This episode certainly could be seen as supporting that theory, but I would also rather that not be the case. That theory always struck me as the fans sort of reaching for connections where there are none. Not every character needs to be interrelated to other ones.

I was guessing that might be why the dragons were ok with him. I wonder if they'll explore that anytime soon in the show. As a theory, it makes sense, but it still seems a little far-fetched to me.

He was far and away the most interesting character in all of the Iron Islands. I would even be open to some flashback scenes showing what he was doing in Valyria; I'm so curious as to what's even over there.

Since they were going to wait this long to launch the Kingmoot plot, they pretty much had to wait to kill Balon as well. Then at least there's some urgency to the plot line.

I, for one, am looking forward to Jon's trendy new cut, courtesy of Melisandre. She's a real magician with the scissors.

I was not looking forward to that mess of a plot, but what we saw today was fairly interesting. I still don't have a whole lot of faith in it, though.

I was thinking about that. I think this episode did a better job of making her look as though she was losing faith than the whole "she's actually an old woman" thing from the last episode. She looked tired and fragile, and had to wrap herself in furs to stay warm, neither of which are things she has done in the series…

I thought that was kind of odd that the zombie Mountain would kill this one drunk guy who posed no threat to Cersei just for making lewd jokes about her.

Roose's death did sort of come out of nowhere, but it was sort of inevitable that either he or Ramsay had to go, at least from Ramsay's point of view. He had to make sure his claim to the name was solid.

Hardhome was definitely one of the better episodes of in recent memory, and this episode was almost as engaging. The only part where it really lost me was the scenes in King's Landing. Jamie counseling Tommen especially.

I was pretty happy that they started with that, too. Bran's plot line hasn't gotten much love in the books or the show, but I think it's really intriguing, maybe just because I have absolutely no clue where it's going to go? Excited to see more either way.

Yeah, I was just sitting there waiting for the big gasp and cut to black. It still was a bit surprising if only because of the sound, but it was easy to see coming.

I couldn't help but think of the NY Times interview from last week with Iwan Rheon(http://www.nytimes.com/2016… where he says that we'll see a more human side of Ramsay this season. Killing your father and throwing your stepmother and newborn stepbrother to the dogs really just goes completely against this.

I laughed out loud at the beard trimming. Why would it matter where the hair came from?

Yeah, Roose Bolton and Balon Greyjoy, but I can hardly blame them for that one. I guess that means they can still pull off some surprises.

Everyone on the edge of their seats just waiting for that gasp. I was surprised that Jon would come back so early, since they spent so much time try to convince everyone that he was really, truly dead.

This episode was miles ahead of the last one, if you ask me. I was really impressed with the scene with the dragons; I had written off the idea that there could be any convincing interactions with those CGI beasts, especially after the disasterpiece that was Dany's escape last season. I think it's a testament to Peter…

I wasn't sure if it was even him. I figured he must he had died off screen like in the book, but as soon as they cut to the rickety bridge I knew it was over for him.

Unbroken link for latecomers like myself: https://www.youtube.com/wat…

Not totally unlike the fan theories that people come up with to make up for material that doesn't wholly make sense/is lacking. I saw one the other day that claimed that Anakin used his force powers in Episode II to force Padme to fall in love with him. Yeah, it makes sense, but I don't believe for a minute that it…