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Why was the castle at Horn Hill so big?  I expected that to be Highgarden.  I know the Reach is wealthy, but house Tarly isn't even one of the 4 biggest houses in the Reach.

Gave it a 9, my favorite episode of the season so far.  Finally Benjen returns and we get Edmure too and mentions of the Blackfish and the Brotherhood w/o Banners.  Randyll Tarly was every bit of the dick I expected him to be and Sam taking his sword was a nice comeuppance.  I liked how the Tyrell vs. Faith turned out, Tommen actually played it smarter than his parents would and now have the love of the smallfolk.  Arya leaving the HoBW was a good surprise and I hope she kills the waif.  And Dany is at her best when she is giving speeches in Dothraki.  And all that w/o having to resort to the lazy D&D way of advancing the plot by killing off someone.  I honestly thought this episode would've been better received, but I should've known better.

I think a lot of people are overreacting to the Sansa scene. It's the logical step to get Theon to snap out of his mental place. It's the logical step to get Sansa to reach out for Brienne's help. If they're merging the two storylines, then I really don't see it playing any other way. At least it was as tastefully directed as it was.

A solid 9, while keeping in mind that the books are the books and the show is the show. That said, the non-frostbitten, happy baby bit at the end? Weird, just plain weird and completely inexplicable. Anyway, so much played out tonight with Dany's conquest, Tyrion and Jaime, Sansa and Littlefucker. I even liked Bran and the NW mutineers! Finally got the answer of how much Joff's grieving widow knew. Still the baby - laws of physiology say he shouldn't have made it to wherever the hell the WW took it before dying of frostbite. And the little tyke was so happy - WTF's up with that? Watching again, so good.

Physiological complaints when the books/show has the unburnt mother of dragons and a woman birthing a murderous shadow? It is fantasy, ya know?

Glad to see Owen from Torchwood take out Craster, I was wondering who'd be the one to call him a bastard.