Game of Thrones

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Season 5
  • Network: HBO
  • Series Premiere Date: Apr 17, 2011
Season #: 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
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  1. Fixer84
    Mar 16, 2023
    10
    I do not agree with those who say that the decline of Game of Thrones starts from the fifth season, as from the next. However, this season has no flaws and, on the contrary, ends with a sensational cliffhanger that I remember at the time left the audience desperate and gave birth to many conspiracy theories. When a show reaches this level, it's just perfect.
  2. MDXV
    Mar 7, 2023
    10
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  3. Bruterake
    Mar 19, 2022
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A volta do dragão, a luta fora da muralha com o rei da noite e o final bem escrito com finalmente o Jon Snow morrendo n poderia ser mais perfeito. Essa série é muito boa faz muita merda morre o pronto você sente o peso das ações e deixa tudo 1000 vezes melhor. E assim o plot da igreja é bem interessante.… Expand
  4. Onlyclassicvg1
    Mar 8, 2022
    8
    So basically my other account, which had this video on it, got banned or whatever you call it. I was very upset. But despite this fact, I'm re-uploading this video for Joonas Hahmo becau
  5. Haandy
    Feb 13, 2022
    10
    Aqui já começa a dar uma caidinha, mas continua boa a Daenerys sendo levada pelo Drogon é épica
  6. kevaguir
    Sep 7, 2021
    9
    Excellent and surprising finale. Something that nobody would have imagined it, specially the death of one of our favorite characters. I assume a large part of our audience will hate that. Anyways, the surprise element seems to be the most common technique for the whole series. The fifth season shows how events radically change, how different Westeros has become since the death of TywinExcellent and surprising finale. Something that nobody would have imagined it, specially the death of one of our favorite characters. I assume a large part of our audience will hate that. Anyways, the surprise element seems to be the most common technique for the whole series. The fifth season shows how events radically change, how different Westeros has become since the death of Tywin Lannister. The development of the story throughout this season is very well done, and definitely keeps the audience wanting to know more. Despite some inaccuracies (filled with some current mainstream political messages) if one compares them to the book, the story is excellent and entertaining. Definitely the best season of the series after the fourth one. Let's see what surprises the next season brings us.… Expand
  7. KingCrimsonfan
    Apr 24, 2021
    10
    This season was great. You know some book readers complaint about everything after season 4 but the show is still great in this place, Love it
  8. manningn15
    Apr 17, 2021
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Even when I think that this show can't get better it gets better and it is still my 2nd favorite tv show of all time. The lead acting performances from Peter Dinklage, Maisie Williams, Kit Harington, Emilia Clarke, Gwendoline Christie, Iwan Rheon, Sophie Turner, Lena Headey, Natalie Dormer, and Alfie Allen were excellent and the supporting performances from Jerome Flynn, Tom Wlaschiha, Conleth Hill, Stephen Dillane, John Bradley, Diana Rigg, Aidan Gillen, Dean-Charles Chapman, Rosabell Laurenti Sellers, Hannah Murray, Daniel Portman, Ian Whyte, Nathalie Emmanuel, Iain Glen, Tara Fitzgerald, Jonathan Pryce, and Indira Varma were fantastic. The storytelling and writing this season was wonderful. The fighting and battle scenes were awesome especially the battle in the Daznak Pit between the Unsullied and Drogon against the Sons of the Harpy, the battle between the Wildlings against the Wight's, the battle between the Sons of the Harpy against the Unsullied, the fight between Jorah against the other fighters in the Daznak Pit, and the fight between Jaime and Bron against the Dorne soldiers. The visual effects were outstanding this season especially Daenerys riding on Drogon, Drogon the Dragon, and the Skeleton Wights and the undead. The makeup effects were terrific especially the Night King, the undead people, the White Walkers, and Wun Wun the Giant. The props, costumes, and accessories were splendid especially all of the weapons used (especially Jon Snows sword Longclaw), all of Emilia Clarke's outfits, and Daenerys silver Dragon necklace. The music and score in this season was great as all of the music and scores in the other seasons have been. The last scene was good but it is my least favorite last scene but it did have a great shock factor. Overall this was another A+ season of Game of Thrones.… Expand
  9. jackaz15
    Jun 27, 2020
    10
    Complete with a host of exotic new locations, Season 5 of Game of Thrones delves deeper into uncharted TV territory in its darkest, most sharply plotted, and most thematic installment thus far, but it must do right by its female characters if it wants to continue its upward trend.
