This bothered me a bit, too. But, we must consider that Sansa is in Winterfell, not Arya. IIRC there is no Wildling Princess. Tormund is already on the south side of the wall. Everything that happens there is going to be drastically different. Jon hasn't sent Sam, Aemon, and Gilly+baby away, yet. Maybe he never will?
I could just be a book snob, but I feel like this season has been incredibly disappointing. Every episode is boring. I know people say that AFFC was boring, and Dance wasn't much better, but I thoroughly enjoyed each of them. The world building was awesome, and the character development was terrific IMO. I feel like the show guys are taking far too many short-cuts to make the show enjoyable for the non-readers. Jaime/Bronn and the whole Sandsnakes thing seems like a huge cutting of corners. Killing off Barristan was a cheap attempt to get at emotion. Jaqen in Braavos was also a cheap way to get people excited. I'm positive that the events at the Wall are also going to be over-dramatic, and the build-up to the Ides of Marsh is going to be JUST THE MOST INTENSE THING EVER. I'm bored.
