To be extremely exact, there are reports that he is very injured. They may be true, or they may not be. They may even be intentionally misleading as a part of the Tyrells' plans against the Lannisters.

Ooooh, I like the way you think.

Book Loras is a lot more badass than show Loras.

Not a spoiler, but had to throw in tags because of profanity filter rules:

What if Arya goes to Kings Landing, Kills Jaime, takes his face and kills Cersei

Arya isn't going to Kings Landing. I think Arya is going to turn around and head to Winterfell and reunite with Sansa.

I kinda get that feeling. After her feel good run in with Ed Sheeran and his bros, she might reconsider going there. Plus, I find it hard to believe she won't hear news of how Jon and Sansa have retaken Winterfell after they and the Vale crushed the Boltons. She would bee line there as soon as she found that out.

I think she is going to jump for joy when she hears that the brother who gave her needle is now the King of the North.

My money would be on Tyrion killing Cersei. I am not sure if it's said in the show but I think I remember him saying something to the effect of wanting to rape and kill Cersei in the books.

I've always thought that Jamie would be the one to end her. They're kind of foreshadowing that as well.

The Kingslayer is going to kill her. Guaranteed.

No, he was one of the Lords declaring Jon King in the North at the end of last season.

ROFL

It's made of stucco

Too obvious.

I think he will try to kill her, and they will end up killing each other. Or she will kill him, and then she offs herself.

If true that's really stupid

Holy shit...I work with stucco every night (I work at a place that makes wallboard). It's weird to see it referenced here.

Luckily they were wrong.

As soon as Jon hit the Winterfell gate, Little Finger looking at Sansa like...

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DFdtv2dXcAIzllx.jpg

Was there something off about the dialogue tonight? It just seemed amateurish or something.

REEEEEEEEEK

Dany sucks everybody down to her level.

Pieces soon to be in place for Arya to kill Littlefinger.

Gotta give Euron Greyjoy credit....THAT was one hell of an entrance.

Guess the Dorne plot line is done.

Yeah that settles the Sands vs Horn debate I would guess...

Missandei's body doe! Good Lord. T 'n' A on point.

Thankfully they let the sexy sand snake live. Maybe we'll get to see her tits again as well.

I thought all the sand snakes bought it, no?

Meanwhile, long live Tyrene's stunning tits!

WOOD.




RAIL/NAIL/PLOUGH/SMASH

So much for Team Theon. Jesus, what a beatdown. :$2500:

I don't think so. Tyene went to the cabin to protect Ellaria but they were overrun. Ellaria told them to just kill them and be done with it but it's pretty obvious now that they'll be the priceless gift.

It makes no sense that Euron would know they were on the fleet headed to Dorne but whatever.

Theon is such a ****ing bitch.

Shame, too. They were really setting him up for a sweet redemption..

Not brave, but it was the smart play - they would have both died instantly had he charged in.

Can I just pause and say how gratifying it was to see this scene, almost exactly as I pictured it clear back when I first about read Arya throwing rocks at Nymeria to shoo her away in aGoT.

He ran away to save his own skin more so than he did to be strategic. He saw his men having their ears and tongues cut off and wanted know part of it.. that's what bothered me, though I know it makes for an interesting story and, honestly, it's probably hella realistic. He'll be dealing with PTSD for the rest of his life.

The battle scene was chaotic - Now we know that Euron killed two Sand snakes with their own weapons. Most likely Ellaria and Tyene is alive and taken captive by Euron.

Those two darlings will turn out to be the 'priceless gift' for Cersei.

This way Cersei can kill Tyene in front of her mother for murdering Myrcella.

Did Euron kill Yara or take her captive? At the end of the episode, it looked like someone was hanging from the ship.

... he's got PTSD..

That was a snek.

...after his uncle called him a 'cockless coward,' he had visions of torture, mutilation and death.

Anyone faced with the same thoughts would have followed him overboard. The hell with that...:D

So now that Yara's fleet is eliminated and Dorne out of the equation, this makes Dany need Jon a bit more as an ally.

