Solid episode overall. It moved a bunch of storylines forward and gave us a lot of stuff to think about for season 4.....John Snow back at Castle Black, Jamie back at KL, Stannis turning his attention to the Wall, Bran north of the Wall, Dany as Mother, additional fallout from the RW etc.

I was less surprised by Stannis's arc bumping forward then Jamie. Right up until he walked into Cersei's room I figured they were stopping off in Duskendale or Rosby or something to give him some screen time. Didn't see Qyburn but that doesn't necessarily mean they removed him from play but they've changed a fair number of things. Figure Jaime will be at the next wedding, which could be interesting.

I was expecting Dany to have a bigger role in the episode, slow start on her scene but very solid ending sequence. I'm wondering if they vanished Mereen or decided to slowly roll that out.

Arya going ax crazy was a good scene, she and the Hound make as interesting a duo as Jamie and Brienne, wonder if they'll lengthen that out a bit.

Gendry... I'm thinking he'll be in season 4 but he's new territory now if they do, outside of the Gendry/Edric merger.

Best scene, Tywin smackdown of Joffrey, round 2