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Remember that both Ned Stark and Lord Arynn met with Gendry at the smithie's. When the gold cloaks came for him they knew he had a bull's head helmet. Then little Arya's quick thinking saved his life. Tywin knew a smart mind when he saw it. So long trail of folks that were well aware of his father.

Jaime as well, remember he sent the Goldcloaks to kill all the bastards. This was for Cersei. The bastards could usurp her children since her children were not Barathions. I chuckled when he looked shocked that he missed one.

It got a real good look from Jaime when it was announced. Kinda like wtf?

I always thought that Gentry felt he didn't meet her highborn status. Still weeping over the time she asked him to come to Winterfell and told him 'she could be his family' and he told her then, she would always be milady. The proposal came from a lot of things and one of those was Arya but most of those were Gentry hitting the highborn lottery. It was still a little sad but she was so sweet about it. He'll be fine. And who knows where the future is. This is a little like WWI and most of the highborn lads are dead. Some nice ladies out there looking for a match.

I trust Arya's opinion more than either Jon or Sansa's. She really doesn't do a lot of political intrigue or personal feelings stuff. She also literally trained for years to read a liar.

Yes. She was in the tunnels practicing chasing cats for her sword lessons, called dancing lessons, when she overheard Varys plotting for her father to die. She made it out of the tunnels through an entrance like a sewer. So she knows the tunnels.

Many times. Most recently was when Jon went to Dragonstone and said we are not our fathers.

Assassins do not have collateral kills. That's the beauty of an assassin. I think what everyone is talking about here are the millions (it's KL) that might die if Dany doesn't just go for Cersei.

They needed to get Jon off a dragon for the next battle. Solution? Kill the dragon.

What if this meant burning your lover's sister? Is Arya acceptable collateral damage? Or is there where Jon vs Dany comes into play?

That goes along with the stumble that Kit does as he declares he's not drunk. Been there.

He did tell Theon thank you. He sent Meera off with a blank stare. That's a start.

She begged the lord of Quarth for her dragons. So at least once before. And on that note, Tormund road a dragon off the island when they captured the wight. These people all have dementia.

I keep wondering if the interactions between them over the years wasn’t showing something. I remember all the seasons that Arya/Gendry were traveling together. And they had a very sweet chemistry. You always knew that Gendry genuinely liked her. That he thought of her but that she was high born and he was not. You always knew that Arya thought he was very special. That she wanted him around because he was who he was. Then they met at Winterfell and it was a believable progression. So hats off to Williams and Dempsey, it was well acted for 10 years. But it’s missing for the Brienne/Jamie relationship. I want that to work but the previous 7 seasons haven’t been there. Maybe there needed tender moments like Arya/Gendry had. Who can forget ‘I can be your family’/‘No you’d be MiLady’. Both actors gave everything you needed to believe that in k7 years they could be lovers. The closest we got with Brienne/Jamie was the bath sequence. But even that didn’t rise to the level of emotion that we got from Brienne just describing her first meeting with Renly. So it’s a bigger jump.

I don't believe she trusted him. I believe she decided to let him spill the beans. He's a good choice. It's information he could have gotten from Dany. Still watching for the raven's scroll that Sophie T said she kept. I don't think it's the one that Brine disclosed to Jaime.

I have seen a lot of the previous 7 seasons recently (there is someone catching up in the house). I had forgotten how angry she has always been about anyone standing in her way. It is HER throne and she WILL take it back.

Big thumbs up for the Hound finally getting a horse that matches his size. Big upgrade.

The discussion with a refuge of The Long Night watching a second time from my house was that we are getting theater level production, cinematography, sound and attempting to view it on technology that was optimized for gaming. Interesting opinion. I just have a nice tv cuz I like tv.

So in the last seconds Bran and the NK are staring at each other. Bran looks down and tips his head slightly. This is his tell when he’s lying according to Caitlyn. The NK cocks his head, reaches for his sword, and turns to grab Arya. Were Bran and the NK communicating? What was Bran’s lie or was he faking his tell?

If this isn’t a reveal in Ep4 then it didn’t happen. Simple as that.

There was so little dialogue and yet it told such a complete story. The little bits of Jaime moving the men around, 'archers to the highest point'. The look from Davos at Arya. The horror of every inside Winterfell as they watched those Dothraki lights go out one by one. It visually told each characters story. Jaime once commanded an army. No one meets the Dothraki on an open field because they would swamp them. And for each character from A to Z (with the exception of Torment who is going to swing till the end) you can see and feel how overwhelming and exhausting this battle is. So I loved the story, loved the darkness, loved the sound everything. And at this point I won't nitpick whether the death of the NK was good or bad. I review movies by asking if I got my money's worth. Well Episode 3 gave me that in spades.

Gemma Whelen (Yara) has posted on her insta in costume. So There will be more ships.

The only time I saw disrobing in these smocks was with Arya and Gentry. Both of them had a simple ascot around their necks under the smocks. Doesn't mean that there is misdirection with the interview costume but they do have that fabric at the neck on screen.

Tyron pulls his own dagger out from inside his coat.

This could go either way. But the editing suggests that Jon’s final confrontation was deliberate in that moment. The shot of Jon standing up and screaming, quick to the shot of the WW hair fluttering, quick to the TNK suddenly turning to catch Arya. The plan could of have been everyone try everything. But the editing was Bran to Jon to Arya, as if they were all connected. If this is the case there should be a reveal.