“Sons of the Harpy” Welp – definitely gonna need to break out the spoiler tags this week. I’m running behind this week, for reasons you know, so this piece is going to be a short one. But a couple of major points I want to make: first, this was my […] Read more
“High Sparrow” I admit I was sort of worried when the critical reaction to the first four episodes of this season (you know – the ones that coincidentally ended up leaked online) of Game of Thrones seemed pretty lukewarm – especially in light of the fact that the end of […] Read more
“The House of Black and White” I confess, I broke and watched this episode a day early. But I have a good excuse – my back went out and I’ve been basically bedridden with nothing to do. That makes it even harder to resist jumping right into 43 and 44 […] Read more
“The Wars to Come” Into the great wide open… Our annual wandering through the desert of the soul has ended, and Game of Thrones – as usual – follows hot on the heels of the cherry blossoms. It may last a little longer, but 10 weeks sure does seem to […] Read more
“The Children” At this point, about the only thing I can see clearly at the spot on the map where next season of Game of Thrones lies is “Here there be dragons”. That’s what they used to write on nautical charts in the old days when the waters were uncharted, […] Read more
“Helm’s Deep” “The Watchers on the Wall” Not much for me to do here, really – you saw it. And if you didn’t, you certainly shouldn’t be reading this post. The 9th episode of any Game of Thrones season can pretty much be assumed to mean one thing – epic. […] Read more
“The Mountain and the Viper” Even knowing what’s coming sometimes doesn’t do much to soften the blow. That’s about the only thing I can say about the final scene of this episode of Game of Thrones. Boy, that was a rough one. Harder for me than the Red Wedding for […] Read more
“Mockingbird” For all that there are undeniable issues with HBO’s Game of Thrones – and discussion of them has certainly found its way into my various blog posts – there’s no denying that this series really brings something special to the table. Episodes like this one seem to last five […] Read more
“Laws of Gods and Men” There are certain episodes of Game of Thrones which make me think it would be better not to write these posts at all, because it’s awfully hard to talk about them without spoiling a lot of very important stuff. And this is one of those, […] Read more
“First of His Name” Michelle MacLaren is back in the saddle for another very solid episode of Game of Thrones, one that touches a lot of different bases and generally quite effectively. She’s one of the best directors in television so this certainly comes as no surprise. We’re halfway through […] Read more