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Critic Consensus: Thanks to a balance of thrilling action, complex character work, and a savage twist, "The Old Gods and The New" justifies its deviation from the source material.
Episode Info
Cast
as Theon Greyjoy
as Daenerys Targaryen
as Tywin Lannister
as Catelyn Stark
as Tyrion Lannister
as Petyr Baelish
as Joffrey Baratheon
as Jon Snow
as Maester Luwin
as Cersei Lannister
as Bran Stark
as Robb Stark
as Sandor "The Hound" Clegane
as Sansa Stark
as Arya Stark
as Qhorin
as Rodrick Cassel
as Osha
as Spice King
as Xaro Xhoan Daxos
as Roose Bolton
as Jaqen H'ghar
as Ygritte
as Talisa
as Brienne
as Dagmer Cleftjaw
as Meryn Trant
as Amory Lorch
as Black Lorren
as Irri
as Hodor
as Kovarro
as Myrcella Baratheon
as Rickon Start
as Tommen Baratheon
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Critic reviews for The Old Gods and the New
The chaos and animal savagery that has always lurked just below Westeros's scrim of courtliness and gentility has finally broken through the surface and is bleeding out everywhere.
This week -- after a trip across the map that contains no new territory -- we plunge into media res so fast my head is spinning... Welcome back, Theon!
Hooray for war! Sweet, off-camera war!
This one may have strayed the furthest afield of any Game of Thrones episode yet. But oh, as far as compelling television goes, it was meaty.
Theon's betrayal is the most gripping storyline in "The Old Gods and the New." But for a more fully realized backstabber, Baelish appears to yet another encampment.
I don't know what it costs HBO to shoot those north scenes in Iceland, but it is worth every penny. Wow, are those sequences gorgeous.
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