It was completely to Jaime. I can't even comprehend how someone isn't smart enough to pick up on that.

Another thought, Danny doesn't completely wipe out the army like she could, because she wants them to flip to her side.

Calm it down, Castle Black.

Well, probably because I misheard the dialogue and missed tiny sections of the scene, because there were a few things going on while I was trying to watch the show. But thanks for being a such a dick about it.

Technically I was right about him leaving, even if it wasn't that episode.

LMAO

Technically you're a tool.

And yet you're obsessed with me.

I have the plans to Castle Black, guys! I know where all the doors are. /Rustshack

LMAO ROFL

What compels someone to be such a monumental asshole about something he has literally zero stake in?

Insecurity and dislike of self.

One small perceptional quibble. For all the hearts aflutter at Littlefinger's 'chaos is a ladder' comeuppance, I don't think all his stares in this episode was just him pooping his pants in the realization that all his plans were crumbling. Littlefinger is too determined a schemer to let setbacks control his fate.

My question is, in the territory we presently are, do the writers have GRRM's gift of plotting and intrigue to conjure a few more moves on the big board for him?

Unless the TV guys come right out and say they planned X,Y or Z on their own, the assumption is the broadstrokes of the plot have been explained to them by GRRM.

Given the relative simplification they've done with the source material, I think you take Littlefinger's reaction at face value; he's in uncharted territory now.