For me again an 8 (same I gave 5.01 and 5.02, too)
Although I was massively annoyed and mad about some things (mostly Cersei/Marg and LF/Sansa), I still found much stuff I loved:
- The Wall continues to be awesome, and remains the strongest and best location/storyline this season so far :bowdown:
- Just EVERTHING with any person at the Wall, Stannis/Jon (I can't describe how much I love them together and their dynamics, Stephen/Kit have a great chemistry with each other), Jon/Davos, everything that happened with Jon/Alliser/Slynt/aso. pre-beheading...
- ... the beheading itself! I really don't care that we got "Olly, bring me my sword" instead of "Edd, fetch me a block", it was done very, very well, IMO, a really memorable scene.
I loved to hear the "Pay the Iron Price" music (the show's unofficial beheadings-theme), Jon with Longclaw looked indeed like Ned with Ice, the subtle nod the approval, nice mirroring with other infamous beheadings - Awesome!
(A pity we didn't get a moment of "this isn't right", where he changes his mind from "Hang him!" to "I'll behead him!", but besides this, really good)
- FINALLY THE BOLTONS + REEK AGAIN!
- FINALLY WINTERFELL AGAIN!
- Roose owning everybody around him, his talk with Ramsay, putting LF on this right place, generally The Roose being The Boss.
- Hearing Michael McElhatton's voice
- Alfie Allen nailing completely his scenes, without even having dialogue, but just his expressions, body language, aso. He will always be my favourite cast on the show!
- Show!Brienne finally sounded again for once like Book!Brienne when she told her backstory with Renly.
- Sansa's Death Stare to Roose
- Arya hiding Needle was really emotional and beautifully acted by Maisie, much kudos! The music in this scene was stunning, too.
- The almost only person in KL who doesn't disappoint me, who I enjoy the most and who's just as strangely-awesome and creepy as he should be: Qyburn.
- Qyburn qyburning around, doing qybueno things; scene with FrankenMountain (oh, so wonderfully creepy...)
- Jonathan Pryce already makes an excellent High Sparrow and is really nailing the role!
- Although the High Septon got the most ridiculous brothel scenes the show's ever done, everybody's reaction (Mace's, Pycelle's, aso.) was funny.
- Volantis looked great! Red priestesses! Tattoos!
- The ending with Jorah kipnapping Tyrion.
... I'm sure I forgot some stuff...