Episode 1 and Episode 2 were very different fan service

Episode 1 was schmaltzy welcome back fan service and I thoroughly hated it.

Episode 2 was, dark fan service and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Every single fuck you to the audience was referenced and relished and put in its place...remember when we cared about all that?

Two table setting episodes for 80 minutes of gore. It was absolutely fantastic. Not every conversation landed but all of them were valid.

Arya wins the episode for putting every man she’s ever dealt with in their proper place, beneath her, figuratively and literally. Anyone ok with Arya killing a couple dozen people and using seduction to get close sometimes but NOT ok with a teenager fucking her crush has a weird set of priorities.