Charles Dance - almost single handidly - saved that last episode. He elevates every single scene he's in, to the point where it always feels like you're watching the most important parts of the show when he's on screen. Fantastic character, fantastic actor. Also enjoyed the Tyrion/Pod scene - which was quite touching - and the decent reminder that The Hound is, in fact, still a dick.
But yeah, there was way, way, WAY too much Samwell fecking Tarley for this to be remotely considered as a good episode... he and his las are easily the worst things about this show (Bran, for all his faults, is still a very distant second) be it due to shit acting, shit dialogue, shit characters and a shit storyline... I can barely tolerate one short Samwell apperance, so two fairly long scenes with that fecker and I'm done. Danerys was way too smug in this episode too... she's incredibly one-dimensional for a main character in this show, and her steam-rolling over everyone is starting to become a bit tedious. Would be good if maybe we could get some sort of internal conflict from her (her desire to free people vs. her lust for power perhaps?) or even some sort of army that might pose a threat to her would be nice... also, who's job was it to collect all the slave chains? Poor fecker...
As for the Jaime/Cersie scene... well, I'm sure there are better ways to remind us that Jaime is, in fact, a bellend, but if they're insisting on rape...