Thoughts/Questions on S7E1 (Spoilers)

1. and 2. Agreed.

3. About Sam and his big discovery that there's dragon glass on Dragonstone: didn't Stannis brag in front of Jon (when he was on the Wall) that there's a lot of dragon glass on Dragonstone? I guess they all forgot about it.

4. Maybe maesters in Oldtown found the way to cure Jorah and bleeding is a side effect of a healing process? Fingers crossed.

5. It made no sense that Dragonstone would be abandoned. What happened to wives and children of Stannis' soldiers that lived in the castle, what happened to maids and cooks? They didn't go to war with Stannis. Where did they disappear? Did they just collectively pack up their bags and leave? That part didn't make sense.

I'll add one more point to yours:
7. Was letting Bran through the Wall a big mistake? He was touched by Night's King and three-eyed raven told him this annulled the protecting spells and that's why wights were able to enter the tree. Does that mean that now the spell of the Wall is also broken and White Walkers can enter as they please? (on a positive side, now Benjen can enter as well)

5. I was also wondering why Dragonstone was deserted, where did everybody go?

1. Not sure if this was really murder, but righteous vengeance. In uncivilized times, blood vengeance is the law. Someone murders your kin, you have the right to kill them.

2. Those Greyjoys are a crazy bunch, but essentially water taxi drivers for the other families. Euron is comic relief destined for an unpleasant end, probably at the point of Yara's sword or under a shower of dragonfire.

3. Best part of that montage was the rhythm; it was almost like a red band Stomp! video.

4. He's likely in maester town looking to be cured, undergoing some kind of experimental treatment. Who knows what effect it will have?

5. I would have expected the Lannisters to occupy it after Stannis' army was annihilated, especially considering its strategic location and proximity to King's Landing. Jamie knows that Dany's invading army is going to land there, but it sat empty. If they wanted to spring a trap, it would be a lot better to meet them on the beach with the Lannister army inside the castle than vice versa.

6. Hands of gold could refer to any Lannister, but especially Jamie with his metal hand. The woman's hands could be Cersei, but could also be Dany (woman + fire/warmth).

2. It looked like Euron stopped by Hot Topic on his way to King's Landing.

I think Euron is meant to appear ridiculous and drunken like, just another way to show us--the viewer that Cersei's days are coming to an end. She has no friends and enemies in every direction.

1. That was an awesome opener! Go Arya (though you're killing a whole bunch of people lol)!

2. I agree, Euron was a bit of a joke, but maybe that was the point. When Cersei was doing the whole “Enemies to the west. Enemies to the south. Enemies to the north.” thing, all I was thinking was "Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right...", which is basically all she has left at this point.

3. It was disgusting, but I also really liked that montage. Poor Sam though, he went to learn how to stop the white walkers, and all he's doing is cleaning sh!t and serving it in the dining hall. Good thing he stole those books!

4. I don't remember what happened to Jorah last season (beyond the greyscale). Do the maesters at the Citadel have treatment for it? Anyway, I'd like to see Sam and Jorah interact more, and maybe hook up John with Deneriss to get that Dragonglass (though that'd be too easy for GoT).

5. If there are no more masters (Stannis dead, no heirs, right?), I don't see why anyone would stick around at Dragonstone. But why hasn't anyone claimed it by now? It would have been easy pickings for a lesser lord to just swoop in and take it. Or for anyone, really.

Side comments:

I really like how Tormund is hanging around Brienne, all eyes and appraisal.

Little Lady Mormont is back! Great point that they need all hands on deck, so to speak, in the war with the white walkers. And at this point, after all the fighting, there're probably only children and old men left anyway, so why cut half you fighting power. Though, I wonder, when will this nonsense with the Iron Throne finaly end, and anyone with a proper army left, is going to start looking North, at the real threat.

Also, how far South can the white walkers get?

P.S. I really should have watched all those re-runs HBO was airing before the new season started. I've forgotten half of the damn show!

I'm also puzzled about Dragonstone. Of course it's far from the richest area of Westeros, but the books made it clear that people do live there, it's not just the castle and nothing else. There were lords in Dragonstone, though not many. There should at least be fishermen or something living there. I don't see why Stannis would have evacuated the entire population.