“And Now His Watch is Ended” This week Game of Thrones offers up yet more of what we’ve come to expect from it with startling regularity: brutality, brilliant dialogue, new characters, amazing actors, lots of gore and an hour that feels like ten minutes. It also offers us the usual […] Read more
“Walk of Punishment” I really have no complaints about this episode of Game of Thrones, but it’s already started me on the always-entertaining process of trying to guess where HBO might choose to end the season. I think I have a pretty good idea, but it would entail the timeline […] Read more
“Dark Wings, Dark Words” In a funny sort of way, I wonder if Game of Thrones is starting to boil down to liking an episode based on personal preferences for characters and storylines. In any given week, it’s not all that far off from a 50-50 split – and it’s […] Read more
“Valar Dohaeris” The longest off-season in television – at least it feels like it – is finally over. With the premiere of Season 3 of Game of Thrones came the interesting tidbit that GoT is the most illegally downloaded series ever. That’s fascinating in its own right, but I especially […] Read more
“Valar Morghulis” It’s tough to face a season finale of Game of Thrones, no doubt about it. Ten episodes simply isn’t enough – as soon as I feel my appetite is whet, it’s time for another ten-month break. Brutal, I tells ya – and I already know what’s going to happen (apart […] Read more
“Blackwater” I suppose if you were that sort of person that does such things, you could say this was Game of Thrones’ “Helm’s Deep moment” – the long-awaited collision of Kings that the entire series has been building up to for two seasons. There’s a major different of course, in that this […] Read more
“The Prince of Winterfell” I’ve had a pretty good idea of where this season was going to end for a while, with a couple of backup possibilities. But with the ever-increasing array of changes this adaptation was making I was really starting to doubt myself. Now, we have an episode […] Read more
“A Man Without Honor” Who would have thought that the most layered and powerful moments from an episode of Game of Thrones would involve Jaimie, Cersei and Tywin Lannister? I make a habit out of not talking about general impressions the books more than I have to in these posts, […] Read more
“The Old Gods and the New” Well, Dear Readers, you and I are finally in the same boat this season – because I had no effing idea what was going to happen most of the time. This was the first time more things were changed that faithful to the book, […] Read more
“The Ghost of Harrenhal” It’s remarkable how often the thoughts I have about Game of Thrones mirror those I have about Fate/Zero. These are two stories that share much in common – a large cast, a struggle for power that cuts through all the threads, and an extremely dark and […] Read more