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Who's seen the first episode? Thoughts?

For me, it seemed like a fast way to set the season up, a welcome distinction from the glacial set-up of Season 5. Bit "meh" about the whole Dorne stuff, I personally regret the direction they've taken there because of my preferences for the actors involved - would have been much happier to see the scene happen the other way around.

Was punching the air after the "oath" scene in the North. Loved that, love her, it's brilliant.

The final scene really took me on a sexual rollercoaster.

Anyone else?

Nope. I picked up A Game of Thrones in 1997 and loved it to death.

Gave up on the books after Dragons.

Gave up the series after S04.

What a bloated piece of pretentious **** it's become.

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Who's seen the first episode? Thoughts?

For me, it seemed like a fast way to set the season up, a welcome distinction from the glacial set-up of Season 5. Bit "meh" about the whole Dorne stuff, I personally regret the direction they've taken there because of my preferences for the actors involved - would have been much happier to see the scene happen the other way around.

Was punching the air after the "oath" scene in the North. Loved that, love her, it's brilliant.

The final scene really took me on a sexual rollercoaster.

Anyone else?

It felt more like a coda to the end of season 5. I wish they'd spent more time exploring Dorne and followed the plot from the book a bit more.

I agree with you on the oath scene. I was thinking that things couldn't end like that for Theon and Sansa, but it's GoT and bad things happen. Then Brienne rides out and saves the day!

And again, I agree on the last scene: why couldn't she keep the ruby on?

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Who's seen the first episode? Thoughts?

For me, it seemed like a fast way to set the season up, a welcome distinction from the glacial set-up of Season 5. Bit "meh" about the whole Dorne stuff, I personally regret the direction they've taken there because of my preferences for the actors involved - would have been much happier to see the scene happen the other way around.

Was punching the air after the "oath" scene in the North. Loved that, love her, it's brilliant.

The final scene really took me on a sexual rollercoaster.

Anyone else?

It felt more like a coda to the end of season 5. I wish they'd spent more time exploring Dorne and followed the plot from the book a bit more.

I agree with you on the oath scene. I was thinking that things couldn't end like that for Theon and Sansa, but it's GoT and bad things happen. Then Brienne rides out and saves the day!

And again, I agree on the last scene: why couldn't she keep the ruby on?

I'm not sure if you meant this rhetorically or not, but she's feeling insecure about her powers and is getting very introspective. Part of this is her wanting to look at her actual self again.

Personally, I'm not looking forward to this season that much. Season 5 really was downhill for me. D&D have proved they can't write as good as GRRM and they've swept so many storylines under the rug. We've gone from a series which was shocking (and realistic) because the good guys didn't get any advantages for being good, to a series where Ramsey is a superhero and can defeat the best military mind in Westeros by infiltrating his camp with "a few good men" and fight off 50 of the best raiders the Greyjoys have while shirtless. It's silly and unrealistic.

Also, I don't think we can say it on these boards, but do I really need to remind you guys of the parting phrase given to Bronn at the end of Season 5. Jesus Christ...

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Who's seen the first episode? Thoughts?

For me, it seemed like a fast way to set the season up, a welcome distinction from the glacial set-up of Season 5. Bit "meh" about the whole Dorne stuff, I personally regret the direction they've taken there because of my preferences for the actors involved - would have been much happier to see the scene happen the other way around.

Was punching the air after the "oath" scene in the North. Loved that, love her, it's brilliant.

The final scene really took me on a sexual rollercoaster.

Anyone else?

It felt more like a coda to the end of season 5. I wish they'd spent more time exploring Dorne and followed the plot from the book a bit more.

I agree with you on the oath scene. I was thinking that things couldn't end like that for Theon and Sansa, but it's GoT and bad things happen. Then Brienne rides out and saves the day!

And again, I agree on the last scene: why couldn't she keep the ruby on?

I'm not sure if you meant this rhetorically or not, but she's feeling insecure about her powers and is getting very introspective. Part of this is her wanting to look at her actual self again.

