I feel that most oft this season has been filler material until a small reveal/cliffhanger at the end( this has started to be the norm in most medium quality TV shows).The are clearly trying to cut back costs by using less characters per show and doing scenes that require less money to shoot ( people just walking&talking through a natural setting or a very small room). The duel was great (and the poison has been shown - Oberyn's squire was rubbing a cloth on his spears; it wasn't so the spear tip was nice and shiny), Sansa's evolution is good and feels natural and the Boltons are always fun to watch. The rest is just filler filler filler filler filler filler filler filler filler filler filler filler filler filler filler filler filler filler filler filler, something mildly interesting happens. It has become clear to me that HBO will ruin this story if they start filming seasons of books not released yet.
