That just left me wondering even more why Brienne is on the show. They treated what should have been a complex meeting with all the energy of Brienne asking Sansa why she never gave back her hot rollers. Sansa's story should be a strong point of the show and instead it feels lackadaisical, like something made in Canada that aired on UPN at 6 in the afternoon 20 years ago. And Littlefinger is so completely stupid, as is this "let's dye Sansa's hair and have her parade around in a public inn" plan - he reminds me of a Disney villain, and not the good kind.
There's such a huge disparity between what is and isn't working on the show. The Dany and Jon stories finally feel like they're going somewhere, Cersei's sort of works (although the introduction to Dorne mostly amounted to Ellaria being Suzy Costello and Doran smacking her down - I've already seen this with Tywin and Cersei, why are we seeing it again?) and then you have Brienne wandering the backwoods for all eternity and Arya making more of her Queen Christina faces and reciting her list for the 545th time and coming across more and more like a poser.
I am glad we're finally seeing Dany tested - even if she's failing, at least we're finally getting to see depth to her character.
And the election was very exciting, especially Sam exposing Slynt, and Aemon getting to break the tie. I love Aemon.
And the ending with Drogon was wonderful too.