Game of Thrones (TV Series) Sons of the Harpy (2015) User Reviews

The action gets kicked up a notch

[Tweekums · 9/10 · 22 March 2016]

This episode sees Cersei move to weaken House Tyrell; first she dispatches Mace Tyrell, her Master of Coin, to negotiate with the Iron Bank in Braavos then she arms the High Sparrow's fanatical followers, reforming the ancient Faith Militant, who set about killing or imprisoning anybody they consider degenerate; including Loras Tyrell; the brother of the new queen. Margaery implores her husband to have him released but he is weak when it comes to confronting High Sparrow's followers. In the North Melisandre attempts to seduce Jon Snow and Sansa learns that her protector Lord Baelish is going to leave her in Winterfell while he returns to the capital. In the South Jaime Lannister and Bronn reach Dorne and soon come into conflict with local soldiers.

Across the Narrow Sea in Essos Tyrion learns that his captor is Jorah Mormont and that he is taking him to Queen Daenerys not Cersei; something that comes as a relief. Meanwhile in Meereen Daenerys is still having problems; people are still petitioning her to reopen the fighting pits and even more worryingly the Sons of the Harpy are rising in force to attack those loyal to Daenerys, including her army of unsullied.

The opening three episodes only featured a limited amount of action but here there are multiple scenes of violent action; the Faith Militant's attacks in King's Landing, Jaime and Bronn fighting a quartet of Dornish troops and finally the fight between large numbers of the Sons of the Harpy and several Unsullied. These action scenes were impressively filmed and rather exciting. Away from the fighting there was the usual scheming; most notably Cersei's moves against the Tyrells which shows Margaery that her power, through her husband, isn't what she thought. As expected the cast do I fine job; I particularly enjoyed some of the quieter scenes such as those between Nikolaj Coaster-Waldau and Jerome Flynn as Jaime and Bronn; Peter Dinklage and Iain Glen as Tyrion and Jorah Mormont; Sophie Turner and Aidan Gillen as Sansa and Lord Baelish and Kit Harington and Carice van Houten as Jon Snow and Melisandre… these could be seen as relatively minor parts compared to the action and more obvious scheming but they were still enjoyable. Overall I'd say this was a really good episode; certainly the most exciting of the season so far.

The Only War is Life vs Death

[ThomasDrufke · 9/10 · 4 May 2015]

God this show is good. They simply deliver on so many things that people want it's insane. The two road trips were great as we caught up with of Jaimie and Tyrion are doing. We got the beginnings of some serious battles between Daenerys and the Sons of the Harpy, and more progress in Cersei and Snow's respected endeavors. It was a fantastic episode, and probably my favorite of the season so far.

Jaimie and Bronn together were so entertaining. It's fascinating to think about how much Jaimie has changed since season 1. When he says he wants to die in the arms of the woman he love, I actually think that's about Brienne. As crazy as it is to think it's not Cerseii, I just think he feels more obligated to Cerseii instead of where his legitimate feelings lie. It's also unlikely he will hurt Tyrion, that's more of him just covering up his tracks to Bronn. Speaking of Cerseii, her scenes this week mostly lied with the council and the High Sparrow. The council is a lot smaller than it used to be and I think it was once a lot better. Arresting Loras was right up Cerseii's alley and it's just another reason for Margaery to hate her. Watching Tommen try to free him was very entertaining. He is such a naïve boy and completely whipped towards Margaery. What a man would do for his woman, huh?

Onto the north, Stannis sees a lot in Jon Snow, but apparently so does Melisandre. Was I the only one who was legitimately wanting to yell at the screen to tell him to resist her? Snow also had to sign for Bolton unwillingly. It was heartbreaking to know that he had to sign that agreement knowing everything that Bolton had done to his family. I hope now that Baelish is planning for an alliance with Stannis, we get to see Sansa reunited with Jon. The Starks need some happy moments. Considering we got a heartwarming scene with Stannis and his daughter, I think they are repositioning him as a good guy on this show.

The last 10 minutes of the show or so were dedicated to Tyrion and Jorah's trip to Daenerys. Glad to see that he was indeed taking him to Meereen instead of King's Landing. By the preview next week, we may be getting our first interaction between the two, EVER. The Sons of the Harpy fight at the end was done really well, and it just gave us more of a reason to need Tyrion and his wit. Dany is losing so much, and now presumably both Barristan and Grey Worm? Harsh times ahead for her. It may be awhile before we see her on the Iron Throne.

