Max Stark

:agree: though I didn't like some parts, especially Joff and his presents. Less screen time for the whores and a little bit more subtlety would be appreciated. The meeting of the Baratheon brothers was mediocre, it was one of my favorite scenes in the book, but somehow they just didn't get it right. But I liked the way they showed us Robb's surprise attack. Of course Tyrion was the best, especially together with Lancel. But Tywin was great, too. I loved what they did to Harrenhal, it's far more gritty and evil than I could have hoped for. Over all I rated it a 9, the good scenes overweighed the bad ones by far and this season finally seems to get some pace.

Great Episode, I liked it much better than episode 4 and rated it somewhere between 8 and 9. Mostly because they focused on Kingslanding and stopped this weird scene by scene story telling of last week. I liked the scene between Robert and Cersei, seemed to be authentic and quite interesting what they thought about their political marriage. While Loras shaving Renly seemed to be toally unnessecary. Also the fighting scenes were done quite well. All in all it felt complete, even without Dany and Jon. Don't get me wrong, I like their acting well enough, but it was a wise choice to leave them out of this one. By the way, funny thing, even without a single Targaryen on screen, the Dothraki threat seemed to be much more present and real than in all of the last episodes together.