Virtually everything played out the way most expected it to. I was wrong about who would bring the cavalry to John's aid. I actually was hoping Gendry would appear, although I admit I had no idea where he would have quietly come up with a couple thousand mounted Knights.
I despise Littlefinger and everything he says so much that I refused to believe Sansa would turn to him for help. I stupidly underestimated her hatred of Ramsey.
I was sure HBO could supply Gendry an army out of nowhere, especially after Yara and Theon magically appeared in Dani's court. Tyrion must have thought, "Damn, I should have waited and come over with you guys."
I asked last week if their ships might supplement those of the Masters when Dani heads home, but I thought they might not get to Mereen until next season, or at least next week, for cryin' out loud.
My question this week: Will Dani and Yara play "Little Man in the Boat" in the bathtub together? That was a pretty hot handshake.
I wonder if HBO is seeing a dip in interest and viewership and has told the producers to hurry up and get it over with. It would be interesting to know how many of each week's 6-8 million viewers have read the books.
Readers, imho, prolly want the series to keep going while most non-readers don't want to know every detail about the life of every character and are at the point of just wanting to know how it ends.
I said before last season that I thought HBO was going to wrapup the whole thing in 10 more episodes after this year. Now, they say 13 more over two seasons and they do seem to be throwing everything together like drunken cobblers with a deadline to meet.
