Knee-jerk reaction to “The Broken Man:” Best and Worst Moments

FLEA BOTTOM BROWN (WORST) MOMENT

FLEA BOTTOM BROWN ONE: Arya seems to always land on this side of the list, even when she scores high in the Valyrian Steel column. It’s picky, but if she knows the Waif is pursuing her, would she ever let anyone strange approach her out of the blue? Surely Arya would sense that a member of the vengeful Faceless Men might pick what looks like the visage of a frail old woman to catch her off guard.

BONUS VALYRIAN STEEL MOMENT: hearing Wun Wun say “Snow.”

WRAP IT UP AND PUT A BLOODY BOW ON IT: The long and short of it is that I thought this was a superbly constructed episode. “The Broken Man” fired on all cylinders (emotion, suspense, character development, narrative drive) of the TV story writing manual this week. What did you think?