The show has positioned political insight as admirable if you’re merely normal-person-smart (Tyrion/Sansa/Margaery) but it doesn’t stand up to a ~special person with a heart of gold. The scripting was stupid but I think we’re supposed to think that Jon ultimately made the right choice.

I LOVED seeing the Hound and Bre talk fondly about Arya. I guess that’s the “here’s what’s up with Arya” convo we were going to get.

The contrast between Jon’s stupidity and Sansa underscoring that she is actually learning from past mistakes...well it’s something.

- Bran didn’t tell his beloved sisters about Jon, but he told Bedpan Sam? k dude.

They went to the Lost school of "We're reunited after 6 seasons apart and we're not going to ask each other any of the relevant questions. Also, let's not press Bran for any of the crucial life-or-death intel he seems to have. It totally worked out when no one bothered to actually ask Juliet about her time with the…

I agree with all of your Arya points, but it doesn't make it less tedious to watch. It's not like Sansa experienced much emotional warmth in the past few years either. If we give Arya a pass because of her time with the Faceless Men, we certainly should allow for Sansa to have some post-Ramsay trauma.

At one point GRRM addressed the issue of the ravens. He always intended for them to fly quickly because the POV structure depends on people exchanging information but each person having a different perspective on it.

I think Jorah called her Dany a few times.

Which is why it's frustrating to be a viewer with the supportable view that Sansa is right to be in charge of Winterfell and that Arya's being insane.

The show hasn't filled in the dots with things like Eastwatch. I had to explain to my mom that Eastwatch has a crew like Castle Black, and that's who those extra guys were. It's logical and I'm sure that some people would argue against spelling out things like that, but here we can say that the battle suffered because…

I don't disagree. But idk it's a move meant to make Sansa look irrational and weak despite the fact that she's completely in the right about the Arya stuff. Sansa has proven herself to have a good handle on politics and basic management of Winterfell. What is Arya's endgame here, while Jon is still away? Arya doesn't…

She saw Arya and Brienne training last week. She might feel that Brienne would take Arya's side.

I agree, I thought Jon was going to ride away on one of the other dragons.

It seemed like a way to explore Valyria and the backstory, but given that Euron (who's really Victarion this season) hasn't mentioned sailing there, it seems like the show made the decision to abandon it.

Or the child doesn't survive.

And if bastard status doesn't matter, isn't Gendry the heir anyway? Since when do we skip over kings when making that determination? The successor to King Robert wouldn't have been the child of the king before him.

There's a Tarly sister too.

We know why Rhaegar is on our minds, but I almost forgive Sam for not putting together exactly who Ragger was just based on the bit that Gilly told him. He has no reason to have an ear out for mentions of Rhaegar Targaryen.

It's going to come up again, since Dany's whole claim is based on birthright but with this info, someone else's claim would supercede hers. And of course now we're also hanging out with Gendry who, if legitimized, would have been the heir when the most recent king died.

Dany looks incredibly beautiful this season. I was struck by her loose waves in her last scene tonight. I like how impactful her style has been.