Ngolunye usuku, ngesiNgisi, incwadi edonsayo kaJames Hibberd yashicilelwa "umlilo awunakubulala udrako:" Umdlalo wezihlalo zobukhosi "kanye nomlando osemthethweni osulwe ngochungechunge lwe-epic." Incwadi iqukethe amaqiniso amaningi athakazelisayo ngokudala "umdlalo wezihlalo zobuthwele", kanye nengxoxo nabadali namalungu e-Acting. Isibonelo, uMacy Williams wavuma ukuthi uhlala edumele iqiniso lokuthi i-heroine Arya yakhe ayizange ibubula uSerne (uLina Hidi):
Bengifuna ukuthi abulale uSerne, noma ngabe kufanele akhokhele impilo yakhe. Ngaleso sikhashana, lapho i-SERA inoJame, ngacabanga ukuthi usezokwazi ukukala imaski yobuso futhi kuvela ukuthi empeleni kwakungu-Arya, ngemuva kwalokho abazofa kubo bonke. Bengicabanga ukuthi u-Arya wafuna lokhu.
Vumela u-Arya akazange athole ithuba lokubulala indlovukazi, kodwa nguyena owavikela ukufa kwenkosi yasebusuku. Ukuphawula ngale ndaba ye-storyline, kwenye inhlolokhono yakamuva, uWilliams wathi ekuqaleni wayengumbulali womholi wabahamba ngezinyawo abamhlophe ukuba abe nguJohn Snow (Keith Harington), kodwa ngemuva kwalokho abadali bechungechunge banquma ukuqeda le mishini kwi-areWork.