Kill the Boy

This is like the first episode this season on the same level as that of the previous season. Ramsy is good now that Littlefinger is gone it's nice seeing him being a monster. The wall stuff is very good yet again like Tormund. Like it's all really fun. The Tyrion stuff was pretty good too. Like wow well done.

One of my favourite episodes of all time. Theon has a great role

This episode gives me a slight intermission vibe - but it's a quite entertaining intermission, so that's fine with me.

The focus begins with Dany, whose miscalculations and ego have caused great distress. She begins by trying to rule through fear. She brings in the city's family leaders. She feeds one of them to the dragons, a horror filled scene. We don't know at this point if the carnage will continue, or if she is making a point. At first it appears to be the former. Things change however. The most interesting story takes us back to Theon and Ramsey, the utter psychotic "possible" son. He is totally evil, embracing the fear of everyone. He is also a coward because he has only accomplished things through his being shielded by his power base. He abuses women and plays psychological games with Sansa. He knows that she is vulnerable. She has grown some and believes that Littlefinger will do something to help her, but we will see how much this trust is worth. The forces under John Snow and his people amass and head out to face the Boltons. In a nice hook, we have Jorah hoping to appease the Dragon Lady with Tyrion. Unfortunately, they are accosted by the people who have become savages because of greyscale. The concluding scene sets up an interesting road ahead.

For the most part, this is a standard mid-season episode that advances various plotlines but it also contains one of my favorite sequences in the entire series: Tyrion and Jorah's journey through the eerie, fog-shrouded ruins of old Valerya.

This is what I've been missing from the GoT verse: the mystery and exoticism of unexplored realms. Of which there are still plenty.

Other than that, this episode is notable for more developments in Daenerys' story. Ser Barristan was the wise adviser who could hold her back from her more dragonny self.

With him gone, who's left? Missandei thinks everything Daenerys does is peachy. Follow your instincts, great. Jorah is in love with Daenerys and can't be objective. Daario just encourages her worst instincts.

I guess it's up to Tyrion now, the guy who by his own admission loves power for its own sake and who will be a hunted fugitive as long as Cersei breathes...