Lolz, agreed.

I loved Arya's moves; Maisie Williams is excellent. I got the impression that Sansa didn't enjoy that display though? My best guess is that she's envious. For all that Sansa's learned over the course of the series, she's still about as adept at physical combat as Hot Pie.

Right? He lost his gold! He lost his horse; he and Jaime had a conversation about his promised reward, which is the GoT equivalent of the only-two-days-til-retirement speech; he had a (last) laugh at Dickon; HE SHOT A DRAGON; and he saved Jaime from the flames. The signs were all there! I can't believe he survived.

Yeah, it's only power, Dany, just let it go. No one cares about the Iron Throne on this show; it's all about making friends. And everyone will respect you if you just give in after an ancient history lesson with stick figures on a cave wall — who wouldn't be convinced by that display?

I thought Bronn was a goner for sure. Like they'd brought him back for one good episode where he dies at the end.

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Yeah, and I thought the show struck a pretty good balance in the battle scenes between "Look at the fucking dragon! This shit is epic!" and "Daenerys is burning people alive, that's barbaric, it's a vision of hell".

Poor Tasha.

Agreed on Lawrence. And as long as he's still on the show, you know they're getting back together; it's just a matter of when. I would prefer if things were more open-ended than that.

Yes, I think it was. In one scene, a female slave appears to be putting poison in someone's beverage, and that happened more than once on Underground!

Hey AVC, I'd have been interested in CBS getting flack over this even without Chastain commenting on it. Earlier in the week when the CBS TCA was on.

Well, all the Lannisters are sharp-tongued, witty characters, which I agree is very enjoyable to watch. Meanwhile 'Legendary Wit' is not among Daenerys's many titles; and it probably doesn't need to be said that the Starks aren't known for their wit, given Jon Snow's dismal pitch. The writers aren't going to suddenly…

Two of these are on my wish list - the Fuchsia Dunlop and the brand new Melissa Clark. I'll probably get them for Christmas.

I enjoyed their scenes but I have to agree with the previous commenter: Compared to Liam Cunningham, Lena Headey, Diana Rigg et al, Clarke and Harrington are weak actors.

Lol.

Awkward teen sucks at debate, sulks because his ride is gone, gratefully receives nothing reward intended to placate him.

Okay. So you're saying that calling yourself King in the North is a declaration of the North's independence.

Right, but that's another plot reason. :)

But isn't bending the knee to (whichever Lannister or Targaryen is on) the throne traditional and normal? That's what his northern bannermen are accustomed to. They bend the knee to him, and he to the sovereign. That's natural. What's unnatural is ice zombies and making friends with Wildlings. And coming back from the…

Why didn't Jon Snow "bend the knee"? Isn't that what Wardens of the North do? He has no ambition for the throne. They're all part of this feudal system and know their place in it. He makes out like he's beyond all this petty politicking what with the zombies coming for them anyway. And if the current queen (Cersei) is…