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Game of Thrones
First of His Name
Directed by
Michelle MacLaren
TV-MA
S4 • E5
May 4, 2014
54m
8.6
8.0
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Cersei and Tywin plot the Crown's next move. Dany discusses future plans. Jon Snow embarks on a new mission.
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Cast of First of His Name
Peter Dinklage
Tyrion 'The Halfman' Lannister
Kit Harington
Jon Snow
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Sir Jaime 'Kingslayer' Lannister
Lena Headey
Cersei Lannister
Emilia Clarke
Daenerys Targaryen
Liam Cunningham
Davos Seaworth
Maisie Williams
Arya Stark
Iain Glen
Sir Jorah Mormont
Isaac Hempstead Wright
Brandon 'Bran' Stark
Aidan Gillen
Petyr 'Littlefinger' Baelish
Charles Dance
Tywin Lannister
Sophie Turner
Sansa Stark
Jerome Flynn
Bronn
John Bradley
Samwell 'Sam' Tarly
Rory McCann
Sandor 'The Hound' Clegane
Alfie Allen
Theon Greyjoy
Conleth Hill
Lord Varys
Gwendoline Christie
Brienne of Tarth
Stephen Dillane
Stannis Baratheon
Jacob Anderson
Grey Worm
Game of Thrones - S4 • E5 Ratings & Reviews
TIME Magazine
James Poniewozik
First of His Name is, more than most, a this-thing-and-that-thing-and-another-thing episode, contributing a little each to a lot of storylines, but much of it is concerned with the same question: So now what?
Daily Telegraph (UK)
Benji Wilson
Though episode five was more about plot positioning than roistering whoopee action, it acted as a showcase for several of the best.
The New Republic
Hillary Kelly
If you combine the fortress, the army, the money, the wealth of information, and the fact that he's entirely unsuspected of any serious wrongdoing? You have Lord Baelish, most powerful man in Westeros, who is probably about to get much more powerful.
Newark Star-Ledger
Joseph Hannan
The man who wants everything (Littlefinger) will stop at nothing. And he's just succeeded in single-handedly taking the strongest fortress in Westeros. Not a bad place to start a bid for the Iron Throne, I'd say.
Chicago Sun-Times
Lori Rackl
We continue to learn --- with another huge reveal in between sloppy kisses between Lysa and Lord Baelish --- that there's nothing little about Littlefinger's scheming and ambition.
New York Times
Jeremy Egner
It almost felt like a turning point, or at least a minor divergence from the unrelenting bleakness of the past few weeks.
Washington Post
David Malitz
The most enlightening segment of this episode was the return of Littlefinger and Sansa to the Eyrie.
New York Magazine/Vulture
Nina Shen Rastogi
Kate Dickie has fun with the campy aspects of her character. With her obsessive focus on sex and uncleanliness, Lysa's like something out of the V.C. Andrews-George R.R. Martin mash-up of my dreams.
Rolling Stone
Sean T. Collins
Once again, we close out the episode beyond the Wall, with a sequence as cathartic as last week's was horrific. Jon Snow and his merry men make short work of the mutineers at Craster's Keep.
TheWrap
Tim Molloy
Some stories show good people overcoming injustices, and reassure us that all is right with the world. But the more powerful stories may be the ones where the injustices go unpunished.
Guardian
Sarah Hughes
We're now halfway through this fourth season, which is probably a good time to breathe and take stock. Certainly this week felt a little bit like a holding episode in which we dropped in on numerous characters without really advancing the story much.
Denver Post
Joanne Ostrow
"First of His Name," offered some of the goriest battle scenes so far, thanks to Jon Snow and the Nights Watch, balanced by some of the funniest comic relief, in the form of Brianne and her hapless squire Pod.
indieWire
Danny Bowes
As the series diverges more and more from the books, it's really wide open as to where it will go in the latter half of the season.
San Francisco Chronicle
David Wiegand
The episode comes to a bloody climax at Craster's Keep.
Independent (UK)
Neela Debnath
After last week's dire instalment, "The First of His Name" was a fantastic and compelling watch that felt like an epic film.
The Atlantic
Spencer Kornhaber
I thought it was a nice mid-season episode, propelled by Michelle MacLaren's elegant direction, Benioff and Weiss's smart dialogue, and the refreshing fact that storylines from Essos to King's Landing seemed to enter new chapters.
Los Angeles Times
Alan Eyerly
Is a naive tween king capable of ruling a continent threatened by White Walkers to the north, dragons to the east and internal strife throughout?
Observer
Drew Grant and Noam Cohen
You have to feel for Sansa, who almost got to relax for half a second with her lemon cakes before her aunt went all Lifetime Originals on her.
Grantland
Andy Greenwald
I'm starting to think that Cersei Lannister is the most important character on Game of Thrones. No one else so perfectly captures the show's myriad contradictions.
AV Club
Erik Adams
Game Of Thrones would seem to favor the blunt, forceful, barbaric method of getting what you want, but "First Of His Name" reminds us that that's not the only way.
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