Of course, it's always possible he just didn't want to walk back in on Rachel McAdams carrying an envelope full of money he just got from a mysterious visitor.

There's still no evidence that show-Catelyn's death was a fake out.

Maybe he'll fulfill his destiny and become Batman.

Plus the fact that a wannabe king who kills the only heir he's likely to ever have is an inherently losing proposition.

Maybe it could be two things. I do like the idea of her letting go of her gut-reaction vengeance a little, but maybe she's got something up her sleeve that's a little less flagrantly disobedient of Doran's orders.

Sacrificing a child that he didn't love wouldn't be much of a sacrifice.

A big chink in Stannis's "justice above all" armor that I only just thought of is trying to get Jon to abandon the Watch and become Lord Of Winterfell. That's about the biggest crime there is; Ned beheaded a guy in the first episode for doing it when he was just trying to get away from a White Walker. Trying to get…

I was thinking the same thing at first, but I now think it's less literal than that. Like that she knew the fire was going to happen, but didn't warn anyone because she knew it would work in her favor. Also it could be that Ramsay's raid itself is the result of her magic, much as the Red & Purple Weddings were…

Context!

True, but I think one of the show's regular moves is to show how your epic awesome moments hide deeper complexities (while, ideally, remaining epically awesome).

I imagine they were going for something, so that Dani's disgust at the killing, which might seem like just being a killjoy in one setting, becomes more understandable when we've just gotten a lesson in the value of fragile human life. Don't think it succeeded, but it's not a bad idea in itself.

It is interesting that the show contrasted the horrifying death of a single person being burned alive, with the thrilling, even joyful prospect of a bunch of other people being burned alive. I guess the lesson is that context is everything.

I thought the pit fight impressario might have been Jesus Christ, Superstar.

I had the exact same thought, Attack Of The Clones-wise, which is too bad because I thought that parts of that sequence were some of the better Myreen stuff we've gotten. A lot of cool spectacle, but also a lot of unlikely tactics. (Letting herself be cut off without a ton of Unsullied AGAIN diminishes Dani; they…

I find myself hoping that Ollie stays surprisingly loyal, and then either dies defending John or drags him off to healing/resurrection. Just to show us (as other things have) that we never really know what's coming.

Yeah, some people said the same about Talisa Stark (being killed doesn't mean innocent), and I'm actually much more open to the possibility as regards the Lorax, since his putative co-conspirators would have a lot more to gain from his death than (his share of the city) than would Talisa's putative employers (not…

Yeah, I'm not saying it'll definitely happen, but it is definitely on the table.

Dorne stuff is pretty crazy. My attempt to patch it:

He's bigger, and more in their face? Not sure it works with the spatial relationships but it's something at least,

And The Girl actually uses the same song from that Mulholland Drive scene. In-joke, maybe.