I think Bowen Marsh was cast.

Shireen will die of it, surely. She's already got it, they're making a big deal out of it, and it will have huge political ramifications, as she's the rightful heir to the Iron Throne.

It's been kind of excusable before because geography is vague in the show, but Littlefinger trotting from the Vale to Winterfell in an episode is not okay, not when Roose gave his "the North is fucking massive" speech just four episodes ago at the end of last season.

What? Why? Why marry Sansa to Ramsay before killing off the Boltons? It doesn't help Littlefinger in any way whatever. In fact its only effect is to piss off the entire North.

No actually you're missing the whole point. It's not about the line. In the books, Jon commands that Janos is taken out and hanged. Then he says, "wait", and everybody thinks that he's backing out from decisive leadership, including Janos who gloats about it. But then he commands a block be fetched, and you realise…

Really? What was inhumane about his demeanour in the books?

I really loathe what they're doing with Sansa, for so many reasons.

Yep, I thought it was a bizarre and patronising oversimplification. This show used to revel in clever politics, just like the books, and this bit of politics was one of the best parts (indeed one of the only good parts) of Feast. To me it feels like the show is sacrificing its greatest asset — entertaining complexity…

There was something incredibly disorienting about this episode. For example, I have absolutely no idea what was going on with that mug, or with the giant treehouse machine, or even vaguely what was supposed to be happening there. I'll rewatch but I'm not optimistic about making progress in understanding. I just don't…

No you're right, Bill is either misremembering or speculating. Tywin ordered the closing of the harbour at the Purple Wedding, which would explain why she leave. After that, Cersei had already been plotting to get her hands on her. Bronn isn't needed.

But if she is Queen Regent, he's only out of line as far as demeaning her political status. "Queen Regent" is just as explicitly female as "Queen Mother".

Yes, but Shireen has been north of the Wall in the books.

I understand that rulers can do whatever they like, that's not what I was saying. I was saying that she has neither the moral motivation nor the practical motivation. It doesn't suit any of her purposes. It's inexplicable why she, the character, would do it.

I was referring to the books. It's only thought to kill adults.

She doesn't believe those things about justice though. She nailed the Meereen masters to posts without trial, including a slave sympathiser. And now she's het up because somebody killed a slaver-sympathising unsullied murderer? Totally inconsistent writing.

But… she is the Queen Mother and nothing more. What other genderless term was he supposed to use to communicate her position?

At least Robb had the sense not to throw a public festival to celebrate the beheading.

Eventually it'll become so condensed that it's revealed that every single character is in fact Jaqen H'ghar.

I always assumed that Shireen's greyscale was going to take hold again in the North, and deprive Stannis of his heir. This is because of Val's comments that it kills children in the North, which is not true in the South. But everybody else shoots this down as Val being a superstitious wildling. I find that a rather…

The Dany thing was the most egregious thing to me. No sane person would think it's a good idea to have a public song and dance about the fact you're killing a former slave who avenged himself on a Harpy. And then to be legitimately shocked when the crowd isn't particularly pleased? Seriously, that would only make…