Recap round-up: “The Ghost of Harrenhal”

Here are some of the notable recaps and reviews of the fifth episode of Game of Thrones‘s second season:

Book Readers
Axechucker – TVEquals
Sean T. Collins – Rolling Stone
Alyssa Rosenberg – ThinkProgress
Jace Lacob – Televisionary
James Poniewozik – Time
Myles McNutt – Cultural Learnings
Maureen Ryan – Huffington Post
Rowan Kaiser – Press Play
James Hibberd – Entertainment Weekly
Todd VanDerWerff – A.V. Club
Jenna Busch – Zap2It
Westeros.org

New Viewers
Alan Sepinwall – HitFix
Jenifer D. Braun – NJ Star-Ledger
David Sims – A.V. Club
Matt Richenthal – TV Fanatic
Scott Meslow – The Atlantic
John Kubicek – Buddy TV
Larry Williams – OtakuASSEMBLE Before he continues with his regular review, the video includes a “Sansa rant” as Larry calls it, and that portion is largely a talk about Sansa-fans sending Larry hatemail for not liking her. So if you’re a hardcore Sansa fan, this might not be for you. But I think he makes good points about respecting a non-book-reader’s right to develop their feelings for a character over time without book fans insisting he’s wrong because of things from the books.

HBO also provides “Inside the Episode” videos every week:

Formerly HBO included a video recap for each episode, but this week there is only the written synopsis of episode 205.

• Published on 04/30/2012 at 10:26 AM CDT
• Last updated on 04/30/2012 at 10:26 AM CDT