  10. Diptanshu
    Mar 21, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. What the hell was that,that cliff hanger i literally shouted!what an amazing season at first i thought the show lost its essences yet last 3 episodes were enough to prove it wrong!hardhome was literally awesome episode ever i was quite shocked how suddenly it happened just another amazing season!… Expand
  11. Felindie
    Jul 15, 2019
    7
    As soon as 'Game of Thrones' becomes a global phenomenon, the plot started to shank. Season five has by far the worst storyline till now.
  12. LatinCritic13
    May 6, 2019
    9
    Season five is here and it still haven’t lost its touch, but the writing of this show feels a little off but still maintains its true vibe thanks to the outstanding acting and directing.
  13. ErikTheCritic
    Oct 14, 2018
    8
    The fifth season is probably my least favourite season so far, as it is not as consistent as the first four. That being said, it still delivers plenty of intrigue and I cannot wait for what's to come.
  14. ViniciusBrito
    Aug 10, 2018
    7
    This season was interesting, it had some stories that were really cool and other were really bad.
    The Jon Snow journey was great, seeing him grinding his way in the watch, he having tough decisions to make, we going with him in his point of view, having a lot of trouble, going against all of his brothers, that was a rough thing, the whole watchers moments in this season really got me very    This season was interesting, it had some stories that were really cool and other were really bad.
    The Jon Snow journey was great, seeing him grinding his way in the watch, he having tough decisions to make, we going with him in his point of view, having a lot of trouble, going against all of his brothers, that was a rough thing, the whole watchers moments in this season really got me very interested, that was really to see, some turn around points that really got me into what was happening.
    The Dorne Moments were horrible, the whole Dorne parts felt completely out of place, it was a not necessary thing at all, it comes from nowhere and leave us in nowhere, everything about what happened in that place was not interesting, maybe in next seasons that will have some importance but at this very moment, it was really bad.
    Arya Stark really got me very interested in her journey more each episode, the things that she was doing there was able to make me theorize there.
    The religious thing in King's Landing at the beggining wasn't interesting at all, i didn't got the logistics of that, somethings didn't felt right, but the conclusion with Cersei were really good.
    The Winterfell moments also was breathtaking, completely unpredictable, and in a lot of moments scary, Theon and Sansa always had me interested there, because i always believe that one could change the other in some way.
    Lena Headey did a different job in this season with Cersei, she now had to pretend somethings, pretend to care, and be a big fake, i think she did it perfectly, her character in this season had a nice journey wich can have a big impact in the sequences, she being taken down and being in a situation that she most likely never was was a big moment, and Lena delivered it well. Kit Harington had his best season so far, he could make we goo with him in his journey and also have his doubts together. Peter Dinklage have a little less time here, in relation to other seasons, but when he get to talk with Daenerys he really showed off, and every time that he speaks, he convinces, very good. Emilia Clarke didn't changed much, had some interesting things, bad choices, and questionable situations, she didn't sold me very well, but it was at least ok. Maisie Williams had a nice arc, she had some emotional moments that i trully bought, her story is one of the most got me interested in. Sophie Turner is once again a hostage, and i could feel her sadness and also her need to do something, i bought that concern and need. Stephen Dillane as Stannis Baratheon, did a good job during the whole series, his character has alaways been cold and manipulated, in this season he had some very nice moments, moments that gave him more structure, a nice back story, i believe he was pretty good. Ian McElhinney was a great warrior in the whole show, a old man that made me believe that he was able to knock almost anyone. Iwan Rheon as Ramsay once again killed in it, he was crazy, just like that, a mad princess, he made me completely uncomfortable in every scene that he was in, he was that dangerous calm persons, he had different layers in speaking and voice tones, even in the way that he look to others, he did a great job. Peter Vaughan was a pretty good character as well, his tone of voice was on point. Kerry Ingram was good as well here, she reading her stories and getting so excited about that, i could really see myself in her at some moments.
    The fight coreography still not very good, it feels really simple and i believe that it is damn time to change it. The big battles are nice to watch, but the one x one combat still is beyond simple.
    The cinematography here is very pretty, now that the winter is more strong in some places, they had some nice shots, and in my opinion most beautiful moments, a misencene more complete and full.
    The cgi of the dragons are great, the details are very well done. But there were some cgi moments that i didn't bought at all, it was really bad and surely tooked me out of the episode, the green screen was easily noticiable, and that did bothered me.
    This is definely the worst season of this show, but even with that the eventuality of the story, the layers of the characters make things to be better than most of the others.    … Expand
  15. FeerFrikazus
    Sep 10, 2017
    10
    Simplemente increíble, la historia es fantástica, los personajes muy buenos (buenos y malos), la producción de la serie se nota que esta muy trabajada, sinceramente la mejor serie que vi, la recomiendo totalmente.
