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GAME OF THRONES S01E09 “Baelor”
More than honor, more than justice, more than strategy, what shapes and reshapes the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros is emotion. But is this a bad thing? Given a choice between love and honor, wouldn’t we pick love every time? And, by that logic, can something be dishonorable and still be right? Continue reading
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DOCTOR WHO S06E07 “A Good Man Goes to War”
Ladies, gentlemen, and others: when you get a moment to catch your breath—when you come down from some seriously understandable geeking out, and recover from the adrenaline rush of having watched what felt like a full-length epic movie concentrated into 50 minutes of near perfection—take a moment to consider that what we have just experienced is not only one of the best episodes of Doctor Who ever, but also one of the most important. 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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DOCTOR WHO S06E04 “The Doctor’s Wife”
Even before the Doctor or any of the dozens of companions who would travel within her, before we even knew what it was or what it meant, we saw this mysterious blue box that promised to be the gateway to all the stories to come. And last night, after more than 47 years, in yet another junkyard just beyond our universe, we finally met her. 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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DOCTOR WHO S06E01–2 “The Impossible Astronaut” & “Day of the Moon”
Last year’s Doctor Who season opener, “The Eleventh Hour,” was—by coincidence and design—a good jumping-on point for the series. With this year’s season opener, on the other hand, Moffat seems to have different goals entirely, and “safe” is nowhere on the agenda. Continue reading
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DOCTOR WHO An Introduction
I doubt anyone involved in the creation of Doctor Who would have predicted that the show would be thriving well into the new millennium, but—whether by accident or intention—there’s no denying that they built this show to last. Continue reading
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