Gamer Throons (SPOILERS for S6Ep4)

Old Man Rating 9/10. A strong season so far and this is a strong episode.

Liked:

? Jon and Sansa. Just perfectly done.
? Sansa in kickass mode. More please. Seems very likely if anyone ends up on the Iron Throne it will be her and from that first step when she took Brienne's oath she's moving it up a notch.
? The long overdue return of a vestige of Tyrion's mojo
? Cersei and the Queen of Thorns
? Asha/Yara and Theon
? The fact that Dany saved Dany, not the Super Daario Brothers
? Davos/Mel vs Brienne - though I wanted someone to tell Davos about Shireen.
? Yay! Pink Letter!
? No Dorne
? No pussy jokes! No cock jokes! No fart jokes!

Not so much:

? Jon's reluctance to recognise the truth in what Edd says about the real war being against the Others - and there isn't really a choice to join it or not, they know it's definitely coming after Hardhome, and the only choice is how well or badly to get ready for that.
? Littlefinger - something about that scene didn't work for me, can't put my finger on it. Control of Sweetrobin is nicely established but something about the rest didn't really ring true for me. Royce has more to him than that.
? Dany ex machina - the first time she survived fire I could buy it was because of the blood magic. This time not so much. Even though her clothes got burnt her hair somehow remained intact.
? Not a fault, just a shame that Osha got killed off so fast - Nat Tena was brilliant in that role and it would have been good to see some more developed scheming first (she was always for the chop though).

Posted By: Old Man, May 16, 11:51:02