Poll: Rate Episode 5x07 "The Gift"

Gave it an 8, but probably I was too harsh on the Sam getting beaten up scene, and the Sand Snakes one. It was an excellent episode. Aemon's death was so touching. Sansa's scenes were good, Cersei's were excellent.

I did the same.

Aemon's death came a little quickly his hallucinations were a bit jarring. They gave him his line though at least they gave him that. i didn't think it would be the last thing he said. i would've preferred some things about Dany rather than him saying 'Egg' about ten times.

Why the heck didn't Jon bring Ghost with him?

I'm getting sick of Batman being in King's Landing and seeming to know a way out of everything and all the other characters being useless. Tommen claiming he is the King and can't do anything....uh yeh you can reverse the law on arming the faith militant. They should've kept him as a child and framed Margery for adultery instead. LF's 'a handsome boy' gave me hope for kettleblack but nope 

Why was Tyrion freed, i don't get it and his meeting Dany was overshadowed a bit by the emotion between Jorah and Dany.

We finally saw Yezzan lol

Lame attempt to inject boobs into the episode. Tyene should've let Bronn die i think it was out of character to let him live unless she is going to try and use him. I'm not sure there is even time for that. At least we finally got the sandsnakes acting like sandsnakes.

Everything else was great, i thoroughly enjoyed it. Best episode i would say so far because we really got the sense of things building up.

Extra points for all the snow in the north.

9/10

9. Probably the best this series, one of the best ever. Loved it. So much conflict and hard choices.
If only for that 'antidote', which couldnt possible work as the nosebleed clearly means the poison has set in, but what ever...
A solid episode.

I gave it a 7, I did not love it like everyone else did (ducking tomatoes). It seems weird that I am grading this one a 7 which I also did for last week and I liked last week's episode better (minus the Winterfell plot). Life is weird,I guess.
Pros:
Kings Landing...great performances by Diana Rigg, Jonathan Pryce and Lena Headley. Giving Natalie Dormer stuff to do that is worth her talents. Loved seeing Oleanna being taken down a peg.
Meeren: Emilia Clarke actually showing the emotion she should have shown when Dany first dimissed Jorah from her service. Tyrion meeting Dany. I wish Emilia was more consistent with her acting.
The Wall: The death of Master Aemon, the mentions of Dunk and Egg. Go South Gillyflower. Sam's eulogy.
Winterfell: Sansa telling Ramsey that his status is in jeopardy due to Walda's baby and Tommen being a bastard too. One of my friends calls Ramsey Evil Frodo and now that is his name in my head. He looks more like a hobbit especially when he has to stand next to Sophie Turner. Sansa not being beat down and still conjuring up ways to get out.
The North: Stannis telling Melisandre to GTFO and he is not burning his daughter.
No Roose Bolton. Ramsey is bad enough.
Alister Throne's threat to Sam. He and Gilly are going South. I think Sam might abandon his vows on the show.
Cons:
A complete waste of time for Gwendoline Christie and Nikolaj Coster Waldau. They are too good of actors being wasted one or two lines an episode.
Dorne, Bronn being rendered stupid by boobs and vadge. Complete waste of Sand Snakes as well. The antedote.
Myrcella telling Jaime she's staying in Dorne. Glad the writers thought this plot was better than Arianne and Jaime in the Riverlands...not.
Winterfell is still not my favorite plot. Having Sansa suddenly trust Theon thinking she can reach him through now their mutual bond over being traumatized by Ramsey. If you want something done right, Sansa, you got to do it yourself.
Gilly almost being raped. Sam's amazing recovery after some severe hits to the head.
Tommen's acting
Evil Frodo still lives
No Arya

Neutral:
Jon's departure. Not enough screen time to judge that.

Forgot to add as a pro: GHOST!!! And no dragons. Which is probably why we saw Ghost. More Ghost and less dragons please.
Forgot to add as a con: The usurper Robb Stark, the usurper Joffrey Baratheon...remember the other name you mentioned Melisandre. The writers sure don't. You can definitely see that some of the plot ideas they had in season 3 were abandoned: Balon, the Brotherhood without Banners...

I rewatched the episode.
I still think the Sand Snake scene was pointless. Dornishmen like to be confident in their sexuality? We knew that. Dornishmen use poison? We knew that also. Bronn has a weak spot in women? What a surprise.
I'd had rather seen Doran or a longer and deeper conversation between Myrcella and Jamie, since they both become alienated to Cersei.

So it is stil 9/10 for me.

I gave it a 10 after a rewatch. I liked every scene. Gilly is constantly in danger at Castle Black, and they needed a good reason for him to leave for Oldtown in the book, Jon takes her baby, so Gilly was due for som trauma. The scene of Tyene and Bronn was silly and campy, but this show needed a light hearted moment.

9,1/10 for me
Here's my recap - cinematiccorner.blogspot.com/2015/05/game-of-thrones-5x07-gift.html#
my gifset - littlesati.tumblr.com/post/119875832533/all-rulers-are-either-butchers-or-meat
Stannis per ep - littlesati.tumblr.com/post/119880825658/stannis-baratheon-per-episode-5x07-the-gift
Bonus of Stannis' tongue and smile in 5x07 - DO NOT JUDGE ME - littlesati.tumblr.com/post/119885120878/the-tongue-and-the-smile-make-an-appearance-in-the

and delayed 5x06 gifset - littlesati.tumblr.com/post/119874839948/you-cant-frighten-me