They know why it was created but the Archmaester believes the threat was exaggerated.

It's pretty bad, yeah, all of that, the weight of the armor, it doesn't work.

She seems to have forgotten all about that conversation she had with Tyrion about tearing down the old system - now all she talks about is everyone "bending the knee." (I'm getting real tired of that expression - I must have heard it half a hundred times by now.) Even if she doesn't want democracy, at least maybe…

I agree, lazy, I complain about it as much as anyone but we're seven seasons in - should be used to it by now.

A daughter won't inherit unless there's no other option. Sam's son I guess could, with the grandmother as Regent.

Tarly should have probably told his son if that was his plan.

Chump, not champ.

They were okay with the Targaryens before the Mad King, and if he hadn't been mad probably wouldn't have had a problem with him either. There was peace. Robert's rebellion wouldn't have happened, and he would have been happier not being King. The common people and probably even most of the nobility would welcome a…

His main problem seemed to be the Dothraki, which makes sense - imagine someone bringing a Mongol Horde to medieval England. The dragons Tarly would probably have been okay with. A Targaryen coming back to reclaim the throne, with three dragons? He's a traditionalist and would love that.

Isn't he still in the Night's Watch? He can't inherit.

Yeah, my point is no one is doing anything with the information. It helps to remember the time scale here - it resembles late medieval Europe but it's clear there's been little to no change in this society for thousands of years. The maesters aren't doing anything with all this data they're compiling. Maybe this…

A wizard did it, you mean? Okay, good enough. :-)

Considering Tarly Sr. had already switched sides it's strange that he would refuse to "bend the knee" - she says that so much you'd think she had the trademark on it. Tarly Jr. should have thought about the future of his House - with him dead and Sam still with the Night's Watch there's no one left.

Cersei wouldn't be the one paying. Your own family paid your ransom. He's a wealthy landowner. If his family wanted him back, they'd pay. At least they'd probably pay for Dickon.

He's a dwarf. If you have dwarfism, you're a dwarf. The word is not like "midget," it's perfectly acceptable. They used it all the time on Little People, Big World.

They're going to start to wonder if maybe supreme executive power should derive from a mandate from the masses or something.

A mission to kill the Night King really would be a suicide mission. This makes more sense - a Special Forces team, a Dirty Dozen type thing. The horn? Do they even know where to start looking?

I kind of hope nobody ever returns to that page.

Gilly didn't find it because she didn't understand the significance. Sam will remember it later. She's Watson to his Sherlock Holmes.

And the cure's not even that bad, if you catch it early.