+Road trips

+Tommen and his immaturity

+Sons of the Harpy

+Snow and his honor

+Baelish reveals some plans

+Next week's possibilities...

-Screw Melisandre!

9.5/10

You know nothing, Jon Snow

[IamInge · 9/10 · 21 July 2019]

The storylines flow effortlessly forward and we get some nice foreshadowing - and some inconspicuous insight into an important backstory.

Brutal Justice of Fanatics

[claudio_carvalho · 8/10 · 3 May 2015]

Jorah Mormont steals a boat to navigate with Tyrion. James and Bronn travel in a merchant ship to Dorne to rescue Myrcella. The Iron Bank is charging their loan and Cersei sends a representative of the Small Council to negotiate with the bankers. Then she has a meeting with the High Sparrow and gives an army and power to his followers to kill and destroy "the sinners", including Little Finger's brothel, his clients and Sir Loras, the brother of Margaery. Tommen unsuccessfully tries to release Loras to send him to the Castle of Casterly Rock. Margaery leaves him to stay with her family. Stannis Baratheon plans to head to Winterfell before the snow. Jon Snow is summoning nobles to help the Night Watch with men and supplies and he has a dilemma with the name of the Bolton family. Melisandre tries to seduce Jon Snow, but he resists to the temptation and does not break his vows. Shireen meets her father feeling bored and rejected and he tells what happened to her when she was a child. Sansa visits the tombs of her ancestral and Little Finger tells a story of her family to her and tells that he will meet Cersei. Further, he tells that the best men can be manipulated and he is the master of manipulation. James and Bronn are found by a patrol and need to fight to survive. Ellaria Sand wants war but she is warned that James Lannister and Bronn are in her lands. Daenerys has a meeting with Barristan and then she does not accept the traditional games. The Sons of Harpy promote a slaughter and trap Daenerys' army.

"Sons of Harpy' is one of the most brutal episodes of "Game of Thrones". The segments are very violent, beginning with the fanatic followers of the High Sparrow and ending with the Sons of Harpy. In-between, Castle Black is preparing for war and Ellaria wants to begin a war. The beautiful part is Stannis Baratheon having a conversation with his daughter. The preparation of Sansa by her manipulative mentor is the impressive Machiavellian part of the show. My vote is eight.

Title (Brazil): "Sons of Harpy"

Chaos is a ladder - and it starts from the bottom with Dorne

[sharky_55 · 3 May 2015]

A copper viper entwines itself around an upright spear as the intro takes us to yet another new location within Planetos, Dorne, which we saw a little of the royal palace in Sunspear last week. But it's Jorah's sneaky nigh-time robbery of a fishing boat which we open to. He's never been the most moral knight in Westeros having resorting to slavery to please his old wife, and now it seems he will do anything in order to get back to his Dragon Queen, his new love. Also sneaking around in the night-time are Jaime and Bronn, who's partnership has gone beyond secret sword-fighting lessons to secret search and rescue missions into the one kingdom that Aegon the Conqueror never conquered. They stand proudly next to their words; Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken. The 3 Sand Snakes stand with Ellaria Sand as they plot their revenge for the Red Viper's death. They are the living evidence of Oberyn's widespread travels and affairs. Which is why it puzzles me to see them pretty much assume the standard Dornish attire and appearance. The accents all sound the same. For once GOT sways into the realm of cosplay.

Which brings us to two pivotal Lannister characters which I feel are going wayward with their characterisation. Jaime expresses contempt at Tyrion's act of kin slaying but although Jaime has always respected and admired his father for his feats and standing there was not much love there. He so easily refused to be heir to Casterly Rock and even smiled at being disowned from the family following that argument, and later was very quick to reinstate this claim in order to save Tyrion's life. It's a sudden turnaround of these loyalties; as shown by the camaraderie between the brothers in the various prison exchanges last season.

