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I know we were told Jon Snow was "dead", but that was a bit different than this - because weren't we told that just wasn't happening here?

Wouldn't be the first time they've lied to us, right?

Anyway, I know that its unlikely to happen, I just think it would be a mistake and wasted opportunity to cut the character.

Oh, I agree - I wish she was here too, but I don't think they're lying to us this time.

I'd be happy to be wrong (again!) though...

It wouldn't be that hard to return to the character if they wanted to, like they did with Clegane.

On the other hand, I do have a suspicion this is probably a very specific decision taken in conjunction with Martin. - An intentional way to differentiate the books with the TV show.

 Compel wrote:
It wouldn't be that hard to return to the character if they wanted to, like they did with Clegane.

On the other hand, I do have a suspicion this is probably a very specific decision taken in conjunction with Martin. - An intentional way to differentiate the books with the TV show.

Agreed. They've said multiple times that the book and tv show are going to take some serious diversions. While the main thrust of the story may stay the same, a lot of the little things are going to seem rather different. We've seen it with Jaime, Tyrion, Sansa, etc... It's likely to continue.

Spoiler from this last episode below

Grey Worm is a secret alcoholic. It is known.


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Blackish is an idiot.

What is this rumor that Qyburn was supposed to be investigating?

 Ouze wrote:
What is this rumor that Qyburn was supposed to be investigating?

It's gotta be the thing that Tommen told her about, from the High Septon.

A captain is disappointed that a girl did not stab a faceless man through the heart...

 djones520 wrote:

 Ouze wrote:
What is this rumor that Qyburn was supposed to be investigating?

It's gotta be the thing that Tommen told her about, from the High Septon.

What thing? I totally don't remember this.


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 Shadow Captain Edithae wrote:
A captain is disappointed that a girl did not stab a faceless man through the heart...

Nah, that little smile was perfect.

It was like episode 3 or so of the season. The Septon had Tommen alone, and said he needed to confess a secret to him. Tommen, still torn up about what happened to Cersei went back and told her. They never said on screen what it was though.

 djones520 wrote:
It was like episode 3 or so of the season. The Septon had Tommen alone, and said he needed to confess a secret to him. Tommen, still torn up about what happened to Cersei went back and told her. They never said on screen what it was though.

OOooooh yeah. Ok, thanks. I remember now.

Biggest take away from that episode...

Is that the last time we'll see Sexy Jesus?

My heart will be saddened if so.

My wife liked it but thought it was a little anticlimactic and I thought it was a good episode, albeit not as good as some of the others this weekend (though a "bad" episode of Game of Thrones is still better than just about anything else on television). Even though I don't really like how the handled the Faceless Men in the show, I'm pretty please with how Arya's arc has ended and I can't wait for her to get to her destination!

 Ouze wrote:
What is this rumor that Qyburn was supposed to be investigating?

Ahem


what have seen alot of from bran's visions?

BURN THEM ALL

What is Cersi's eye Color? Green like wildfyre....




Cersei must of heard the rumor about the cache of Wildfyre in the High Septon Building, that the mad king had placed there.

Remember the mad king had many caches, and not all of them are accounted for, only Jamie knows about them.

From that we can infer that might be what Cersei will do.

This line gets me thinking that.

"Plan on killing them all by yourself?"

From this we can see a lot of hints at this the whole bloody season

Cersei will burn Kings Landing so she can jump bail.

 ScootyPuffJunior wrote:
My wife liked it but thought it was a little anticlimactic and I thought it was a good episode, albeit not as good as some of the others this weekend (though a "bad" episode of Game of Thrones is still better than just about anything else on television). Even though I don't really like how the handled the Faceless Men in the show, I'm pretty please with how Arya's arc has ended and I can't wait for her to get to her destination!

i have a personal theory.....

Mostly this comes to mind :




"The gods punish those who kill their guests"

Episode 10 must have a single scene, were we have seen which is lannisters and freys at the twins.

I think we will see something interesting. Arya is coming back to westeros and it makes sense, she is now an assassin.

Also next episode:




Its going to be a fun one

Uhh... that was anti-climactic.

Two characters died again... both off screen. Look, I get that shows hat budget limitations, but you couldn't've even shown Blackfish's last stand?

Eh, he would have looked like a fool.

 AduroT wrote:
Eh, he would have looked like a fool.

Because he didn't have any midori (I can all but guarantee that no one who isn't Scottish will understand what I am talking about here...)

 Asherian Command wrote:
Arya is coming back to westeros and it makes sense, she is now an assassin.

She isn't a very good one and she has failed her training. I really dislike the direction that the Arya storyline has gone here, its far better in the books.

He injuries would have been fatal as well.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Uhh... that was anti-climactic.

Two characters died again... both off screen. Look, I get that shows hat budget limitations, but you couldn't've even shown Blackfish's last stand?

Eh, it was just a page ago there was a big complaint fest about how horrible the choreography is, so we can be spared that at least.

 djones520 wrote:
Eh, it was just a page ago there was a big complaint fest about how horrible the choreography is, so we can be spared that at least.

People have been saying that since Jamie and Ned fought in season 1.

I'm kind of surprised that more people aren't a bit upset at how fast/well Arya healed in a short period of time - I think it would be near impossible to move as she did in her chase with the waif.

And some of those leaps, tumbles and falls?

Youch!

Still, maybe Lady Crane really was a master healer, and her potions worked some magic - or was there more time between injury and waif appearance then I thought?

Overall though I suppose that's a minor quibble, and I'm glad to see Arya focused on returning to Westros!

 Silent Puffin? wrote:
Her injuries would have been fatal as well.

Arya has a 2+ save from plot armor.

Arya was very poorly done. Why the inexplicable personality change? Why did she walk around in broad daylight drawing attention to herself when she knew the Faceless Men would be hu ting for her? Shes smarter than that.

Why did she begin using her right hand instead of her left, when she tossed the bags of coin to the ship captain? The actress Maisie Williams is right handed, but she made a point of learning to sword fight with her left hand way back in season 1 when she was like 10, because Arya in the books is left handed. I find it hard to believe that Maisie, never mind the producers, would overlook that detail.

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I'm still enjoying the show as a separate entity like I enjoyed Peter Jacksons Middle Earth movies, but I keep finding that I have to switch off my brain and try to ignore all the inconsistencies and plot holes in every single episode. I never fail to over estimate the show, and the show never fails to fall short of my expectations...

Of those somewhat cool Arya theories?

Nope!

Just good old writers not paying too much attention to detail!

 Alpharius wrote:

Still, maybe Lady Crane really was a master healer, and her potions worked some magic - or was there more time between injury and waif appearance then I thought?

She had several abdominal stab wounds (at least one of which was deep), that's basically fatal without antibiotics. Not forgetting all the running around she was doing with those wounds...

The Arya TV storyline seems quite poorly crafted.

Arya's last two episodes have been so badly written I don't know what to think anymore.

I liked how her essos arc ended.

You guys worry about a lot more than I do in watching tv. Her stitches ripped open after the bigger jump. Blah blah blah. Sword fighting.