IHATETHESTARKS

It seems like the avid book readers hate every episode lol. The reality is that the show isn't trying to hit the book reader demographic, its trying to reach the casual fan and show watcher. While all of us are on the internet discussing the upcoming storylines, comparing it to the book, etc, the average fan(the majority and demographic) is simply watching the show and discussing it on social media or at work/school/whatever the following day. For this reason, there are many things that are going to differentiate from the books. It is much easier to elaborate in a book, and there is more time for subtleties, development and mystery. From this episode, for example: - Showing Ollie snubbing Jon Snow seems cliche and corny, but that's because most of us already known what happens to Snow in the final episode of the season. The average viewer doesn't, which forces the producers of the show to add a scene of that nature that continues to make it evident that the kid has a problem with Jon. - Making Meryn a pedophile. The extent of this is questionable, but it was evident that they were making him a bad man that the audience should hate. Most of us know who he is and why Arya despises him, but the average fan doesn't remember who he is until they may google it after the episode. Anyways, I give it a 7. Dorne has been terrible all season, it was actually pretty tolerable tonight, but still, it's mostly a waste of a scene every show. Loved the scene with Shireen. They rushed it, but again, that's a TV thing and it may happen in the next book, too, apparently. I'm a big Melisandre fan, though, so I'm biased. The first Arya scene was great, but the subsequent appearances seemed unorganized and a little illogical. I liked the build up for the final scene, the Harpies initial appearance and attack was cool, as was Drogon's roars and everybody reacting to it. The Harpies only attacking 1 by 1 is an obvious complaint, but you can say that for virtually every action scene in the history of movies and television lol.