If you missed tonight’s season three finale of Game of Thrones, “Mhysa,” then jump in a rowboat like Gendry and sneak away, because there are spoilers ahead. The opening of tonight’s episode is the immediate aftermath of the horrific Red Wedding. Roose Bolton surveys the scene outside the Twins–there is fighting everywhere and direwolf tents [...]
‘Game of Thrones’ Recap: “The Rains of Castamere”
June 3, 2013 | Posted by
If you haven’t seen tonight’s episode of Game of Thrones, “The Rains of Castamere,” then duck under a table if you can. There are spoilers ahead. Full disclosure here. In writing these recaps, one thing I’ve never revealed is that I’ve actually read all of these books. The horrific events in the climax of this [...]
‘Game of Thrones’: Bad Parents, Traded-Away Children
May 20, 2013 | Posted by
Spoilers for last night’s Game of Thrones below: “I think mothers and fathers made up the gods because they wanted their children tosleep through the night.” —Davos Seaworth Davos is a lowborn smuggler, but partly because of that, he has something that counts as a luxury in the world of Game of Thrones: the freedom to love his children, and [...]
'Game of Thrones' Recap: "Second Sons"
May 20, 2013 | Posted by
If you missed tonight’s all new episode of Game of Thrones, “Second Sons,” then go sleep on the couch like Tyrion, because there are spoilers ahead. The episode opens with Arya and the Hound. Arya is sorely tempted to kill him as he sleeps. He’s savvy to her plan, however, and right as she plans [...]
'Game of Thrones' Recap: "The Bear and the Maiden Fair"
May 13, 2013 | Posted by
If you missed this week’s new episode of Game of Thrones, “The Bear and the Maiden Fair,” you might want to try running away like Arya, because there are spoilers ahead. The episode begins just South of the wall. After their perilous climb in the previous episode, Jon Snow, Ygritte and the rest of the [...]
'Game of Thrones' Recap: "The Climb"
May 6, 2013 | Posted by
If you haven’t seen tonight’s new episode of Game of Thrones, “The Climb,” then hang on for dear life, because there are spoilers ahead. We begin with Sam, who is on the run with Gilly and her baby after the slaughter at Craster’s Keep. Sam is not exactly the wilderness expert you want guiding you [...]
Emilia Clarke To Strip For James Franco
May 2, 2013 | Posted by
…for a movie role, of course. Emilia Clarke, most commonly known as Daenerys Targaryen on HBO’s Game of Thrones, will finally be playing a role from this world (and century). She will star in James Franco’s latest film, The Garden of Last Days, based on an Andre Dubus III novel of the same name. The Garden [...]
'Game of Thrones' Recap: "Kissed by Fire"
April 29, 2013 | Posted by
If you haven’t seen tonight’s all new episode of Game of Thrones, “Kissed by Fire,” then lock yourself in a high tower, because there will be spoilers ahead. After the excitement of last week’s episode and the jaw-dropping, fire-breathing climax, we’ve scaled down again, to smaller, more intimate battles and intrigues. (Emphasis on intimate.) The [...]
'Game of Thrones' Recap: "And Now His Watch Has Ended"
April 22, 2013 | Posted by
If you haven’t seen tonight’s new episode of Game of Thrones, “And Now His Watch Has Ended,” then put a bag over your head like Arya and Gendry, because there are spoilers ahead. We open with the characters we ended with last week: Brienne and poor Jaime. The very first shot is Jaime’s amputated hand, [...]
'Game of Thrones' Recap: "Walk of Punishment"
April 15, 2013 | Posted by
If you haven’t seen the most recent episode of Game of Thrones, “Walk of Punishment,” then like Tyrion at a council meeting, pull up a chair at your own risk, because there are spoilers ahead. The episode begins in Riverrun, with a funeral for Lady Stark’s father, Hoster Tully. Her inept brother Edmure fails three [...]
