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Same for my pizza. I just got a look at one in that one close up shot and I was like WTF…..nowhere near Sesame Street….lol.

Crap, the mammoths look like evil snuffleupagus...

Let's go, Slayer, move out!!!

Crap, if Pyp goes Grenn better stay.

Is that a giant or a yeti?

NOOOOOOOOO……..

Hey, giants are archers too….

The giants are pretty scary.

John Bradlely…I love his Sam Tarly. He's just great.

And some more kind and encouraging words from Alliser Thorne….LOL!

Yeah. Sansa's new arc was fine. I got it. Too fast, but…it is tv. Although the raiding of Maleficent's closet to find a black dress and coming down the stairway Norma Desmond style was too campy and over the top. We got it during her Vale speech. The visual correspondence was too much.

Well, the gifs should be up soon on the net, but I can't wait to see Arya laughing and the Hound's expression in comparison. Gold!

I have to be honest that I wasn't so sure when Pascal was cast. Only that he wasn't how I pictured Oberyn in my head. But he was excellent. He got the languid charm and self-possession and witty bite to him down pat, when he is conversing at KL or with Elia or, er, at "play." Yet, when he was repeating himself and yelling about his sister and the children and the cool ferocity I pictured from the books while battling the Mountain, it was pretty close to how I viewed the character. He was great.

Yeah, the "new" Sansa stuff could have went sour fast, if Sophie wasn't a good actress, and she is.

This. I almost typed defense mechanism before. Totally agree. And it is a wink to the readers and tv viewers. Because even when I read the books after awhile myself I had to slap my head in disbelief at how bad things keep getting for her that, yes, it was almost laughable, or shout at the heavens on one's knees time.

Arya's laugh. Hysteria, pain, anger, incredulity, was great, and the Hound's face and not laughing with her or at her. His face was priceless. Very poignant. He gets is. It was another real blow to him. He can't get in with Sansa's family. The funny thing is that the scenes and dialogue are getting re-done but the general themes are not in some senses.

Ah….but I think there is NO WAY in hell he would leave if he knew she was there. Unless prevented somehow or physically removed. It would stink if he starts weakening from the wound and finds out. That will be just too friggin sad. If he gets that tree confessional scene and he is upset with regrets and upset that she was so close and he couldn't go to her because he is weak and dying, it might make sense. Meaning, though I love both tv characters, I could not figure out, besides the comedy factor, why they show up almost every episode and keep walking, and walking, traveling, with nothing much happening. Might have just been all set up for a big emotional scene for the Hound and Arya. The tree scene. Sansa might be pissed at LF, if she finds out he knew and didn't tell her…later.

Why not? Or he becomes aware they are around and sends them on their way somehow and with no drama. But I can't see that opportunistic fiend not trying to get Arya (2 Stark girls) for his own gains. Like, maybe, this is why the Hound doesn't get work if they allude to the books.

I wondered why the Hound's wound hadn't festered yet. Now I know why. Oh, I think it is going to happen. I commented earlier in the thread. I think, the way this season and the writing is going, that the Hound and Sansa at least get a glimpse of each other. So probably ep. 9 and then they leave the Vale and he collapses on the road and she does leave him under the tree. And he feels even worse because he was so close to his bird. Not sure if Arya and Hound get a glimpse of LF or SW. Also, not sure if Sansa sees Arya and Hound. Might be one-sided. But it would fit with the whole Sansa id revealed early. Or, Arya and the Hound find out it is her there, never see her, but are thwarted TRYING to get to Sansa. Meaning, stuff doesn't go their way AGAIN and as usual, and they leave the Vale.

It's on!!!

If the Hound gets a glimpse of Sansa, I also turn off the tv.

IF Arya and the Hound meet LF and SW I'm turning off the tv.

The buddy road trip continues...

Outwitting the LF, a bit too early for me...

So the demented Skippy from Family Ties got "Boltoned." He looks pleased.