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 Children (Game of Thrones) 9.5 out of 10. The site's consensus reading, "Capping off the best season of "Game of Thrones" to date, "The Children" provides enough satisfying plot developments for a finale, while its twists and turns leave you wanting more." IGN writer Matt Fowler called it a "strong seasonal send-off with tons of violent twists, and turns." Sean T. Collins of "Rolling Stone" wrote, "Sometimes "Game of Thrones" is a widescreen epic fantasy, other times it's a small-scale study of violent lives. At its best – and "The Children" is certainly this show at its wide and wild best – "Game of