Game of Thrones (season 5) (episodes 9 and 10). Nutter is the only returning director with the rest being first-time "Game of Thrones" directors. This season features more original material than previous seasons. The deviations from Martin's novels are in part attributable to the way the television series has covered most of the novel series' published material and in part to the directors' opinions of the actors' abilities. For example, Sansa Stark arrives at Winterfell to marry Ramsay Bolton in "High Sparrow," a plotline that had been given to a minor character in the novels. In an interview, show writer David Benioff explains that Sophie
The Prince of Winterfell score of 7.25 out of 10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Though it's mostly concerned with moving its pieces into position before the finale, 'The Prince of Winterfell' is a pleasantly subdued episode that makes the most of its character moments." The A.V. Club gave it a B+. IGN gave it a rating of 8 out of 10. This episode won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Costumes for a Series. The Prince of Winterfell "The Prince of Winterfell" is the eighth episode of the second season of HBO's medieval fantasy television series "Game of Thrones". The episode is written