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Not Myles. There's a guest recapper for this one.

Jon told Sansa that they have to trust each other because they have so many enemies now. He didn't say that he and Sansa could ever be enemies. Rather, he was saying the two of them need to depend on each other — stick together — because there are others out there who mean them harm.

They don't mention Willas on the show at all. Margaery was trying to set up Sansa with Loras. In fact, there's a scene in Season 3 where Sansa and Loras sit in a garden and discuss their (future) wedding.

Catelyn did two dumb things: 1) fall for Littlefinger's lie and seize Tyrion (why would he have give the assassin his own blade?), and 2) release Jaime.

Legend has it that on a previous occasion when the Stark name was in danger of extinction a bastard son of a Stark daughter carried the line on.

The problem is that Sansa does not command the forces of the Vale. Littlefinger does (as long as he controls Robin Arryn). Sansa has no army of her own and so her ability to navigate is severely limited.

What is the economy of the Iron Islands like? If they no longer pillage and rape, what then is their business model?

Using a sword to finish off someone who has already been beaten bloody into submission and is lying helplessly in the dirt is not really that "empowering." It requires no courage or skill.

Theon denied killing the Stark boys during the audience with Dany and Tyrion. Why didn't they ask him what he meant by that?

Theon didn't make any dwarf jokes. All I remember is Theon trying to suck up to Tyrion as he was leaving (e.g., recommending he visit Ros), and Tyrion being a dick to him in return.

Yeah, you're right, "pridefully" was the wrong word. But I still thought when watching that episode that, given their situation, she should have at least put the Vale army on the table when they all were discussing options back at Castle Black.

Littlefinger offered her the Vale army several episodes ago, but she pridefully said no. And then she had to go crawling back when it turned out that the North didn't remember quite as much as she had hoped. That's hardly strategic talent.

Littlefinger saved the day.

Given the fact that the north is in disarray, there may not be a warden.

Sansa has no army. It looked like the wildlings were decimated in that battle. Littlefinger has an army — at least as long as he controls Robyn — and so what leverage does Sansa have with him?

Jaime is not in the line of succession at all. Tommen is king because he is (supposedly) Robert Baratheon's son, not because of his Lannister blood. If Tommen were to die without an heir, there wouldn't be an obvious candidate for the throne.

But a dying William wouldn't talk so wistfully about a family that got massacred. "They had everything I ever wanted … I'm so jealous … it's the American dream … up until the point they got brutally murdered."

*Soviet army

Is it Mischa or Misha? I thought it was the latter.

I agree that it's strange that Sansa would withhold a (crucial) piece of information from Jon. It comes off like she fell for Littlefinger's mind game ("half brother"), which doesn't fit with her character arc.