It's kind of awesome, though, because most people from the previews that the burning ships meant that the dragons burned up Euron's fleet. I don't remember if they showed dragons burning his ships in the trailers, but one of the actors had also said that they leaked and showed some false information to throw people off of the real plot.

That was awesome. I also really enjoyed her scene with Hot Pie.

So there must be more/other ships -- perhaps part of Yara's, that went to King's Landing, right? Else how the hell did the Unsullied get there?

Meanwhile, where the hell are the Dothraki? Dragonstone didn't look that big, or that inviting to horses. There's supposed to be massive horde of them. And they are more or less just missing ATM.

Side question -- where the hell is Jon's dire wolf, Ghost? He didnt' buy it, did he? I don't remember him dying, but I haven't seen him in forever.

You know Nymeria is going to be back, and help Arya in a time of need.

There's what? Just 5 more episodes this season, and 11 left TOTAL across two seasons to wrap all this up? Jesus, 11 hours doesn't seem like enough time, but it's more than the running time of the entire Lord of the Rings movies, so...

Wasn't Ghost killed with Jon when the Night's Watch assassinated him?

No. He was in the room when Jon came back to life.

I remember there being stories about due to budget constraints they could either have Wun Wun or Ghost in the battle of the bastards. I assume that Ghost is hanging out at winterfell off camera.

The wolf that 'plays' Ghost is dead.

But that's not that big a deal; it's not like ghost had any markings to speak of. Would've been difficult if they didn't still have Nymeria to work with - that one is very distinct.

But if they want to bring back ghost (not sure what purpose he serves but fan service at this point), they easily could.

Aren't the dorthraki going to Casterly Rock with the unsullied? They said they didn't want the dorthraki going to Kingslanding if you watched the show.

Also just because we haven't seen ghost in a few episodes doesn't mean he's dead(although the "actor" is). We haven't seen Gendry since season three and he's still got a role to play.

I believe it's just the Unsullied going to the Rock. My assumption is that the Dothraki are there protecting Dany.

So are they going to sail all the way around the continent to get to Casterly Rock? Or do they plan on marching across the landscape?

I think Euron wrecking shit was pretty much foreshadowed. I'm glad Euron wrecked as hard as he did. The show needed a badass mother****er since they've been killing off all the bad ass mother****ers.

Euron fan here (now). I was also a huge Ramsay Bolton fan. I love me some badass psychopaths.

It's gonna suck to see those pretty Dornish girls get raped and tortured though.

Also, i agree with others. There's more plot holes through two episodes of this season than what we'd see in the entirety of previous seasons.

Good call.

Show needs more Bronn...or more humor in general.

Also wtf happened to Gendry? He's been on a boat to Kings Landing for like 4 years. Did the actor die in RL or something?

Littlefinger better do something quick, as Jon likely will find out from Tyrion what he did to Ned.

This was my thought and why I think Littlefinger is going to make his move rather quickly.

Agree! I was annoyed by his miracle fleet of 1000 ships at first, but somebody needed to kick up some embers. The fire was going out. I think the constant defeating of so many armies/groups/families to the point of ruin over the years has left them with very few realistic armies in Westeros. Dany was coming with a dominant force and I'm just going to have to let realism go and accept the magic fleet and the Tarly army turning on the Tyrells, even though in tradition of the kingdoms, Warden of the South really shouldn't be enough to entice a man like Tarly to turn without a royal marriage for his son available, and I can't imagine Dickon marrying Cersei, but if she turns down Euron again, I guess it is possible. They did recast an older actor for him. The Lannisters seem to have war proof numbers somehow over years of fighting, How can North get some of that magic?

Is Dorne out of it? The Martells are gone and the Sand snakes will be gone soon. The only other Dornish House mentioned in the show at all is the Daynes and we've seen nothing of them in the current time. The army wasn't destroyed though, but it may be a show simplification to just leave them out now.

Loved the Nymeria connect, and the callback to "That's not me." Also loved the callback when Jon told Littlefinger "You don't belong down here" after all his crypt dreams and not feeling like he belongs there.

Arya will kill him.

I never read the books, but in the show the Dornish are a bunch of pussies. They've never been a threat to anyone. The Sand Snakes weren't bad ass at all.

