And so they get around showing the fight between the White Walkers and the Night's Watch by having it happen "between seasons". Still, I forgot that this season had this cold opening.
Unlike in the book, where Sam says he sent the ravens (but forgot to put any messages on them), here Sam admits the truth.
Unlike in the book, I'm wondering why they even bothered to ask. Sam was nowhere near the ravens. They abandoned him in the middle of nowhere looking for shit.