I loved this episode. Jon/Mance/Stannis - loved it. I don't really like the portrayal of Stannis in the show, but here he was brilliant. The army invasion CGI and acting was great. I could totally see him as the King of Westeros by the end of it. Loved his interaction with Jon. Gregor - I think it needed to be more gruesome, but it was ok Cersei/Tywin - Lena was so good in this. I think it initiates the momentum on the betrayal of Tywin by all of his kids in the episode. Her raw emotion is the same catalyst behind Jaime and Tyrion's decisions and its more visceral. It just perfectly foreshadows that his legacy is empty and he will die. The dialogue could have been a little bit better I think. Cersei/Jaime - great scene, perfectly played by Lena. Dany - I think the CGI was really weird here but Dany was fine, I liked to see her show emotion. Jon/Ygritte/NW - pretty scene. Bran & Co. - the CGI totally ruined this scene for me, I was just too distracted by how bad everything (fire grenades, wacko skeletons..) was. Jojen's death was kind of comical. I feel like Bloodraven and the inside of the tree should have been more...I don't know, overgrown with moss and entwined with decay? The art direction here was off for me. Arya/Hound/Brienne - I don't mind at all the deviation from the books, except that it made very little sense that the Vale knights would just let free Arya Stark and a guy with a giant bounty on his head but w/e The fight was completely brutal and visceral - Christie gave me goosebumps. The mercy killing scene was wonderful - Rory killed the delivery, so tragic. Jaime/Tyrion/Tywin - I can see where people are coming from with no Tysha, I agree this should have been left in. I'm fine with Jaime finding out about Cersei's affairs at some later point, otherwise it would have been too much information for that scene. The murder of Shae was great, I prefer the whitewashing haha. The Tywin/Tyrion scene could have had better dialogue I think, but Charles Dance was really good, I could totally see him trying to manipulate Tyrion with his "you're my son" but Tyrion just sees through all that at this point. Arya - great music, great scene :) I don't care that LSH wasn't in the episode actually, it was good enough without her. 9/10
