WolfWarg

Yep, I agree with all of this : )

Should have read this first before I posted - my thoughts exactly : ) Or almost exactly as I don't think she needs to heal as I believe she used pouches of blood.

I think she just faked her own death. Perhaps she had pouches of 'blood' stored on her person as she was spending time with the mummers - was there a scene in the play where someone was stabbed and there was a lot of blood? She's totally not that unsavvy. Don't think she's going by ship either, think that was a false trail : ) Or at least not by that ship!

I loved this episode, particularly: Arya becoming Arya again and reclaiming Needle - I've waited for that for so long. Hope she heads back to Westeros with the company of players. Loved the play, and that the waif is after her. Loved Sam and Gilly, and Sam reclaiming Heartsbane - nice parallel with identity, Arya and Needle. Benjen's back! The confrontation at the Sept was fab, too.

I felt that it wasn't so much that she empathised with Cersei and had it in for Tyrion. It was more that she empathised with how Cersei should feel at her family being murdered, and identifying the correct response brought her back to how Arya should feel : ) Hope that makes sense!

I believe George is reading a Damphair chapter now at Balticon, called The Forsaken. He's said it's similar in tone to Ramsay Bolton. Don't think he's read this before?

You're right, it's just wishful thinking on my part. But I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks Theon should realise that Winterfell was more of a home for him.

I really loved how they referred to Bran's going into the Weirwood memories as being beneath the sea.. and if you stay too long you drown. And how Jon gasps for breath as though he's been drowning. When Theon says he's going home, I kind of hoped he's going back to Winterfell to deal with Ramsay. Winterfell feels more like home for him than the Iron Islands. Except we immediately cut to the Iron Islands, and not sure if he'd request a horse to get back to Winterfell. I loved this episode, particularly Bran's scene, The Wall, Tyrion and the dragons, Jon and Ghost! I was totally holding my breath at the end.