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" Spoilers for last night&amp;#039;s episode contained herein. 6. Theon Greyjoy    Action: Refused to fall for Ramsay&amp;#039;s baiting, even though he totally could have cut his throat for him. Verdict: You can see a small flicker of Theon exactly once in this episode, when Ramsay tells him that Robb has died. Unfortunately, it&amp;#039;s quickly swallowed up by the Reek persona again, and the Bastard of Bolton goes on living.  5. House Stark    Action: Bran and Co. get some directions from a tree, Sansa gets spirited away by a fool, somewhere Rickon gets marked for death, and Arya is still wandering around with the Hound. Verdict: A little direction goes a long way. Unfortunately, Bran&amp;#039;s psychic GPS is dragging his fellowship straight into enemy territory. Meanwhile, Sansa has to go through a grotesque reenactment of the War of the Five Kings, and is now on the run for her life with only a drunken former knight for company. She has to escape King&amp;#039;s Landing in the middle of a search specifically for her, and we know from experience that Cersei&amp;#039;s pretty determined when it comes to revenge. You could ask Ned and Robert, if they weren&amp;#039;t dead.  4. House Lannister  Action: Jaime proves once and for all that muscle memory sucks once you lack some muscle, Tyrion gets antagonized by Joffrey for the entirety of a wedding reception, Cersei deals with the fact that she isn&amp;#039;t the only queen in charge anymore, and Joffrey is poisoned by an old woman at his own wedding.  Verdict: House Lannister won the war, but their peace time experience absolutely sucks. With Joffrey dead, that means young Tommen has to take the throne, with little to no training for how to be a king. Sure, he&amp;#039;ll probably be a better one than his predecessor by virtue of not being a monster, but it&amp;#039;s sure looking like he&amp;#039;ll have to rely on Tywin, rather than Tyrion, to help him govern the realm. Which certainly doesn&amp;#039;t bode well for the realm. 3. House Bolton  Action: Roose found out that his bastard son royally screwed up his plan to use Theon to get the Ironborn off his lawn, but then learned that the creature Theon has become is almost suicidally loyal to House Bolton. Then he learned that he might still have some Starks poking around his lands, and ultimately decided to put his bastard to use after all. Verdict: Roose might have looked pretty blas\u00E9 about the whole &amp;#039;your control of the largest of the seven kingdoms may be threatened shortly&amp;#039; thing, but that&amp;#039;s because he doesn&amp;#039;t seem to care. The Freys make an easy scapegoat for the Red Wedding in the North, and it&amp;#039;s not like there are any witnesses around to argue his version of events. If Ramsay doesn&amp;#039;t screw up his assigned task, the North will have to deal with the Boltons for a long, long time. 2. House Martell     Action: Oberyn had a &amp;#039;friendly&amp;#039; chat about the cultural differences between King&amp;#039;s Landing and Dorne with Cersei and Tywin, managing to put all the threats he could into a wish for Myrcella&amp;#039;s safety. Verdict: Oberyn&amp;#039;s got one less name on his list of Lannisters to kill, and he didn&amp;#039;t even have to lift a finger. And though we all don&amp;#039;t want to see it happen, if Cersei has her way with regards to Tyrion, that&amp;#039;ll be another Lannister down without Oberyn having to do anything. The Dornish sun is rising, folks. And he didn&amp;#039;t even need his spear. 1. House Tyrell    Action: Margaery got married, and Olenna did absolutely nothing else, why would you say otherwise.  Verdict: The Queen of Thorns may look old, but that doesn&amp;#039;t mean you should forget the thorns. Watch her fuss with Sansa&amp;#039;s hair again, you can clearly see her take a jewel from that necklace Ser Dontos suddenly decided Sansa needed to have. How&amp;#039;s that for an old woman? And the fact that she was the one yelling loudest for someone to &amp;#039;help the poor boy&amp;#039; also helps cast the blame elsewhere. Hells, Joffrey even managed to help protect his own murderess by helpfully pointing at Tyrion right before he died. It&amp;#039;s the perfect crime, because no one will ever know that Olenna did anything. And that&amp;#039;s why the Tyrells win this week. They got the throne, but left the king lying in the dirt behind them. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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