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I give it an 8. We had a few plotmoving developments, like Marge's arrest, Bronn getting sliced by a [probably] poisoned knife, and everyone getting taken into custody in Dorne. As well as Sansa's marriage. Although I am a bit disappointed in the Dorne arc overall, particularly the portrayal of the Sand Snakes.

I gave it a 9. Best of the season so far. I'm disillusioned and frustrated by the watering down of many of the plotlines [Tyrion's trip to Maureen is only a shadow of the novel version], yet I understand that this is a necessary evil in order to wrap this up in 7 to 8 seasons.

It was so bad on my end that I had to stop watching about 25 minutes into it and DVR the 11:30 p.m. airing.

Is anyone else's cable constantly pixelating and freezing during this episode?

wow, almost 2 weeks since I started the 'best lines of' thread, and it still hasn't shown up......poor...poor...moderation...

If they had devoted a bit more time to Tyrion and a bit less time to Jon Snow and his heroism and love story, I would have given it a solid 10. But 9.5 is pretty good.

Solid episode. I think this is the best finale so far. I give it a 9.5

Surprised we didn't see Stannis yet. Overall, 8 out of 10.

Well, the show depicts a lot of people grasping for power and wealth, but I'm not sure we are led to one conclusion or another yet about how senseless it is. Countless thousands have died fighting for power and wealth for a small minority, and over half of those small minorities have been defeated. But the god aspect may play a part in the metaphor too.

It was a metaphor for all the senseless acts of mass atrocity that humans commit. Wars and murder. What is it all for, in the end?

You could be right, depending on what we see in the 6th novel. If Victarion takes on a main role in the future of the novels, then I think the Greyjoy storyline will still happen.

The beetles were a metaphor for human self destruction. Wars and murder. We are the 'moron' who can't stop destroying ourselves. I thought it was apt at this point in the show. I give this episode an 8 overall. We moved the plot forward nicely with Jorah's excommunication and Oberyn's death. I agree I am a bit confused about why we are spending so much time on Greyworm, but there may be a justified reason, I'm not counting that as a negative yet.

I'm not sure about that. I think the direction they are going with Sansa is that she is going to take on a cunning, conniving personality. Littlefinger is rubbing off on her. The look on her face when Robin talked about getting rid of anybody that Sansa hated was one of intrigue, not repulsion, lol. She said she would like that very much. But yeah, she's been through a lot.

They further attempted to build Robin up as a spoiled brat during his scene with Sansa and snow castle, but to be honest, I felt like Sansa was just as big a brat in that scene, if not worse. It was her that got all bent out of shape when Robin accidentally knocked the tower over, and it seemed like Robin's initial response was just to defend himself. They both behaved like rotten children, but really I felt that Sansa came across as the more unreasonable one.

I agree, but it seemed like Bronn was much nicer and more sympathetic with Tyrion in the show. I seem to remember him being more of a douche in the novels. Basically telling him to f off, its not his problem anymore. Of course I could be wrong.

Some minor flaws, but this episode could possibly be my favorite of this season so far. I'm going to go with a solid 9.5

I agree, I think the Asha sequence started out promising and then ended a bit clumsily. Not only did they run from the dogs, but Ramsey apparently gave them enough of a headstart to actually avoid getting caught by them, which is uncharacteristic of him. Overall though, I give the episode an 8. I liked the Trial scenes.

I think her true motivations and desires regarding a Margaery and Tommen wedding are unclear. She went along with what her father said about it, but she may have some tricks up her sleeve yet.

The last couple episodes they've been almost insulting with how thick and obvious they've been explaining some of the plot points. Last episode, they had Littlefinger explain to Sansa that someone with common interests helped him kill Joffrey, then immediately afterward flashed to an image of Olenna and Margaery. That should have been enough to make the audience realize who was behing everything, but then they spend ANOTHER scene where Olenna again explained that it was her that did it. I half expected there to be a director's cut where D&D appeared sitting in reclining chairs after that scene, and said "For those of you who still don't understand....Littlefinger and Olenna were behind Joffrey's murder. Okay, now back to the program"....

Was it? I wondered that, because it seemed so firm and supple, and Lysa's frame is more gaunt. As a pre-teen actor, if that had been me, when I found out it was going to be just a prosthetic breast I would have been depressed. :P

We keep discussing what they can and can't show regarding love scenes with minors, and I'm very suprised they got away with an 8 year boy sucking a nipple in the first season. I know it was because it wasn't a sexual scene, but it still suprised me.

I could almost feel Margaery's tension when Cersei caught her making googly eyes at Tommen and then started walking toward her. In her place I would have been sweating right there.

It was a slower episode than some others, but still a good episode. Not the best this season, by any means. I'd give it an 8.11 repeating.

I really liked this episode. There was a few cheesy parts, like when Grey Worm, Mormont, and Barristem all took turns asking to fight the lone warrier, and then each took on a puppydog face when Dany turned them down. But overall, great episode, and I'll have to watch it again to be sure, but it might be my favorite of the 3 so far...

It was one of the two women who seduced Theon last season right before they cut off his ding-a-ling.