I don't know. Brienne's great, but Jon is one of the best fighters in the world. The two of them together would stand a better chance against LF's muscle than just Brienne. In any case, I was thinking bring Jon and a contingent of KW, etc.

I can see them splitting or fighting eventually, but I don't think that's how she sees Jon now. Aside from concealing her interaction with LF, where's the indication that? And if that's all Jon is to her, why the heartfelt reunion?

Oh, the endgame was perfect. But their Caucus process seemed ill fitting.

"…I assumed it would exist as a jump scare and nothing more. Seeing them assault the Weirdwood Tree…"

On the other hand, maybe all the houses we aren't firmly committed to Ramsay get one look at that giant and sign up with the good guys. I sure would!

Also strange was Sansa's choice to go see LF alone (with Brienne). How could she know he'd be alone and not just kidnap her again? Why not bring Jon or Davos along? Was her first thought to kill LF, and not be seen doing it, and she was worried that Jon would persuade her not to?

I agree about Ramsay. Unless they're leading up to him killing Jon or Sansa or Dany or someone on that level of the game, we've just spent way to much time with him.

Jaqen you think the puns thread is over, someone has to go start it up again.

"westerosi oompa loompas"
Oh god, that's good.

Maybe Bran appears to Jon in a dream, as a three-eyed raven?

It explains a lot about the Iron Born that many of their potential kings probably failed the test.

Yes, I don't think LF was doing Sansa a favor. The Tully intel was his attempt to get back into her good graces — and maybe avoid getting skewered by Brienne — when he realized how far out of them he'd fallen. He still needs her and her name on his side to gain control of the North.

Seriously. How does a nation of bloodthirsty raiders, who drown their potential kings to see if they pass muster, resort to speechifying to select a candidate? At least give us some Feats of Strength or something.

I wanted to see the entire play, plus a good 30 minutes about the Children creating the WW. This show is never long enough for me.

As Bran waded into the crowd of zombies, I was expecting the reveal to be that Benjen was one of them.

MAKE THE IRON ISLANDS GREAT AGAIN.

Right. For all his strategic brilliance, LF seems to be completely ignoring the external threats — Dany and the WW.

I think the dire wolves are rare but not strictly magical. Ned seemed surprised by them but not shocked — probably that's more spelled out in the books, I don't know.

The problem with omitting that, for me, is that Sansa has yet to personally witness any of the magic that's flooding back into the world. Up to that point, she should have retained the view that such things aren't possible in this world any longer; the King's Landing perspective.

If I recall, Pycelle's scene with Ros tipped that off, but it was in a deleted scene with Tywin that spelled it out most clearly, because Ty straight out called his bluff.