Can't remember, was it the Umbers or the Karstarks who captured Rickard and Osha? Not that it greatly changes the fact that both houses suck.

That scene really redeemed Dany for me. I've definitely been part of the contingent that saw Dany in a more villainous light; even though she has demonstrated some enlightened tendencies in her rule, she still was always too defensive of any criticism of her father. This episode convinced me that she wants to earn the…

I'm guessing Ramsay gave explicit instructions not to kill Jon, or something? That's the only reason I can think for why the cavalry just rode right past him on their initial charge.

You're right, I'd forgotten about the guy stabbing him in the leg. Before that, it was pretty evenly matched.

I don't know, while the Blackfish is (was) a cool character, I'm not sure he's significant enough in the grand scheme of things to merit a resurrection arc.

I haven't seen any mention of it, but I did tell my wife I thought the actress looked and kind of sounded like Cat when she was not in costume.

Yes, you're right about Jaime murdering Ned's right-hand man. I thought they were both on foot during their fight, but I could be wrong.

Jaime and Ned did have a short confrontation in S1, and from what I recall, Jaime handled him pretty easily. I think it was right before Ned was arrested. But I guess this goes straight to your point about undermining tropes.

Yeah, it was weird that he almost seemed pleased by her answer, as if that's what he wanted from her all along.

That makes sense, and I was okay with the murky morality of the BWB in the books. But the show, assuming that it was the BWB who killed those people, did more than "take the shine off" their Robin Hood veneer by having them slaughter a whole group of women and children. It just didn't make a lot of sense to me for…

That's an interesting theory. I'd been wondering they would go to the actual effort of slaughtering women and children who didn't even have any possessions to plunder and carry out an execution of a random priest, but your idea would give them some motivation beyond 'Kill Everyone.'

Yeah, considering how quickly rumors seem to spread in this universe, it's amazing that Davos hasn't learned yet of Shireen's fate. Presumably, many of Stannis's soldiers who witnessed it must have escaped, and one would think they would have spread the tale of the wannabe king burning his daughter alive. Or did the…

No problem, sorry I misinterpreted!

Huh? Why does it follow that they're speaking from experience? AA and similar programs are sufficiently well-ingrained in popular culture, and so many people have heard stories of them through friends, relatives, acquaintances, that it doesn't take direct experience with the group to have a basic understanding of…

I had forgotten that passage. It still doesn't make a lot of sense to me why they would murder those people, though, other than to give Sandor motivation. They didn't have horses or any resources to plunder, and slaughtering a large group takes time and energy, even if they were women and children. And they actually…

Don't think she said anything, just stood there glowering while Margaery was speaking with her grandmother.

"That said, I'm pretty convinced Stoneheart's coming, and soon. She ran
on R'hllor-juice, too, and her motley band of murderers were both
murderers and motley."

Yeah, I was really hoping Sansa would have at least some sort of retort to that rant.

Not to mention Melisandre has completely gone over to Jon's side, so Stannis wouldn't even have the magical priestess attesting to his divine legitimacy anymore.

From what I recall, she's about to get hanged, but she says something at the last minute to save herself, and based on the end of Jaime's chapter in ADWD, we can assume Brienne told them she knew where Jaime was.