Lord Neddard Stark

I'd probably give the episode a 6. It doesn't feel like a complete product. It's bad Tv to use cliffhangers like that in a season finale. Obviously, you don't have to wrap up every plot point but you need to give the watcher closure with the characters. Like previous seasons. It would be like if they ended Season 1 on Eddards execution and season 3 on the Red Wedding. I don't really know what they hope to achieve by doing this, it's not like people are going to be so desperate to find out what happened to Sansa that it'll guarantee they'll renew their HBO or SKY subscription just in time for next season. More likely people will carry on with their lives, watch another show and completely forget about Game of Thrones till next April.

He was watching his little girl screaming to death and begging to stop burning her, sorry but even if you had a heart of stone that would evoke some kind of reaction.

Maybe it's just me, but I really don't know how we've gone from him telling her how much he loves her, to burning at the stake and not even showing a glint of emotion. it feels like they skipped from A directly to Z

If it was in the book I would be annoyed, because it would be extremely out of character for Stannis to cave like that. I know I can't compare books to TV but it still doesn't change the fact that it was terrible writing. the show is more concerned with shock value than the overall quality of the show, and it's just like a slap across the face when they build characters up to just completely contradict their arc (I.e Sansa, Jaime and now Stannis). and I'm not against book changes, if you look on my profile you'll see my post last week about how much I loved Hardhome, and that 90% of that was made up by DB & Weiss.

0 out F ing 10. Ramsay is not Solid Snake. Stannis would not decide to burn his daughter because someone killed the horses. The guy was willing to die rather than break a promise. Done with this show... This is the straw that broke the camels back. P.s. Props to the talented young actress Kerry Ingram for killing it as Shireen Baratheon this season.