It was pointless to the story and took way too much time off the clock lol

And i was thinking the same thing about Mountain suddenly having a personality and mind of his own again...same way the NKs smirk annoyed me.

I just wanted to see more of the relevant story. They already created a bottleneck for themselves with this 6-episodes nonsense, and now they're gonna blow that much time on a meaningless battle? Altho i liked the "moral of the story" they were telling with it, and how they interlaced it with shots of Arya choosing life while Hound is trapped in vengeance.