Special effects cost money. Having a dragon fly around roasting an entire fleet is one of those "Big" moments that they know everyone wants to see. As far as her arriving when she did, maybe somebody who was in constant contact sent her a crow? Who knows. I will say that not showing her riding on the back of a dragon while roasting a fleet of ships was very disappointing. You see her walk in, and the best potential scene of the season, fly away behind her.
He's the rightful Lord of Riverrun (at least pre Red Wedding). He inherited the title after his father (Blackfish's Brother) died. In Edmure's absence, Blackfish was the only Tully left, therefore the men of the castle were honour bound to serve Blackfish, but Edmure's return relegated Blackfish back to "vice president" status
Maybe you should work there.
I feel the same way. It was not a great scene but worth it to see Missandei smiling.
Yeah, the phalanx were probably Boltons. The preview showed the phalanx and then Tormund / Wildlings backing up in terror. Kinda goes back to the fact that Wildlings are brave, but in the end they're basically an angry ill-equipped mob that's going to get slaughtered against a trained army with archer lines and phalanx / shield walls.
My impression was that Varys was grooming Aegon but then decided to scrap that idea when someone better (Dany) came along, although I don't think we quite reached that point in the books.
