I loved the Meeren stuff, probably for the first time it was done superbly. Greatly acted by Clarke and Dinklage. The dragon CGI was spot on, I thought. Glad it's getting better because last year's stuff on Meeren's pit were quite rickety. A very interesting dynamic between Dany and Yara as well. I wonder what part will Euron have from now on.

The battle was extraordinary. Incredibly shot, choreographed and edited. It felt claustrophobic and scary, just like Hardhome. The tracking shot was perfect. Glad that Davos and Tormund survived. Now bring on the Tormund/Brienne romance!

As for Sansa, she couldn't know that LF will come to help for sure. Also, as someone already said, if Ramsey knew about the Knights of the Vale he might have followed a different strategy. She took a difficult decision that cost many lives including her brother's but it was a risk worth taking. Sansa's becoming a really great character and I really enjoy the dynamic between her and Jon.

Next episode should be insane. Some heavy shit will go down in King's Landing. Dany will probably sail to Westeros. Intrigued to see how things will settle in the North, with Jon, Sansa and LF. Also, I feel Davos will kill Melisandre. The Freys will certainly bite the dust and maybe Arya will be a part of it. I'm quite curious to see what Jaime's role will be. And, of course, as the title of the episode suggests, the Whitewalkers will probably bring down the wall and the Winter will arrive.

behaves like a Stark, which is why he doesn't believe that Ramsay is as cruel as Sansa makes him out to be, which is why he gets played. Theon got played too because he needed to trust someone in his moment of weakness. Ramsay's just good at exploiting people's weaknesses, in Jon's case his love for his brother. Sansa warned him that Ramsay would likely pull something like this and this is where Sansa and Jon differ: she has learned how to not do the noble thing if it gets you hurt so she has to anticipate and second-guess other people's intentions. Jon has not been in her circumstances, which is why he often takes what other people tell him at face value. He did not grow up around backstabbing scumbags who say one thing and then do the opposite like Sansa did. He has mainly fought against wildlings, deserters and White Walkers. Those are opponents who give an accurate first impression of what they are about. Ramsay is not that kind of guy and Jon overestimates himself in his assessment of that person he has not known how to fight yet.

There's definitely something going on with Sansa. She almost feels happy to see her brother in such pain when she saves the day with LF. Like she knows he'll be in debt for her? I don't know, but I can't wait to see how it resolves next week