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I would be really curious why 83 people rated this episode 1. Not that I'm saying they don't have a right to have their own opinion, they do of course. It's mere curiosity.

Thank god it wasn't. The title is probably and strong reference to Sansa as well.

Arya's adventure in the house of black and white is something I won't be upset to part with.

It was pretty poorly written and boring. They were doing such a great job with the north storyline the previous episode. Building the plot up, good solutions and enjoyable scenes... I don't see why they couldn't do the same for the south plotline. It feels really fractured, overall lame and empty. The Dorne line is absolutely horrible. As amazing oberyn and ellaria were the previous season what's going on now is about as bad. The writing, the directing and the acting are all pretty poor. Bowdown to Bronn who made me laugh out with the Dornishman's wife song. That was a pleasant surprise. Arya scenes were quite good, I got the tourist feels when she walked down the hall of the stone faces. Wow so majestic wow you don't see this everyday, wow it's worth traveling. Tyrion and Jorah scenes were recycled Tyrion and Bronn scenes. Still they have half a chemistry. If there was anything to appreciate though is being realistic about Jorah's and Tyrion's knowledge of Essos people. Jorah knew what fights and what names to mention. Saint Tyrion still thinks 'Lannister' is the magic word to save his arse. I loved Olenna. She's da man. The whole trial scene felt off though. I love the tyrell family bonds but other than that, it felt off. And I'm starting to hate Tommen more than Joffrey. This wouldn't be an issue if he wasn't aged up. If you are 15 and a king, you should have the balls to stop the arresting of your crush. What else happened? Oh Littlefinger! I'm kinda feeling sorry for poor dude. He is but a shadow of himself this season and his 'master plan' stopped making sense since the end of season 4. Writing fail. The entire episode was pretty dull and didn't reach up to my expectations. the most intense reaction it managed to spark in me was a LOL. That makes it a 6.

This was one very well crafted episode. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Halfway through I was tempted to rate it 10, but there were a couple things to nitpick on the whole and the end slowed down a little as well, so it's 9 for now and we'll see if they can top it. First and foremost, I wasn't bored. There was tension, there was humor, there was action - all the things I've been missing from GoT. And as long as there's tension and humor and action, they'll get away with about anything in my book. Also, the build-up for the upcoming episodes was first class. Jon's... near future, Oldtown, the North plotline. I can only praise the structure of the episode. Content-wise, the Boltons stole the episode. I was literally laughing out loud. I'm still somewhat ashamed to admit that I ADORE show-Ramsay, who has little to do with book-Ramsay to be sure, but Iwan Rheon is so freaking killing it, it's impossible to not love him. Since Bronn and Tyrion broke up, only Ramsay get get me craking up with laughter. And Roose. God, nobody trolls like Roose. All the Bolton scenes were so perfect. And Sophie and Alfie were overly perfect too. I think their characters' reaction to being reunited was well written and they did an awesome job acting it out. What else... Naughty children and dragon dinner scene was great as well. Though the Unsullied spears forcing the noblemen forward reminded me of that stupid scene in Mazerunner when they pushed a kid out into the maze and I think the Mazerunner is a lame movie (and book) so I had mixed feelings about that. But otherwise, the scene worked out and it WAS previously built up. Besides, people got what they wanted, Daenerys is officially having "mad queen" moments now. Yes, the Wall scenes were great too, they were build up for the most part, but I didn't find them boring. Stannis's decision to march felt just a tiny bit rushed, but then, he's been doing nothing at the Wall for far too long so it was high time to get his ass south. The scene with Shireen/Davos/Selyse was five star along with the Shireen/Gilly/Sam goodbye. My attention sort of floated past the Sam/Stannis scene because I was busy social media'ing about how much I love Ramsay ( :blush:). What else what else...? Well Tyrion bores me to death, there's no helping that. Or there is, because Valyria made him worth watching, even thought they talked far too much about it. I was half hoping Drogon would have more action there, but it was a beautiful shot, his flying above the city. The stonemen thing reminded of me of LOTR. Part Frodo in Dagorlad, part that extended scene in Hobbit when Thrain attacks Gandalf in Dol Guldur. And of course Jorah had to get the grey scale, it wouldn't do to infect precious Tyrion :rolleyes: Daenerys's decision to marry Hizdhar was somewhat rushed too. BUT what I liked about that scene was the face Hizdhar made. I hope everybody's satisfied, now that a man is being forced into an arranged marriage by a woman too :rolleyes: That's all. I loved it.

