Not sure that I like reducing Arya's story to just brutal beating. Loved the arc of Theon and Sansa...the hug broke me up! Dorne has to go its ruining the otherwise great show so far.
Nope but there was time to watch the sandsnakes play "slap me" and time to watch three whores paraded in front of a child molester. Wonder how many seconds of decent stuff we could have replaced with those scenes omitted?