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Thoughts from a Non-Reader:1. I found the most heart-wrenching scene to be Dany putting away her dragons. Those two babies weren't doing anything. It was the black/red one and she punishes them.. I really hope that she comes back, because that's disgusting to me. She has the last three dragons. Dragons that weren't even suppose to exist anymore. And she chains them away. My faith in Dany has been completely demolished this season.2. I found the Tywin/Tyrion scene rather... empty. I don't know what was suppose to be going on there or why I feel like it was lacking, but it was. You have a father and son. A dysfunctional, hateful relationship. And it ends like that? No big reveal? No nothing? Just "You're my son." and "You're not my son", "I am your son." Come on =/3. Brienne, Arya, and Sandor.... I really enjoyed this part of the show. It pitted two of my most beloved characters against each other and that frightened me. Brienne kicks ass. I feel like, like people have said here, that the Hound really did grow to trust Arya, or at least thought she was a friend. It was a strange father/daughter relationship. I will admit that I cried when she just let him be. Just kill him. Don't let him keep suffering. You're a Stark for Pete's Sake. I'm excited about Braavos, though. :D4. The Bran, Jojen, and Hodor scenes are so boring to me. I get that they will mean something later on. I realize that they are important. But good grief. I get so flipping bored. Hodor is the best actor out of the group.In all, not my favorite episode of the season. I enjoyed it a lot, but gosh. Even as a non-reader, I could tell things were shifting oddly. (Also, the Jon/Ygritte scene. And Jon/Mance.. those were really well done. At least, imho)
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Well, to be honest, you're right where most book readers are after Book 3. Book 3 answered a lot of questions, closed a few doors, and ripped open plenty of new ones, and left a bunch of things unanswered. 

It may seem that Book Readers have a better understanding of things in the show, but that's only due to the fact that we're two books ahead in the story. We can see a little further down, we know where Bran's story is going, for example. We know (at least some of) what will eventually happen to Dany and her dragons. It makes it easier to bide our time with the stories now, to get to the stories in the future that we know are coming. 

I did feel the episode was sorely lacking the line between Tyrion and Twyin,
[hider=spoilers] as "Wherever Whores Go" becomes Tyrion's entire motivation for his time in Essos, to find his first wife Tysha.[/hider]

And also I did miss the entrance of our favorite zombie. I can't understand why you'd want to push that off until next season, it's such a great way to end this one. Sad.