Outstanding episode. Every scene carried weight and felt like it was driving the story somewhere:
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- Seeing Bran again, and getting flashbacks that will obviously tell us important things
- Tyrion starting his inevitable progress towards buddying up with a dragon
- Tommen shifting his allegiance back to Cersei
- The Sparrow openly declaring war on the Kingdom
- Theon leaving for the Iron Islands
- Ramsay taking control of his house, and preparing to march on Castle Black
- Arya not dragging the blind beggar thing way past its use-by date
- All the Iron Island stuff, leading up to the kingsmoot
- Jon Snow, etc.
That was a masterclass in making every scene feel important to the overall story.