jerzy59

At this point I even think the The Following is a better TV show than this season 5. Terrible episode. Voted 2

Voted 2 for the idiocy around Loras and Littlefinger.

This is the only good argumentation I've seen here about what's happening at the wall in this season. The massive problem here is that useful screen time is completely wasted by what's happening at Crasters. Having Ygritte's party attacking the wall instead (like in the book) would have allowed further building of character at the wall later + having a proper siege by the wildlings + having the state of desperation at the Wall leading to an heroic Stannis moment (which would have fit perfectly as a climax for ep 09). In aparte it would have left a bit of room for Bran North of the wall, maybe introducing some myths and legends about the place, maybe having Coldhands on screen. But instead D&D went for Craster's keep sub arc. Hence Ygritte's group syncing the attack with Mance's vanguard. Hence no room at all for Stannis in that episode in that particular context. Given the choices made by D&d at the Wall for this season, I truly believe - as much as I love book Stannis, that there was absolutely no room for him in that particular context they set for ep 09. Completely unrelated, I really liked the Sam & Jon discussion atop of the Wall.

This morning at work I mentioned to my Unsullied co-worker how ridiculous the big reveal was (the Jon Arryn killing). And he was like "what big reveal" and then "who is Lysa again ?". I don't think the Unsullied get how this is a major reveal. Another thing. LF is brilliant. His plots are amazing. No one suspects him for the Arryn murder. No one suspects him for the Joffrey murder. He probably knows (how wouldn't he anyway) that there's a bounty on Sansa's head. And now we're supposed to believe it's ok for him to share the secret with an 8yo kid (who has issues) ? Does that mean poor Sweetrobin will die for that ? I can't see LF being so lousy about that. It's like D&D are unmysifying LF's character by making him do two apparent stupid mistakes (having a niece without having a brother or a sister (we must assume he has, now), letting Lysa reveal Sansa's identity to Robin)