Game Of Thrones: 7 Things That "The Wars To Come" Did Right (And 3 It Didn't)

Now, any given episode successfully making progress on all fronts does not mean that there is any sense of stability to the narrative. Increased cohesion does not necessarily tie together some of the more extreme arcs. Dany with her dragons in Essos could not be farther – both geographically and tonally – from Jon Snow with his White Walkers in the North. Sansa and Littlefinger touring the Riverlands is seemingly inconsequential to Tyrion and Varys across the Narrow Sea. Brienne’s quailing quest to honor her vow to Catelyn is negligible in comparison to the tension in King’s Landing.

And yet, it worked.

“The Wars To Comes” struck a sense of balance between nearly all of the threads currently dangling on Game of Thrones. Arya Stark en route to Braavos and Theon Greyjoy languishing with the Boltons barely had time to be missed among all of the well-crafted action. In quite an accomplishment for a series that has been off the air for nearly ten months, the fifth season premiere managed to equate the storylines despite a disparity of screentime.