HBO: Game of Thrones (Song of Ice and Fire)

[Monkey_Driven]

Also, what was the whole point of Jorah getting greyscale now?

TBD? It upgraded Sam from latrine duty?

I was unimpressed with how easy of a cure that was.

Same.

[Norah]

Quite the moment there when Jon says he's not a Stark and gets sideswiped by a fucking dragon.

[Strat]

I'm glad they dived right into the meeting with Stark and Daenerys. Wonderful.

[Monkey_Driven]

I'm glad they dived right into the meeting with Stark and Daenerys. Wonderful.

Same.

[Norah]

yeah I liked them getting right to it there

[Strat]

I was actually hoping Bran would swoop in right before John kneels to let everyone know that they are related.

[Monkey_Driven]

Bran just describing the night of Santa's rape. Learn some tact dude.

[Norah]

Yeah he could have proved his powers some other way.

[Monkey_Driven]

Yeah he could have proved his powers some other way.

To be fair, he's probably been up pretty late on the computer for several months in a row.

[daft twat]

Loved Cersei's tormenting of the Sand snake. I'm not usually a fan of "torture porn," and I hate Cersei, but as a parent I was 100% in her corner there.

Littlefinger's advice was the best since Tyrion told Jon to never forget who he was back in season one.

Bran came across like an autistic kid who knows more than everyone and is a dick about it.

[spike]

Bran just describing the night of Santa's rape. Learn some tact dude.

[Simple Torture]

My One Big Question from this episode is: why didn't Olena sell out Littlefinger to Jamie, especially knowing that she was about to die?

I guess, practically, it doesn't matter at this point: as Lord Protector of the Vale, he's in open rebellion against the crown by supporting Jon, so it's not like this would be the last straw or anything. It could've helped Dany's cause, for sure, because it may have caused Cersei to look North as well, but Olena's got no kids or grankids anymore so I'm sure she's like IDGAF. Still, I was waiting for that shoe to drop.

[Simple Torture]

Also, what was the whole point of Jorah getting greyscale now?

I talked about this in a spoiler'd comment last week: there was a theory floating around that Jorah would become some sort of Patient Zero for a grayscale outbreak, since plague plays a big role in the books, too. But ain't nobody got time for that anymore--I think they just lifted it from the storyline in the book that they cut (which I won't name here, but you know which one I'm talking about) to add some drama to Jorah's story, since he'll probably play a big role in the end.

[Simple Torture]

Did they just do a 9/11 conspiracy reference?

Did I turn away from the TV when Davos said "DRAGON'S BREATH CAN'T MELT STEEL BEAMS"?

[Norah]

Yeah that's obviously where they got it, it just ended up being entirely pointless and surprisingly easy to cure.

[Simple Torture]

Also, what was the whole point of Jorah getting greyscale now?

TBD? It upgraded Sam from latrine duty?

I was expecting, at the very least, for Sam to be given a link for curing Jorah.

[Norah]

Yeah I thought that was coming.

[Simple Torture]

I was actually hoping Bran would swoop in right before John kneels to let everyone know that they are related.

I think I underestimated Bran with the theorizing I did in the past few weeks; I think he knows the intel he has is too important to tell anyone but Jon.

[Simple Torture]

Yeah he could have proved his powers some other way.

"It's a shame what they did to Ser Dantos."

[Simple Torture]

I had heard this theory floated a few times in the past, and now I think it's pretty clear--based on the cliffside conversation between Jon and Tyrion--that...

Spoiler: show

He and Tormund are going to try and capture a wight/White Walker alive and return it to Dragonstone to get Dany's support. It makes sense now that they cut Thorne's trip to King's Landing with the hand from the show.