Game of Thrones: Season Four

Game of Thrones: Season Four, 2014. Various factions plot to gain political control over a fantasy world.

Created by David Benioff & D. B. Weiss, based on books by George R. R. Martin. Directed by Alex Graves (4 episodes), Michelle MacLaren (2), Alik Sakharov (2), Weiss (1), & Neil Marshall (1). Written by Benioff (7 episodes), Weiss (7), Bryan Cogman (2), & Martin (1). Starring Peter Dinklage, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Lena Headey, Emilia Clarke, & Kit Harington.

Concept: B
Story: B
Characters: A
Dialog: B
Pacing: B
Cinematography: B
Special effects/design: B
Acting: Dinklage is great this season. B
Music: C
Enjoyment: Easily the best season of the show so far. It adapts the end of a book, so the biggest problems I had with seasons two and three - seeming to just start and stop at arbitrary points in the story - are avoided. (I kind of wish we had waited a few years to start watching the show; these first four seasons probably need to be watched in one go to be at their best.) A

GPA: 3.1/4