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Message: <blockquote data-quote="LightPhoenix" data-source="post: 5584567" data-attributes="member: 115">I thought the Syrio scene was great, and then he did that trip move, which moved it straight into awesome.  A beautifully choreographed fight, and left me wanting for a lot more.One nitpick: I like Arya/Syrio's similes, and I've been disappointed she hasn't said any of them.It wasn't a huge deal, but I didn't like the Jon/Wight scene at all.  I know part of it is because the wolves are expensive and supposedly difficult to work with.  Still, in the book it's frantic desperation that makes Jon throw a mass of burning curtains.  It's literally all he has left - swords failed, Ghost failed, nothing is working.  I don't think it was written well or directed well.This was my one big issue with the episode as well.You can tell GRRM wrote this episode: a lot of awesome stuff, not a lot of cruft (such as Littlefinger monologuing).  However, it's very much written like his books; that is, more as a series of vignettes rather than with the flow of a television series.  Couple that with some of the possibly removed stuff regarding Arya and Sansa, and the sense of time passing is completely thrown off.</blockquote>