No review for the newest Game of Thrones episode yet, as I was traveling back to New Jersey when it aired and I don't have HBO at home.  However, Hannah has it so I might be able to watch it there ( Read more... )

A nice essay based on the contents of episode 5 of Game of Thrones on Family, Duty and Honor.  Why the families of characters matter ( Read more... )

So we're halfway through now, dear readers, and what a halfway point it was!  We had the most violence crammed into the show that we've had yet, and most of that was in the first fifteen minutes.  So let's break down the episode bit by bit here.

We got our first look at the Eyrie in last night's episode, and it stacks up to the other interpretations ( Read more... )

I am so not ready for fifth year or the real world.  I don't even feel like I've graduated.  I just feel the oncoming work of next year and the further crush of post-school and I'm so not ready for it.  I don't know what to do.  Can't I just not worry about this until after graduation and after I'm back at school?  I feel just as much stress as I ( Read more... )

Excellent episode, I thought.  The plot is humming along and we've gotten some good character building and backstory.  I still marvel at how the show weaves backstory into the dialogue and makes it fairly natural.  The revelation of the Greyjoy rebellion was nice, especially since we don't get much of that until book 2 (and damn do I love House ( Read more... )

Brief thoughts on this episode ( Read more... )

Brief thoughts on the second episode ( Read more... )

The rest of the internet has already chimed in with their opinion on the series premiere of HBO's Game of Thrones, but I want my turn to do so, given that I've been waiting for this since the show was announced.  Inevitable comparisons to the book and Josh's famous nitpicking await ( Read more... )

It is a melancholy thing I have stumbled upon ( Read more... )

I ain't got any ( Read more... )