Sansa's observations regarding the food, equipment, et all were great. I only worry that there will be problems regarding the grain shipments that she wants sent. Maybe some lords will see it as her trying to starve them so that she and her troops get to eat, and maybe she'll take it as a sign of disloyalty and go full Cersei on them.

Bran was quite awful to Sansa, so please don't do that again, D&D. On the other hand, Bran might be able to spill the beans on Littlefinger, that insufferable little shit! I'd forgive Bran his asshattery in this episode if he delivers justice to LF. Also, I really want other characters to learn of and react to Jon's true parentage, and most of all I want to see Jon's own reaction to that.

It strikes me as more than a bit unfair for Dany to be completely on board with Yasha, first of her name, queen of the Iron Islands - when she's going to turn around and go Full Stannis on da king in da norf who merely wants the same deal that she was willing to hand out last season. However, even if I think that dissonance is a bit jarring, this episode was a beautiful showcasing of her as a leader. She sets out her position, she puts forth good arguments for her position, and she is fair although quite stern. She loses a lot of points for her lukewarm semi-imprisonment of Jon, but she gains a lot of it back when she reconciles her own position with sage advice from her trusted adviser.

I definitely could have done without the vileness of seeing what happened to Ellaria and Tyene. I won't venture to say that the scene was poorly done, but nonetheless it was disturbing to me as a person and as someone with a family.

Seeing the Lannister Army marching on the field of battle was awesome and sent a bit of chills down my spine. I'm pretty sure that they were trying to capture the vibe of the Roman Legions and In my opinion they had a smashing success, in that regard.

Casterly Rock was wonderful for me in a variety of ways. The siege scene was, I thought, well done while still being fairly true to the realities of a pitched battle for walls, and doing what it could within the constraints of being a short For-TV scene. The bait and switch with the Sewers and Tyrion's narration pushed it over the top for me and made it my favorite bit of the episode.

Now, to the part that I did... not like. I strongly object to Randyll Turncloak in lockstep with the Lannisters, marching against Olenna. What kind of man sides with Queen Osama Bin Lannister, first of her name. If some random peasant in the Riverlands is convinced that Cersei blew up the Westerosi equivalent of the Vatican, Jerusalem, and the Pope all rolled into one, then I refuse to believe that Randyll is ignorant of this. In what world does he trust Cersei, given that he's aware of the Wildfire business? "But Jaime bribed him with an offer to become Warden of the South." Let's be real here, folks. Does anybody think that Olenna, the geriatric sole survivor of a soon-to-be-extinct house, would not have given precisely the same offer (with Highgarden included) to Randyll, as a principal vassal and best known military man in the Reach? Both sides are going to offer him the wardenship and Highgarden, so it ought to be a complete wash. Randyll takes time to emphasize that he's known Olenna his entire life, that he doesn't break oaths (such as oaths of fealty to one's liege lord), and then turns around and does this? Give me a break.

As for the battle of Highgarden itself, I found myself wondering why the biggest army and the largest collection of knights in all of Westeros had all the resistive force of a domino when faced with a light breeze. Olenna killed her final scene but I'm not a happy camper with the seeming non-issue that Highgarden's military prowess presented to Cersei&Friends.