AtheistPreacher
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They really did deviate quite a bit. I'm not ready to write off the changes as terrible yet, since really all they've done is set things up. We'll have to see how they play out. I imagine they had Bran get captured because he really doesn't do jack squat for the longest time in the books. I would have sooner they just cut out his storyline until there's something to show rather than make crap up for him. But we'll see. On first blush it does seem a little too convenient. And there was enough stuff to cover at the Wall without doing this whole raid on the traitors thing.
...and now that I've seen the most recent episode, the changes they made to Bran's and Jon's storylines really don't bother me. Those plot deviations got resolved this episode, and didn't end up having any big ramifications. Basically they just reinforced that Bran is choosing to head further North, and spiced up his storyline a bit. With the way it all turned out, I'm okay with that.
But here's a question for book-readers. What Lysa revealed to Petyr this episode about what she did... did that information get revealed in the books? Because if it did, I either forgot it or missed it somehow.