Was great in places. 

Loved the opening, liked the sam stuff

nick_md wrote:

Was Robson & Jerome in this episode?

Loved the episode. Euron getting his digs in at Jamie was rather lovely. He is shaping up to be a right ole bastid.

But what the fuck were they thinking with Ed Cunting Sheeran?
It was a like a bad Friends cameo. Really out of place. I'm hoping though its a set up for him getting an excruciating death in a future episode.

Also, Hound and bodies:

The dead bodies discovered in the cottage stumbled upon by the Brotherhood Without Banners were characters we met in season four episode three, Breaker Of Chains.
While travelling as the Hound’s prisoner, Arya spun a sob story to a kindly, devout farmer and his young daughter that the Hound was her widower father who fought for House Tully in the war. They were duly welcomed in for the night and fed. After making a deal to stay and work for the farmer (“fair work for fair wages”), the Hound attacked him and stole his silver, telling Arya it didn’t matter because the pair were weak and would both be dead by winter anyway.
The Hound’s prediction came true (though admittedly his actions likely played a hefty part in it coming to pass). Him burying the corpses and attempting to say a prayer over their bodies, as the farmer had said over dinner years ago, was therefore an act of atonement on the Hound’s path to redemption.

I was surprised he didn't insist on hostaging the two kids, seemed like an easy win.

Then I remembered this is Thrones, a show that has never not kinda sucked.

Always has been.
Who gives a fuck?

It has dragons and white walkers in it, and a smoke monster thing that a witch gave birth to, and people that can jump into the minds of animals and men.

Let's not pretend it's ever not been anything but daft.

The answer to all questions/doubts about GoT; "Because magic"

Let's not overthink it.

I enjoyed it - good performances, interesting visuals, daft as fuck as per.

This show has of course conditioned me to expect any scene where a lone woman approaches armed males to be moments away from a desperate rapestruggle. Only concern for Sheeran brand integrity steered us from disaster here.

If I was Sheeran I would have demanded a gruesome death scene, would be great fun.
Full Tom Savini guts out cleaved in two on the diagonal, shoulder to hip.

What's next? CGI thriller wacko jacko in the army of the dead?

DJ Kat leading the Dothraki into battle.

It is a bit disappointing as one of the things I liked about the show is they steered clear of having household names in the show generally.
Sean Bean being the big exception which they flipped on it's head by killing him off.
Obviously there has been a handful of other well knows but generally it hasn't ever been "Dave Celebrity's new show" or "the episode where Sally Famous Tits flashes her famous tits".

I want a flash forward where Jon Snow plays future Jon Snow.

Eagle is the best Sharpe, it's not a matter to joke about.