I'd give it a 7 or 8, I was initially upset that Lady Stoneheart did not appear in the finale despite much speculation and hype, however I'm still pretty convinced she will appear at the beginning of next season. Not ideal, but I reckon they're saving it because there aren't as many 'wow' moments from the books they can use in next season in comparison the material they've been working with. Plus, it is quite integral to Brienne's story and I see the finale building up to the reveal in the first few episodes. Despite that, I overall enjoyed it. I had no issues with the Bran scenes, but I'm not particularly a fan of Bran in the books so I'm not too bothered about deviations. I was pretty much satisfied with Tyrion's story, would have been nice to include the 'wherever whores go' moment but I can see why they didn't, however I didn't really think too much of the Shae murder - lacked the passion I expected... maybe that's just me though! The thing that brought down the whole episode for me was Stannis' part, I think it portrayed him far too negatively. Reading the books I always imagined a really heroic entry of Stannis coming North of the wall, but instead they made it seem somewhat sinister (with the music) and made him look a bit douchey. This is a running theme with the whole series though, I actually really like Stannis in the books and the producers have portrayed him so wrongly for such a long time. I actually really liked the deviation of Brienne and the Hound fight, I don't think it ruins the storyline too much and as much as I was disappointed with the end scene not being LS, Arya sailing to Braavos was a pretty awesome ending, definitely beating the last season.
