Bundi munsi, mu Cyongereza, igitabo cya James Hibberd cyasohotse "umuriro ntushobora kwica ikiyoka kivuga ngo:" Umukino w'intebe "hamwe n'amateka akingiwe mu ruhererekane rwa EPIC." Igitabo kirimo ibintu byinshi bishimishije bijyanye no kurema "umukino wintebe", hamwe nibazwa nabashinzwe n'abagize ibikorwa. Urugero, Macy Wiliams yemeye ko yakomeje gutenguha kuba akantu ko heroine Arya atigeze yica Serne (Lina Hidi):
Nashakaga ko yica Serne, nubwo agomba kubishyura ubuzima bwe. Muri ako kanya, igihe Sersa ari hamwe na Jame, natekereje ko yari hafi kuri posk yo mu maso kandi bigaragara ko ari arya, nyuma y'ibyo bombi bazapfa. Natekerezaga ko Arya yashakaga ibi.
Reka Arya ntiyigeze abona umwanya wo kwica umwamikazi, ariko ni we waremeye urupfu rw'umwami w'ijoro. Williams yavuze ko ariho gutanga ibisobanuro kuri iyi nkuru, mu kindi kiganiro giherutse, Williams yavuze ko yabanje kwica umuyobozi w'ikiruhuko (Keith Harington), ariko nyuma y'urukurikirane rw'ikurikiranya yafashe kugira ngo ashyire ubu butumwa bwo kwishyiriraho.