While the Sansa storyline was yucky last season, the storyline with Jeyne Poole in the book is even more graphic and disgusting.

Ramsay was toying with both Jon and Rickon. He was trying to get Jon to run out onto the battlefield.

Lots of people have speculated that Margaery ends up died in the books as well and have compared her to Anne Boleyn.

LF adds an interesting wrinkle to the situation. And what Sansa and Jon do next is what is important. They might have Winterfell but they still have enemies who want to harm them. How do they handle that?

To me, LF adds a whole new element to the storyline with the North. Remember LF isn't a good guy. The Starks were saved by the man who set the entire situation in motion by murdering Jon Arryn and who got Ned killed in Season 1. But it has been satisfying this season because the heroes are winning some battles. …

I was hoping that Davos or Tormund would hold Jon down and stop him from doing something stupid.

Sansa and Jon make-up based on the scene from the finale trailer. I guess that they temporarily outplay LF and maintain control of Winterfell. I don't think that it is meant to be Sansa as a villain. However, Sansa is still Sansa and Jon is still Jon. They have character flaws and separate motivations. They…

Yep. Jon almost lost because he acted like Jon. He is impulsive and emotional to a fault, especially when it comes to family.

Yeah. I really wanted a good guys vs. bad guys battle with the good guys winning (temporarily.) There was enough ambiguity there to make it interesting for me at least. The reason why Jon's army got into the issues it did is because of Jon's hero complex. He might be a great fighter but he still needs to learn to…

She is definitely writing a letter to Littlefinger.

Davos is the mature, battle-hardened professional who we've seen provide wise counsel in the past so it makes sense to me that he'd be the most astute negotiator. Jon and Sansa are still young and despite what they've been through still have some misconceptions about how the world works. That doesn't mean that they…

No, she didn't. I'm assuming that Jon, Davos, and Sansa decided against bringing the religious fanatic who burns people with them on the recruiting trip. That might have made things even more awkward than it was already.

The Freys are cartoonish evil in the books as well.

The Northern conspiracy in the books is nice but I think the skepticism of the Northern lords in the show was also valid. The Stark children suffered but the other families also lost members and had loved ones murdered. It goes well with the theme of the episode on the effects of war.

I personally think that they are just broken men after destruction who have lost their purpose.

Is anyone a bit bummed that we did not get Ian McShane give the full Broken Man monologue? While his speech was good, I liked that speech in the book.

Nope. I do not think so.

I think that reminding everyone about Jaime killing the Mad King in this episode was a huge bit of foreshadowing.

Being smart and realistic does not mean you cannot also be good.

Jon is going to go full emoJon! when he finds out his true parents. I do think he might press the matter if Dany dismisses the fight against the White Walkers.