  16. AllanBarbosa
    Aug 29, 2017
    10
    Seriously, congratulations HBO! How do I love this series, tied with the 4th season as the BEST SEASON POSITION of that wonderful show!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  17. LinttaFlamingo
    Feb 8, 2017
    9
    Once again, with unexpectancy, soulful acting and effective character development, Game of Thrones continues to be a lot of fun, although this fifth season was a bit more slower with some of the characters.
  18. ljt2000
    Nov 30, 2016
    8
    Season 5 is the worst of a good bunch. Whilst it has some breathtaking moments, along with shocks that are up there with the best of the series, its also back to some of the sluggishness of season 1 yet it all feels no where near as important *cough *cough* *Dorne*.
  19. smithjbran
    Jul 30, 2016
    9
    Parts of this fifth season seem at least a trifle overwrought, and a few recurrent issues with contrivances tend not to resonate very well. But Game of Thrones is still so consistently amazing that it seems at least a little curmudgeonly to niggle too much about passing qualms when the general impact of the series is so obviously intact and impressive.
  20. eagleeyeviking
    Jul 27, 2016
    7
    The last 3 episodes save an otherwise underwhelming season of Game of Thrones. While the stakes are higher this time, the show feels episodic at this point and the subplots aren't as interesting as it were in past seasons.
  21. night4
    Jun 27, 2016
    7
    The worst GoT season, hands down.

    That said, GoT at its worst is still much better than 95% of other television, so stick it out to the end. I know I will.
  22. The3AcademySins
    Jun 8, 2016
    9
    The last three episodes of this season truly save it. Building up to the ending of season five, however, the show becomes really slow paced and meandering. There is also ONE STORYLINE (which I shall not name for spoiler reasons) that is completely stupid and does nothing, and completely bastardizes the books.
  23. RETROBOTER
    May 16, 2016
    10
    The 5th Game of Thrones season is great like the others before. It´s all in, great scenarios, intrigues and more. The story is GoT typical great, filled with sex, violence and fantasy. The actors are awesome as always, the new characters turn up are superb and the big final with the white walkers is breathtaking, this is easy one of the best series this year, watch it and enjoy youre ValarThe 5th Game of Thrones season is great like the others before. It´s all in, great scenarios, intrigues and more. The story is GoT typical great, filled with sex, violence and fantasy. The actors are awesome as always, the new characters turn up are superb and the big final with the white walkers is breathtaking, this is easy one of the best series this year, watch it and enjoy youre Valar morghulis.… Expand
  24. Tonyo
    Apr 29, 2016
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Très bonne saison de Game Of Thrones qui aurait pu avoir un 9 si elle n'avait pas mis plusieurs épisodes à démarrer.

    Tout d'abord, les points positifs de cette 5ème saison:
    - Arya poursuit son destin et elle semble enfin toucher son but. Maisie Williams développe son personnage d'une manière surprenante. Excellente évolution.
    - La découverte de Dorne et le retour de Myrcella. Jaime décide d'avouer à Myrcella qu'il est son père.
    - Sans aucun doute, le meilleur mariage de la série est celui de Tommen & Margaery. Les deux personnages semblent davantage s'épanouir dans leur relation que précédemment (jusqu'à l'arrestation de Margaery).
    - Jon Snow était, jusqu'à cette saison, un personnage anecdotique. Il tournait en rond dans son rôle et il n'était guère intéressant, tout comme Daenerys. Ici, son rôle évolue: il devient Lord Commander, il prend des décisions contestables (sauver les sauvageons) mais il devient beaucoup plus sympathique. Son intervention chez les sauvageons permet d'ailleurs d'aborder l'une des meilleurs scènes de cette saison: l'attaque de l'armée des morts et des marcheurs blancs. Nous avons un aperçu du nombre et de la puissance de cette armée. Winter is really coming!
    - Sam & Gilly quittent Castle Black après que Sam ait protégé Gilly de ses frères d'armes qui voulaient la violer. Leur relation est fusionnelle.
    - Sophie Turner confirme qu'elle est l'actrice incontournable de la série. Elle assume son rôle de dernière héritière des Stark (connue) en retournant à Winterfell, elle prend ses responsabilités en épousant Ramsay et en se faisant violer pour sa nuit de noce, devant Theon. Une scène choquante mais excellemment bien jouée qui transforme Sansa en une véritable femme, qui n'a plus peur de rien. Theon qui jusque là était inutile se révèle être le protecteur de Sansa en l'aidant à s'échapper de Winterfell après lui avoir avoué que ses frères sont toujours en vie.