Elsewhere Cersei has suddenly given the new High Septon (Sparrow) the authority to rearm the Faith Militant and effectively grow their own personal army. Where is this sudden goodwill and trust coming from? Cersei has shown varying degrees of idiocy and intelligence over the seasons but above all else she cares about herself and her family. If she wants to lead the faith to weed out Loras Tyrell as a sinner surely there is no need to allow them to create their own personalised military to run amok in King's Landing? Because as Jonathan Pryce has shown this new leader needs no bribery and is not swayed by the worldly riches of food, wealth and sex. And what is the objective of Cersei in locking up Loras? Surely as the sole heir to Highgarden she'd want to be wed to him after losing her power as Queen Regent. It's overall a horrible decision by Cersei, but it's the fact that it is uncharacteristic of her to make it without a very strong or evident motivation. The calm demeanour of Lena Headey's acting is therefore jarring to what her actions actually bring about.

What follows is a nice scene which demonstrates a few things. One, the battle inside Selyse Florent's mind between the Lord of Light's service and the love of her family. She's already shown this before when questioning Melisandre about the use of love potions with Stannis. Next, we see Sam's resourcefulness as he sends pleas of help to all of the North for men and supplies in wake of the devastating effects of the assault on Castle Black. Finally we still see a hint of Jon's upbringing as he hesitates at the sight of Roose Bolton's name. Even if he refused Stannis' offer of legitimising him his Stark blood still boils in his veins. Jon Snow knows some things like love and loyalty, even if he has no idea where the heart is.

It's been a long time coming but finally we see the legendary Ser Barristan Selmy in action. From Jaime Lannister to Ned Stark we've heard praises of his fighting prowess but perhaps his age has caught up with him. The menacing masks of the Sons of Harpy are a frightening sight in themselves but does not say much about their combat ability, holding small daggers in their hands as they prance Catwoman like in the chambers of Meereen, fighting as if their controllers are stuck and they can only aim at the throat. For Barristan perhaps a weary body and lack of armour excuses him from winning an outnumbered battle but for the hardened Unsullied warriors it is a disappointing outcome. If any of the nameless warriors showed even half of Grey Worm's ability they wouldn't fall so easily to unarmoured slavers wielding daggers. But for the sake of a cliff-hanger ending their years and years of combat training and unrivalled discipline seemingly disappears along with their advertised tolerance against pain. How hard is it to slip in a line mentioning the lack of Wine of Courage? For the sake of Dany I hope both of them survive.

Full of Surprises

[Yazanmomani-125-435020 · 10/10 · 3 May 2015]

Now this episode is really epic. The ending is extraordinary.Even if you read the books, this episode is different. Jaimie and Bronn are heading toward Dorne, where they encounter some trouble. Melisandre goes to Jon Snow, the lord commander, but he stays loyal to his oath and his first love, Ygritte. In Meeren, Dany is having some trouble while ruling, and remember, conquering is not ruling. The Sons Of Harpy appear from where they are hiding, and eventually kill some of Dany's Unsullied. Unfortunately, the episode ends in a major cliffhanger where Grey Worm and Ser Barristian Selmy's fate is unknown. Believe me, I feel season 5 is going to top all seasons and things are turning intense as this season progresses.

Sons of the Harpy. S5 EP4 review

[mohammedadallawati · 8/10 · 3 April 2023]

Soundtrack : (8.9/10) Dialogue : (8.4/10) Story : (7/10) Cinematography : (9.3/10) Character Development : (8/10) Conflict : (8.5/10) Excitement : (8.7/10) Reasonableness : (8/10) Overall : (8.3/10)

Pros :

• Bronn and Jaime' scenes are always entertaining and hilarious. Their fight scene was really good and well edited.

• I love seeing Cersei struggling to rule and constantly makes the wrong decisions.

• the faith militant grows in power and the conflicts in Kingslanding grows. Loras gets arrested. Margery's scene with Tommen is really good.

• Jon holding on to his vows and his love to Yigrette is great.

• Shireen is adorable. I loved her scene with Stannis. What a great scene.

• Daenerys and Barristan scene was fine.

Cons :

• Stannis's scenes are becoming dull. There are no more conflicts that can add to his character.

• one of the worst decisions made by the lazy Dave and Dan. Killing Barristan Selmy is so idiotic. His death doesn't affect the general conflict in Mereen. What a stupid decision. Look how they have massacred my boy.

