ctid1977

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Why oh why is LF the go to man for any kind of backstory in the show?

Awkward hug with only child. What's not to love?

Lovely Mel.

So Mossador did a Karstark and Dany did a Robb Stark. What does that bode for her?

He is? really? Luckily the beauty of this show is he isn't defined by that...............

Looked like a frog in the books.

http://www.theguardian.com/life and style/2014/Oct/12/actors-julian-glover-and-isla-blair-on-their-48-year-relationship

I thought that was sweet about Pycelle.

I don't think to vote a 10 is saying the episode was perfect. Even my top 10 movies and tv episodes of all time are not in a word perfect. I vote a 10 if I believe it's one of the best episodes of TV I've seen and/or if it stands out as one of the best episodes of the series.

Haha.

I must know what you voted after reading that!

Important does not have to be defined in terms of how crucial a character is to the plot. As is evidenced by the number of people here who expressed their disappointment that Grenn and Pyp were killed off, they were important to a lot of viewers.

I don't really take an interest in what happens behind the scenes regarding whether the series has been picked up for more seasons but will take your word for it. I hope D&D don't continue to kill off the minor characters who add to the rich fabric of Westeros and Essos and make the show more enjoyable simply because they think they are unimportant.

I don't think they killed them off because they were "unimportant". I think it's the opposite, they killed them off because it had dramatic importance, because the audience cared about them. I hate to be a defender as the books are always better but I get it for pure tv and it worked. It made for a great piece of television. Emmy for Marshall?

First 10 I have given. Awesome episode, well acted, directed and played out.

snip.. post was a ramble of quotes made by mistake as new to smartphone...

But..

Alesser Thorne!

I thought it was an awesome episode.

What I loved:

I loved all the love on the minor characters showing the scale of the battle.

Thorne; great to see a three dimensional arsehole for a change, I loved him telling Jon how it is. He has the voice for battle (a la Robert Baratheon), and his speeches were all fantastic. I don't think he's dead either which makes me happy.

Grenn and co shouting the vows at a rushing giant.

The scythe looked class.

Pyps death and Sam being a hero.

I loved Tormunds capture too.

Ygritte; I was welling up as much as I was when I read it, really well done.

Ghost, what can I say.

Even the giant going mad when the other giant died was cool.

What I didn't love:

Nothing. It was ace.

As for not finishing on Stannis, well I liked it, it worked for me and I'm a Stan fan. It was a bleak finish, perfect set up for the last episode and great to focus on the Nights Watch. The fighting, direction and cinematography were epic for me, that panoramic shot showing Jon, then Styr, then Ygritte, the Tormund and finishing on Sam was just class.