BigBeagle

You don't know many Harley riders, do you? :-) I will love "Blizzard" forever, for all the reasons mentioned. After this episode, I was totally hooked.

Glutton World, where I could all the delicious foods I wanted without gaining weight :-) Seriously, I would love to visit a Sci-fi park aka Star Trek. That would be cool.

Now I has a sad, BW Manilowe

Finally went and saw it, and thoroughly enjoyed it. I thought it was easily the best of the Kelvin timeline Treks. It wasn't perfect, but it was pretty darned good. I don't know why, but, "My house is breaking!!!!!" is pretty much the line of the movie for me (well, that and, "So you gave your girlfriend a tracking device?").

Count me in the minority, too, schnauzergirl. I much preferred Pulaski over The Dancing Doctor.

I know we're going with house mottos with these threads, but I think this one needs to be renamed to "House Tyrell: the withered rose."

I prefer to look at it along the lines as sausage-making ... Spare me the details, just let me enjoy the final product.

I thought the Greyjoy ships still had Kraken sails, just like the Tyrell and Martell ships still had their sigils on the sails. I think Theon was just waiting for the wind to change. Having rewatched that scene for the umpteeth time, I interpret the looks on everyone's faces as realizing that shit just got very, very real ... there's no more talking about it or dreaming about it -- the war is ON. If some of the folks seemed disquieted about it, that's only natural.

Absolutely. Ulenna was mean, petty and got off on mistreating others, but she surely didn't deserve what she got. As far as Cersei, she's gone full Mad Queen territory, so at least I can cheer when she finally buys it. And that outfit was outstanding. A female friend was watching the episode with me and asked where she could get a dress like that.

Of course Tyrion is in at least a little bit of love with Dany. After all, she is one of the few people in the world to look past "The Imp" and see the impressive gifts he brings to the table. Not only does she understand this, she also appreciates it to the degree of naming him her most trusted advisor. Who wouldn't fall in love with someone like that?

I have a feeling the poor folks at King's Landing are going to think back on the reign of King Aerys as "the good old days." Even as a baby, Jon was a mopey little bastard. Like everyone else, I loved Dany naming Tyrion the hand of the king. Left to his own devices, Tyrion isn't such great shakes, but as a trusted advisor/lieutentant, he's in his comfort zone. He and the Breaker of Chains will be a great team.

Noj? So many excellent points made here; I just want to add a couple. First, the CGI in this episode, though more subdued than last week, was still incredible. The sight of all the white ravens leaving the Citadel, in particular, was beautiful. And Sam's scenes were just filler, but at least they gave the episode some light humor. Loved the guy at the Citadel going full-blown DMV clerk on Sam and Gilly.

For some strange reason, I don't take quite as much pleasure out of that as I anticipated. They were sick, sadistic, cruel so-and-so's, but they weren't boring. Of course, if we were talking real-life people instead of TV characters, my joy might be more pronounced.

Surely, you're not saying a guy would lie to a woman just to curry romantic favor? Un-possible! In all seriousness, that's a really good point, SimoneS. I hadn't considered that Daario was still smitten.

My mind keeps going back to what Daario said earlier this season, words to the effect that Dany was a conqueror, not a ruler. So far, at least as the show has shown, that seems to be the case. But I do agree that the potential is there (compassion for the weak and exploited, listening to her counselors, etc.) for her to be a great ruler.

How many times over how many shows have how many people said the same thing? Get thee to Westeros, Dany! How about, "We don't want to sow, but our boss has dragons?"

Re: All in the Family: When the camera follows Peter As he runs through the halls and bellows, "IS HE CONSCIOUS?!?!?," I about lost it.

Bevan must think his rank, name and position make him more or less bullet-proof. That's a distessingly common mistake characters make on this show.

I can never side with Cersei ... if it were her vs. the Night King for the survival of humanity, I would side with Team Ice Zombies. Like many others on this thread, I was skeptical about Arya's healing powers, then I remembered this show features resurrections, dragons, magic, characters hundreds of years old and, of course, ice zombies. So, quick healing became a small nit to pick.

Davos: This war won't be between a few squabbling houses, but between the living and the dead. And make no mistake, milady ... the dead are coming." Please give Davos more speeches ... Liam Cunningham could make the phone book sound interesting.

I keep remembering Varys' words to the effect that Little Finger would by perfectly happy to see Westeros burn, as long as he could be king of the ashes. This Sunday on HBO ... Braavos Thunderdome! Two girls enter! Only one girl leaves!

As a non-bookwalker, I have this feeling all the time. Some random thoughts: * As despicable as Walder Frey is, I'll take two hours of screen time for him over any random minute of Ramsey. * I'll give Daddy Tarley this: It takes a special kind of man to take such obvious pride in being an asshole. * Everything came up crapola for Jaime this episode, but at least he's getting away from Cersei for awhile. * Dany definitely is channeling the Mad King ... but at least the dragons didn't end up with her brother. * Anything that gets Arya away from the black hole of Braavos will be a very good thing indeed. * The episode actually INCREASED the number of Starks ... has that happened, like, ever?

When I saw how her facial expression changed when she was hugging Tommen, that's when I realized Margaery had something up her sleeve. I don't think it will end well, but what does on this show?

Except, of course, with Ramsey ... I think a simple "rot in hell" will suffice.

Depends on where he goes from here, really. The other Big Bads you referenced never learned from their mistakes or (worse) were unable to admit they were mistakes. If Bran follows that same path, he'll put Ramsey to shame, as far as total body count goes. FWIW, I don't see that happening, however.