• Dorne is just horrible. Dull characters with non sense conflict.

• Jorah and Tyrion scenes could be infinitely better if followed as the books.

Review of season 5: Episodes 3-4

[851222 · 9/10 · 5 May 2015]

Greetings from Lithuania.

So we are almost in the middle of season 5, and last two episodes were better that first two in my opinion. I would rate both of them 9. First off all both of them were longer in running time - that's a good thing. There were also more action, although action is just one of the parts (and not the most important) which makes this show great. Plot is moving to interesting directions, and while there some stops here and there, overall i'm intrigued.

Overall, episodes 3 and 4 were superior then first two. Bigger, bloodier, more intriguing. At this point we are still far from end of season 5, but something tels (no i haven't read books, so i'm fresh here) me that this season is going to be more of buildup for future events. I kinda had this idea first when they announced directors for season 5 and there weren't "heavyweighter" from previous seasons. Sure, there will be meaningful events, but so far everything is moving not very fast and more on a buildup level. Still, this is a great show so far no matter what direction it goes.

Another solid episode despite going even more slower

[gavin-thelordofthefu-48-460297 · 8/10 · 24 April 2016]

Sons of the Harpy is another solid that delivered what it promised. The performances are still great, the sets and costumes are still lavish, the music score is still beautiful, the directing remains a bit atmospheric, the editing is still nice, the characters and relationships still shine, and the script is still well-written. My only quibbles is that the pacing felt even more slower and the plot progression hasn't been advanced even further. Despite those flaws, however, it's still a good episode and I hope everything would turn out fine in the next few episodes. So, overall, not great, but still solid. :)

Big, bold, brutal and...brilliant

[TheLittleSongbird · 9/10 · 20 February 2018]

Came to 'Game of Thrones' fairly late in the game and due to being so busy the binge-watching was gradual. Have found myself truly loving the show, very quickly becoming one of my favourites. It totally lives up to the hype and not only does it do the brilliant source material justice (a rarity in television) it is on its own merits one of the finest, most addictive and consistently compelling shows in recent years and quality-wise it puts a lot of films in recent years to shame.

"The Wars to Come", "The House of Black and White" and "High Sparrow" were very good to great previous episodes from Season 5. "Sons of the Harpy" manages to be even better than them, while not one of my favourite 'Game of Thrones' episodes or one of the show's magnum opuses, it was with this episode where Season 5 started to properly settle.

While there is evidence of the quieter and intricate tone seen in the previous three episodes, "Sons of the Harpy" balances that and brilliantly with brutally bold action, insightful characterisation and development (the one possible exception being Sansa, who the episode could have done more with), surprising twists and revelations and drama that feels intense and emotional. Of the four episodes, it is with "Sons of the Harpy" where it felt the most like the storytelling and characterisation were evolving and moving forward.

'Game of Thrones' has never failed to deliver on the acting. "Sons of the Harpy" doesn't disappoint in that regard with strong performances across the board, regardless of any reservations with Sansa it to me doesn't lie with Sophie Turner but merely that the character pales in comparison to stronger characters that have had more development and exposure.

Visually, "Sons of the Harpy" looks amazing, as one would expect for 'Game of Thrones'. The scenery is throughout spectacular, the sets are hugely atmospheric and beautiful on the eyes with a real meticulous eye for detail and the costumes suit the characters to a tee. The make-up is beautifully done. The visual effects are some of the best of any television programme and are not overused or abused, the scale, the detail and how they actually have character and soul are better than those in a lot of the big-budget blockbusters. As well the cinematography and editing, which are cinematic quality as well.

One cannot talk about "Sons of the Harpy" without mentioning the thematically, orchestrally and atmospherically multi-layered music scoring and the unforgettable main theme. Again, worthy of a high-budget fantasy/action/drama film.

It is hard not to be bowled over by the quality of the writing, outstanding isn't a strong enough adjective to describe how good the writing is once again. It always has a natural flow, is layered and thought-provoking and demonstrates a wide range of emotions. The story is still riveting, with plenty of passion and sensitivity.

