Season five has been full of epic episodes, either because of it's amazing acting, shocking deaths, and deadly reunions (e.g. The Laws of Gods and Men, The Lion and The Rose / The Mountain and The Viper, The Watchers on The Wall). Despite of the impact of the acting and story telling of all those episodes, showrunners D. Benioff and D. Weiss are so confident on ending the season on a high note that they even submitted the season's final episode 'The Children' for consideration for an emmy nomination for Outsanding Writing for a Drama Series.
Can 'The Children' really top any of the previous episodes from season four?
Maybe this can give you a clue on the quality of the episode.
David Benioff and Dan Weiss recently stated to Entertainment Weekly:
"It's the best finale we've ever done, bar none."
"The performances from our cast, the direction from Alex Graves, the VFX work, the new [music] cues from Ramin Djawadi -- all of it came together in perhaps the finest hour we've produced. We're immensely proud of 'The Children'. And a little intimidated by the episode, because now we have to get back to business of season five and figure out a way to top it."
Will we get to see what fate has instored for Tyrion? What will happen to Jon Snow now that he has gone after Mance Rayder (seemingly unarmed)? What has Daenerys being doing since finding out about Ser Jorah's betrayal? And what of Arya and The Hound?
What do you want to see in the season finale?
The episode is stated to have a running time of 66 minutes, making it the longest episode of the series yet.
"An unexpected arrival north of the Wall changes circumstances. Dany (Emilia Clarke) is forced to face harsh realities. Bran (Isaac Hempstead Wright) learns more of his destiny. Tyrion (Peter Dinklage) sees the truth of his situation."
Game of Thrones airs Sunday at 9/8c on HBO.