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
Basement for the season is constructed
This story starts from where it left, Tyrion coming out of the Wooden box, Cersei and Jamie feeling differently about Tyrion and their father's death. Everything expected happens to Mance Rayder, as John plays a sitting duck in settling the truce. I don't seem to fancy Khaleesi and the charmer Daario Naharis' relationship. It only weaken's the Dragons' Mother's charismatic character. (Probably that's the writers' intent).
'Littlefinger' Baelish and Lord Varys get a little more important in this one.
Overall it's a great episode, the next one should be about Arya Stark.
My Rating - 9/10 -------------------------------
Game of thrones directors have unique way of filming and showing the content. They film episodes in tandem and in parallel, showing say 3 stories in one episode and another 3 stories in next episode. This makes the show riveting and fresh and very new scene is about another character. ------------------
'Littlefinger' Baelish and Lord Varys get a little more important in this one.
Overall it's a great episode, the next one should be about Arya Stark.
My Rating - 9/10 -------------------------------
Game of thrones directors have unique way of filming and showing the content. They film episodes in tandem and in parallel, showing say 3 stories in one episode and another 3 stories in next episode. This makes the show riveting and fresh and very new scene is about another character. ------------------
helpful•4521
- seshasai-tris
- Apr 11, 2015
Details
- Runtime53 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.78 : 1
Contribute to this page
Suggest an edit or add missing content
![Ian Beattie and Lena Headey in Game of Thrones (2011)](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTk4ODQ0ODQyMl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMDczODYyNDE@._V1_QL75_UY133_CR49,0,90,133_.jpg)