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Gave this an 8, slightly better than the first 2 episodes of this season (gave both of those a 7). I loved the Astapor / Dany scenes. Which is a bit surprising because in the show nor in the books was she never one of my favorites. The haggling for unsullied scene in particular was great. The ending was very well done as well and the song didn't bother me a bit. Overall this episode there just wasn't really anything for me to whine about, but I'm not going to give it a 9 or 10 because that's reserved for the truly great episodes. And I do hope the rest of this season will deliver those great episodes.

I gave it a 7, about the same level as 3x01. Felt the pacing was a bit off at the start of the episode, a bit too much jumping around while not much was really happening. Liked: -Pretty much all the new characters are cast perfectly -Hodor -Gendry & Arya arguing about the three deaths -Tyrells -Brotherhood without banners Didn't like: -Tyrion & Shae. Felt pointless and the acting was kind of off, even with the Dink. -Catelyn & Talisa scene I just did not care about, not that I cared much about Cat in the books either. -Jaime & Brienne duel, was over too fast and Bri won too easily. Didn't bother me _as_ much when I watched the scene again, though.