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I'm going to be constructive about this and just say that it was utter crap, hitting a new level of crappiness that this season has hinted at but never quite reached before. 1/10, Good going!

-Fondling and kissing Talisa right in front of the man who's daughter you broke your marriage vow to. Bright, Robb. And classy, very classy. -The Blackfish could just as well have stayed in Riverrun considering he spent the entire RW pissing -Brave crow Jon Snow ran away. Bravely ran away away. When danger reared its ugly head he bravely turned his tail and fled. Without any thought of Ygritte, who just stood there looking sadly after him. It was better handled in the books where it was clear that they were picking sides and where Ygritte shot after him. -The jump in-cut throat-jump out at the RW looked ridiculous. And Roose running from Cat? Come on. -"The Lannisters give their regards" would have been much better with "Jaime Lannister sends his regards" -The "let's name him Eddard!"-scene. Corny. In fact, the entire RW was too much about Robb/Talisa as opposed to the books when it was about Cat/Robb. -The RW should have been built up more and longer, with more focus on dread than on action. They could have moved other parts of the episode, for example the Sam/Gilly scene. I do like the "oh, shit!"-moment when the Rains of Castamere starts playing, though. -Minor nitpick: Bolton should have been cooler and less angry when he stabbed Robb. -Cat should have had her breakdown. Catatonic looked silly. And before somebody gives me the "but that wouldn't have worked on screen" excuse that seems to be used to defend every flaw in this series around here, that's just not true. We've seen breakdowns done on tv before, and I'm certain that the actress playing Cat would be more than well equipped to do it. The good part: Talisa and her stupid story line is dead! Yay!

Really good one! Best episode in the series! Didn't feel as rushed as many of the previous ones. The wildfire explosion was really cool. And Tywin is just awesome. Loved the rains of Castamere in the credits!