Game of Thrones, S. 5, E. 10: “Mother’s Mercy”

June 17, 2015 by Caitlin

It’s over! As far as season finales go, I have often felt that Game of Thrones does a poor job of enticing fans back with the final episode after they’ve been gutted by previous episodes (particularly after the Red Wedding), but I know that most (like me) wail and moan over atrocities only to eagerly tune in next season. This week’s episode was riddled with reasons to hate GOT, and even so, I felt it was a little flat. Anyone […]

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Game of Thrones. S. 5, E. 9: “A Dance of Dragons”

June 8, 2015 by Caitlin

So… That was the controversial episode nine that HBO’s Game Of Thrones has consistently strived for. Yes, that was certainly extremely controversial, in a season already wracked with controversy. We can sit around and discuss, much like we did earlier this season with Sansa, whether it was okay for the show to take the direction it did this episode. Sure, we can argue the finer points of the fact that Stannis has almost always been an asshole (one could argue […]

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Game of Thrones, S. 5, E. 8: “Hardhome”

June 1, 2015 by Caitlin

Woah, week 8 – slow down! That was some pretty fancy stuff you pulled! I’m totally on board with those who said this was one of the most exciting episodes of this season. Some great non-book surprises this week to get you pumped up for the end of the season. I’m loving the Tyrion-Daenerys dynamic. Right off the bat he has a compelling reason to be kept alive – no one else has the depth of knowledge he has of […]

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