SerWolfgang

I'd give it about a 6 or 7. I mean, from a non-comparision-with-the-books view, it wasn't that bad. The only thing I didn't like was how pointless so many of the plotlines felt. Especially Dorne.... no Trystane being Aegon? No... anything? Besides Myrcella dying? And I honestly felt cheated by Brienne's plot. But it is what it is. The Arya and Cersei bites were pretty great imo. I know a lot of people worship Stannis, but the changes making his storyline a LOT more tragic were actually interesting to watch for me. Still, besides Hardhome, this season was pretty weak, but not horrible.

So in my opinion (Regarding how this episode relates to the books) I think that Stannis losing is a deviation from the books and he'll instead win in them, I think that's pretty clear considering in the season all signs pointed to him losing (Burning Shireen, nothing about the Mountain clans, nothing about the Mandlerly betrayal, etc.) while in the books its pretty clear it's all in his favor. So, that's leading up to some pretty large changes in the endgame in my honest opinion. I do think however, that the Meereen stuff was Battle of Fire endgame. With Tyrion and Missandei (And Greyworm, I guess) ruling Meereen. But, that's not really a spoiler. Moreso, I think Jon's fate will be different between the two. In the show, he's pretty obviously dead and will likely get resurrected by Melisandre, however I still don't buy that happening in the books. I think he's just in a comatose state, and will get healed by Free Folk. But, God Brienne's plot seemed like such a waste of time. A lot of people hate her plot in aFfC (I loved it, but whatever) but I wouldn't believe you if you'd say that you'd want her being narmy and staring off into the distance for ten episodes, rather than Nimble Dick,