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Game of Thrones, Season V: Arya Ready?

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St. Clown said:
The one White Walker, the one who fought Jon, that guy looked a lot like Benjen Stark. It's likely just a coincidence, or I'm seeing what I want to see, but the resemblance was strong, IMO.
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I thought the same thing. I have no idea if it was supposed to be like that or a coincidence, but I don't think there are too many coincidences in a show like this.

Are we to believe that the White Walker that was the obvious leader is the Night's King?
 
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bigblue_dl said:
I thought the same thing. I have no idea if it was supposed to be like that or a coincidence, but I don't think there are too many coincidences in a show like this.

Are we to believe that the White Walker that was the obvious leader is the Night's King?
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Yes, he was the Night's King. One of the show runners (Benioff or Weiss, I don't remember their names) mentioned it in the post-show interview that accompanies the show when watching on demand - HBO Now, Go, etc..
 
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St. Clown said:
Yes, he was the Night's King. One of the show runners (Benioff or Weiss, I don't remember their names) mentioned it in the post-show interview that accompanies the show when watching on demand - HBO Now, Go, etc..
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Which means: (getting a little book spoilery here)

That he is a Stark. The Night's King descended from the Starks thousands of years before, during the first Long Night, right?
 
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Casting spoilers:

Just read about some casting news for the end of Season 5 and Season 6.

First, episode 10 of this season has the actor that previously played Benjen Stark :eek: and Asha/Balon Greyjoy. It seems that the last episode will be very interesting.

Second, it appears that Euron Greyjoy, Randyll Tarly (and his family), and Septon Meribald will be in Season 6.
 
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ExileOnDaytonStreet said:
Doesn't it seem odd, though, that pretty much ALL of the story lines (both overt and exposition mentioned in the books) from the Riverlands post-RW (including the Brotherhood Without Banners, Brienne's journeys to and through there from King's Landing, the fallout against House Frey where Frey leaders are killed left and right, Jaime ending sieges at Riverrun and Raventree) have all been excised from the show? Pretty much the only thing we have seen is a little bit from the adventures of Arya and the Hound.
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I still think it's very unlikely, but what if (spoiler) Lady Stoneheart moves to the North? Ramsay's bringing 20 men out to hunt Stannis. It's not Frey's in the Riverlands, but Bolton's around Winterfell could work as an alternate and Brienne is already in the North anyway.
 
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I do believe that the working title for this episode was Hunka Hunka Burnin' Love.

1. I never expected Stannis to actually do that.
2. I expected Jorah's reunion to go a bit differently than it did. As in, I expected him to be executed for having defied Dany's banishment twice now.
3. The Many Faced God knows the girl is lying about the Thin Man and the girl shall not receive leniency a second time.
 
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The Stannis stuff really sucked. I figured that was where it was going, but it just ends up making Stannis as big of a creep as the people he's trying to displace (Lannisters).

I was glad that the stuff at the Wall went the way it did. I think it was the right way. I was worried that Jon wouldn't be let back in, but Alister Thorne has been built up as a very tough, but honorable man. It would have been outside of his character to not let Jon in. And again, Wun Wun was awesome in his limited screen time.

Dorne did not go as I expected. Doran must have something up his sleeve, since I can't believe that having Tristane on the small council will be enough to make Dorne happy.

The last scene was pretty good, been waiting for that for a long time. I loved the look on Tyrion's face. Looks like Jorah has worked his way back into Dany's good graces. But overall, I'm really confused about the Sons of Harpy. We have been led to believe that they wanted the fighting pits back open. Well, they're open, and they're taking their attack to the next level. So, what are the Sons' real goal, and who is behind them?
 
bigblue_dl said:
The Stannis stuff really sucked. I figured that was where it was going, but it just ends up making Stannis as big of a creep as the people he's trying to displace (Lannisters).

I was glad that the stuff at the Wall went the way it did. I think it was the right way. I was worried that Jon wouldn't be let back in, but Alister Thorne has been built up as a very tough, but honorable man. It would have been outside of his character to not let Jon in. And again, Wun Wun was awesome in his limited screen time.

Dorne did not go as I expected. Doran must have something up his sleeve, since I can't believe that having Tristane on the small council will be enough to make Dorne happy.