So the thing is titled Sons of the Harpy for a three minutes (horribly written and directed) fight scene, rather than Big Fat Nothing for the remaining 47 minutes of the episode. Let's see the points. All the Rhaegar stuff +3 Stannis and Shireen +1 Margaery finally losing it +1 Bronn and Jaime 0 Sandsnakes 0 Ellaria 0 Tyrion and Jorah 0 Melisandre and Jon -3 Harpy attack and fight -3 uhh... wait... we are below 0... well... another episode of Game of Thrones +3 Darth Sansa costume +1 Margaery costume +1 but then Daenerys costume -1 god what else can I do to get this score up... itsy bitsy hints in conversations +1 and yeah... that should be 4/10... It was baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad.

I am overall pleased. Stuff finally happened and I had reactions. I didn't just blankly stare for 40 minutes out of the 50. I laughed and I screamed at the screen. They showed signs of creativity, subtly foreshadowed stuff and almost pulled off necessary plot changes. Of course some things are bothering me, something always bothers someone. But getting over going insanity wolf a couple times, it is at least an 8 out of 10 compared to the 6/10 I gave the first two episodes. First off, :bowdown: to Lena Heady and Natalie Dormer who basically stole this episode with their superb scenes. I was laughing so so hard when Margaery trolled Cersei, it was a delight to watch. I generally love Margaery's character which had always come off as insignificant and barely noticeable in the books. The show does her justice, I'm close to going TeamMargaery from TeamDaenerys. It was also a positive surprise to spot Jorah in the brothel and the fact that he even got some action into the last bits of the episode calls for another :bowdown: I actually enjoyed Stannis and Davos this episode, I felt like it was this was an adequate proportion of them. Smaller things I liked. Qyburn. The dude is killing it with his attitude and his ZombieGregor. The subtle hint of Myranda's side eye. Brrr. The old lady telling Sansa the north remembers. Aww. The fact that they were consequent enough to have Fat Walda in the background. Creative nudity. The high septon brothel scene was above the usual Littlefinger style squalling whores, and so was the Cosplay Daenerys in the Volantis brothel. The high septon's nude walk was also a fine bit of foreshadowing. And I also like that Sansa wears her hair like catelyn used to. It makes me want to think there's a hint in there as well. What made me go insanity wolf at the screen was Tommen and Margaery consummating the marriage. Fuck realistic, right, D&D? If sansa told Cersei in season 1 that she is 13 and she told Lysa in season 4 she is 14, Tommen is supposed to be no more than TEN FREAKING YEARS OLD! Even Joffrey's aging was ridiculous but one could pretend it's a pass. Tommen. Just no. I can't get used to Jaqen at the house of b and w. And Maisie just wasn't enough make those lengthy Bravos scenes count, they were boring. And I hate how freaking condescending, full of herself and confident Brienne is. She is literally a female Jaime ever since she left KL. And I don't give a single shit about how she fell in love with Renly or how Pod came to Tyrion's service. The Jon Snow scenes are rushed and they make no impact. Janos beheading did even come close to Karstark beheading. Not to mention the completely unnecessary and undue change of 'Edd fetch me a block'. Tyrion is as boring and annoying as he was in the book, no changes on that part. And here comes the huge dilemma of the Sansa Stark Ramsay Bolton match. I have read complaints about why the Boltons would want to turn their backs on the Lannisters and I think the Roose and Ramsay lunch gave a perfectly sensible answer. Also, Tywin married Tyrion to Sansa so the Lannisters would hold the North one day which is basically fucking over Roose Bolton who he had promised the North. There you have the Bolton motive. The funny part to me is LITTLEFINGER. The gaping hole in his character. HOW does Littlefinger not know what Ramsay is? HOW does Littlefinger not look into what Ramsay might be when he is about to marry his precious Cat2.0 to him? And WHY on god's earth would Littlefinger help the Boltons to the North out of his own free will and notion? The whole point of the Arya double was the Lannisters making the Boltons think they secured the North and Littlefinger brokering THAT for them. The show failed to fill this plot hole. As for why Sansa must be Ramsay's victim, I understand. There isn't really a plot for Sansa after leaving the Eyrie so they would have to make up an alternate plot for her and cast a doe eyed Arya double and get her into viewers' hearts before Ramsay destroys her, overall it would be a lot of trouble and book readers wouldn't be satisfied with whatever else they make up for Sansa anyways. The Bolton part was explained, Sansa can't do much but accept the situation, but the Littlefinger side of the bargain is a gaping plot hole. I will stick with an overall 8/10.

