Good points. I'm sure that's how Cersei will spin it.

Yeah the only thing it could be is that Bran himself did not hear and thus he doesn't know who Jon's father is.

Oh he's definitely on her list. She's been saying "the Mountain" for years.

Yep, yours is more plausible. :)

I'm in the minority with you. I think Jaime killing Cersei would be blah and predictable. I think he'll turn away from her and that will create more turmoil and conflict, but I think Cersei will be around for a while longer, flirting with more disaster. My far-out prediction is that she'll try to somehow ally herself…

So it wasn't the Cottage of Joy?

Just for the sake of speculation: the Night King doesn't need allies, yes, but what if he desires a willing consort? And what if all Cersei desires anymore is pure destruction of her enemies, which is basically everyone at this point, and the Night King could promise that?

Right. I think maybe he heard it all but we didn't? Which is a weird TV thing as you said…

Stab to the stomach + canal water = sepsis.

They've mentioned him a few times though, mostly with Dany and Selmy, and I think Robert in season one. But I guess since we've never seen him in Bran-flashback, he's not a solid character in the minds of TV viewers.

True. I just don't know why they'd mute out some of what she was telling Ned… I have no alternate theory on this one, just wondering about that writing choice.

Maybe LF will find Bran and Meera, "rescue them," deliver them to Winterfell having extracted that info somehow…

All interesting stuff. I think on the show Qyburn's chief motivation is to somehow eliminate the Citadel, and being Cersei's Hand/Grand Maester would be a great position from which to do that.

Yeah I think the romance is in play between Dany and Tyrion now, that that scene is telling us now that Tyrion is in love with her, but I just don't see it. There haven't been many scenes between them and no indication beforehand that there was a spark or anything, it just seems dropped in out of nowhere.

So ridiculous. Arya's story was handled poorly, whether it was the writing or directing or both I don't know. Great that she popped up at the end but I wish the climax of her arc in Braavos had had the emotional heft we got with Jon/Sansa or Cersei. Funny thing is, those other two arcs were totally predictable yet…

So confirmation that Jon Snow is Lyanna's son but NOT that Rhaegar is the father. Technically we didn't get that info, only Lyanna's urging Ned that Robert can't know. I know it's thin, and the fact that she's been with Rhaegar super-implies he must be the dad, but it's significant that they "muted" the whispering…

Ignorance is bliss! What a great way to actually purely experience the surprise.

I agree. I like the idea of ultimate evil being defeated and then more time given to resolve the human conflicts. Or at least not have the Night King be a complete deus ex machina.

Unfortunately it's the Mountain's MO to rape and murder but not to torture. It also felt like Cersei was 'setting them up' by saying to the septa "You're quiet… He's quiet, too," as though they'd be a good match. Also he took off his helmet, which I think subtly implies he's done with work for the day, so to speak.

I think you read the scene wrong, though I agree not everything's about sex.