MaximusDecimus

C'mon, what about the house of the undead? it was easily one of my favorite moments of ALL the books, and was badly mishandled in the episode. Not only by the lack of prophecies or utter pointlessness, but by making even their good ideas (such as Dany having a vision with Drogo to be in a trance like state and not wanting to flee, that is what I got from their intentions) into something lame. And about Jon Snow, the problem is not that he is a moron or not, is that the resolution was terribly rushed. I have talked to a few unsullied that also felt that way, specially when, just after slaying and betraying a known NW hero, he is IMMEDIATELY freed and considered as one of the Wildlings without further doubts from rattle shirt. And I won't even talk about the marriage under the seven, b/c that was just stupid. Maybe next season they will cite it en passant in order to look like it was not a mistake. The main gripes that most people have is that those issues would mostly be solved with small modifications that would not need a larger budget, but simply changing some scenes. However, Brienne, the whole theon/luwin situation and KL were really good. Somewhat mixed feelings about the White Walkers. I always saw the Wights as zombies so I was OK with that, but the WW seemed as bad CG when up close, but from afar they were okay

Incredible episode really, but not impervious to nitpicking :P Anyone got the same feeling that book readers got way much more from the episode than non-readers? For instance two examples: 1 - Mandon Moore: Am I the only one that thought that Mandon Moore was poorly introduced, and/or was poorly depicted in the scene where he slashed Tyrion? I mean, if I haven't read the books I wouldn't be sure about who he was. In the middle of all those armors, he din't stand out 2 - Renly ghost: The show made a point of showing Loras in an armor during the fight, but I doubt non book readers would know: 1 - This was Renlys armor 2- This was ANY armor at all. Leaving these nitpicks behind, awesome episode, easily one of the best from GOT

Well I believe that no way that, while Dagmer has no chance of being Ramsay, that he will have an active part in the sack of winterfell, probably opening the gates to ramsay or something like that. It would be a nice scene for somewhere near the end of episode 10. It would still be along the lines of "Theon is responsible for his own downfall for trusting visibly evil people", and would be a nice way to NOT show Ramsay while still letting him be known by the audience, letting him be cast only later, probably in season 4-5. As for the Reeds, it sads my heart but that scene where the Meister met with Osha practically sealed their faiths as never appearing in the show for me. They will probably replace them both by Osha (since she already replaced Jojen in an earlier scene) and have the Meister leave with Rickon, never to be seen again. Probably the saddest part missing from the books, since the Reeds are among my (and many others) favorites, including Howland, that has yet to appear but is already a great character.