I know the fault is with me, but this was as dull as episode 1. As much as I like Darth Sansa, attire and attitude both, the whole ordeal with Brienne, Pod, Littlefinger, Sansa and the Knights just gave me a headache. It was a very long, very pointless and very unnecessary excuse to get Podrick and Brienne to the river book readers expect a certain corpse to be found floating in. They could simply have came upon that bloody river trying to water their horses. Dorne looks cool but the introduction did no justice to them. The dead viper with the lannister necklace was badass though. While it's usually a delight to see Bronn, His scene with Lollys was as boring as it was long and pointless. I am very happy to have Bronn back in the fold with Jaime Fucking Lannister. And let me just say, it was one wise and brilliant notion of D&D to send Jaime to Dorne instead of Ser AnotherCharacterNobodyWillRememberOrCareAbout Oakhart. Tyrion is still drowning in wine and self pity who on earth would have ever guessed? As for Arya in Bravos, Maisie made those scenes worth watching, even though they weren't anything special. Thumbsup Maisie. Kit Harington actually got emotions through, OMFG, *lifts applause sign* he pulled off the whole Jon for Lord Commander scene! His acting was close to enjoyable! Sam is so smart and sweet. One scene I loved was the library one with Gilly, Shireen and Sam. another scene I loved was Ser Kevan walking out on Cersei! What a pleasant moment to watch. And here's another salute to D&D. I would have to reread to see if it makes more sense for a second time, but as far as now goes, D&D poured more content into Daenerys's Meereen storyline than ADWD managed to. And this time Emilia pulled it off. I loved Drogon's return, it was the same feeling when my dog who was lost for a week returned at the weekend. I must say though, season 4 Drogon was much more handsome than season 5 Drogon. Well, there's still season 6 and men look better at 30 than at 20 in any case, should be the same with dragons. and Drogon is a male dragon I assume. But getting over dragons and their looks, most of the show was really meh. Not bad, but not good either. Oh and all the chatter about dragon looks gave me this idea that I really miss having a Game of Thrones crush. Drogo is dead, Oberyn is dead. Everybody crush-worthy is dead. Even Lord Tywin in dead. And show-Daario is painfully mediocre. Me misses a strong male character to drool over. So it's a pass with 60%. Thanks to Drogon, the library and giving meaning to the Meereen ordeal. Oh yeah, the water gardens looked lovely too.

That's not the point. The tragedy of the Starks, if you ask my opinion (which you didn't, but you know, forum stuff, we love to shove our opinions down other forum visitors' throats) is not the death of Eddard, Cat and Robb, it's the fact that they were so close to reunion so many times and still never made it. But since catelyn is alreay dead and so is Lyse, I don't get frustrated over Sansa going right past an opportunity to get back to her family anymore. It just kinda makes me roll my eyes.

