After letting the season spool up for 5 season, I finally took the plunge last month and binge watched it from start to end.
Great show. Typical HBO in the sense that characters are killed off left right and center without warning. Most shocking episode for me was the Red Wedding. I was flying to London a couple weeks ago with my cousin and we watched it on my phone. He's seen all the episodes so I had no idea of what was to come. Was expecting a happy reunion and instead all that stuff went down. Was pretty traumatised for the rest of the flight.
I'm also a huge fan of Cercei. Been a mega-fan of Lena Headey since her Terminator series. Kind of weird to see her as a bad guy in the show when she was such a badass in Terminator.
I thought the ending for season 5 was pretty well done. The epic fight scene between the WW and the Wildling camp was my favorite episode of the season. I didn't find the season to be that weak as others have said. Maybe because I was able to binge watch it all. I'm so glad I didn't start watching the show at the start when it was released. Having to wait this long would have sucked.
So finally I can say my bit in this thread after having never opened it before. I also find it amusing how some posters are all riled up about the main characters deaths and how unsatisfying their endings were (Stannis in particular). It's almost like they have never watched an HBO drama before...
Can't wait for season 6!
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