Summing up, excellent episode if not quite one of my favourites. 9/10 Bethany Cox

Best episode of the season yet

[Leofwine_draca · 8/10 · 12 October 2020]

SONS OF THE HARPY is the best episode of the season yet, finishing as it does on a hugely impressive battle climax in which the titular characters rise up for the first time. Of course, this would be superceded by even bigger and more impressive events later on in the show, but it's good enough for now. The material in the North remains immersive, from the Boltons and their machinations to Jon's new-found responsibilities. Dorne features again but the camaraderie works for now.

Colors across kingdoms, all wielding the same bloody sword

[quincytheodore · 9/10 · 4 May 2015]

While the young king decides not to resort to violence, it seems that he is alone in this sentiment. Everyone practically bleeds or suffers some sort of unfortunate fate today. Cersei has armed a militant based on faith, it's a very arbitrary group as it incarcerates anyone who is seen disruptive, but the category is wide and ambiguous. The pretext works however, as the new established militant serves her goal and vexes Margeary, which in turns create a rift on the royal newlywed's relationship.

Meanwhile at North, both Stark siblings find themselves in contradicting side although they might not know the whereabouts of the other. Jon Snow is still wanted by the advancing army of Stannis, one must praise his honor as he deflects another charming offer. In a more heartwarming scene of his entire campaign, Stannis showcases his affection towards her daughter. This is probably the best performance by the father-daughter actors to date.

Remarkably, the North is the only segment which doesn't draw any blood. Jamie finally reaches the land of his captured niece, he's in full redemption mode, a tad sorrowful for this season. Chemistry between him and Bronn is witty and entertaining. Bronn is smarter than he'd like to show and Jaime requires his companionship, perhaps more for a trusty friend than a hired thug, although the swordsmanship proves to be useful either way.

The south has intriguing culture, aside for their elegant in handling spear, apparently they also have all female squad which has high tolerance to violence. The theme of militant is as thick as the blood they spill in this episode. Sons of Harpy deliver another more lethal blow and this time they do so openly. It ends on a high note as one of the more visceral action sequences wraps up the episode.

This marks one of the bloodiest showing in the series. It'd take time to dress the wound of many characters and clean the stain from many walls.

sansa's character is awful ,why doesn't she die ????

[himalaya316 · 6/10 · 13 December 2015]

this season is so far not very impressive this episode is far not .I don't understand the sansa's character in this season ,her brother and mother was killed by Bolton now she is marrying those what the f**k is that ??? this is totally intolerable i just hate watching her shitty face .... another negative point is the Daenerys's has gone mad ,awful decisions... faith militants were unnecessary ,seemed like this group unnecessarily introduced in the season just to increase the length of the story ..

my only reason of watching game of thrones this season is 1.Jon Snow 2.Bran (who is not shown yet this season) 3.Daenerys 4.Arya Stark

Irritating and Frustrating Characters in this episode 1.Sansa Stark 2.Roose Bolton and his son Ramsey.

Horrible decision

[AmarHamadi · 1/10 · 23 October 2020]

They killed off the best fighter in the show Ser Barristan with a bunch of common fighters but let Grey Worm live. The actor knew it was a terrible decision but the hack writers did it anyway.

Harpies. and little more

[Kirpianuscus · 12 May 2019]

The atack of Harpies is the pillar of this episode . For costumes, choreography, memories about simmilar episodes from history. The relation of young Tommen with Faith Militant is the second powerful point. Not the last, the confrontation between Jon Snow and Melisander. A film about the preservation of power. Simple, clear, inspired.

Untenable Situations

[Hitchcoc · 8/10 · 7 April 2016]

We have Sansa at the Boltons ready to marry that psychotic for the good of the future. We have Tyrion heading for the Dragon Queen. His captor carrying his own baggage. Dany lets her emotions get the best of her, being corrupted, for the time being, by her own ego. John has gone to get reinforcements from the Wildings to attack the Boltons. Things are all gray at the moment with everything in the offing. Most of the characters are faced with the problem of how to rule in a world so divided. Should they put it all out there and conquer, knowing that this keeps the undercurrents alive. One factor that is going to be a big time issue is the threat of the dragons which are at times pretty unpredictable. Also, with Sansa, is her marriage going to be honored in any way. The traditions dictate things but blood usually prevails anyway.

The Uprising of Puritans on fragmented GOT's storyline!!

