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Category: Game of Thrones Episode Recap

Game of Thrones S5:E1 Review: “The Wars to Come”

GoT season 4 brought us to a wonderful finish with the battle at Castle Black followed by Tyrion’s titillating escape. What at the time felt like a very satisfying double homicide has now instilled within us — and the west of Westeros — great fear as to what might happen next. Tommen sits quite awkwardly…
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Who is Jon Snow’s Mum? The R + L = J Theory Explained for Show-Watchers

This is about as spoilery as spoilery can get. For those of you who only watch the show, these are some major book spoilers. What I’m going to reveal comes from the Song of Ice and Fire books, but written for someone up-to-date with the show. Keep in mind that while much of the history is…
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Let’s Talk About That Scene from “Game of Thrones”

SPOILERS Last year I went through great efforts to do the weekly episode recaps for Game of Thrones. This season I have to struggle with a stolen borrowed HBO Go account just to keep up with the show. When roughly 38 billion bloggers and major websites pump out a recap within hours of the episode’s end, it just makes…
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Game of Thones: “Mhysa” (ep. 3.10) Episode Recap

**full spoilers for Season 3, Episode 10 “Mhysa” below** In the wake of a thoroughly traumatic Red Wedding, Game of Throne’s season 3 finale delicately wraps up each plotline and sets things in motion for a new season. Per the usual, episode 9 had featured our drastic climax (i.e., Ned’s beheading, the Battle of Blackwater,…
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Game of Thones: “The Rains of Castamere” (ep. 3.9) Episode Recap

**full spoilers for Season 3, Episode 9 “Second Son” below** I don’t really need to talk much about it, because you know what happened here…but I will anyway. Grim silence was the best – and perhaps only – thing to play over this episode’s closing credits. “The Rains of Castamere” began with some heavy tension…
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Game of Thones: “Second Sons” (ep. 3.8) Episode Recap

**full spoilers for Season 3, Episode 8 “Second Son” below** I’ve mentioned this before but a common theme this season seems to be the redemption of characters that we used to hate, or at the very least they begin to seem that much more likable. We’ve seen it especially with Jaime, but in the opener…
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Game of Thones: “The Climb” (ep. 3.6) Episode Recap

**full spoilers for Season 3, Episode 6 “The Climb” below** Dany’s turn has come to be absent in the most recent episode of Game of Thrones. While she is likely off freeing slaves and burning slavers to a crisp, over on mainland Westeros, something big feels like it’s brewing. In recent episodes, not a whole lot…
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Game of Thones: “Kissed by Fire” (ep. 3.5) Episode Recap

**full spoilers for Season 3, Episode 5 “Kissed by Fire” below** For the night is dark and full of terror… Season 3 of Game of Thrones really seems to be shaping up! Whereas in the previous two seasons, there seemed to be at least one overarching plot line to move everything along, Season 3 is…
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Game of Thones: “And Now His Watch is Ended” (ep. 3.4) Episode Recap

**full spoilers for Season 3, Episode 4 “And Now His Watch is Ended” below** One of the really infuriating / intriguing things that’s always been present in the Game of Thrones story is that our expectations are always being utterly and completely violated, often in the most perverse ways. When Ned lost his head, we…
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