The Regular Moviegoer

The biggest, most expensive battle to be filmed for a TV show -- one that has been building for the last three seasons ever since the Red Wedding and Roose Bolton's betrayal -- finally came to fruition this episode, and it played out almost exactly as expected.

This week, I am switching up the format of this recap by talking about the various plots individually, instead of reacting to each scene as it happens. So many things happened in this episode, but it feels like they were stitched together more messily than usual, so my reactions were incoherently all over the place.

This episode marks the return of another character we thought long dead, as well as the introduction of a spitfire. (Hello, young lady!) Can we take it to mean that the show will bring back more people from the dead? So far, three people who died/we thought died have made their return this season. Can Ned Stark come back next (*not* as a white walker)? I miss him so. :'( And his children need him to rally the North. Imagine what a blindside that would be! Even bigger than the "is Jon Snow dead" conspiracy that the showrunners unsuccessfully tried to maintain last year. Just suggesting.

This week's episode felt like a filler episode: moving pieces along and catching everybody up on what the minor characters are doing before they get to the really important parts. Next week's should be full of heart-pounding excitement/heartache then.

Once again, I caught wind of tragic things happening from my ever-so-reliable Facebook feed (and other sources). Due to choice words being used, I could even guess who these tragic things will happen to. But I couldn't imagine how heartbreaking it would be. :'-O "Hold the door!"

This was a fairly pleasant episode overall. Reunions happened, Dany delivered a fiery judgment on some sexist rapist Khals, and Jon agreed to fight that other bastard Ramsay. And Theon made his way back to Pyke without Ramsay capturing him again, so that's a win!

When I got on Twitter this morning, I noticed that "Olly" and "Rickon" were trending (to my dismay, since I wanted to avoid spoilers). I also saw a headline that said someone with "blind faith" was going to die, accompanied by a picture of Ser Davos, Melisandre and Jon Snow, which led me to believe that either Ser Davos or Melisandre was going.

I read hints that exciting things happen in this episode, so I didn't spoil it for myself. And now I won't feel the need to do it anymore. :D

Game of Thrones is back. Yay? To be honest, I am not overly enthused about this new season, since the last one ended not very well for all our favourite characters (unless your favourite characters are the Boltons, and Ser Alliser Thorne and the traitors of the Night's Watch).