A lot of the new plots are really good

Glad Renly died. Not because I thought he should, but because google spoiled me on him eventually dying. The way he went was pretty damn lame, but now it's obvious the whole thing was just a small setup for something bigger. Each new episode looks to be more important than they really are in the scheme of the whole story, thus Renly appeared a more significant character than he really was, I guess

The shadow queef monster usage suggested that magic is really limited, as he just appeared, killed, then vanished. It also seems that each "major power" is being provided with their own super powers, so as to even the field. Last episode, it seemed the Lannisters were soon to be a dead family walking, but now they have more firepower than anybody

Every bit of Theon's scene suggested he's betraying Robb, except for one small bit where he decides to attack a different target based on an undisclosed reason.

Dorea is hot as shit. Would bang, then smack until she cries, then bang again

Not a fan of Jorah. He seems like such a prototype of androgyny or something.

Stannis showed extra layers. Davos and Stannis are gonna be kind of a big deal IMO

The opening theme and HBO maps are not sync'd. HBO map has Qarth and The Wall being far as shit from each other, but the theme scene has them being not that far when passing over a southern pole, it seems. Which doesn't make sense in itself, but ultimately doesn't matter

Really dig the Brienne/Lady Stark stuff. Not sure why, but my three favorite stories right now are Sansa's, Arya's (relative to Tywin) and Brienne/Cat