Am I the only one who noticed the "bell, book, and candle" motif in this episode? It first comes up in consecutive scenes during the cold open: a waitress/server rings a silver bell, Abbie reads (and closes) the old book, then we see a prominently candle-lit dinner. These are common objects, but coming up *in order*…

To fill out some of the season, they can pull in some of the material about Dorne and the Iron Islands.  Need to better establish both cultures and the set of characters before those storylines kick off.  The show can also spend time with scenes of Mance Rayder and the Wildlings and begin developing some of the…