[elo-equipamentos · 8/10 · 9 July 2023]

The conceptive GOT series is allowed to us in several fragments of stories at seven Kingdoms on this allusive British's background, upon such premise they had to fill in an entire episode in short acting pieces in order the take ahead the whole thing together, in Sons of the Harpy lays down an imperative uprising the puritan wings of those territory, whether it's wherever it will happen as High Sparrow and they fanatic army at behest of Cersei ordering over such sinful at his circle, more specifically Margaery's brother a homo-affective guy arrested at jail.

Even the King Lancel's efforts wasn't able to release him, Cersei manages behind of scenes to put to the test the King's weakness over such matter, likewise it will befall at Daenerys's kingdom where Sons of the Harpy arise against her army, due get back the tradition-bound games, thus stays explicit on both places an upheaval against the liberal-minded people.

Others events that worthwhile refer is the Tyron's kidnaping carried out by the still excreted Mormont that has a bold plan to recover his reputation, another sequence concerning James and Bronn toward to Dorne as lousy men sailing at ship cargo hold until reach in the island, where they have an unexpected and adverse fight against four horseback warriors, John Snow was sought by a seductress Melisandre to change your mind over Winterfell invasion, what a tight spot for him, also the brutal bloody fight in the end is fabulous increasing the episode with red color.

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You know nothing, information is power

[moviesfilmsreviewsinc · 10/10 · 2 March 2023]

This is a show where fighting is perhaps the most important element of any character, and those who aren't fighters, have to think like fighters while getting others to do their violence for them. See Tyrion Lannister, Littlefinger, and Cersei Lannister, all of whom appear in this episode making decisions of various quality. Cersei, as usual, does the bulk of the plotting. After meeting with the High Sparrow, she decides that Westeros needs its religious military back once again, thus the Sparrows find themselves rearmed after hundreds of years with no Faith Militant. Never mind the fact that they were disarmed for a reason, now Westeros has armed religious fanatics smashing tables (and beer barrels, cue tears) in the streets of King's Landing while Cersei smirks and sics her new-found dogs on the Tyrell family, despite the fact that Mace Tyrell has basically been supporting the crown's lavish spending and the Iron Bank is calling in part of its significant loan to the Seven Kingdoms. As Daenerys has discovered, just because you're in charge doesn't mean you're in control, and that's one of the most spectacular fight scenes in the show's run thus far. In the streets of Meereen, the Unsullied and Second Sons patrol for danger, hunting down the Sons of the Harpy. The visuals have more impact than the writing from Dave Hill, but that's probably by design. The discussion scenes, particularly Bronn/Jaime, Tyrion/Jorah, and most surprisingly Stannis and Shireen, tap into the emotions quite deftly. The Baratheon men are known for their big hearts... well, all but Stannis, but watch him awkwardly embrace his grayscale-faced daughter and tell me he's not as big-hearted as the Brienne-saving Renly or the Ned-loving Robert. It's a lovely moment, and it shows a newly human side to Stannis The Mannis (knocked out of the park by Stephen Dillane). Absolutely wonderful; it's nice to see there's still a human king of Westeros involved in the war between sycophants and psychopaths. Is that glimpse of humanity something positive for Stannis, or a sign of weakness that's going to bring him down when push comes to shove? He is a formidable opponent militarily, and he's the rightful king of Westeros, in so much as anyone's the rightful king of anything. Hopefully he'll be able to use his clever daughter to his advantage, just not in a creepy Sansa/Littlefinger way.

You know nothing

[dannylee-78082 · 8/10 · 3 March 2022]

1. Loras gets arrested 2. Melissandre attempts to seduce Jon 3. Sons of Harpy revolts

Margaery is queen of gaslighting and manipulation. But Cersei does NOT play around. She's a political genius and when she sees the moment for opportunity (High Sparrow), she uses it to her advantage, taking the upper hand in her rivalry with Margaery.

Another question I have is.. "Why are literally all characters in GoT written so well?" Even Stannis a complex character as we understand he is rather too consumed by the Melissandre (who just loves dropping her robe for hot men), but he also shows affection for her daughter. Bronn and Jaime is a great duo as well and they play off one another pretty good. Lots of interesting sub plots this season.

