The Waif's grudge has been indirectly justified this season, kinda sorta (although I agree they could have done a cleaner job of it). Basically, the Faceless Men are pretty much never nobles, but come from the poor and disenfranchised. I think this has been spelled out at least once by Jaqen.

I actually thought it was gonna be Jaqen walking in to see the Waif, congratulating her, and then getting stabbed in the abdomen because it was actually Arya wearing the Waif's face all along.

I think the show is taking more liberties on that point, because there are lots of arguments for it definitely not being "magical" in the sense of the other magic we've seen. For example, it's not innate like warging and they're not casting spells— it's just a set of skills that technically anyone can learn. They're…

IMO the problem with 'the dead coming back to life' as a plot point is that it kinda neuters the impact of major characters dying or even being majorly hurt in the story. Cat's death was absolutely a punch in the gut both in the books and in the show. Her becoming an undead revenge zombie is cool and maybe satisfying,…

Someone needs to clue me in as a non-book reader (who has read a lot of the book-based background of ASOIAF online)— what are the clues this season that we are expecting a Lady Stoneheart reveal? I feel like it would come completely out of left field, no?

Keep in mind the technique of the Faceless men is not magical- conservation of mass is definitely a thing (in the books, anyway). No way Jaqen could have been playing Arya.

Yeah, I don't know why people are implying it's a catch-22. Cersei could be found guilty of incest while simultaneously having some or all of her children (especially Tommen) be legitimate.

I mean, "that's the point". If you give yourself enough distance from the characters to laugh at how ridiculous they are, it's quite fun.

The multiple-cyborg storyline isn't out of left field— they've left like a dozen hints this season that Krieger's cyborgs would eventually play a role, and this episode was just another fake out because we all expected at least one fake Archer cyborg to show up by this point.

His bugged out eyes in the scene where Selina is shouting at the congresswoman are pure gold.

That has to do with lack of information, though. It allows the possibility that, for example, Brienne and Davos could be allies if Davos eventually explains the circumstances more.

It's entertaining how powerful perspective is in this show, that it makes you root for awful characters. Like I thought Yara and Theon's scenes were great and even touching, although objectively any Ironborn being successful would be the absolute pits for everyone else in Westeros. And I also felt just the barest…

The best shady reads are drawn from the truth. That's what makes it good shade.

An alien species? Are you kidding? I can easily see that level of disinterest and 'not my problem' happening in NYC.

So I was born in the 90s. I get what the poster above you is saying— there's absolutely nothing wrong with 'freshening up' older movies for new generations while keeping what ain't broken. Some movies do end up dated, because of early special effects, fashion, or specific cinematography styles that have since fallen…

You missed Theon! Apart from Sansa, it would probably most cathartic for Reek to do the deed.

The funniest part is that I don't think Richard intentionally meant it to be cruel— he was just making his usual clueless, inconvenient observations. Jonah and Richard have completely matching personalities, it was such a good idea pairing them up.

I actually think he's verging slightly into caricature territory. I hope they don't push the whole 'Kent talks like a robot' thing too much, he was ever so slightly more human when he was first introduced.

I had to pause and laugh for a good minute when I heard that one. The jokes on this show fly too fast, it's insane.

I think it's closer to the penultimate thing you said (and I hope it's not just a clumsy recast).