The new season of Game of Thrones starts July 16. As preparation, I’m re-watching the first six seasons of the show. Below are 10 thoughts I had while watching the ninth episode of season five, “The Dance of Dragons.” Spoilers for the entire series, but for this episode in particular.

1. Those poor horses! The sound of them dying is terrible.
2. How I wish Davos had just ignored Stannis’s orders and taken Shireen with him. He had to suspect what Stannis and Melisandre were up to.
3. Ellaria is such an insolent bitch. If she’d tried that shit in King’s Landing she’d have lost her head.
4. So, along with being a murderer and child beater, Meryn is a pedophile as well. I’m so glad he’s on Arya’s list.
5. Ellaria puts on a good show, doesn’t she? She almost has me convinced she’s sorry, and I know what is to come.
6. Stannis is such a selfish asshole, justifying to himself the horrific thing he is about to do.
7. Poor sweet Shireen. Parents should love and protect their children, not offer them up as sacrifices to further their own causes.
8. This is the second time Jorah has saved Daenerys’s life.
9. I wonder how much of this episode’s budget went into the CGI for Drogon alone.
10. It’s a good thing Drogon showed up when he did, though. Otherwise Daenerys would probably be dead.

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