You forgot flaying.

Even though I don't get people who would suddenly be offended, some of the comments towards Hiro11 seem a little over the top.

Don't forget Dany getting raped with tears in her eyes on her wedding day.

Don't forget baby killing when Joffery had all Robert's bastards killed.

This.

Sure, the whole arena scene didn't look spectacular from a visual standpoint but it was still awesome. I mean, what do people expect? This isn't a movie with a 250mil budget. Was the episode as good as last week's episode? I didn't think it was but it was still great.

So did Ser Friendzone (love that) pass on his greyscale?

I agree that the Arya stuff has become a chore, mainly because I was thinking they'd just timeskip her into an assassin... but she hasn't learned much and is already getting on the wrong side of her teacher. And I really, really hope her scene next week is not what breaks the internet (I doubt it is).

Yeah, Jorah was clearly aiming at the dude in the mask trying to kill his queen, although my first thought was he's killing the fiance. That was actually really odd that the fiance wasn't one of the Harpys, especially after he came back from getting everything prepared right before the fight.

Imagine what Ramsey Bolton + the Sons of the Harpy could do, they'd be invincible.

Thanks! Yeah, and with the whole "10 breaks the Internet" thing I figured as much, but I still couldn't help thinking that this was episode 9 and it could be amazing. It was still good, though. But episode 10 has traditionally been aftermath and setup, so I'm looking forward to this new method.

And the last couple seasons, episode 8 has been huge.

Speculation

I'm pretty sure the "breaks the internet" is one of two things (maybe both), and certainly not that.

You have to imagine that any city of that size has to have a military force of some kind, or at the very least a city watch of some kind. And wealthy people can afford to train and get real instruction, as opposed to the poor who basically get to learn to hold a pike. Basically the same deal they had with samurai & knights.

There are

@aktick -- regarding your post and Episode 10 --

I saw it on HuffPo, and they referenced imdb. Still could obviously be wrong.

Literally.

Good riddance to little Miss Know-it-all. Won't have to look at her doe-eyed stone-face ever again. Or hear how great reading is. If I wanted to read I wouldn't be watching TV. Not enough screams of horror either as it made her death seem too fast. Overall a very enjoyable scene. Am I cool enough to keep watching the show?

Actually the fact that nobody was talking about the army of the dead and the white walkers was much more upsetting this episode. Also, you'd think the Nights Watch would be happy there aren't anymore wildlings north of the wall. Not to mention I thought Melisandre knew how important the fight against the walkers was, but she still had Stannis marching south.

Now you really made Hiro upset.

How come they shot and landed so many spears at Drogon but they couldn't just kill Daeny with one?

That's what D&D were proclaiming last year about The Children. They were wrong.

A dragon poses a much more severe and immediate threat than an unarmed woman. I'd target the dragon first, too.

Speaking about The Unsullied, where were they? In season 3 there was 8.000, in this episode it looked like Dany only brought 20 to the arena.

Yes, holy shit do people get pissed off when someone dare not like something about their precious show.

Don't burn me at the stake! I am a huge GoT fan and will watch till the bitter end, no matter how morbid and depressing it gets!

i wonder if greyscale people won't burn.

i wonder if she can get a refund on the Unsullied and get Seal Team Six of the Harpies. Coordinated assaults, regain composure to attack after seeing the first dragon in centuries, and defeat men with spears using only butter knives? God help everyone if they start using actual weapons.

only problem with Dorne ending was no gratuitous 18 year old titties bared in the name of feminism. sand snake #2 obviously an early free the nipple advocate. wish the one who got slapped was a feminist too.

i think burning shireen had the desired effect. a character i liked and felt was "good in a horrible world" was horribly killed, i was repulsed and it created an emotional response in me. i also no longer see stannis as a mannis. if it wasn't clear he makes a horrible ruler before, this clinched it.