I feel like her slow delivery makes the jokes really predictable, though. I find I have a pretty good sense of how she's going to react to any given line, and that lack of surprise and novelty drains some of the venom from it.

I thought that a possibility, but we see Brienne, with no Stannis. It doesn't seem as likely now that we know where Brienne is. But, I suppose it's possible.

In truth, I think the more interesting possibility to me was seeing Doran be inspired to do something… interesting. He starts and ends having done nothing interesting, or of import, the entire time. Perhaps that's why his people kill him, but what a scintillating story! This man sat in a chair and did nothing, and now…

I think he already knows, though. Last season, when the Red Woman (I'm referring her to this way because I'm too lazy to look up the spelling of her name, and instead choosing to type this wordy explanation) returned to Castle Black, he asked specifically about Shireen. In fact, Jon asks, "Stannis?", and Davos asked,…

He better be an amazing ass wizard when we next see him. Because if he's not, and they wasted all of that season last season just playing cards or something…

That whole thing seemed soooo silly.

What the hell ever happened with that reveal that Grand Maester Pycelle(spelling?) is actually an agile old guy that's playing a fake geezer? The show has done absolutely nothing with that. Is that going to be important sometime, ever?

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The Sand Snakes have the worstttt writing. And the actresses aren't at all good enough to sell the lines.

I watched last season recently. The prince's bodyguard gets a few mentions in scenes of being great, etc. To see him stabbed in the back and die instantly… it was laughable.

I was really hoping they would have suggested a "she became a blind badass assassin" in between seasons type of deal. Not so lucky. Now we actually have to spend the entire season where she becomes a skilled fighter while blind. Meh!

I feel like a bad person. Maybe I am one. But, after he stabbed Snow, I'm sort of hoping that little shit gets killed.

Haha. In seriousness, I imagine he beats the dogs and starves them so they can develop a taste for human flesh. Maybe that's what they do with all that skin they flay off of their victims? Yuck.

Tooooooo blathe.

They killed the wrong ones then? I mean, not enough of them, at the very least. The Sand Snakes were mostly big talk in a show full of big talk. The writing for them last season was pretty atrocious. I watched last season recently, and the scene where the one of them gives this big long monologue about how she decided…

I bet the entire show will end when she's on a boat, headed for Westeros.

I was truly depressed when Siddig's character was killed. What a fucking waste, and the Sand Snakes storyline was a total bore last season, and I'm hesitant to believe they can really make it worth it this season either. War with Dorne now? Egh.

I will say the Wall stuff was a lot more lighthearted with Davos than I expected. Davos is truly a comforting presence in this show, and really needed at The Wall now that Jon and Sam are both gone. It softens the edge quite a lot. Even last season, his scenes with Shireen (R.I.P. you lovely creature) were often the…

"Really good" seems like an overstatement, but I agree with other comments that it was mostly the writing that made the character (and the show) horrendous, as opposed to his acting. But most of the time, he certainly didn't make it any easier to like the season.

Everyone, sign up for a shift to keep an eye on Bill Murray.