# Game of Thrones 5.10 "Mother's Mercy" 6/14/15 \[Show Discussion\]

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-5-10-mothers-mercy-6-14-15-show-discussion/722526>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 14, 2015, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-5-10-mothers-mercy-6-14-15-show-discussion/722526 "2015-06-14T19:32:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Showing post:** 249

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2015, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-5-10-mothers-mercy-6-14-15-show-discussion/722526/249 "2015-06-16T04:44:51Z")

</div>

> [@Deeg](#):
>
> It turned me off. Martin has turned into a one-trick pony; it appears that the only plot twist he knows is to kill off a character and the only emotion is the stomach-punch. That’s one of the things that pissed me off so much with Shireen’s death–he introduced a Nicholas Sparks character for the sole purpose of torturing her to death. It’s weak writing to keep going to the same well and now he’s used it on Jon, Stannis (apparently)–which makes Shireen’s death all the more pointless–and possibly Theon and Sansa. I’m tired of it; if I want to read the same plot twist over and over again I’ll go read a Harlequin romance novel.

What makes you think these are all Martin plot twists?

---

_[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-5-10-mothers-mercy-6-14-15-show-discussion/722526)._