Hielo y Fuego

I remember having read somewhere that one actress was refusing to do any more nude/sex scenes in the show. Maybe it was Emilia Clarke, and this would explain why Dany-Daario happened offscreen. It certainly wasn't Carice van Houten, that's for sure. Though the way they cut immediately from Dany-Daario to Melisandre's bathtub scene seemed to me as if this was supposed to make up for missing on the hot sex scene or something. That was done in very poor taste, IMO. Edit: spelling

Excellent episode. 2nd. best this season behind the PW, IMO. So many great nods to the books (i.e: Bronn's betrothal to Llolys, the Hound telling his tragic tale, Oberyn telling the story of the "little monster"). Tyrion/Oberyn was epic, of course. Only reason why I didn't gave it a 10 was no "Only Cat" in the final scene. I was really looking forward to hearing LF utter that line. All in all, a 9 for me.

It definitely stumbled due to the changes to the Bran & Jon storylines (at least IMO), but now that that's back on track, here's hoping things pick up in the 2nd. half of the season.

The changes to the Bran and Jon arcs were very predictable, IMO. And the rest of the chapter was too slow and somewhat boring for me (except for Brienne & Pod, which I found hilarious). The battle at Craster's was entertaining, though. But I was really disappointed with Locke's death. All in all, the weakest ep. this season for me. A 5, at best.