It started off epic. It really did. Little Cersei was perfect. Lord Tywin's is the third saddest death of the show. The lannister clan is broken and nobody has any idea what the heck to do now. Then... It kinda got boring. And more boring. And even more boring, if possible. Loras... What was the point of that? Sweetrobin at Lord NobodyCares's? And Sansa's carriage went right past brienne... It's not like I even get frustrated about that anymore... I honestly never cared for show-Mance, he's nothing like in the books and an absolutely mediocre character you forget the moment the camera turns away. More night's watch training... oh Daenerys refuses to open the pits because she gets stupider and stupider with every season. No fault with the show makers, GRRM is responsible for that. Oh at least Daario gets her to release the Dragons. Oops, the dragons are a little pissed. Quite understandable. Emilia couldn't pull off that scene. And how stupid is it to walk down there without a bloody torch? All in all... Really really really meh. Oh and there was Tyrion too. I liked Varys. Tyrion is as bad as he was in the books. So, little cersei and Lannister struggles - 9/10, Varys 6/10, naked Daario 7/10, dragons 6/10 rest of the show: 3/10

I never cared much about Lady Stoneheart that's why it's a strong 8 for me. There were some pretty awesome scenes, but the editing... I dunno, I'm just a person of habit and season finales end with Daenerys. Season finales are supposed to end with Daenerys... That's just the natural way of things. And there were a couple other things I wasn't very pleased with either...

No... just no... I was torn between 3 and 4, but because of the couple cute/good scenes, I went with 4 In fact, I changed my mind. It's 3.

WHAT. THE. FUCK. Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo okay, 7...

Somewhere between 8 and 9, but I just went with 8. I just missed that mind blown feeling. And I also got the impression that it was pretty repetitive. And then there were the absolute filler scenes. Yes. I'm glad I went with 8. It was amusing though, made me laugh out loud a couple times. Sophie Turner was amazing in the garden scene, Cersei was finally truly Cersei. I really liked Bronn and Tyrion and Hot Pie is a sweetheart.

Meh. 7. The whole episode felt like a big filler. Nothing really happened. Just talking and talking and talking and more talking. Sometimes it did make me laugh, other times I was just bored. It was an overall, "Oh, it's already over? But nothing happened yet!" feeling. And I also feel like they are writing scenes for the actors and not the characters or the story. Lena Headey and Pedro Pascal are very cool and Lena Headey and Charles Dance are very cool too, but what exactly was the point of these scenes? Balon Greyjoy is still alive, Lady Stoneheart nowhere, Iron Banker nowhere, there's so much stuff yet to happen, but we are in this casual slow motion mode. Well, Sophie Turner and Maisie Williams shined this episode at least.

7. It wasn't bad or anything... it was like Sam trying to start a fire. Sparks and all, but no fire at the end of the day. I don't get why people say Emilia Clark can't act. I don't see how she's any worse than Sophie Turner or Lena Headey. I'm just fine with her. The Gilly filler was way too long and absolutely pointless in every possible way. How could Gilly possibly be more safe in a town where people go whoring all the time with nobody to protect her than at Castle Black among people sworn to celibacy whose majority would even protect her (including Sam, Aemon, Jon, Pyp, Grenn and Edd)??? That's -1 in itself. Boobs - check, deaths - check, Charles Dance being awesome - check, humor - check... but overall it was still just one big Meh.

8/10 Genius: Pedro Pascal, Tywin melting down the Stark symbols, dragons Great: Oberyn stabbing random Lannister, Ellaria/Oberyn, Arthur Dayne and Rhaegar/Elia mention Funny: Margaery's necklace comment, Joff's statue, "What the fuck's a Lommy?", Bronn/Oberyn exchange, Jon's comment on Janos Slynt, Aemon's King's Landing comment Lame: tavern fight scene, Brienne/Tyrells scene Disappointment: new Daario Naharis (they can't get it right)

Hi KaG. Welcome to the forums!

It's so cool! :D I hope you'll be called in :D Two years go The Borgias set moved to my area, but I got the info too late and couldn't apply :( They got horses for the set from the stable we go riding to, though, and it was so fun to watch Cesare Borgia mounted on my sister's favorite gelding :DD Good luck again, hope you get called in! :DD

Hmmm, I'll suggest this to a few people... Hey, I'll tell you a joke and you laugh your head off, okay? - An easy way to get rid of somebody.