New faces stir things up while old favorites return to find Westeros as unforgiving as ever.

From dreamy kids to thorny matriarchs to bannerless brothers, how compelling were all the new character introductions? What kind of trouble befalls returning favorites Jaime, Brienne, Arya, and Theon? And on the political front, is anyone playing the game better than Margaery Tyrell?

Reflections on all these questions and more on this Post Thrones episode of the Post Credits Podcast.

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