9/10
The House of Black and White. S5 EP2 review
29 March 2023
Warning: Spoilers
Soundtrack : (8.8/10) Dialogue : (8.6/10) Story : (8.3/10) Cinematography : (9.3/10) Character Development : (8.4/10) Conflict : (8.5/10) Excitement : (8.6/10) Reasonableness : (8.3/10) Overall : (8.6/10)

Pros :
  • Brienne meeting Sansa was good. The action scene following it was well done.


  • Sansa and Jaime's scene was pretty fine. We can tell how Tywin's death negatively affected their situation.


  • A good journey for Bronn and Jamie's relationship.


  • Mereen's council scene was interesting. Ser Barristan telling Daenerys about her father was great.


  • Ser Kevan is amazing.


  • Shireen teaching Gilly was cute.


  • Jon's talk with Stannis was good. An interesting offer from Stannis.


  • The Nights Watch scene was so great. Sam's speech develops his character along with the plot of Jon being a Lord Commander. The conflict was great and saved the episode in my opinion. Maester Aemon vouching for Jon was amazing. And finally Jon gets the position he deserves.


  • Arya finally meets Jaqen and enters the House of Black and White.


-Daenerys makes a difficult decision. We meet Drogon with a great scene.

Cons :
  • In general, the efficiency in writing has heavily deteriorated in this season. Most of the scenes started accomplishing fewer factors. For example, in previous seasons scenes developed the plot and the character, but in this season, scenes only managed to accomplish one of these.


  • Brienne saving Podrick at the last second was really unnecessary. It doesn't accomplish anything.


-the conflict in Dorne is so ridiculous. The characters are so poorly written unlike how great they are in the books. Everything is devoid of logic. Somehow Ellaria threatens the lord of Dorne with no consequences.

  • the dialogue is no longer intriguing as it was.


  • Celyse is so annoying. I never sympathized with her. A horribly written character.
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