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There’s actually a direction in the script in between their interaction about how they named their swords and learning how to fight. It says: “Arya smiles. She likes this weirdo. Brienne smiles. She likes this weirdo.” I remember reading it and thinking, “That is it. It’s perfect.” It’s the most happy Arya has been in forever. She realizes you can be female and fight, and be strong and be a leader. It gives her a whole new inspiration…and then it all turns sour.
- Maisie Williams

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There’s been debate over Arya’s reaction here, but her true motives shine through when she takes his coin purse.

The Hound just admitted he’s trying to protect Arya and has saved her life/taught her things along their trip. However, Arya can’t get past their interaction with the farmer earlier in the season. The Hound knocked him out and stole his silver, so Arya is just returning the favor.

Maisie Williams on Twitter says, about this scene:

https://twitter.com/Maisie_Williams/status/478666979235364864

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You’ll notice the men are loading the ship with salt

This is because empty ships are more unstable in the water with waves and winds, so when trade ships have sold all the items they brought, they are filled with salt. Salt is easy to make from sea-water and someone may want to buy it (it’s also good for food preservation)

Also, they were in the town of Saltpans.

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The most weird thing I’ve had to do this season is to bite off a man’s ear and spit it in his face
- Gwendoline Christie

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We never actually see him die…there’s still hope!

His brother is also on the verge of death suffering from his grievous injuries, with his fate being somewhat unknown. Coincidence?

(Book Viewpoint Below)

The funny thing is, the scene doesn’t happen in the books. Sandor dies of infection after being wounded during the brawl at the inn. While Arya does refuse to mercy kill him then, they don’t meet Brienne or Podrick, and they do not fight. His body is looted by Rorge and Biter, and they go around committing horrible crimes until they run across Brienne and she kills them.
So in the books, both Cleganes are well and dead.

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An important thing that has been drilled in with him since his youth — because it’s very much Lord Tywin’s philosophy — is that you don’t make threats and then fail to carry them out. You threaten someone and then they defy you, and you don’t carry it out, then who’s gonna believe your threats? Your threats have to carry weight. And that’s drilled into Tyrion all his life. So his father says that word, his finger pushes on the crossbow, the decision of a split second, and then it’s done. And it will haunt him. Tywin was his father and that will continue to haunt him, probably for the rest of his life.
- George R. R. Martin

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MetroLyrics-ass rappers…

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Jojen’s ambiguous vision from episode 5 makes a lot more sense in his death by fireball

MEERA: How will we know the end?
JOJEN: You’ll know.

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We knew our Shae would diverge from book Shae the moment we saw Sibel Kekilli audition. Sibel brought such life and intelligence to the part; her intensity inspired us to make the character more complex. Our Shae loves Tyrion, and Tyrion loves her. For us the tragedy is watching these two people trying to kill each other when they love one another.

David Benioff (co-creator of the series and writer of this episode)

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Do not fuck with Hodor.

This is the second time Bran has controlled Hodor for deadly purposes, the first being in episode five to kill Locke

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