but as Stannis's conscience, I'd find it hard to believe that he didn't hold out some hope that Stannis would abstain.

I'd prefer Brienne kill Stannis as a continuation of the theme that you inevitably create the thing that destroys you. So clearly, that means Ramsay has to die at the hands of Reek.

Ramsay hunts people for sport.

Well, Cersei had a flashback in the first scene of the season. Would make sense if they bookended the season with Cersei memories.

To be fair, they were trained in phalanx warfare, which is pretty much the opposite of whatever they're doing now.

I still might prefer Stannis over Littlefinger. I think he's terrifying.

She even seemed on the verge of coming out as a fraud in her conversation with Seryse last season, if Seryse weren't so blinded by her religious devotion to notice.

We'll always have "fewer," Stannis.