fujishig

Seems like you can kill anyone you want and stay in power. There's not going to be suspicion about Roose having a stab wound and his wife and newborn disappearing? We basically have the heads of Dorne, the Iron Islands and Winterfell change hands in two episodes, so at least they can't be accused of taking it slow.

Things are going kinda great for the Stark family so I fully expect Rickon to end up with the short end of the stick soon.

DVD Josh

Everyone knew it. It was the worst kept secret in the universe. The only less well kept secret was never get into a land war in Asia.

Hiro11

1. Snow coming back - the least surprising plot twist ever. Also, the resurrection scene was a little ham-handed to me. Davos continues to be the best actor in this season, IMO. It helps that they keep giving him great lines: "apologies for what you're about to see".
2. Ramsey dispatching Roose. Very surprising to me, although in retrospect it makes sense. Roose was set up as a smart, ambitious, ruthless leader and yet he cuddled up with a psychopath. GoT doesn't reward stupidity, ever. I agree that this show makes killing a lord a little to easy and a little too easy forgiven.
3. The High Sparrow smirking at Jaime was great. Jonathan Pryce is absolutely perfect in that role.
4. Ah, so they're going to use Bran as an exposition machine. Interesting and not a bad idea. I forgot that Max Von Sydow is in this show.
5. Did they ever say Euron's name? Anyway, his name is Euron. Pyke is such a badass stronghold.
6. Sansa and Brienne talking about Arya. Best scene in the episode, IMO.
7. Tommen: a boy but a genuinely good person? Good people are rare in this world. He can't last long.

Compared to some of the dragging mid seasons, this season is absolutely flying along. The story's starting to pull in on itself rather than continually expanding.

Maz Kanata

It bothered me that she didn't seem to know it was Sandor Clegane she saw Arya with. Maybe she just didn't want Sansa to know.

coli

Did this happen in the books, because everyone was talking about this on the internet for the past 6 months. Usually fans of the books don't spoil things, but for some reason every GOT talkback mentioned, "What episode is Jon Snow getting ressurected by Melisandre?"

Osiris3657

Euron is Balon's brother. He actually has 1 other, Victarion (commander of the Iron Fleet), though it doesn't look like he'll be in the show. Aeron is Balon's brother (the Drowned God priest who was talking to Yara in the water about leading the Iron Islanders). Euron has been mentioned in the show before. He's got a big role in the books.

Wun Wun is the giant

You're referring to Thoros. Both Thoros and Melisandre worship the Lord of Light (also known as R'hllor) as red priests/priestesses.

The Bus

Holy shit that's not the same character.

majorjoe23

Didn't Craster's son get born and turned into a White Walker (which seems like essentially killed) in the same episode?

Osiris3657

The last chapter of the last book Martin released is about Snow's assassination. He doesn't say outright he's dead, just that he is being stabbed and his vision was fading to black.

The whole resurrection talk is due to all the theories about how the story will end using clues from the books.

dvdjunkie32

The show is ahead of the books so book fans had to wait 5 years to get their answer. I would hate to be a book fan because watching the show now kinda ruins the book experience.

Hiro11

I don't care. The last two books were a mess.

One other point about this episode. OK, the Boltons have managed to piss off the:
- Lannisters
- Starks (it's been repeatedly noted that the Starks still have lots of supporters in the North)
- Freys, probably their only ally
- Greyjoys, especially with Balon out of the way
- Tullys

Also, Littlefinger is Lord of the Vale and Harrenhal and is fairly obviously plotting against the Boltons. All the Boltons have got is the Karstarks who are a small house themselves.

The Boltons are a minor house, they're in deep, deep shit. Ramsey's obviously insane and the show keeps directly his sadism at people who have powerful support. Ramsey needs some sort of strategy if the show's going to continue to use him as a foil. Also, the show keeps talking about the power of the Bolton's enemies without anything negative happening to the Boltons. The Boltons simply don't seem like a viable threat.

dhmac

Briene knew that the man with Arya that she fought was Sandor Clegane (aka the Hound).

Here's a line of dialogue from last season about that...

Pod speaking to Brienne: "You're the best fighter I've ever seen. You beat the Hound."

So Brienne knew the man with Arya was the Hound. However, Brienne doesn't know that the Hound was nice to Sansa and so she has a favorable opinion of him. My guess is that Brienne thinks Sansa shares the common view of the Hound being a terrible person, and so she didn't want to alarm Sansa with the idea that Arya was with such a human monster.

DthRdrX

Looks like Ramsey really wanted to go to Castle Black. If that is the case, I think that he meets his end there.

"You keep making short jokes." - Tyrion
"I never made any short jokes." - Varys
"No, but you think about them!" - Tyrion

Eric F

The one thing no one has brought up so far is the dragons and Tyrion appear to be friends now (or rather friend of a friend). Wonder if he'll use them to enforce order in Meereen?

Decker

Man, can't believe that Ramsay just offed Roose like that. And then murdered his wife and newborn son -- before they even had a chance to name him Michael.

HN

you sound Ironborn

Why So Blu?

Ok, and this guy, too. *can raise the dead

Why So Blu?

Ah, so that dude is a Red Priest. I reckon he's an old ass man, as well. He's not at all rusty like Melisandre is in terms of reviving dead folks.


Also, and I fucking called it a few seasons ago, Melisandre was fucking lying when she said she saw visions of Stanis being king. She fucking confessed to the guy with no fingers and said that it was all lies. Granted, some might think she was trying to save face, but I disagree. She was foolin' y'all all this time.

Adam Tyner

I interpreted that as "the Lord of Light misled me with lies", not that she herself was lying. She was too visibly shocked/rattled by her repeated failures (including when no one else was around) for me to believe this was her plan all along.

dino88

She wasn't lying. She said that all the visions she saw were lies because she has now lost faith. She absolutely believed everything she was saying at the time. She may not even have been wrong about what she saw, as she could have just misinterpreted her visions.

DVD Josh

I have never read a page of the books. But if you didn't see his resurrection coming a mile away, then shame on you. Also it is my understanding that Jon's status is not resolved in the books and the show is ahead of the novels.

dhmac

If the dragons are so smart, how come they couldn't remove their chains and shackles on their own? Seeing how Tyrion did it, it looked like each dragon could've done the same thing and easily pulled out the shackle bolt of the other dragon.

HN

opposable thumbs (or lack thereof)

davidh777

Yeah, Roose had become kinda sympathetic compared to Ramsay. I admit that when the stab happened, I was unsure for a second who was doing the killing, like maybe Roose didn't need his renamed son anymore. But it made more sense to have Ramsay be an even more complete and utter POS.

Yeah, Ramsay clearly has no idea what he's doing other than advancing himself. I guess his next strategy will be to march on Castle Black to get Sansa back, but even if he doesn't get wiped out there, someone else will get him. The North is pretty much up for grabs now. I guess Littlefinger is in the best position if he has Lannister support.

General Zod

Depends on which brand of dragon collar you purchase. It's a huge market.