From the episode commentaries.

How much do you want to bet that Todd wrote most of that review before the episode even aired?

A lot of Blackwater was re-written by D&D though. The Cersei-Tommen scene? D&D. The Hound-Bronn? D&D. Much of Martin's script was useless because of budget.

This episode single handedly justifies all the time we've spent with Jon Snow.

Lover's Rock is pretty weak IMO

It seriously bothers me how fucking useless GRRM has made the Dornish.

Well, we did have Jon Snow stabbing a rapist in the face pretty recently.

George made that point far too many times before. We didn't need 3 travelogue chapters with him.

Can a show win achievement in Drama and Program of the Year?

I think the scope is part of GoTs appeal to me. It's like a banquet. Focus isn't everything.

Both those story lines have barely been in this season. Theon has been in 2 episodes, Bran in 3. Combined, they have probably about 15 minutes screen time. Seems like nitpicking honestly.

II Queen II Furious

Boardwalk Empire: White Horse Pike

I think "Shot all to Hell" is worthy.

Hardly anyone ever called her Cat in the show. And there is literally no difference, don't be an idiot.

No, because he's a really minor character and being really disappointed about that would be kinda pathetic.

Literally anyone. He could blame the poor fucker who empties the chamber pots and it makes about as much difference.

episode was 50:40 without the recap, which is a pretty short episode. They have had shorter episodes before though. The Rains of Castamere is only about 48 minutes long.

They wanted to further establish Theon's Stockholm Syndrome I guess. The scenes were poorly executed and rushed though. The buildup to the attack, the attack and the retreat were all squeezed into 5 minutes. Needed more time to breathe.

All over the place? This was the most focused episode since Blackwater. Only 4 story lines, and half the episode in King's Lading.