I like the idea of show-Theon developing a longer plan. It's narratively useless for him to be the story's constant shit magnet; I've pitied him in both media because he never got a fair shake from anyone - who wouldn't be an asshole under his circumstances? The confounding thing is how he didn't end up being a much…

What was conveyed very well in the books was that Theon (even before Ramsay started with him) wasn't the sort of character to place anything above the importance of survival - not making him selfish, just unevolved and weak-willed. As Isaiah says below, the visual medium changes a lot, and Alfie Allen finally has some…

What I don't understand is what Theon is holding onto now. He's obviously repentant, and obviously wants to tell Sansa there's a chance her brothers are still alive. More to the point, what she's being put through now seems to be eclipsing Ramsay's treatment of him as torture for him. I suppose the books sold his…