What an intense episode! Will add memes and gifs as I find them.

Reddit discussion of this episode: http://reddit.com/r/gameofthrones/co...     

What the beef between the Wildlings and the Night's Watch is about:

http://pandawhale.com/post/45297/wildlings-vs-nights-watch-whats-the-beef

Grantland recap: 

http://grantland.com/hollywood-prospectus/game-of-thrones-recap-up-against-the-wall/

A nice recap of the characters in the Nights Guard and the Free Folk:

http://pandawhale.com/post/45196/image-of-current-known-nights-watch-members-in-preparation-of-game-of-thrones-s4e9

Reddit comments:

http://reddit.com/r/gameofthrones/comments/27o1ri/season_4_this_under_appreciated_actor_deserves/

They held the gate!

http://pandawhale.com/post/45455/the-watchers-on-the-wall-they-held-the-gate-game-of-thrones-s4e9

Jon Snow is looking more and more like a commander.

"Who's left to give orders? The Wildling army is only an army because of Mance."

YOU WERE RIGHT!  

It's really the only winning strategy for beating a 100,000 person army with just a handful of people.

Most expensive episode yet:

http://mtv.com/news/1841067/game-of-thrones-most-expensive-episode-watchers-on-the-wall/

http://reddit.com/r/gameofthrones/comments/27o28r/tv_spoilers_the_most_recent_game_of_thrones/

That Samwell Gilly kiss!

And LOL at Sam taking a legalistic approach to the vows of the Night's Watch!

And LOL at Sam's bro speak.

Sam's idea of bro talk: "How big were your girl's...feet?"

Tormund's idea of bro talk: "Lemme tell you about this bear I fooked..."

Sam has achieved: The Power of Love

Sam has achieved: The Power of Duty

Sam has leveled up to MAN.

Remember when Sam only had one job?

Have to watch it again!  Pretty much only saw the Samwell kiss, giants, flaming arrows, a mammoth with its ass on fire, and then Ygritte wishing she'd never left that cave.

That's a pretty good summary of this episode! Now I'm wondering what you missed.

Behind the scenes:

Reddit comments:

http://reddit.com/r/gameofthrones/comments/27nx7q/s4e9_my_opinions_have_changed/

I promise you I won't die.

http://pandawhale.com/post/45309/i-promise-you-i-wont-die-samwell-tarly-s4e9

The Maester Targaryen would have been king?!

I was hoping he would telepathically summon the dragons to defend the wall!!

I was hoping so, too. He did give a lovely speech:

http://pandawhale.com/post/45279/who-was-she-i-could-tell-you-everything-about-her-shes-more-real-than-you-are-maester-aemon-targaryen-to-samwell-tarly-s4e8

They held the gate. 

http://pandawhale.com/post/45455/the-watchers-on-the-wall-they-held-the-gate-game-of-thrones-s4e9

Thank you Ygritte for giving us one more "you know nothing Jon Snow".

Reddit comments:

http://reddit.com/r/gameofthrones/comments/27o68e/s4e9_a_moment_of_happiness/

The edit this scene needed:

Reddit comments:

http://reddit.com/r/gameofthrones/comments/27owwi/s409_spoilerthe_edit_the_scene_needed/

"You know nothing, Jon Snow," she sighed. https://imgur.com/a/nTaVu

Reddit comments:

http://reddit.com/r/gameofthrones/comments/27obru/s04e09_you_know_nothing_jon_snow_she_sighed/

"Don't cheer too loud. They still outnumber us 1000 to 1."

P.S. We are not questioning Slynt's honor; we're denying its existence.

Reddit comments:

http://reddit.com/r/gameofthrones/comments/27o3gd/s4e9_and_the_biggest_pussy_in_westeros_award_goes/

THAT'S how they ended this episode?! Nooooooooooooo!!

Reddit comments:

http://reddit.com/r/gameofthrones/comments/27nxk2/no_spoilers_this_wall_needs_a_hero/

Reddit comments:

http://reddit.com/r/gameofthrones/comments/27ny39/spoilers_s4e9_coldest_killer_out_there/

http://www.reddit.com/r/gameofthrones/comments/27nw0u/s04ep09_all_them_feels/

Too soon?

Reddit comments:

http://reddit.com/r/gameofthrones/comments/27pwf4/s04e09_tell_us_about_your_first_kill_olly/

Imgur comments: http://imgur.com/gallery/xgrzF

Reddit comments:

http://reddit.com/r/HighQualityGifs/comments/27qjdt/nods/

http://reddit.com/r/HighQualityGifs/comments/27phy1/game_of_thrones_hammer_to_the_head/

44M gif of Jon Snow, Robb Stark, and Bran Stark... with Olly:

http://gfycat.com/RigidPerfumedAsianlion

Reddit comments:

http://reddit.com/r/gameofthrones/comments/27qrx6/s04e09_i_guess_this_is_gonna_be_a_thing_now/

Preview for the season 4 finale:

The finale will be long -- 66 minutes!

http://winteriscoming.net/2014/04/26/hbo-releases-season-4-finale-episode-title-extended-runtime/

http://reddit.com/r/gameofthrones/comments/27nww4/show_dont_fret_guys_the_finale_is_66_minutes_long/

Reddit comments:

http://reddit.com/r/gameofthrones/comments/27nwpc/season_4_episode_10_the_children_preview/

Great GoT stash!  Thank you.

You're very welcome! And you're right that this episode stands up to multiple viewings.

So much happens. What an episode!

More analysis:

http://pandawhale.com/post/45732/game-of-thrones-s4e9-book-speculation-followup-for-non-readers-the-watchers-on-the-wall

I've watched it four or five times now. Both Jon and Samwell are queried about love and war, respectively.

Jon Snow's description of being in love:  It's like you're more than yourself.

Samwell Tarley's description of killing a White Walker:  It's like you're no one.

Those are so vivid. Makes me think they're setting up Jon and Sam for bigger things.

With Aemon as their mentor:

http://pandawhale.com/post/45279/who-was-she-i-could-tell-you-everything-about-her-shes-more-real-than-you-are-maester-aemon-targaryen-to-samwell-tarly-s4e8

And I still love this: "She had red hair."

http://pandawhale.com/post/45773/she-had-red-hair-jon-snow-to-sam-tarly-s4e9

I added more comments to this analysis, too:

http://pandawhale.com/post/45480/ask-the-maester-the-history-of-the-wall-invasion-strategies-and-maester-aemon

Next episode -- the final episode of season 4 -- just might be the best episode yet.

Awesome, thanks!  

"She had red hair" cracks me up.

Me too! And here's the precap for s4e10:

http://pandawhale.com/post/45808/grantland-on-why-game-of-thrones-season-4-was-its-best-season-yet-and-a-finale-precap-for-the-children

And how Game of Thrones will end [speculation no spoilers]:

http://pandawhale.com/post/44820/how-game-of-thrones-will-end-based-on-current-events-in-season-4-speculation-but-no-spoilers-about-finale-ending