By the end of Season 7, Game of Thrones is pretty much free of the books that inspired it. Even though the show started running out of book material mid-way through Season 5, Season 6 still felt like an extension of the books, a “what might happen” with a few moments that rang so ...
The last episode of the season! Let’s GO!
To the snow! Our band of adventures is trudging its way north. None of the named characters are wearing hats. They’re going to get frostbite on their ears long before they find any White Walkers at this rate. We immediately begin the theme of the first half of this episode, which is ...
We open on Bronn pulling Jaime out of the water. I did some googling, and apparently people were actually writing articles like “is Jaime really dead??” after the last episode aired. Did anyone actually believe that? It’d be pretty lame for the show to literally knock him out ...
We open on the Lannister army marching through the fields of the Reach. Jaime opens a wagon crammed full of gold bars, and pulls out a bag of coins to hand to Bronn. Apparently, Bronn is still relevant. Who knew? Bronn comments on Jaime’s sulky face. “You just won the biggest prize ...
Well, there’s an ominous episode title. We open on rolling waves. Dramatic music plays as a rowboat is pulled ashore. It’s Jon and his crew, here to meet Dany. That was fast. After it took Dany six seasons to make it to Westeros, I kind of expected they’d drag out Jon ...
… I wish we had a release date for Winds of Winter. We open with a huge storm. Lightning flashes, waves roll, and I have no idea what’s happening or where we are, because it’s too dark to see anything. But then we see Dany, looking out of the window of ...
Well, I’m back. It’s about four years since I last wrote a Game of Thrones episode review and about three years since I last watched the show… but I just can’t resist it. So here we go. Season 7. Previously on Game of Thrones… there is no previously, so I’m ...
As any long-time blog readers will know, I have an… interesting relationship with Game of Thrones. I became a big fan of the books, despite their flaws, for their complex character morality, and I really wanted the show to be amazing too. And sometimes it was. Often, it wasn’t. ...
After criticisms of Game of Thrones’ misogyny rose to a fever pitch last year, the show has been determined to tell us how very feminist it really is. From the obvious “Women on Top” feature in Entertainment Weekly to seemingly endless interviews with cast members (especially ...