" Second Sons " received critical acclaim . Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes surveyed 20 reviews of the episode and judged 100 % of them to be positive with an average score of 8 out of 10 . The website 's critical consensus reads , " ' Second Sons ' shines through efficient storytelling -- and a comparatively low number of storylines to keep track of this week . " Writing for IGN , Matt Fowler rated the episode a 9.0 / 10 , and wrote " This week 's well-crafted and wonderfully acted Game of Thrones gave us a cold wedding , a hot bath and a blood-letting . " He especially praised the scenes between Sansa and Tyrion and between Ser Davos and Stannis . David Sims and Emily VanDerWerff , both writing for The A.V. Club , gave the episode " B " ratings . Sims was frustrated by the episode 's meandering pace , but praised the end of the episode , with Sam killing the white walker , as " the most crucial , fascinating , electric moment of the night " . VanDerWerff praised the use of nudity in the episode , writing " ... I actually think Game Of Thrones has gotten quite a bit better at utilizing nudity and sex in the midst of everything else as a method of telling its story . It ’s come a long way from the ' sexposition ' days of season one , when it sometimes seemed like the series would toss some breasts into the background of a scene just in case we got bored of hearing somebody talk at length . " Due to his nomination , Peter Dinklage submitted this episode for consideration for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards
65th Primetime Emmy Awards
65th Primetime Emmy Awards
Second Sons