| 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 | |
| Liam Cunningham | ... | Davos Seaworth | |
| Carice van Houten | ... | Melisandre (as Carice Van Houten) | |
| Sophie Turner | ... | Sansa Stark | |
| Nathalie Emmanuel | ... | Missandei | |
| Indira Varma | ... | Ellaria Sand | |
| Alfie Allen | ... | Theon Greyjoy | |
| John Bradley | ... | Samwell Tarly | |
| Isaac Hempstead Wright | ... | Bran Stark | |
| Conleth Hill | ... | Lord Varys | |
Jon and Daenerys finally meet. Cersei gains a new ally. Sansa receives an unexpected visitor. Sam is confronted for his actions.
This was a decent episode but with only 7 episodes this season I had higher expectations. This was also the longest episode so far that still didn't show too much. It would have been even better had they reduced it to a shorter 45 minutes and made another episode which features more great minor characters or other parts of Westeros so we had 8 in the series.
The best part was the start with the encounter we had all waited years for, when Ice met Fire. While it didn't happen in the way we thought it would it was still good nevertheless. Meanwhile Cersei is chopping away at Daenery's allies making us wonder whether being Queen of the Ashes is better than being Queen of nothing in the seven kingdoms. The other events and parts of the episode seemed to drag on with some things happening but not a lot in the whole hour.
Having said all that it was still a quality episode. Lets be honest this is easily one of the greatest shows of all time and we are probably in for some big events and episodes. So I will eagerly await the coming episodes