Arya and the Hound's scenes were the best in the entire show.

After seasons of hype about how amazing Ser Barristan is I was worried the show would reveal him to be a feeble old man getting by on reputation. But nope, he's pretty much the baddest dude in Essos.

Poor Tommen. He's so naive that he honestly believed his wife and queen loved each other and he's so goodhearted that he would refuse to shed any blood in the name of justice. I believe Tommen has it in him to be a good king, he just needs some reality.

The show isn't set in the 21st century. Homosexuality not being an abomination against God is an extremely progressive and modern perspective. For much of history it has been seen as a mental illness, a character flaw in its own right or a symptom of other deep disturbances (which to them is the only logical…