Ep 9 had its moments. The Shireen burning was hard to watch but they did it well... It was nice to see her mother break like that and act as a mother first, that's human nature, and a real moment. Now the whole fighting pit bit, thankfully we're getting close to the end of that debacle. That whole bit is just not going well, ugh, not happening... But hopefully Tyrion redeems that storyline and we always have the Wall and Jon Snow to fall back on!