The last scene was pretty good, been waiting for that for a long time. I loved the look on Tyrion's face. Looks like Jorah has worked his way back into Dany's good graces. But overall, I'm really confused about the Sons of Harpy. We have been led to believe that they wanted the fighting pits back open. Well, they're open, and they're taking their attack to the next level. So, what are the Sons' real goal, and who is behind them?
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Their goal is to get "foreign invader and ruiner of their business model" Dany Targaryen out of their city.
 
bigblue_dl said:
Is it that simple though? I suppose it would make sense, but it seems too easy for GoT.
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The show hasn't really dug into the minutiae, so I could be projecting book knowledge into the situation.

I'm probably going to have to watch Mereen scenes on YouTube again, but I'm trying to think of how much the show has addressed this explicitly beyond "hey we miss our slaves and want our fighting pits".
 
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ExileOnDaytonStreet said:
The show hasn't really dug into the minutiae, so I could be projecting book knowledge into the situation.

I'm probably going to have to watch Mereen scenes on YouTube again, but I'm trying to think of how much the show has addressed this explicitly beyond "hey we miss our slaves and want our fighting pits".
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As I remember it, that is all that the show has said, which is why the scene last night didn't make sense. I haven't gotten to Dance With Dragons yet, so I haven't dug into the Mereenese knot as much as everyone else. (I'm at about 80% of Feast) You are probably correct, it just wasn't hinted at in the show, that I can recall.
 
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ExileOnDaytonStreet said:
The show hasn't really dug into the minutiae, so I could be projecting book knowledge into the situation.

I'm probably going to have to watch Mereen scenes on YouTube again, but I'm trying to think of how much the show has addressed this explicitly beyond "hey we miss our slaves and want our fighting pits".
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So far the show has depicted Dany crucifying the nobles for their treatment of their slaves as a warning to Dany and her invading horde. It has had Snively beseeching Dany to reopen the fighting pits, warnings about the Sons of the Harpy, said group attacking Dany's people in the streets and menitoned attacks against freed slaves. It made sure to mention that the ultimate goal of the Sons of the Harpy is to remove Dany and her people from Mereen. For a TV show, I don't think you're going to get much deeper, given the pure number of storylines the show has to cover right now. There's so much happening that going into detail can only really happen with one or two of the plots each episode, and they're going to focus on 1) which characters get the best fan reactions and 2) which plots advance the story. For people who have only watched the show, simply knowing that the Sons of the Harpy are disgruntled and showing some of their commitment to their cause should be enough background for the events in the fighting pits.
 
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No way. He's her puppet, not the other way around. He needs her because he believes her and she needs him because she wants power and glory for her god (and herself). They're each others' most important tools. He's more likely to burn Selyse than Melisendre. Queen's blood has to be worth something, right? Then again, he can always make another queen, just as he can make another heir.
 
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St. Clown said:
No way. He's her puppet, not the other way around. He needs her because he believes her and she needs him because she wants power and glory for her god (and herself). They're each others' most important tools. He's more likely to burn Selyse than Melisendre. Queen's blood has to be worth something, right? Then again, he can always make another queen, just as he can make another heir.
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Right. More likely is that Melisandre decides that Stannis is Azora High (not sure if that is actually how it is spelled), and decides to latch on to someone else, most likely Jon Snow. Then Stannis becomes expendable in Melisandre's eyes.
 
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So I think I saw something in the episode that makes me sad because of what I think it means. But since I don't want any books spoilers.

Im wondering how grey scale works. Does touching an infected person infect you or do you have to touch the scale?
 
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dxmnkd316 said:
So I think I saw something in the episode that makes me sad because of what I think it means. But since I don't want any books spoilers.

Im wondering how grey scale works. Does touching an infected person infect you or do you have to touch the scale?
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I know what you're talking about, and as far as I know, that thing you saw wasn't in the book. The belief is that you have to touch the infected area, but I don't think anyone knows.
 
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Ok, so why did Jon and the wildlings have to march back to the tunnel from the north, when they sailed north on Stannis' ships, on the sea, around the wall, in the first place?

Stannis' men drop them off short in a hurry to get his ships back to him?
 
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