The Old Gods and the New is a particularly focussed episode, with every location packed with action, incident and effective character beats. This is Game of Thrones firing on all cylinders.
With the echoes of Homeland still resonating in the ears, it’s hard to approach Prisoners of War with an entirely open mind.
Whoa. We need a minute. Partly to catch our breath but mostly to let the last couple of hours of relentless, riveting television sink in.
Well, that was ballsy, wasn’t it? Not just the death of would-be King Renly Baratheon, but the decision to place such a shocking and unexpected event at the very opening of this fifth episode.
Fear not though, viewers! Lord Sugar and his eager entrepreneurs are here to kick-start the economy with… fake tan and clockwork insects?
Glee has been coasting on camp and lightly entertaining for a while now, so it’s a pleasant surprise to see the show’s return to poignancy.
We think we’re closer to solving one major mystery of this series, namely, why we’re not enjoying it nearly as much as we think we should be.
Ironically, given its foundation in numerical sequences, Touch leads with the heart rather than the head.
One thing that Homeland viewers have learned over the last few months is that the unexpected comes as standard. With one show left to go, anything is still possible.
That Jason Isaacs mostly succeeds in making the humourless and hurting Britten enjoyable and engrossing is testament to his quality as an actor and innate congeniality.