Thoughts/Questions on S7E5

1. There was a lot of smoke in the background, so it was probably between them and the mop up crew who were marching the defeated soldiers the opposite direction.

2. Going down fighting was her initial reaction, before she understood there were other options when she found out Tyrion's proposal, so she decides to be like her father and do what he would do in situations where a military approach would fail. So the meeting is on, probably will happen in episode 7. mild spoiler: [spoiler]set pics suggest a lot of the main characters meeting at the dragon pit, like Cersei, Jon, Dany, Tyrion, whoever else survives north of the wall in episode 6, the mountain, etc.[/spoiler]

4. She definitely cares for him deeply, in another life where she is not trying to conquer Westeros maybe she could love him. Now that they've had the big reunion, Jorah may not make it back. Meeting Jon seems to complicate things too, because a number of scenes now have been dedicated to their growing admiration toward each other. For two people who had very different lives, their stories have a lot in common.

5. It was to make him look badass, compared to earlier when he could only control a wolf or a Hodor. Night's King can control 1000s of dead, Bran is slowly getting up to that level of badassery, but he's not there yet.

6. The maesters turned out to be the exact opposite of what he believed in. They don't share knowledge, they hoard it because it's a source of power. Sam tells them as much when he's trying to get them to send out ravens.

7. Jon needs to be away from Winterfell for that subplot with Sansa, Arya, Littlefinger to play out. He knows Arya and Bran are alive, so that's probably the most we will get this season.

8. This would be next to impossible, because Cersei knew Tyrion was there even before Jaime knew about it. She could have offed him at any time, but she wants to meet with Dany.

4. Jorah is Ser Friendzone. he loves Dany, but she's not that into him.

Not a great episode this week, more setting the stage for big events. Hopefully it's the leadup to a couple of season-ending stunners.

1) You are correct! However, Jamie did need to get back to Cersei for the plot to progress.

3) You'd think Tyrion would have made more progress with "his" dragon by now, if he is indeed meant to ride it.

4) She thinks of him as a combination of friend and "servant", that is, someone who serves her and is extremely valuable to her cause.

5) A flock of ravens look cooler on camera than one bird, especially when the flock flies apart.

6) Sam never had a burning passion about being a maester, it was just obvious that it was the best job available for him. But now there's a terrible war looming, he's just thinking about the war and his role in it, because no soldier can make plans beyond a war. Of course he's going to go home and be lord Tarly when it's all over and the Night's Watch disband, instead of being a maester.

7) Jon is traveling by boat along the east coast of Westeros. Winterfell is far inland, he could actually get to Eastwatch a lot sooner than he could get to Winterfell.

8) If Dany is reluctant to do a proper job of invading Westeros, she should just hire a FAceless Man to kill Cersei. Cersei either has no heir or Jamie is her heir, the Baratheon side will just collapse if Cersei dies.

9) There's bad fan service and good fan service, that was good fan service.

"1. Bronn and Jaime got away pretty dang easy. It's great that they're alive and all, but shouldn't one of Dany's soldiers have found them?"

Yeah, it was too easy. Sinking into a river in full armor like that will kill you. He could have been pulled out, but there's no way he could have swam downriver. Bad writing.

"6. I was very surprised to see Sam run away from the Citadel with all those stolen books. How did he know which ones to grab?"

He must have previously made note of which books he intended to read next (taking them all at once might raise suspicion as the maesters would notice if too many were missing), and then once he decided to leave the city, it didn't matter anymore and he just grabbed everything. That's my explanation.

"7. I really really wish Jon had stopped in Winterfell before going to Eastwatch. The trailer for this episode got me excited that Jon would meet up with Bran and therefore Arya, but alas, 'tisn't to be."

That would have taken him hundreds of miles out of his way, over rugged country. And then of course he would have had to go to Eastwatch afterward anyway. Traveling by sea straight to Eastwatch is much, much faster. He couldn't afford to go that far out of his way just for a family reunion.

"8. The whole bringing a wight to Cersei seems like a very bad idea. While you're at it, why not just have Tyrion kill her? Then Dany gets the Seven Kingdoms and can focus power up North."

I think it's less about persuading Cersei than about persuading the lords and ladies of Westeros as a whole.

"9. Gendry is back! Finally! And of course Davos echoes the audience's feelings with "Thought you might still be rowing." I liked his scenes with Jon."

I was surprised at Gendry's return; I never expected him to become a character again. His war hammer is fitting; that was Robert's signature weapon. I wonder if Daenerys will legitimize him as a Baratheon and offer him Storm's End.