Game of Thrones
HBO’s Game of Thrones: episode recaps, reviews, analysis, and roundtable discussions.
All those repetitive Daenerys Targaryen scenes had an ultimate point.
She even gives the same speech every time!
Here’s a refresher course on who he is and why he matters.
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.
A video explores a theme that has been under our noses the entire time.
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.
Fans finally got an answer to a question they’ve wondered about for years.
Ramsay Bolton is the show’s worst character — and a perfect example of its core weakness.
Winner: Melisandre. Losers: Death, viewers hoping to not see a certain scene involving dogs.
The season six premiere proves that the show’s forced departure from its source novels is reason for concern.
Everyone’s supposed destinies are pretty much out the window.
Many of the show’s scenes now involve the characters reminding viewers they exist.
She’s been keeping a huge secret for a long time.
There are always more losers than winners when you play the Game of Thrones.
The 2016 presidential candidates reimagined as Game of Thrones characters.
The new season is about to begin, and we’ll finally find out the answer.
Some characters are dead! Others are on the run! Others seek revenge! It’s another season of TV’s biggest show.