Tag Archives: Mark Addy
GAME OF THRONES S01E07 "You Win or You Die"
As we learn this week on Game of Thrones, all politics is personal. Continue reading
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GAME OF THRONES S01E06 "A Golden Crown"
"A Golden Crown" is all about justice; it's filled with characters—from Ned to Sansa to Tyrion to Viserys—all protesting, "It's not fair!" But justice, as we see this week, is very much a work-in-progress in Game of Thrones. Continue reading
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GAME OF THRONES S01E05 "The Wolf and the Lion"
Of all the shows on television that could feature a guy getting a knife through the eyeball, a bludgeoning dwarf, a breast-feeding 7-year-old, a spontaneous equine decapitation, and a discussion of the economics of cadaver fucking—all in the same episode—Game of Thrones has definitely become my favorite. Continue reading
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GAME OF THRONES S01E04 "Cripples, Bastards, and Broken Things"
"Cripples, Bastards, and Broken Things" is a relatively uneventful episode—it's weighted with exposition, and busy positioning everyone for the midgame—but it's also, thematically, the strongest entry so far. Its mission statement is summed up in that title: in such a heavily structured society, with a strong clan mentality, what happens to the outcasts, the cast-offs, the people who just don't fit? Continue reading
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GAME OF THRONES S01E01–3 Winter is Coming, The King's Road, Lord Snow
I needed a new television addiction like I needed an ice-cold broadsword up the ass. Continue reading
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