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Game of Thrones Explained: Welcome to the Main Event
HBO There’s a moment in “Hardhome,” the electric eighth episode of Game of Thrones season 5, in which the usually silky score by composer Ramin…
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Game of Thrones Explained: It Seemed Like a Good Plan at the Time
HBO After last week’s controversial and clunky episode, Game of Thrones returned this week for “The Gift,” an episode that reminded us that sometimes every…
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The Big Game of Thrones Moment That Could Make Things Even Worse
Ramsay Bolton (HBO) It is worth repeating: Game of Thrones is in love with shock value. There is no greater example of shock tactics, regardless of…
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How Game of Thrones Has Failed Its Most Feminist Storyline
Something is rotten in the state of Dorne. In an episode that has already courted a great deal of controversy with the way it chose to…
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Game of Thrones Explained: What We’ve Learned About The Cost of Power
HBO “I think last night’s episode was my least favorite Game of Thrones episode ever.” This is the text I received earlier today, from my roommate…
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The Mad Men Finale: Don Buys the World One Last Coke
“Well, if I could do something for everybody in the world, it would not be to buy them a Coke.” “What would you do?” “I’d buy…
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The 5 Best Book Characters That Game of Thrones Has Left Out
HBO/Beautiful Death As we move further into the back-half of the run of HBO’s Game of Thrones, it has become clear that some characters from…
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This Was The Most Ominous Game of Thrones Episode Yet
HBO We don’t need a trip to see Maggy the Frog, unexpectedly attractive yet creepy fortune teller, to tell us that things are likely to…
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This Week Even I Had Game of Thrones Spoiled for Me
Warning: This article contains spoilers for Game of Thrones up to the most recent episode, “The Sons of the Harpy,” and A Song of Ice…