I gave it a 7. It would've been higher but for a couple of reasons... Dorne - Still not good. Might improve but we haven't got long left... Sam & Gilly - Now I like the love scene here. It was quite tasteful in comparison to the version in the book which is, frankly, some of the worst writing in the series (exhibit A - fat pink mast) outside of a full page food description, in my opinion anyway. I just didn't like how it was more sexual violence that set it up. I actually shouted 'for f*** sake not again' when the Night's Watch men were assaulting Gilly. I'm just sick of seeing that. So it's a personal taste thing really. Olenna - Diana Rigg is amazing but the writers just seem to have her running around shouting at people, rather than being as clever as we know she is. This was redeemed a bit with the scene with Littlefinger though. Those actors (Aidan Gillen and Diana Rigg) have great chemistry. Aside from that no issues. I actually much prefer the Essos stuff in the series as it's not an endless parade of 'anonymous zo surname' characters I couldn't give a single toss about. It had to be condensed. A straight adaptation from Dance of this stuff would be insanely dull on screen. And Jonathan Pryce is superb as the high sparrow. Brilliant casting again.