They got 2v1'd by Euron, and then captured by some basic ass soldiers?

So disappointing.

His end will come quickly unless he changes his situation very soon. Tyrion, Sandor, and probably Bran all know he betrayed Ned.

Of course, everyone could forget just like they forgot that Jon used to be dead, or like Dany forgot that Varys was on a ship with him for months.

Most book readers hate the Dornish portrayal in the show. Only Oberyn Martell and Arthur Dayne are any good at all, and Dayne was only there for a flashback. They don't suck in the books, except for one or two. They suck in the show because most of their storylines got left out. The revenge for Elia Martell storyline really only worked for Oberyn and then everybody else was stupid, especially Ellaria.

Disappointing across the board, and I guess probably best left out for the duration.

Gerold Dayne could've been a very interesting show character but they skipped him outright.

There were some fairly cool Dornish moments in the books but ultimately nothing that's actually necessary. Frankly, to this point, they could've been skipped altogether and nobody would've noticed. Everything they've tried has failed and I can't see how they've influenced any outcomes at all.

If they were going to put Darkstar in the show at all, they should have had him cut Myrcella's ear off. That would've at least shown what a bad ass Aerio Hotah was supposed to be. Way to bad ass to be killed by the god damn sand snakes.

Getting stabbed in the back, no less.

Yeah, the show should've bypassed dorne altogether if they were going to **** it up this badly.

There are some neat elements of Dorne; hell, Prince Doran didn't even suck that badly in the books. The show just mangled them badly.

Yes X 100. Girlfriend is F-I-N-E fine.
But that story line where she gets nekkid with the eunuch is sooooo bad. I just don't get it.

Um what? They love each other, he's leaving for casterly rock, he's showing he is more then just a soldier.

Oh dear God.

Casterly Rock is about to get ****ed by castrated men.

https://m0.joe.co.uk/wp-content/uplo...0312/CRock.jpg

How much of Dany's fleet got ****ed up BTW? Half?

https://m0.joe.co.uk/wp-content/uplo...4150239/GW.jpg

Actually, the only time we have seen the Unsullied in urban combat they have sucked at it. Broke formation to attack people wielding daggers instead of using the superior reach of their spears.

They don't get enough practice using spears. :)

Considering that Littlefinger instigating the death of John Arryn set all of the events of this entire show into motion, I actually see him as villain #1. If he goes out, I doubt it's like a bitch. I could see Bran warging into Ghost and killing him or something like that.

Sort of. His goal was simply to remove Ned by getting him to take the black. That is why it shocked everybody when Joffery decided to execute him instead.

Basically, the whole thing got kicked off because Littlefinger underestimated how much of a sociopath Joffery was.

True. But that's enough to get him on Aria's shit list. Not to mention him pimping Sansa out to Ramsey for a rape fest. John Snow, Catlyn, any man of the North would do him for that.

Arya will kill littlefinger when she reaches winterfell.

For me everything related to Dorne has been horrible the entire series, but at this point we're really just getting crazy expensive Ice and Fire fan fiction every week. Going at least as far back as season 5. And I'm fine with that, so long as there isn't too much fan service like 'oh you mis-translated that, it's actually the Prince or Princess who was promised.'

I can't wait to read the new books. If we ever get to. I don't think they'll resemble the tv series much at all aside from some obvious overall story arc stuff.

That whole thing with Varys and Dany was very jarring and immediately took me out of the episode. Not well timed at all. I feel like they are trying way too hard to all of the sudden create discord among Dany's group just for the sake of making it a little more dramatic.

Agreed.


I can only hope that they continue to build Euron as a villain for the final season.

Am I the only one thinking the final season will be mostly white walker stuff with some squabbles here and there about how the houses should handle them? I feel like the throne will be settled this season.

I didn't think so. I thought the episode wrapped up a furious amount of loose ends in one tiny episode. Lots of characters are meeting for the first time. Funny to think Arya just found out Jon is king of the north.

I think the show will end in a similar manner.

I think the throne will be irrelevant once everyone else realizes what's actually happening. Cersei will be killed and the attention will be turned north before anyone is crowned.