I thought this was particularly hilarious, since as we learned mere minutes before battle started, the Loot had already made it to King's Landing [allegedly].

Then they got sick of it about halfway through and Davos was all "Fook this shit, Snow. I smuggled some sidewalk chalk into the cave, let's just get this done with."

I didn't want Bronn to die. I didn't want Dany to die. I didn't want Drogon to die. I didn't want Jaime to die. But it nearly beggars belief that none of them did. Obviously, Bronn is the most unbelievable, able to somehow jump out the way of what had been — up to that exact point in the battle — about a 20-foot wide…

I want this to happen so badly now, even though it doesn't really make a ton of sense. Aside from pissing Cersei off, the only thing it would accomplish is helping Dany, and Arya really has no reason to do that. At least not yet.

I'm very interested to see how the show plays peoples' reaction to the dragons. I gotta believe, since the last Westerosi to actually see a full-grown dragon are long dead, that it's going to be pretty epic. Qyburn can make all the ballistas he wants, but the Lannister soldiers have to stand there — not immediately…

The lack of awareness on the showrunners' part of just how bad this show is continues to astonish me.

True. But I feel like Westeros was on the verge of pretty much believing dragons were gone and never coming back. Though I suppose the modern equivalent of telling someone you saw White Walkers would be like trying to convince your science teacher that you've seen real dinosaurs walking around on Earth.

I moved past that one when I rewatched the earlier seasons and didn't see a single gawddamn tree anywhere on the Iron Islands. =)

Plus imagine how many people will die when a scalpel moving at terminal velocity hits 'em in the dome.

She doesn't know about his Targaryen lineage.

I think Indira Varma did a really good job making us care, albeit briefly, about the [admittedly horrifying] fate of a woman who once kiss-killed a child with poison lips. Kudos to the actors, and to the writers for continuing GRRM's penchant for characters who all have shades of grey coloring their morality.

You can wedge it in there. He was born in Dorne, where there is a specific subset of "salty" Dornishmen, and he was born amidst the "smoke" settling on Robert's Rebellion.

Technically, he's already both. Son of a Stark and a Targaryen. I'd have to get a little metaphorical to wedge the salt/smoke/red comet stuff in there, but I bet it could be done.

Employing "guerrilla tactics" with a 1,000-ship fleet is maybe the most unbelievable element of this entire show… a show that includes dragons and resurrection magic.

I think it will be really interesting to see how the average Westerosi reacts to a foreign army marching across the middle of the country. I presume Grey Worm will everyone on orders not to harm anyone who isn't a Lannister soldier, but I'm expecting the Westeros equivalent of MAGA hats and Westerlanders chanting…

No besmirchment — I'm all about it. Maybe I can change it cold penne, at the risk of besmirching pasta-salad fans the world over =)

In the face of Dany's incredulity at the "army of the dead," I feel like Jon should have given her the ol' raised eyebrow: "You mean to tell me that there are three giant dragons flying above our heads right now, but zombies are too much for you to grasp?!?"

"Let's go burnin' now/My relatives are learnin' how/Come and meet the Red God with meeeee/Come and meet the Red God with meeeee." — From "Burnin' USA," by the Beach Boys Without Banners

Euron took her with him when he left. Much as I'd hate to see her go, I would like to see Show Euron take on some of the dark-magic, demonic pirate captain vibe he has in the books. Some sort of dark sacrifice of Yara to get him closer to his goal — which I presume is to be King of Errything.

Shit, I forgot all about that. That's actually pretty amazing, that she thought about the most horrible thing happening to her daughter, the thing she couldn't hope to stop, and made that the punishment for Ellaria. That's a cold-ass slice of pizza right there. Yikes.