Funny thing I realized during that reunion scene… I'm pretty sure Sansa and Bran have never interacted on the show before.

I suppose the High Sparrow was supposed to represent that group, but then he did have a part in the "game". It is interesting that we rarely get to see the "commoners" on the show.

I believe it was Sansa noting that Joffrey was nothing like Robert, and that he was a true golden lion and all that. Her argument with Arya directly led to Ned researching the Baratheon lineage (though, fine, mostly their hair color).

In a way, Nymeria's return could be seen as the payoff for her disappearance and the "conclusion" of that particular storyline. I hope I'm wrong, though.

All this time, I had been so sure that Varys would be one of the last ones standing on the show - possibly even the last. Then Melisandre had to go and foreshadow his death!

Season 1 doesn't start off very well, but seasons 2 and 3 are brilliant. As someone else said, the cause of the Departure is never explained, and the show explores how people deal with such a major unexplained mystery, and the "meaning" they decide to give to it and life itself. Obviously, that leads to some pretty…

Plus, as they keep saying, there's a reason why they didn't show it. If you choose not to believe Nora's story the way Kevin does, it doesn't necessarily have to be true. For a show that's all about belief, I think that's pretty beautiful as well.

It's the image of the Night King from the previously released poster for this season.
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I believe there's a quick shot of him at 1:25. Not completely sure, but it appears to be from the same fiery boat scene where Theon and Yara are shown.

The central theme of the show is these people are giving meaning to something that probably has no meaning. Lindelof told Scott Glenn the show explores "family" and "the birth of religion". With LOST, there was the big debate of "science vs faith" that they played aroumd with but left ambiguous in the end. The…

I think this episode, more than any other, showed that transformation to Saul. Jimmy is desperate for money, but he also seeks revenge on those who wronged him. In the end, I suppose that will end up being the law itself. The ending of this episode felt triumphant, but with Chuck not appearing in the episode, you also…

"It's in the transcripts! :("

One of the twins explained it in season 1:
"They see something like [the Departure] and they just snap. All bets are off right there. No more chasing sticks, no more licking your own balls. They just go primal, man. The same thing’s gonna happen to us; it’s just taking longer."

I always assumed Gus had hired Tyrus to replace Victor, but here they were… both in the same scene!

Some (if not all) of those old people had actually appeared on the show before, too. I love that attention to detail.

His voice appeared when Regina read the letter. I guess that's all they got.

"The characters you love will come back in two seasons!"

I loved that Matt still attempted to get rid of Laurie when buying tickets for the ferry, with her standing right next to him.
"Three tickets, please."
"Fuck you, Matt!"
"Come on, man…"
"Sorry. Four tickets."

Michael points that out in the episode, actually. "Matthew, John, Michael, they were all disciples. Maybe Laurie is one, too."

This is a show that really rewards a second or even third viewing. All the little mysteries get explained in some way, sometimes in the background of a scene. For example, I didn't get Holy Wayne's random death at all when I first watched it, but in the same episode, you can hear reporters talking about him being…