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.

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. :)

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.

I like the bit where they talked about the size of a dwarf Willy

From what I can tell, the main complaints of this episode seem to be in regards to Sansa's rape. However I think this is just all-around a bad episode and stands out as being of far weaker overall than most episodes in the first 6 seasons. Pretty much every plotline in the episode is either boring, full of writing issues, or both. For some examples, Braavos is incredibly dull and confusing, the fight in Dorne is almost comical due to how poorly executed it is, Littlefinger's plan he tells to Cersei is inconsistent with previous actions, and Loras' trial with Olyver's decision to testify makes no sense. There are some okay scenes, like with Jorah and Tyrion, but I wouldn't say there are any genuinely good moments to redeem the episode from all its faults.