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If I could vote a "YAAAASSSSS!!!!" then I would (fyi - that's higher than a 10) Definitely the best episode this season and one of the best in recent memory. It was utterly riveting and edge-of-your-seat suspenseful from start to finish. Not a single wasted scene. Everything was tight and amazing.

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this was my favourite episode this season. sure, there wasn't a singular moment as spectacular as last week's Dany unleashing the fire moment, but overall i found this episode to be more intense and solid from start to finish. the bathtub scene with Jaime and Brienne was FLAWLESS. it was precisely how i imagined it, only even better, honestly. because both actors look really fantastic naked. i love that they showed Brienne in the nude, with a very sensual gorgeous womanly body. and i adored the final shot where she was cradling Jaime. just fantastic! Tywin's absolute power and command is magnificent to watch. he just dresses down Tyrion and Cersei with such conviction and resoluteness. they really have nothing to say. the actor playing Tywin is SUPERB. i also completely loved Loras' scene with the squire. i thought it was an ingenious way to get Littlefinger the information he needs to move forward with his plan. and also the scene was just HOT. that squire was sexy as all get out and i like that the show isn't afraid to go there with the gay scene the way they do endlessly with the straight ones.