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I was pretty disappointed with this episode, As a book reader but one that hasn't read the books in years most of the minor changes didn't instantly bother me this season. I felt like something was off or in a few cases i remembered that what happened was significantly different in the books but i kept telling myself that as long as the big important parts of the book were addressed and the characters stay true then it doesn't really matter. So as the season progressed and stories deviated more and more my expectations for this final episode continued to grow. As i watched it i kept glancing nervously at the clock as time ran down, I remember thinking "ok maester this is a really touching scene and youre both great and i have a newfound respect for you as actors but we need to get to the house of the undying pronto! There's a ton of stuff that needs to be covered! and we need some screen time between John and Qhorin or that scenes going to feel horribly random!" But the clock just kept ticking down... by the time we had five more minutes wasted on freaking Ros i knew it was going to be a let down, but i thought they'd at least put a few things in... how hard would it of been to put one blue flower on the ground at the wall and have Dany in the eerie snow and soft light (which looked way nice) pick it up? Why Drogo? what a waste. Her entire plot this season was worse than it was in the book... the villains were flat and pathetic too, warlock just stood there and waited to get burnt didn't take any precautions... the rich genie looking guy had a massive fancy vault... for nothing? He could of at least kept his monocle and top hat and evil wiry fake mustache in there. The Jon scene didn't have any tension it really didn't feel like it was as hard of a decision as it was in the books for him, especially with how he disarmed him, i expected him to hesitate there at least and maybe have ygritte encourage/plead with him to do it.. or maybe qhorin taunt him a bit... but even qhorin looked surprised at how fast he stabbed him in the heart. meh I give this episode a 7/10... 5/10 for writing and a 9/10 for acting, hopefully the actors don't have to carry the next season, but the more they leave things out the harder it's going to be for them to introduce important plots later on...