Game of Thrones: Season 3 Episode 8 Reviews
| Randy Dankievitch Processed Media | February 12, 2020 [A] very female-centric episode that is entertaining, but lacks thematic cohesion (a growing trend for GoT) and at times, feels like it's more than dragging its feet. Full Review | Original Score: B | ||
![]() | Alan Sepinwall Uproxx | Top Critic | April 12, 2019 "Second Sons" isn't exactly "Blackwater 2," but it's the most focused episode of the series since that one. | |
![]() | TK Burton Pajiba | April 12, 2019 [It] brings a closer, oft-uncomfortable scrutiny to bear on not just these frequently unusual relationships. | ||
![]() | Rob Power SFX Magazine | March 19, 2019 Blimey, who'd have seen that one coming? Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | ||
| Erik Kain Forbes | March 19, 2019 Tonight's episode was great---another character-driven episode but, unlike last week's episode, not a dull moment to be found. | ||
| Katie Walsh indieWire | Top Critic | March 19, 2019 Um, did he leave that dagger there? Homie best be returning to pick that damn thing up. | |
![]() | Olly Richards Daily Telegraph (UK) | Top Critic | March 19, 2019 Where the last couple of episodes have been heavy on people having a moan in damp castles, this episode had stronger focus on those truly advancing the "game of thrones". | |
![]() | Jeff Spross Brightest Young Things | March 19, 2019 The two extended riffs on Tyrion's marriage to Sansa, and Daenarys' efforts to recruit the sell swords known as the Second Sons to her cause, allowed for an unusually rich assortment of character pieces, plot pay-offs, and even an inside joke. | ||
![]() | Paulo Javier Lazo We Got This Covered | March 19, 2019 Second Sons is easily one of the best this year, although several fan-favorite characters were absent, including Robb Stark and Jon Snow. | ||
![]() | Tim Surette TV.com | March 19, 2019 The result was a fantastic look at characters we've known as they dealt with new circumstances we didn't expect. | ||
![]() | Devin Faraci Birth.Movies.Death. | March 19, 2019 It's rare to see a TV this thematically coherent, let alone one based on a series of novels whose themes may not be exactly the same. What a pity this season is almost over - it's really hitting its stride. | ||
| Allison Keene Collider | Top Critic | March 19, 2019 The main thrust of the episode though came with the wedding of Tyrion and Sansa, every moment of which was brilliant and excruciating. Full Review | Original Score: B+ | |
![]() | Jill Pantozzi The Mary Sue | March 19, 2019 They face the man set to marry them and I swear to god I though the Princess Bride priest voice was going to come out of the actor. | ||
| Alison Herman Flavorwire | Top Critic | March 19, 2019 The episode ends in a rush, but the audience is left with a vital piece of new information and a fresh injection of fantasy into an episode that's mostly realpolitik. | |
![]() | David Crow Den of Geek | January 18, 2019 And that two minutes was better than the totality of The Walking Dead. | ||
![]() | Kevin Fitzpatrick ScreenCrush | June 12, 2018 No one character has demonstrated a conclusive arc across the season, nor do we necessarily expect season 3 to unfold as concisely as its literary counterpart, but we wish for more focused storytelling among the final two episodes of the year. | ||
![]() | James Hibberd Entertainment Weekly | Top Critic | August 29, 2017 Home stretch. Tonight's Game of Thrones is the most focused episode we've seen since Blackwater. | |
![]() | Emily VanDerWerff AV Club | Top Critic | March 29, 2016 The best part of the episode involves Tyrion and Sansa's wedding, which is a long series of scenes where people get drunker and drunker and their tongues get looser and looser. Full Review | Original Score: B | |
![]() | Chris O'Hara TV Fanatic | March 29, 2016 Lady Olenna trying to make sense of all the changes to their collective family trees at the wedding reception was possibly the funniest moment of the episode. Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | ||
![]() | Adam Newland TV Equals | March 29, 2016 Though the episode was mostly conversational in nature, I enjoyed most of the moments involved. |