Personally, I'm not looking forward to this season that much. Season 5 really was downhill for me. D&D have proved they can't write as good as GRRM and they've swept so many storylines under the rug. We've gone from a series which was shocking (and realistic) because the good guys didn't get any advantages for being good, to a series where Ramsey is a superhero and can defeat the best military mind in Westeros by infiltrating his camp with "a few good men" and fight off 50 of the best raiders the Greyjoys have while shirtless. It's silly and unrealistic.

Also, I don't think we can say it on these boards, but do I really need to remind you guys of the parting phrase given to Bronn at the end of Season 5. Jesus Christ...

. . . I just liked her a *lot* better with the illusion. All I'm saying.

Hahahahahaha. I hear you man.

You guys catch the preview for next episode? Some pies on the way.

Its a masterpiece. That final scene...brrr...

I wish GOT had more episodes per season though, 10 is too few so they have to skip a lot, plus after 10 weeks I need to wait 42 weeks.

They just like to tease us.

Also, I find it difficult to be surprised by the return of a dead character WHEN THEY LITERALLY PUT HIS NAME IN THE OPENING TITLES.

It's like in Star Trek: Voyager when they find a possible way home in, like, the fourth episode of the first season. Yeah, I bet THAT'S going to end well, I suppose the other twenty episodes will be you all partying at Starfleet Command.

They just like to tease us.

Also, I find it difficult to be surprised by the return of a dead character WHEN THEY LITERALLY PUT HIS NAME IN THE OPENING TITLES.

It's like in Star Trek: Voyager when they find a possible way home in, like, the fourth episode of the first season. Yeah, I bet THAT'S going to end well, I suppose the other twenty episodes will be you all partying at Starfleet Command.

I think they telegraphed that the moment it happened. They followed the Brotherhood Without Banners story line only so long as it showed that a priest of the Lord of Light can bring people back to life, then they dropped it (without including Lady Stoneheart at all). Then Jon Snow gets murderated, and right at that time a priestess of the Lord of Light who's given birth to shadow demon babies just happens to come back to Castle Black?

And yeah, that scene with Ramsay REALLY bothered me. He's wearing pants and has no shield, yet manages to get all the way across the room of the "best cutthroats on the Iron Islands. . ." Super realistic, there.

I was definitely bummed that Doctor Bashir died. Wish he had a larger part because I love the actor. I'll keep watching, though. Until they kill Tormund Giantsbane. THAT one will probably put me over the edge.

Resurrecting this thread to say

CLEGANEBOWL 2016 GET HYPE

Calling it - Sandor Clegane pushes his brother into a fire to kill him. Boom.

Calling it : That wasn't Arya! It was Jaqen H'ghar in her stead

I don't know. We don't see her actually die. I have a feeling she might end up stumbling into that actor troupe, and the older actress takes care of her.

We were talking about this at work. Anyone else think that Waif might be someone Arya crossed previously which is why she hates her so much? They seem to have increased the animosity between them.

Also, anyone else bummed that Ian Mcshane was killed off so quickly? I know it's Game of Thrones, but ****! For some reason I thought he was going to play Victarion.

I dunno about that. But does anyone else find it weird that the Waif got tooled by Arya when she was blind, yet after Arya regained her sight, she couldn't hit her?

Gratuitous but ultimately just as dumb as the defeat of Stannis a year ago. This one just looked cooler while it was happening.

I will say that the result of the battle was never really in doubt. Whether Tormund would survive was. It was the only part that made me nervous.

I also had someone make an interesting point to me the other day - Sansa was willing to sacrifice Jon and his army to draw out and weaken Ramsay's forces before the knights of the Vale arrived. Which would make sense, given she's learned from two master manipulators who are 100% all about their own self interests, Littlefinger and Ramsay.

This season Sansa's character development has been the best so far. No one else is really growing/changing much. I did like how John was like, "We gotta get Rickon," and she was like, "He's already dead."