“Oathkeeper” Butterflies – butterflies, everywhere… At this point, I would say everyone watching Game of Thrones (apart from Benioff and Weiss and George R.R. Martin – and I’m not even 100% sure about him) – is pretty much in the same boat. In short, I have no idea what’s going […] Read more
“Breaker of Chains” It’s not a spoiler if it already happened, right? As you know if you’ve been reading these posts, I try not to dwell too extensively on the differences between the HBO version and the book version of Game of Thrones. And of course, to avoid discussing things […] Read more
“The Lion and the Rose” I could pretty much just go with “Karma’s a bitch” and I think this episode would be pretty well covered. Needless to say, I fully expect you to have seen the events of this ep before you read this, I’ll be dispensing TV spoilers freely […] Read more
“Two Swords” Curse you, HBO. Of all the days in the year you could have broadcast the Game of Thrones 4th Season premiere, you did it on the day when half the shows in my Spring anime elite list premiere too? Thanks a pantload. That said, here we are again […] Read more
“Mhysa” Game of Thrones is a great series, but there’s one awful thing about it – waiting almost ten months between seasons. Of course, that beats waiting seven years between books… It’s been a sort of tradition for GoT to go big in the 9th episode, then make the season […] Read more
“The Rains of Castamere” I’m not sure which was harder – watching this episode knowing what was coming, or watching it and being surprised. I confess I missed my guess that the Red Wedding would be the finale for this season, but it’s my own fault. The adaptation has made […] Read more
“Second Sons” I know I’ve had the odd bit of criticism for Game of Thrones over the last three seasons – as a fan of the books it would be almost a miracle not to – but more than anything, I think you have to marvel at how this series […] Read more
“The Bear and the Maiden Fair” For the second week in a row, we got a fair amount of focus on the second-tier arcs in the TV storyline – and for the second straight week, I’m all in favor. But if I never see another scene of Theon being tortured […] Read more
“The Climb” Well, that episode had a little bit of everything. Changes from the books confirmed, new changes added, torture, death and kisses in the strangest places, and a tasty little spoiler of events to come much, much later that isn’t in the books at all. And a measure of […] Read more
“Kissed by Fire” Is it really possible that this season is half over? The deeper into this series we get, the more convinced I am that 10 hours is nowhere near enough time to tell the story the way it deserves to be told. But given the time constraints it’s […] Read more