[james0246]

Wow what an episode. If last week's pacing was off and transitions were clunky, then this week made up for everything in spades. There was nary a loose scene or a misplaced storyline. Everything felt relevant, precise, intentional and just a little crazy...but in a good way. It's hard to choose what is the best going on here - The scene of the Small Council filled with epic chair moving (a quite literal jockeying for position); or maybe Dany's continually amazing storyline (I can't wait until next week); or what about Cat's beautiful little meltdown; or Arya's wonderful final scene with Hotpie (a piece of bread has never looked so good); or everything with Jamie - but even the worst (fat friend of Jon's whose last name sounds like Tully but isn't) still felt relevant and purposeful. Solid character and plot advances all around, with some great advancement's on Robb's story (this is the first time I've felt real tension in the Northern campaign).

This episode represents GoT's style of storytelling at it's best: fast paced but precise with great growth. Near perfect episode of Game of Thrones. 90/100.