Varnagel

The battles were obviously a 10. But the episode as a whole. I don't know... a 7? Things I didn't like. Sansa earlier in the season said something like we have to help both our brother and retake Winterfell. That was what motivated Jon to do this in the first place. Now in this episode it suddenly became clear to her that he couldn't be saved? That is yet again bad writing unless she only played on Jon's emotions. And she did a lot of smiling in this episode which is weird considering her brother died. They didn't even discuss or try to get him released under the negotiations when they met Ramsay. What about Ramsay killing his own men? I feel they just did it to remind us that he's evil while the Onion wouldn't fire upon his own men. Which is stupid considering how smart Ramsay is. And I also hated that Jon started the battle early and not giving a shit about the strategies he discussed with his own men, it felt out of character. I also hated that Sansa didn't tell Jon about the Vale. Yeah, people like to defend this with that Ramsay would've retreated into Winterfell. But she took a gamble on his brothers life. And Jon wouldn't have started the battle prematurely. I also didn't like how predictable it was with the Vale saving the day like in LOTR. I read something on the internet and I would've preferred if Smalljon Umber pretended the entire time and he started killing off Bolton soldiers from behind.