- The particularly frosty reception of Dany’s team by Sansa and the North folk en masse was welcome. I was worried that, for expediency, the show would have to gloss over those animosities, but nope! Interesting that they’re leaning pretty hard into Dany acting entitled and totally above needing to do anything to ingratiate herself with the North, which seems a bit counter to some of her stated intentions last season. She’s slightly more her father’s daughter than she likes to tell herself.
- I am not certain I believe that Cersei gave the order to have both her brothers killed. Tyrion is certainly plausible, but Jaime? When last we saw them together, she was unable to have him killed, yet now she’s had an off-screen change of mind on that subject? I have to think that’s Qyburn pursuing his own agenda.
- Wonderful scene with Sam and Dany. Sam’s reaction was really quite powerful, and it’s good to see her confronted with the real world, human, emotional consequences of some of her decisions.
- Great final moment! I hope we get to see what happens immediately after that next week, because that’s a character reunion I’ve wanted for years.