    - Le dernier épisode regorge de scène spectaculaires: outre la fuite de Sansa, et les morts de plusieurs personnages principaux dont je parlerai plus tard, nous avons eu la chance d'assister à l'attaque des Harpies lors de la réouverture des arènes. Ils souhaitaient tuer Daenerys. Mais elle fût sauvée par Jorah et Drogon. L'épisode se conclut également par la mort de Stannis, des mains de Brienne qui respecte sa promesse de venger la mort de Renly. Enfin, il m'est impossible de ne pas citer la scène la plus coûteuse de la série: la marche de la honte de Cersei. Scène poignante où Cersei, nue, marche dans King's Landing avec sa geôlière criant derrière elle "shame" tout en agitant une cloche. Cette scène marque la déchéance finale des Lannister et l'humiliation publique de la reine la plus détestée de Westeros.

    Bien que la saison 5 regorge de points positifs, de nombreux points négatifs viennent ternir la saison (ce qui explique la note de 8/10):

    - Beaucoup d'Immaculés meurent à Mereen, piégés par les Fils de la Harpie.
    - Les fanatiques de King's Landing (les Moineaux) envahissent la ville et sont omniprésents. Un climat détestable s'installe sur la ville pendant toute la saison puisque leur arrivée entraine l'emprisonnement des Tyrell (Margaery & Loras).
    - Emilia Clarke, toujours aussi mauvaise actrice, monoexpressive.
    - Quel est l'intérêt du personnage de Stannis? On le suit pendant 4 saisons pour conquérir Winerfell tout ça pour échouer à la fin. Son armée est en infériorité numérique et elle perd la bataille de Winterfell.
    - La mort de nombreux personnages intéressants (que j'appréciais): Ser Barristan, Aemon, Shireen, Selyse, Stannis, Myrcella & Jon. La mort de Shireen est atroce, brûlée vive par ses parents et Mélissandre.

    D'ailleurs, je conclurais par: quel avenir pour Mélissandre?    … Expand
  25. josesueiro
    Apr 21, 2016
    10
    Game of Thrones is an American fantasy television series produced by the HBO cable network. It is based on the novel series A Song of Ice and Fire, written by George R.R. Martin who serves as a producer, creative consultant and scriptwriter on the television series. David Benioff and D.B. Weiss created the television series and serve as executive producers, showrunners and the main writers.
  26. drlowdon
    Apr 17, 2016
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Thus far Game of Thrones has done a great job of fleshing out such a huge cast of characters but, for arguably the first time in the shows run, this fifth season started to show a few cracks. It still mostly made for a great watch, and you won't find anything like the white walker attack on the wilding camp in other series, but there were too many story-lines that just seemed to go nowhere (Including almost everything that happens in Dorne) and scenes such as Ramsay's attack on Sansa seemed unnecessary.

    Season six will be the first time in which the show has moved ahead of the books so it'll be interesting to see what effect that has. With the end game now in sight however (rumours suggest there will be just 3 more seasons) I'm hopeful the writers will stop spinning their wheels and move events forward at a better pace.    … Expand
  27. johnbobs1
    Dec 2, 2015
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. One of the most redeeming qualities of Game of Thrones over the seasons has been the fact that plenty of major characters, good and bad, have come and gone. You can never be quite sure just who will bite off more than they can chew and pay the price.
    As you may recall, several major characters found themselves six feet under after season four, including King Joffrey and the mighty Tywin Lannister himself. While this made season four one of the most memorable series, it does have an effect in the quality and interest of some of the plot lines in series five.
    With some of the show's most notable faces gone, it's not until the final few episodes of the season that things really get going, which is a little frustrating.
    Most notably, storylines such as Bronn and Jamie's trip to Dorne to rescue Myrcella and Arya's training at the House of Black and White provide precious little excitement and crawl along too slowly until the latter episodes. The final three or four episodes are however highly eventful and among the best Game of Thrones episodes we've seen so far. The threat of the white walkers rears it's head in epic style in the battle of Hardome, notable faces in Kings Landing are imprisoned for past sins, and things really kick off in Mereen with Daenerys and her Dragons. All of this is excellently well filmed and staged as well.
