Episode cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Peter Dinklage | ... | Tyrion Lannister | |
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau | ... | Jaime Lannister | |
Lena Headey | ... | Cersei Lannister | |
Emilia Clarke | ... | Daenerys Targaryen | |
Kit Harington | ... | Jon Snow | |
Aidan Gillen | ... | Petyr 'Littlefinger' Baelish | |
Charles Dance | ... | Tywin Lannister | |
Natalie Dormer | ... | Margaery Tyrell | |
Stephen Dillane | ... | Stannis Baratheon | |
Liam Cunningham | ... | Davos Seaworth | |
Carice van Houten | ... | Melisandre (as Carice Van Houten) | |
John Bradley | ... | Samwell Tarly | |
Sophie Turner | ... | Sansa Stark | |
Kristofer Hivju | ... | Tormund Giantsbane | |
Hannah Murray | ... | Gilly |
Cersei comes to the funeral of her father Tywin Lannister and blames her brother Jaime for his death. Tyrion arrives at his destination transported in a wooden box and Lord Varys discloses that Jaime had asked him to save his brother. White Rat is murdered in a brothel and Daenerys asks Grey Worm to find the killer. She visits her dragons in the dungeons but they do not respect her. Jon Snow is training a teenager, but Melisandre brings him to talk to Stannis Baratheon. He assigns Snow to convince Mance Rayder to bend his knees for him and make his people fight with his army. Will Mance accept the deal? Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Now that I've reviewed four seasons, this episode and some of the later episodes of season 5 is where I watched Game of Thrones on television. Because, like I said before when I reviewed Season 1, I had to catch up with the entire show online. So, with that out of the way, time to review Season 5 starting with this one.
The Wars to Come continues where Season 4 left off with the two Stark girls heading off in different directions Arya and Sansa while Tyrion with the help of Varys arrive at Pentos after escaping from the Lannister family after being sentenced to death. Also, Jon Snow is continuing his duties at the Wall before two kings arrive, which finds himself caught.
The first episode of Season 5 is a great episode. The performances are still good, the storyline's nicely written, the new characters are well-introduced, and the pacing never drags. My only quibble is that it doesn't quite live up to the high standards set by Season 4.
Don't get me wrong. The writing's fine for the most part, but the reason I think Season 4 was the best because it raised the stakes to the events that would happen to some of the Lannister family members, the action sequences were engaging, the writing had gotten progressively stronger, and the character development was even more fleshed out.
But while this episode isn't excellent, it's a great start to season 5 and looking forward to see how things will turn out.