Your Favorites of Episode 1x05

1. Favorite Scene / Location: Varys and Ned Stark talking about what a fool the king is, confirming Jon Arryn's murder. Arryn's murder set the entire Game into motion, and brought the Starks to King's Landing. Followed by the exchange between Varys and Littlefinger. Such baiting.


2. Favorite Character / Actor: Varys. He nails the Master of Secrets role in this episode. Playing everyone against themselves.


3. Favorite Line / Quote: "Go fetch the breastplate stretcher!" Robert to poor Lancel Lannister. "You are an honorable man. I'd like to think I am too." Varys to Ned Stark.


4. Least Favorite Scene: Lysa Arryn and Catelyn Stark. Watching the fake boob was weird.


5. Least Favorite Character: Littlefinger, just as he was supposed to be. Close second: Robert in the Small Council meeting. Drunken fool.

Poor Ned's honor takes some real hits here. His loyalty to Robert is smashed. He finds out Jon Arryn was murdered, probably by Cersei. Jamie calls him out in the middle of King's Landing.

NOTE: Speaking ahead, it is interesting that Ned and Jamie's fight was interrupted by a third party in the back of the leg, given what we now know about Ned's fight with Ser Arthur Dayne.

1. Favorite Scene / Location:

Agree with @nictarion - the scene between Cersei & Robert is one of the best done, ever. How we see a tiny speck of vulnerability in Cersei as she admits she once had true feelings for Robert. How he tells her it's a neat trick she does whenever she opens her mouth he hears her father, and how she actually shows some leadership prowess again here, as she did with Joffrey about how to handle the kingdom and threat of war. She even admits Jaime isn't serious enough to be The Hand. I loved all the little reveals in this scene.

2. Favorite Character / Actor:

Varys wins it this round simply because this is really where we start to see his brilliance both as a hard to figure out character AND as an actor, Conleth really just nails it every single time.


3. Favorite Line / Quote:

"I followed you into war -- twice, without doubts, without second thoughts. But I will not follow you now. The Robert I grew up with didn't tremble at the shadow of an unborn child." - Ned Stark ...

Man he really just let Robert have it here in that scene and it was brilliant - the one moment we get to see the real Ned Stark standing up for what he believes in on a moment that means so much. As others have already said... knowing that he was defending Daenerys as a Targaryen because of Jon makes this scene and moment so much more emotional to watch the second time around. I had a big lump in my throat!


4. Least Favorite Scene:

Ros & Theon sex scene. Even though I enjoyed the final line where Ros tells him to get a wife if he doesn't want to pay for it, I felt this one sexposition scene was the least necessary. I think it was konradsmith who said at least the sex scene between Loras and Renly served a purpose of setting up their plotting.


5. Least Favorite Character:

Theon - they've just set him up to be such a twat. And he was a twat back then.

Favourite Scene/Location
Robert and Cersei. One of the best scenes of the season, and possibly even the best 2-character scene of the show.

Favourite Character/Actor



His best episode

Favourite Line/Quote
"I only know she was the one thing I ever wanted. Someone took her away from me, and seven kingdoms couldn't fill the hole she left behind."

Least Favourite Scene
Theon and Ros. Didn't really add anything except Theon's already-obvious arrogance.

Least Favourite Character
That asshole Gold Cloak who is completely blind if he thinks Arya is a boy

Ros was in the first episode. She was in our introduction to Tyrion scene.