WingedShadow

I agree it was odd placement(would've been better for the episode to end with Arya blowing out the candle) but I think it was entirely necessary. It was basically an echo of the speech Drogo gave in Season 1 after the attempt on her life. She's asking something big of the Dothraki. To do what none of them has done before and cross the ocean to fight for her. She's a person who inspires the people and gets them to fight for her. Of course she's going to have several big speeches. But she really hasn't had one like this for a little while, I see no problem. And actually she's done a lot with the previous ones. Season 3, she sacked Astapor. Season 4, she sewed the seeds of dissent in Meereen and then did a night operation to conquer it from within. No, that would've been dumb. Meereen is her HQ at the moment. She needs to at least return to it and make a plan.

Here's a hint: it's been a few weeks in-show since we've seen him. It's been at least 2 weeks since Tyrion struck the deal with the Masters, but we don't know how long it's been since Dany left AFAIK. The whole point of that scene was Dany telling the Dothraki what a previous great Khal, Drogo, had promised, and what she wanted them to do for her. It was showing them that she's not just some god who can burn buildings down and walk out unharmed.

Gave the episode a 10. Dany scene was great, sending Jorah to cure himself so that he can serve her when she takes Westeros Kingsmoot was great, glad Theon and Yara and people loyal to them have escaped with the Iron Fleet to go help Dany Arya scene was cool, definitely means she might run away. The play was extremely funny North scenes were great. Hope Littlefinger keeps his forces in wait and that Sansa will come around eventually to get him to help. Tormund eyeing up Brienne was funny The Bran scenes, man. Learning how the White Walkers were created was great. Bran accidentally revealing their location was great. Hodor:Origins was great and sad. So it seems like the CotF are extinct now, assuming that the ones at the TER's cave were the last of their kind Summer and Hodor are dead! So sad right now, that was heartbreaking. White Walker/wight invasion was so creepy. I guess now that Summer is dead, Winter can come. The first White Walker was created with dragonglass and can only be unmade by it, pretty interesting.