I thought this was a good episode. I rate it an 8. I liked the little changes from the book and thought they were all good. The only nitpick I have from the book is the look and feel of Craster's place, but I am willing to overlook that as it is only a minor thing. I watched with some friends of mine, a few who are non-book readers and they loved the episode and cant wait for more. Overall, I thnk it was a good episode for a first episode of the season. I realized they had to make some changes from the book to get everyone caught up again with all the characters. I thought the new characters introduced were good. I quite like Stannis and Melisande. Davos is good too. I am looking forward to next week.
