Game of Thrones Season 5- Episode one Recap

I posted this over on the io9 review written by the extremely talented Charlie Jane Andrews... I figured I'd put it up here as well for posterity :)

Here we go...

I look at this episode from an architectural perspective - at the end of last season, we saw the completion of a massive, beautiful cathedral that was the House of Lannister.  We then saw it burned to the ground in a single, swift stroke.  

This felt very much like the foundations were being laid for the next several seasons worth of plots … and while watching foundations being forged isn’t as exciting as, say, the Hound and Brienne having the swordfight of the century - or watching the battle of the Blackwater - it makes all the difference in the end.  Let’s dive right in, spoilers ahead...

A Review of Game of Thrones - Season 4: Episode 10 ... let's get deep.

     This is a re-post from a review I comments-posted up on Gawker a year or so ago, it seemed like a good time to get the ball rolling again since the new seasons is coming down the pipe!

     I'll be reviewing every episode of the upcoming season after it airs, this should be fun :)

     Also, since we recent heard that the show WILL outpace the books, it seems stupid to draw any more divisions between "hardcore" and "diehard" GRRM fans, and new fans who have only come to know the Song of Ice and Fire through the HBO / D. B. Weiss and David Benioff production.