I was pissed at this episode. I know there were a lot of tinfoil hat theories going around about whether or not the Waif had really stabbed Arya (or a bag of pig blood or even Jaqen wearing Arya’s face) and it turned out that yes, the Waif had stabbed Arya in what seems like either a trap that backfired or…

I had to reread some show synopses to get that straight. Like Robyn called Baelish his uncle, I think, when they reunited earlier this season. I couldn’t remember whether or not Littlefinger and Lysa were married or whether that had only happened in the books but Sansa was the only witness to Littlefinger’s killing of…

Ha ha, I had to do a search for “Victor Crowley” to find out what you meant.

Oops, sorry, not sure if Kinja is having issues but my response was directed at someone who commented further down on whether or not the raven might have gone to Riverrun.

I thought that was the point of Sansa’s sending Brienne to Riverrun, to see if the Blackfish was indeed there and if so, whether he’d rally to the Stark cause.

I recently rewatched Hot Fuzz. It’s hard to believe the same actor played a mentally disabled individual (I think??) in that movie.

Well put. Also the same with House Tully, how the Freys overestimated their position because they had Edmure, the Tully heir, as their hostage. At the same time, there’s the rising fortunes of these new houses, or clever individuals like Davos and Bronn.

It’s funny when I imagine how he looked earlier in the series, he definitely was a pretty boy. But yeah, even as a militant there’s something about him that seems very youthful and uncertain.

Ooh, I think you’re right. It’s part of the reason I like the character so much. He’s like the perfect politician—diplomatic, pragmatic, and empathic. Which made it a little jarring that they’d be staying in the same location Stannis had stayed at and yet Stannis doesn’t ask or wonder whatever happened to Shireen?

In the preview for the next episode it did look like the Mountain was going to bash someone’s head into the ground. Unfortunately it looked like one of the Faith Militant and not the Septa. But yeah, I’m looking forward to her dying a horrible death.

As much as I hated seeing Jon and Sansa blow their chances before Lady Mormont, I thought it was realistic in that Jon still has doubts about being a Stark and Sansa being new in a position of leadership. And it made sense to me that Sir Davos would be the one to make the winning speech because of his relationship…

Wow, I’ve never heard that theory, but it makes sense. I thought I’d read something about how Maisie Williams learned to do everything left-handed because of Arya being left-handed? Good catch, I don’t even notice details like that. It’d also explain how improbable the whole thing was … like in the last episode we saw…

That’s about what I remember too … being sent on a mission to find her daughters, and Brienne has done that or tried to do that to the best of her abilities but Lady Stoneheart has no sympathy for her.

Years later, and I still want to know what Brienne shouted before she was hung. We didn’t actually see her die in the books did we? I seem to recall it ended on that cliffhanger (whether or not what she shouted would get LSH to stop the hanging).

I think the choice of actor/his acting played that up as well. Throughout his speeches I couldn’t help thinking of how high-pitched his voice sounded. Very much a boy giving a king’s orders.

Well put. I’m so glad the show included that, and I’m sure I’m missing other references as well. But I feel like again the show is subverting tropes when Arya comes to Cersei’s way of thinking (and is the first to clap the end of that scene in the play). Now that I think of it, even the way the Cersei actress is…

I’m really hoping it’s Lady Stoneheart, but that’s been a showlong hope. I was rereading an article (http://winteriscoming.net/2016/05/20/did…) about the two-truths-and-a-lie game that Maisie Williams and Sophie Turner played at the start of season six, and the author seemed to think, given what’s happened up to…

The dinner at Horn Hill was super awkward. I’m glad Gilly stood up for Sam though, and that Sam seems to have finally believed that Gilly loves him for who he is. I didn’t find it out of character for Sam to steal Heartsbane, but then I was always rooting for him. During the Horn Hill scenes, though, I was kind of…

I thought there was a nice parallel too to what’s happening in Mereen. Granted, Daenerys hasn’t proclaimed herself the prince that was promised (or what’s the other epithet that gets bandied around, by Melisandre I think?) but Tyrion opened the door to an alliance between the faith and state.

I just reread a Wiki on the Waif, and I guess it’s not certain whether or not the Waif lied about being the daughter of a widowed lord. Either way, her belligerence on the show is annoying. Although I have been very impressed by how physical her fights with Arya have been. They’ve been well-choreographed, in my…