Strytos

6.5 Possibly the least enjoyable episode of the entire series for me. I like the show for its dialogue and intrigue, I didn't really care for 30 min of people hacking at each other in the dark, where I could hardly see anything.

Nice episode overall, But I'm pretty confused about Shae's motivation to testify. In HBO's behind the scenes video 'No Turning Back' Sibel Kekilli states Shae wants revenge, but during the scene itself it seemed to me she was obviously coerced. Either they are still going somewhere different with Shae or their decision to change her character so much has finally come back to bite them.

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I think the episode was one of the best this season. 9/10 And the episode makes me wonder if it wouldn't be better to focus on fewer story lines/characters per episode in general. Most of the time each plot line gets one (at the most two) scenes per week, which draws out everything maybe more than necessary, and which undoubtedly contributes to common criticisms of the show ("moving too slowly", "nothing happens", etc.).