Cersei and Jaime adjust to a world without Tywin. Tyrion and Varys arrive at Pentos. In Meereen, a new enemy emerges. Jon is caught between two kings.Cersei and Jaime adjust to a world without Tywin. Tyrion and Varys arrive at Pentos. In Meereen, a new enemy emerges. Jon is caught between two kings.Cersei and Jaime adjust to a world without Tywin. Tyrion and Varys arrive at Pentos. In Meereen, a new enemy emerges. Jon is caught between two kings.
Carice van Houten
- Melisandre
- (as Carice Van Houten)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAlthough the novels have a significant amount of flashbacks, showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss had set rules of 'no dreams, no prophecies, no flashbacks' for themselves when they began with the series. They especially wanted to eschew flashbacks, as their original unaired pilot had several, which became very confusing. All these rules would eventually be broken, as this episode contains the first flashback in the show's history.
- GoofsStannis says, "Once the North is won, I'll declare them [the Wildlings] citizens of the realm." Because Westeros is a monarchy rather than nation-state, the correct term is "subjects."
- Quotes
Lord Varys: You have your father's instincts for politics and you have compassion.
Tyrion Lannister: Compassion. Yes. I killed my lover with my bare hands and I shot my own father with a crossbow.
Lord Varys: I never said you were perfect.
- Crazy creditsStarting with the first episode of season 5, the opening sequence with the map shows Winterfell in smoke. The castle tower now shows the rotating heraldic of House Bolton, the flayed man (it was the Stark's shadow wolf before). The heraldic of House Stark, the shadow wolf, however, can be seen lying next to the tower on the ground (right side of the tower). After Sansa and Jon recapture Winterfell, the Stark Wolf returns onto the tower.
Featured review
Literature vs The Series
I couldn't care less if the Series is diverging from the Literature: the books are not canonical texts (neither I would bother if they were); I couldn't care less about disputing which one is the chosen one: the source will always be the "best" because it was the first and it's the basis for the inspiration... well, that's subjective, but hey... I couldn't care less!
We readers and viewers have to understand that one thing is a book, another thing is an audiovisual work. Both have merits on their own and both use different languages to speak for themselves. What comes first comes first, but I couldn't care less. After all the author is blessing the series, even directing some episodes, and he is all smiles about its route, so... why whining?
What matters for me is quality, its juice - narrative with excellence. A story with layers and layers of reviving itself from the ashes, the mighty test of enduring when being hammered in flames, the plausibility of a character's metamorphosis (our own in life), the prevailing string of a persona's charisma: Shakespearean political plots vs. Humanism.
That's what you will find in this episode. Forget about hysterical plot turmoils, Hollywood agendas and frantic compasses. You'll only find a solid narrative with delightful clues for the "Wars to Come". When you reaffirm the protocols of seeing good old "Game of Thrones" again and for the 5th time the episode has already finished leaving you with a watery eye. Son of a...!
We readers and viewers have to understand that one thing is a book, another thing is an audiovisual work. Both have merits on their own and both use different languages to speak for themselves. What comes first comes first, but I couldn't care less. After all the author is blessing the series, even directing some episodes, and he is all smiles about its route, so... why whining?
What matters for me is quality, its juice - narrative with excellence. A story with layers and layers of reviving itself from the ashes, the mighty test of enduring when being hammered in flames, the plausibility of a character's metamorphosis (our own in life), the prevailing string of a persona's charisma: Shakespearean political plots vs. Humanism.
That's what you will find in this episode. Forget about hysterical plot turmoils, Hollywood agendas and frantic compasses. You'll only find a solid narrative with delightful clues for the "Wars to Come". When you reaffirm the protocols of seeing good old "Game of Thrones" again and for the 5th time the episode has already finished leaving you with a watery eye. Son of a...!
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- Apr 14, 2015
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