Yeah, the Black Hood told them Svenson would be at the site of the “sinning”, and they probably assumed after Nana Rose’s “buried alive” info drop that the Hood did something similar to Svenson too.

And I think the problem is exacerbated by the fact that for the past six seasons, they HAVE been taking it slow, so this sudden rush right now feels even more jarring. We've had, like, five reunions in four episodes that people have waited YEARS for. For any of them to have the emotional weight they deserve needs…

That's what I used to think, but this episode had Dany tell Drogon to burn exactly two people while hundreds were standing around. It's just not viable as an excuse anymore to say that Dany can't attack the Red Keep because she'll end up harming civilians.

Friendship of the Bastards!

I felt like it was a nod to the people who've been discussing polygamy and assorted inheritance laws in the comments since we got some vague confirmation of R+L = J. "You can rest now, he's a legitimate heir to the throne, but it's still not going to matter because Jon doesn't want the throne and has more important…

Yep, Maester Luwin tells Robb that it's clear that Cersei made Sansa write it (but at that point, Ned is still just a prisoner), so it doesn't make sense for Arya to fall for it that easily. I guess that's why they threw in that earlier scene of her being suspicious of Sansa wanting to assume the role of Ruler in the…

Right? They've discovered SpeedRaven, so he can just send overnight ravens to Jon about any new information he finds! Why would he leave the place where he can do what he's actually good at to go somewhere to participate in something he's never been good at?

wtf was that fight with Sansa?? That sure came out of nowhere.

Oh, I'm not complaining about Davos being the one doing the ribbing. I just didn't SEE any of the sexual tension he was talking about (at least not in the scenes where Davos was present), so it just came off a bit too much like the show convincing us that Jon/Dany is a possible thing now. Classic case of violating the…

That's how I saw it. She laughs off the first suggestion of Arya's kill list, then Bran mentions it and she's still not convinced (she has a faint, amused smile when she asks Arya who else is on the list), then she watches Arya sparring with Brienne and KNOWS her sister can fuck shit up and is probably going to. I…

Oh, I meant on the show. I don't the other two have been given nearly as much screentime.

I understand that this is war, and armies are fair game, but something about all the shots of the soldiers burning horribly (and the reactions to it) made me think that we weren't supposed to see it as some sort of heroic victory.

My memory on this is vague, but wasn't there a scene in an earlier season where Drogon burned some farmer's child to crisps, and the dude came to Dany crying? Granted, she wasn't riding Drogon at that point, so I'm not sure if that's supposed to mean that he can behave as long as she's at the helm. And if that's the…

I'm not sure he has any love for House Lannister, so I don't buy that he was saddened by their losses as much as he was just plain horrified at the burning bodies. The only person I think he cares about over there is Jaime (I don't know if he knows Bronn is with him) and there was appropriate horror on his face when…

A Targ coming in and fucking shit up with fire has to be pretty high up on Jaime's nightmare list. I don't blame him for trying to kill Dany when he had the chance. As far as he's concerned, like father, like daughter.

I love him, but I hate that they had him do the tropey thing of pointing out sexual tension between characters so that the audience knows to expect romance shenanigans down the line. I didn't even see any overt chemistry between Jon and Dany, but there he was, all, "Tee hee, I saw you checking out her bits!" like some…

I honestly can't tell them apart. I just assume that when she's on a dragon, it's Drogon. Has she flown the others yet?

*of WHOM I speak. He stressed that word too!

I'm glad they clarified his condition with an in-show explanation, though. His "I remember being Brandon Stark, but I remember so much else now" was also heart-breaking.

I had the same half minute of panic that they were going to deny us a reunion, but I guess they wanted to do something different from the Bran arrival two episodes ago. Still, for that half a minute, I genuinely thought something was going to happen to prevent the sisters from meeting and it brought up all the Storm…