she was cool, but I thought the best thing in this episode by far was the conversation between Cersei and Olenna.

Oh, I thought was such a great smackdown! I just was blown away by how great the little girl acted. I kept thinking, this is how the books portray the ages of the young Starks. I think Rob was supposed to be around 14 or 15 when he took over Winterfell. So to see a young actor like her be so friggin' awesome in acting that part, I was blown away.

Olenna was just cold... every word was full of venom and Cersei had to stand there and take it, since she had no other choice. Both actresses were amazing.

I think Olenna's take-down of Cersei was one of the best moments of the entire series. She used such brutally calculated words, delivered precisely to a murderously arrogant shit of a "person" who desperately needed someone to speak a little truth to them. "I wonder if you're the worst person I've ever met." So cold. So deserved.

Exactly. It was just an outstanding moment. How she pointed out that she saw Cersei's smirk, just incredible. And Cersei, how she's still trying to play the game, figuring she needs to show a dose of honesty and humbleness to move her game forward, and Olenna just shuts her down.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwjAcHfXvxY
[I know that embedding has become cumbersome and I don't know the new way, so posting the link]

That may just be the best 2 minutes in the whole series.

Just put the part after the = in the link, between [yt ] and [/yt ] without the spaces.

And it's really an ironic scene to watch because we know that Olenna killed Cersei's son, even though Cersei doesn't.

Heh, that didn't occur to me.

Regarding the last two episodes/titles with run length:



Also, regarding Brienne:

Already debunked.

That's why it says purported. The titles/run times have already been confirmed by HBO.

Olenna actually is the person who Cersei pretends to be, or wants to be. Shes a beloved figure. Who is the de-facto ruler over a mighty house. Shes smart and calculating and if you cross her you will end up in a grave. Likely never knowing who actually put you there.

I was really hoping Olenna would make good on her threat of having a guard beat the shit out of that Faith Militant bitch watching over Margaery. Really fucking hate her.

Is that the same one who rang the bell/yelled "Shame" every two seconds?

Yes! Maybe they're saving her for the Mountain to tear apart.

She's not listed as dead on Wikipedia...?

Do we know what's going on in Dorne? I really miss the Sand Snakes.

AKA Natalie Dormer.

We totally agree with this & said almost the same thing.

Almost got an early Arya vibe, but Little Arya was just playacting, whereas Lyanna actually is carrying the weight of ruling.

Really smart acting & totally carried it off.

You must be the only one.

I assumed that was sarcasm.

Agreed. But then I remembered that the son in question was Joffrey and I'm even more firmly on Team Olenna.

Ser Davos Seaworth charming the little queen with the verbal equivalent of pulling out a Werther's Original from behind her ear was pretty rad.

y'all need to back off with all the Lyanna Mormont praising; that shit'll get her killed

Yeah, she's got naturally-occurring perpetual duck-face.

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The reveal about the size of House Mormont's fighting force was great as well.

Obviously Littlefinger's going to help but I still don't understand what his end game is. If he marches this forces against the Boltons, that's open opposition to the crown, and I don't see a scenario where he gets to sit on the Iron Throne anyway. If he had planned on marrying Sansa and becoming head of the Stark house and maybe marching South, why give her over to Ramsey in the first place, it didn't seem like their alliance achieved anything for him.