Gave it a 8/10 after first watch. Things that lowered the score: Moat Cailin was great with Theons acting etc..but it felt little too rushed. You have all these sick and dying ironborn so why don't you drop a mention of bog devils and such and flesh it out a little more? Grey worm and Missandei - I just do not care about them. I might understand why they put the scene in and they acted it well, it's just that I always end up thinking: you're wasting time on this, I want to see more of the actual plot. Plus, really, they are just not that interesting to me. Beetle story - I am still trying to understand what the hell was that all about. Sure, they wanted to convey something, but hearing Tyrion making fun of a mentally handicapped person was awful to me. And it took too long, far too long. I kept looking at the clock and wishing for him to shut up so we can get to the duel. The duel - was fantastic, only complaint is it should have been like 2 minutes longer. It felt a little rushed. I wanted more reaction shots from everyone. Otherwise I loved Sansa scenes, Roose and Ramsay (shot of Winterfell, yay :drunk: ), Aryas laugh, even the Wall. Meereen was good. On the topic of ratings, I, too do not understand how some people just outright hate it, giving it a 1-4 ratings. I lurk on this site for over 3 years and those people were bitching back in season 2 (which was much worse that season 4), threatening to stop watching, yet they are still here. I have only one question for them: Why are you still watching if you think it's crap and travesty and whatnot? :dunno:
