Why though? To 'catch up' to the books in a roundabout way? I can't see it but I would have thought the CGI'd out the budget with all the dragon stuff. Whichever way, I'm not averse to some action on the water. Those scenes in the books were very entertaining.

I did say 'hope'. And I'm just thinking aloud.
Will he stick with the Starks despite his atonement? Does he get to finish off Ramsay? Does he return to Pyke because that's where he belongs? Who knows? We'll see…

I'm hoping Yara and Theon team up for a Kingsmoot rebellion of sorts, with her taking the lead of course. Her brother may have lost his manhood but hasn't lost his fight, right? He survived Ramsay for god's sake! The Greyjoy children will chart a new passage for the IronBorn in the grander scheme of things.
Theon's…