Kill the Boy

For the most part, this is a standard mid-season episode that advances various plotlines but it also contains one of my favorite sequences in the entire series: Tyrion and Jorah's journey through the eerie, fog-shrouded ruins of old Valerya.

This is what I've been missing from the GoT verse: the mystery and exoticism of unexplored realms. Of which there are still plenty.

Other than that, this episode is notable for more developments in Daenerys' story. Ser Barristan was the wise adviser who could hold her back from her more dragonny self.

With him gone, who's left? Missandei thinks everything Daenerys does is peachy. Follow your instincts, great. Jorah is in love with Daenerys and can't be objective. Daario just encourages her worst instincts.

I guess it's up to Tyrion now, the guy who by his own admission loves power for its own sake and who will be a hunted fugitive as long as Cersei breathes...

Kill the Boy isn't as excellent as I hoped much like the previous episode, but it's still solid. Yes, the plot progression is still too slow and hasn't been advanced further and not to mention the new characters haven't been given anything to do. Despite those issues, however, everything still turned out fine.

The performances are still good, the script, despite how the slow the plot has been so far, is still well-written, the music score is still great, the scenery is still gorgeous, the sets and costumes are still nice, the directing is crisp, and the editing is smooth. So, overall, another solid episode in spite of it's slow pacing. :)

With all due respect to George R.R. Martin, leeway with the books has made Game of Thrones Season 5 the most consequential yet, and "Kill the Boy" set yet another strong precedent.

One of my favourite episodes of all time. Theon has a great role

Just two or three chapters are worth mentioning in slow pace episode, when Daenerys takes a hard decision to entrap all richest family's leaders due the previous revolt, letting one of them be fired and eaten by the dragons, meanwhile at wall Jon Snow makes an unusual and weird proposal to Tormund, due the wild people were no foods he offers both people a truce to fighting for theirs surviving in possible join forces against the common foe north Bolton, he will allowed the deserted lands for his people, the faltering Tormund accepts as long the own Joe Snow goes along and offers Stannis's fleet of ships to bring them, Stannis decides head to north to start his war in hope Jon Snow convinces the wild ones gather in the fight in time.

At last Tyron is in Mormont's boat begging for some wine, they enter in a channel toward the old advanced Valerya city already crumbling and overgrow, suddenly appears a flying dragon crossing the sky, the extent to which they move forward the worst comes along, the awful creatures Stone men, jumping inside the boat, Mormont struggles hard as he can, whilst Tyron is tied up is warned by Mormont avoid they try touch him, Tyron falling down on deep water saves by Mormont before he drowns, Mormont actually touched the Stone men and has been infected by their skin decease.

As I said a slow pace episode, a sexy nude scene between the wicked Ransay and his former girlfriend Myranda meanwhile in advance he treats Theon harshly as often, a poisoned guy indeed, also Daenerys allowing back the games as tradition on the Kingdom.

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First watch: 2023 / How many: 1 / Source: Blu-Ray / Rating: 8.5.