another Bender ep woohoo

My mind is with the Damphair right now... GoT is too underwhelming atm after THAT.

great episode

Did Bran just turn Aerys Targaryen into the mad king or was that just a simple flash?

man that was great. All the storylines this week were really compelling (save for maybe that Dany bit at the end)

Arya vs. Waif has me pretty hyped. I loved the score over those scenes. I just wish we could've seen them actually face off this week

BENJEN IS BACK! It was kinda silly tbh that he kept the cover on his face for so long, I feel like almost everybody watching probably recognized him right away. Still great tho

oh and WALDER! It was great seeing him again too

Margaery better be playing a long game here, if she really did get converted that'd be utter bullshit. I kinda got the feeling that she is playing the game with her manipulating Tommen again, but Olenna's "He won" line is making me question it

The Sam stuff was pretty great, better than I was expecting. I loved that pause before he comes bursting back through Gilly's door. Really interested to see what happens with that, though I'm guessing since he's running off to the Citadel he'll be protected from his father there?

Nobert @ 29/5/2016 21:23

Did Bran just turn Aerys Targaryen into the mad king or was that just a simple flash?

he was flashing through lots of things Jeff

i was low on the arya/dany stuff...

who is the bro at sam's table, is that his brother?

Boc @ 29/5/2016 22:36

man that was great. All the storylines this week were really compelling (save for maybe that Dany bit at the end)

Exactly what I was thinking. Having Dany be the end with the dragon was pretty underwhelming for me. I understand the significance but her moment two episodes ago was so much better.

Could have done with maybe 5 minutes less of Sam tbh. Everything else was great.

yall im calling it now. sparrow walk of shame and then he's executed anyway

Yeah.. my mind is still with Damphair.

Sorry GoT. Martin has outdone you again.

Miko @ 30/5/2016 2:24

Yeah.. my mind is still with Damphair. Sorry GoT. Martin has outdone you again.

If Margarey isn't playing a long-con right now, I'll be pissed.

Miko @ 30/5/2016 9:30

If Margarey isn't playing a long-con right now, I'll be pissed.

I can't imagine her not playing one.

Yeah, I'd like to be that optimistic.

But considering we also all thought Doran was playing one, as well as Rickon/Osha.. AND Littlefinger marrying Sansa to Ramsay...

We've been let-down multiple times by one-dimensional story-telling. So I wouldn't be surprised.

Liked:

- Walder Frey
- Blackfish/Edmure coming back into play
- The Sam dinner scene was awkward as FUCK! Sam busting back in
- Benjen's return
- Mace Tyrell being treated as a joke as always

Disliked:

- The ending. WHO GIVES A SHIT. Why do the writers continue to believe that ending episodes on Dany moments is thrilling? Far too many episodes now (including finales) have ended on the same type of Dany scene told in a slightly different way. It's super repetitive and has felt like stalling with her character for...literally many years now

- Margaery's strange turn. I'm sure she's playing the High Sparrow/Tommen and figuring out a way to wiggle out of this so I'll probably end up liking it. But if she's not then it's pretty dumb

- High Sparrow plot in general, I'm still very over it and it feels like a lame temporary distraction for all King's Landing characters. They need something better to do there

- Arya's story. This has easily been one of the most disappointing story lines for me. It kills me because I love Jaqen and was so excited for his return, but it just hasn't really gone anywhere and now that it's ending it seems to have kinda been for nothing. I was excited to see Braavos, and Meryn Trant's death was great, but very few interesting moments have come out of this. My only hope is that she kills the annoying chick next week and Jaqen reveals that that was her true test or something but that's wishful thinking



NOT BAD OVERALL. This and the last episode have excited me with old stories being brought back to the forefront and pieces moving in the direction that it seems like they were meant to go in. But for every promising new story there's a handful of arcs that feel like they're dragging their feet, Dany's, Arya's, High Sparrow's/King Landing. Really hoping there's some good pay off with those to make it worth it