Knee-Jerk Reactions to “Winterfell”—Five Best and Worst Moments

So, there it is. We’ve all been waiting for Game of Thrones season 8 to begin, and now we’ve gotten our first big, bold serving in “Winterfell.” It was a fine installment with plenty of slow, character-driven moments, strikingly good humor, and simmering drama.

“Winterfell” was all about reunions and meetings, with characters reconnecting after long periods apart and in some cases interacting for the first time, as with Daenerys and Sansa. Major storylines merged, and the episode bubbled with both sweetness and tension.

Let’s start with the five Valyrian Steel (Best) moments of the episode before getting to the Flea Bottom Brown (Worst) ones.