re: Game of Thrones S7E1 "Dragonstone" Maester thread, no dummies allowed

I just rewatched the first flashback with Lyanna in Winterfell, and it's amazing how much they have to spoon feed it to the Hodors on what is going on. Like when someone addresses a young Ned by name and then Bran says "that's my father". The writers have so little faith in the Hodors that they have to remind the audience who Ned fricking Stark is.