Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken

First 4 seasons I couldn't wait to watch the next episode, this season I couldn't care more. I was waiting for the story to build up, but 6 episodes have passed and - nothing. We used to gasp at the events, discuss the reasons behind actions, bet on what would happen next. To me this show represented real life - brutal, sudden, dark... with a few decent human beings among ruthless beasts.

Yes, I felt bad for some of the events, but I was not watching GOT to feel bad, I was watching it to feel the life in it. What I see now are cheesy scenes and pitiful events, nothing more. To me, it became more like a lot of other shows just in different costumes.

We just cancelled our subscription to HBO Now as we had it only to watch this show.

This is the one group and story line that I could not stand in the Game of Thrones television show because they brought the show down.

Lowkey when jorah gets told that his dad died all i can think about is how they ain't look that many years apart in age. Gotta do some research now. Besides that this episode is good despite being the worst rated for this season of GOT. Season 4 is hard to follow, but watching it all in order or at once makes it a lot more enjoyable/harder to find issues for me.

Poor sansa man. Love her so much i really do not understand how anyone can watch this show and see what she goes through and then decide that she's the worst or something. Like did we watch the same same show or??? Same with my girl Rhaenyra.

When Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken aired on HBO, fans of the show and the book series hated it for being more brutal and disturbing in comparison to the previous episodes. What's worse it that it received a 58% rating on Rottentomatoes. Ouch. However, I think that this is a pretty good episode. But before I can give it some praise, there are some problems I have with it.

In the previous episodes, the dialog was mostly good despite how slow the plot progression has gotten, but it's sad to say that the dialog here is really weak. It came across as too violent and disturbing particularly the ending sequence where Ramsay Bolton rapes Sansa Stark which came across as really unnecessary (which was the only reason why it received such controversy) and made me felt sorry for her. The second and third problems are the script and plot progression. The script does have some fine moments, but it lacks the spark that made the previous episodes (not to mention the previous seasons) so great. Also, the story did little to advance the story-arcs for the Lannister and Stark characters.

However, despite those flaws, everything else turned out OK. The performances, despite how weak the dialog was, are still good, the scenery, sets and costumes are still gorgeous, the music score from Ramin Djawadi is still fabulous and suited the atmospheric tone in some of the scenes really well, the directing is really good, and the editing is even more sharper this time around.

So, overall, Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken is by far the weakest episode of the entire season, but in spite of it's problems, it's still pretty good. :)

Greetings from Lithuania.

So we are arrived to the second part of season 5. Episedes 5 and 6 were both worth 8/10 in my opinion, which is kinda disappointing if you compare this season to a mesmerizing season 4.

Story moves on, not arriving to payoffs yet. As i guessed already couple of episodes before, this season in more of building up a story, with nothing that much happening. Sure, as usual these last two episodes had great set design, costumes, good acting, but nothing so far that would make us jaws dropped. Episode 6 is just a prof of that - 53 min. and it's kinda interesting, but feels not that good. Now the things moved a bit further to a payoff, but yet again, i want' siting on the edge of seat during them, and that is a bit of a letdown compared to a previous seasons, where anything and anytime could happen.

Overall, episode 5 and 6 were good, but far from great. Story moves on, but something here is missing. I truly believe that following episodes will revive that unforgettable feeling of uncertain in "Game of Thrones", but so far previous episodes lacked it.