Well, at least the dragons would wipe out the terrifying wight army, leaving the Westerosi warriors to focus on the White Walkers with their Valyrian steel and dragonglass.

At least "wights" is consistent. But yeah—I mix up the "White Walkers" and "Others" pretty often.

I couldn't agree more! Cersei would totally dismiss all of this as bullshit and continue with her sadsack politicking until a Walker shows up in her chambers with that terrible ice sword.

I mean, I guess it makes sense that they're dressed that way since it's crazy cold up there and the hood would be great for blocking the harsh ocean wind from hitting their faces directly. But yeah, it was actually a bit distracting! Why isn't that one dude freaking the fuck out at the undead ambush right behind him?…

Agreed. I really sympathize with Ollie despite how much I want to shake some sense into him.

It's the prologue to the ENTIRE SERIES. I'm completely baffled that people are only now discovering that they've been watching a fantasy series the whole time.

My reaction to this episode is basically just incoherent shrieking and then maybe I'll faint too.

I worry about How To Get Away With Murder. Remember how good Scandal was in its first season?

I read that "womanly duty" phrase just today and genuinely wished I was capable of throwing up on that person via the Internet. Meaningful conversation with someone like that is impossible. You definitely do not appear to be in that camp.

"Plenty of victims of sexual assault do not spend the entirety of their lives defining themselves solely by their victim experience. They go on to have full and consciously chosen sex lives."

One of the supposed highlights of Game of Thrones is that the characters are "REAL." They are living in a harsh world, sure, and there's crazy magic shit going on, but they still think, behave, and react in ways that are essentially human and understandable. (See: Tyrion's beautiful reaction to seeing Drogon, or…

I don't think this is about politics, it's a matter of human nature and how human beings react (and *don't* react) to violent traumatic experiences, previous traumatic experiences notwithstanding.

This comment took a surprising turn.

Thank goodness.

Except it doesn't even look like they ARE doing the Queenmaker scheme. :( :( :(

Dang, you know things are bad when one can argue that Joffrey would do it better.

Seriously. GRRM managed to think of a way to get them in bed together—grief sex. Which, incidentally D&D, IF YOU'RE READING, was perfectly set up in this episode prior to all of this!

It's not clear in the books either. I'm going to go ahead and assume that the show consulted with GRRM and is the authority on this, and that it is spread person-to-person when infected skin directly touches uninfected skin.

I miss the Frey pie so much because it's one of my favorite things in the series, though it's not my main complaint because I kind of get why they might not want to include it.

It warms my heart to see so many people defending The Dark Tower's ending. I feel less alone now.