For sure. It's a horrible sentiment to turn into a clarion call or a motto.

I actually kind of appreciated it's (probably unintentional) honesty. It was like: Do you want something that tastes beer-ish? Do you like being intoxicated? Do you not want it to cost much? Are you susceptible to advertising? Well, then, step this way sir.

Wasn't there an "Up for Whatever" Bud light ad campaign last year? That cracked me up. It was like saying, our beer is for people who can't be bothered to care.

Ha. He can just wander around on deck drinking a bottle of rum with a pirate buddy he made, muttering to himself about being a bastard and a Christ figure.

Well I definitely think he was surprised that Dayne was SO much better, maybe not just better. But yeah, he was definitely surprised how it played out. In the books, I believe Ned straight up tells Bran that Dayne would have killed him but for Howland Reed. Though for T.V. just showing this is instead of telling it…

I agree. It was actually worrying to see Snow get uber-mopey and inside his own head. On one hand its totally fitting because he is clearly traumatized as well as totally confused. BUT, he also knows there is an existential threat to humanity coming soon and he knows that Melisandre brought him back from the dead. …

Only Bob and Doug Mackenzie have ever found the will to resist him.

Ah yes, I did conflate that.

Yeah, but Bran is clearly surprised that Arthur Dayne, the acknowledged Michael Jordan of Swordsmen, is a better fighter than his dad. Maybe you can pass it off as every kid thinking their dad is a superhero, especially when that dad is legitimately impressive like Ned was, but I dunno.

Yeah, Davos definitely had the best dialogue this episode. Jon's words back to him were haunting as well.

"The scene….created meaningful questions about how history is remembered versus how it actually transpired." I suppose it did. But I'm pretty sure that in the books Ned remarks that he would have died in the fight if it were not for Howland Reed. He doesn't go on to say how Reed helps him get the edge over Dayne,…

I agree that the tone and pace of AFFC (and the parts of ADWD that were simultaneous with AFFC) were both necessary and proper after the events of SOS. That meant the story was often very slow, but to me it functioned as something of a dirge: reflective and somber. And I actually really enjoyed Tyrion's arc in ADWD…

That reminds me of an old Westerosi joke: A eunuch-soldier and a former protocol slave walk into a King's Landing party…and ruin it.

So Dayne uses the same farewell line to Ned that Mance Rayder used to Stannis: "I wish you well in the wars to come." Only in Westeros would there be a stock goodbye to someone who was trying to kill you, but that who you still respected.

Very informative - thanks!

I believe he is acknowledged as the greatest fighter of his generation but not of all time.

Gratzi.

I know nothing about swordfighting, so question: Would an amazing sword fighter, like Dayne (arguably the greatest swordsman in the history of Westeros) find an advantage in fighting with two swords? Or is the advantage of a shield always too great to give up?

Next week Dayne's full nickname will be revealed: The Sword of the Morning…and Another Sword That is Perfectly Serviceable

In regards to Davos and Jon not having enough of a bond before Jon's death: wasn't there a scene in which Davos states to Jon that Stannis really sees something special in Jon? And because Stannis is/was Davos' self-proclaimed "God", doesn't that lend some weight to why Davos cares so much for Jon's possible…