Alternate Character Interpretation: Was Thorne's line to Sam about running out of friends a cruel taunt, or a genuine warning; as close to concern for Sam as he's likely to show?
Are the High Sparrow's altruistic actions and his arrests of the highborn Tyrells and Cersei motivated by a genuine desire to help the downtrodden and enact the will of the Seven, or is he only stoking the fires to produce fanatics loyal to him and taking out rivals in order to make himself the biggest political player in King's Landing?
Fight Scene Failure: The slaver Tyrion beats with his chains is very obviously not even trying to fight back.
Rescued from the Scrappy Heap: As mentioned under Broken Base, some feel that Tyene rescues herself in this episode as she gets the chance to show off some acting ranges with a playful, wily, slightly psychotic personality, fitting the Cute and Psycho manners of her book counterpart, that gives her more depth than her sisters, particularly Nymeria, whose contribution to the entire scene is to roll her eyes at her little sister.