The sons of Harpy... are not super interesting because while I do understand that uprooting a social system is going to cause conflicts, their motivation feels unclear to me. That they would kill to remain a slave? I'm not sure. Despite that, it still remains a major challenge to Daenerys and that Baristan is gone, Jorah does have a place.

Return to form.

[mb-155 · 8/10 · 6 May 2015]

That was a classic episode with the one sided fight at the start, the lovely tall elegant Sansa Stark scene in the middle (God to think she has to hook up with you know who) and the internecine fight at the end with the tolling bell to great effect. It was brilliant. I watched this series at the start, got a bit browned off with the some of gratuitous sex scenes and the demise of so many of the Starks and the burgeoning careers of the Lanisters, so I failed to watch some of the middle series episodes. Now look at Jaime Lannister he's semi reformed character. I thought it was predictable but now I find this fifth season to be a return to form!

Another Regular Episode but more brutal.

[ououzaza · 8/10 · 15 July 2019]

High Sparrow taking the City, Sons of the Harpy become more powerful. pointless Dorne story & Jaime's mission.

Honor saved?

[AvionPrince16 · 7/10 · 5 April 2023]

The tensions of Margaery and Cersei is interesting to see and Cersei seem to know that the new king will failed to give orders and seem to be weak to satisfy his wife. We had also a nice sensual scene where Melissandre let John touch her and i need to say that she has a nice body. Sansa have some doubts about the future: is she gonna stay forever with the Bolton and marry Ramsay or is she gonna see the Bolton fall and her family back to her?. Oberyn's death will make some actions and revenge will be take by Ellaria and the Lannister daughter seem to be a good way for them and that will make a surprise to Jaime and his friend. Jorah will try to save his honor by giving Tyrion to Daenerys: that will work or not? Daenerys will forgive him? Or just not? Clearly need to see more and the tensions make this episode and the future episodes more interesting.

Worst Episode of Game of Thrones Yet

[ammovano · 2/10 · 4 May 2015]

My wife and I were so disappointed last night with this episode.

3 Reasons - Warning Spoilers ahead 1. The story went absolutely nowhere. With only 10 episodes a season we can't afford this.

2. The scene introducing the Sand Sisters was cheesy and poorly acted. Looked like a scene from a cheap SciFi show.

3. The fight scenes were just terrible! Lanister stopped a sword with his gold hand- no one saw that coming. And the final fight scene with the Sons of the Harpy was a joke of choreagraphy. It could have been an amazing way to show the Unsullied vs a decent foe but instead it was a bunch of Harpies getting behind them to slit their throtes- come on you can come up with something more imaginative than that.

4. The fact that he head sparrow so easily is manipulated by the queen is sad. And the Sparrow club bearing fighters were pretty lame as well.

I LOVE GoT so much- that's why I took the time out of my day to write this. Hopefully it will be a drop in the bucket towards convincing HBO to either invest real time and money into the fight scenes or fire the director of this mess.

I like the way we're getting to see a more admirable side of Stannis.

[punch87 · 8/10 · 13 November 2019]

The final battle scene is worth the price of admission, and the Sand Snakes looks as lethal as advertised, but I'm getting awfully tired of Stannis & Co. trying to convince Jon to muster the Night's Watch to march on Winterfell.

sad episode ... doesn't follow any viable lore or logic

[gabe6669 · 1/10 · 9 May 2015]

Alright, so a king visits an absolute nobody so called priest(sort of)! Firstly .. its the "king" of seven kingdoms and the event's taking place at medieval time with dragons for gods shake! .. get a clue ... a king doesn't just visit no bodies, .. a king summons them, it just doesn't go with the storyline at all.

And there is more ... king actually gets blocked by dudes wearing nothing but black robes (no armor or anything) and even if they had armors & weapons ... its within the freaking caste .. that's just totally wrong and the king had the "kings guard" right behind .. doing rather .. nothing, they act like first time soldiers with no clue, acting like total newbies ... kings guard are veteran soldiers(normally) and even if not(highly unlikely) they should be able to handle a few newbie monks! this is just absurd.

Of course I like this show and I think everyone understands mistakes are bound to happen and silly stuff to drag stories is rather typical and people are used to that but this is just stupid really, seriously disappointed with this episode ... come on guys make some efforts at least !