I think we're supposed to think she had a revelation that what she wants is not to learn to be Faceless but to learn how to play a role. I think there's a Bergman influence at work in these scenes with the acting troupe.

I'm afraid it's going to turn out that all along the Waif was just a bitch for no reason other than to give the audience something to get riled up about. Arya will dispatch her next episode and ride off with the theatre troupe. Or, Arya will ride off with the theatre troupe and the Waif will become a kind of horror…

The High Sparrow has really underestimated Margaery. It's going to be fun watching her (tutored by Olenna) undermine his popularity and take over his power.

I'm 99% sure Tommen has no clue what Margaery is up to.

I'm pretty sure Margaery is playing along. I'm not so sure how much she cares about keeping anyone safe. I mean, the High Sparrow's way of keeping the crowd on his side isn't that different from the Lady Bountiful act she was putting on when she first became queen, anyway.

And yet she was more passionate with Jaime than we've seen her in a while, so her character just isn't quite adding up right now.

Why is the Waif allowed to have personal animosities, and why is she allowed to act on them? These Faceless Men make no sense.

You mean Lovejoy, I believe.

This episode was better paced than GoT has been in a long time, IMO.

Yeah, I figured that out at the end of the scene, but they were walking and talking so slowly and casually I thought they were just strolling along, at first.

She looked at him like that because he asked her in a challenging way that came off a little rude.

Maybe so, but Paige and Elizabeth weren't giving off the kind of body language that two women walking through a dangerous shithole give off. It was just clumsily done. I was a little confused as to why they were walking at all, at first, since Elizabeth had said she was picking up Paige because the food pantry was…

I didn't think she was on the level about that. I do think we are supposed to think she was on the level when she asked him what to do about a nagging problem, though.

Agree about "bun" and about the joke. Stan definitely said "chatting up," though.

Or, "Well, not always. Because, you know, he who doesn't work doesn't eat."

Stan's "roast in the oven" statement was actually the standard way to talk about pregnancy then. I was surprised Tim and Alice looked taken aback for a second. What was NOT standard was saying "chatting up" in the way Stan used it to Elizabeth: "I was just chatting up your husband." That is a very recent co-opting of…

Yes, especially since we've seen them freeze him out of his self-invites a couple of times before, with no hard feelings afterward.

When Don said "I'm ashamed," I thought, "He's gonna kill himself."

His using the term "murder" was ridiculous.

Replaced by "concerning."