More from Game of Thrones season 6: news and episode reviews
Winners: Arya Stark and makeover plots. Losers: Sam and Walder Frey.
The show is getting better as it gets further from its source material.
Those who’ve read the books are faced with a bit of a dilemma.
The play’s the thing. Also, how about that penis scene, eh?
Even after all this time, the family remains the heart of the story.
Winners: Sansa Stark and Euron Greyjoy. Losers: Sansa Stark and Braavos theater fans.
Everything you need to know about wights and the Others.
The series has been setting this up for a while.
The show is leaving out key details of Dany’s motives, and it’s weakening her storyline.
How many times must she literally walk through fire before people start listening to her?
The show’s characters haven’t had clear goals for ages.
Winner: Queen Daenerys Targaryen. Loser: People with low brightness settings on their TVs.
Here’s how the books are different, and why the show went in another direction.
Oaths are made and broken in Game of Thrones, but the constant promise to its women is that they will always be responding to sexual violence and humiliation.
The show could stand to learn a thing or two from superhero series like Daredevil.
The show has forgotten how to tell a story in between its big moments.
The series increasingly does a poor job of explaining why its big moments happen.
Spoilers ahead.
Winner: the girl formerly known as Arya Stark. Loser: fight choreography.
It may be just what the character needs to make him interesting.
The “medieval times suck” horse has been well and truly beaten.
The show can still be great, when it stops trying to hard to impress.
“Home” clarified a key point about the power of faith, and should be celebrated for its skepticism.