It is hard not to be bowled over by the quality of the writing, outstanding isn't a strong enough adjective to describe how good the writing is once again. Again, worthy of a high-budget fantasy/action/drama film. One cannot talk about "The Prince of Winterfell" without mentioning the thematically, orchestrally and atmospherically multi-layered music scoring and the unforgettable main theme. As well the cinematography and editing, which are cinematic quality as well. The visual effects are some of the best of any television programme and are not overused or abused, the scale, the detail and how they actually have character and soul are better than those in a lot of the big-budget blockbusters. The scenery is throughout spectacular, the sets are hugely atmospheric and beautiful on the eyes with a real meticulous eye for detail and the costumes suit the characters to a tee. Visually, "The Prince of Winterfell" looks amazing. Joffrey and Theon continue to be nasty pieces of work, Joffrey is still the more evil of the two but Theon is coming close to his level with every episode.
Brienne and Jaime, Varys and Tyrion, Arya and Jaqen, Tyrion and Joffrey, all brilliantly done. Luckily, many scenes and interactions are incredibly compelling. More problematic are the overlong and pointless Daenerys and Mormont and Robb and Talisa scenes, compared to the other interactions and scenes they were just not that interesting and didn't come over as relevant to the story. The Stannis and Davos scene, while acted well, is far too short for the two characters to be memorable let alone shine. "The Prince of Winterfell" has a few scenes that bring it down somewhat. It is a fairly subdued and intimate episode and that is in no way a bad thing, due to it handling this approach pretty brilliantly. Like "A Man Without Honour", "The Prince of Winterfell" is less action-driven and focuses more on the dialogue and the character interaction. The good news is that it does it brilliantly, while not quite being one of the best episodes of the season.
It is agreed that "The Prince of Winterfell" is basically an episode setting things up for the Season 2 finale. It totally lives up to the hype and not only does it do the brilliant source material justice (a rarity in television) it is on its own merits one of the finest, most addictive and consistently compelling shows in recent years and quality-wise it puts a lot of films in recent years to shame. Have found myself truly loving the show, very quickly becoming one of my favourites. Came to 'Game of Thrones' fairly late in the game and due to being so busy the binge-watching was gradual.
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