    However, while some of the show's biggest faces are still around; Jon Snow at Castle Black, Cersei Lannister, Daenerys, Sansa, Ramsay Bolton, to name but a few; You can't help but feel that overall, something might be missing, and that this is something of a transitional series for the show. But after viewing the final few episodes, I'm convinced that next series will be something special.    … Expand
  28. mtg837
    Oct 13, 2015
    7
    It's hard to give GoT anything less than a perfect score when you consider how much of an "event" the show has become. With other great television shows, I find myself watching them as they (eventually) air on streaming services like HBO Go, Amazon Prime and Netfix. But GoT surpasses these other great shows in the sense that instead of being "Must See TV," it is rather "Can't Miss TV."It's hard to give GoT anything less than a perfect score when you consider how much of an "event" the show has become. With other great television shows, I find myself watching them as they (eventually) air on streaming services like HBO Go, Amazon Prime and Netfix. But GoT surpasses these other great shows in the sense that instead of being "Must See TV," it is rather "Can't Miss TV." It is a show that demands to be watched on Sundays at 9, come Hell or high water.
    That said, Season 5 had a couple of key failures. The first and foremost being the Jaime Lannister story arc. In seasons 3 and 4 Jaime had one of the most compelling stories on the show, suffering imprisonment, manufacturing a daring escape only to be captured again, rendering a gut wrenching confessional to Catlyn, then, eventually, undergoing horrible maiming. His story was so compelling, the show seemed to feel bullied by it (or rather, by their audience,) and ham-fist-edly insterted Jaime into a new story arc that was seemingly lacking in both character motivation and logic.
    The second failing, for me, came with Arya Stark's training in Bravos. For those who haven't read the books (that's a substantial number of viewers) the show was rather sparse in describing exactly what was going on. The mystery of it all was fine, for a while, but after some time I felt myself craving more backstory, more mythopoeia, more ANYTHING to help sparse out what in God's name Arya was doing with the faceless men. I understood the intention of building a mysterious "sense" around what she was doing, but too much of it eventually yields a diminishing return, and viewers start to kind of check out. Eventually the root of her training is revealed, but at that point the long and drawn out story had already left me dull to the ending.
    These faults aside, the show was just as spectacular as ever. The acting was superb, the direction top notch, the stories expansive and interesting. I wish I could overlook these shortcomings and give GoT the 10/10 I desperately want to give it, but the fact of the matter is GoT is only ten episodes long. This means a single "dud" episode can leave a bad taste in your mouth, and two bad episodes can almost ruin the experience.    … Expand
  29. jesseurbancsik
    Oct 8, 2015
    10
    How does this series keep doing amazing things? Great performances, new original material, and Cersei Lannister being the craziest keeps all the audiences coming back!
  30. Hemp316
    Sep 7, 2015
    8
    Without revealing Spoilers I will say that this particular Season has An extremely slow buildup.A lot of the plots from the last Season goes mostly unfinished and mostly unexplored almost until the last half the Season.Though they nice build up slowly and with interesting revelations and twists you never saw coming.If you expect Action it's there,but on and off until one key episode whereWithout revealing Spoilers I will say that this particular Season has An extremely slow buildup.A lot of the plots from the last Season goes mostly unfinished and mostly unexplored almost until the last half the Season.Though they nice build up slowly and with interesting revelations and twists you never saw coming.If you expect Action it's there,but on and off until one key episode where the Show makes it up to you in spades.As for Deaths-well without saying too much they are shocking when key characters of the show die,but I will assure you the great majority of them come from out of the blue.I wouldn't say for sure it was the Season I expected,but I believe leads the next Season with some of the last story arcs of the series.Overall,to Me even though I wouldn't say it was the best Season of the series.I will say that it is the best buildup of any show ever conceived for A Television series.So,watch this Season,don't be disappointed with whatever expectations you might have had and take it for it's merits and be pumped up for A future iconic next Season to come.… Expand
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#5 Best TV Season of 2015
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#10 Most Discussed TV Season of 2015
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Metascore
91

Universal acclaim - based on 29 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 29 out of 29
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 29
  3. Negative: 0 out of 29
  1. TV Guide Magazine
    Reviewed by: Matt Roush
    Apr 16, 2015
    90
    It's a lot to digest but well worth the effort. [20 Apr - 3 May 2015, p.13]
  2. St. Louis Post-Dispatch
    Reviewed by: Gail Pennington
    Apr 13, 2015
    100
    In the four episodes provided for preview, the action seldom lags, but just when we think we’re in for a fun ride this season, something darkens the sun.
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  3. Vox.com
    Reviewed by: Emily VanDerWerff
    Apr 13, 2015
    90
    Everything that was always good about Game of Thrones is still good. The ensemble cast remains one of TV's richest, from top to bottom, and even actors who seemed weak in the past (like Sophie Turner, who plays increasingly embittered Sansa Stark) continue to rise to the level of much better material.
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