Last year, as part of the GoT50 celebrations leading up to Game of Thrones season 6, the Watchers looked back on previous years’ episodes with a fresh eye, remembering the highs and lows and how the world reacted along with any significant points. All 50 episodes were covered, and we figured that we should continue […]
Continue reading →This is it: we’ve reached the end of our long and winding Game of Thrones Memory Lane. What started with the long-ago first episode “Winter is Coming” comes to a resolute finish with the season 5 finale “Mother’s Mercy.” The journey has been filled with laughs, twists, love and death, and every step of it a […]
Continue reading →Helleeeeeooooooo, nerds! And welcome to season 6! No, you haven’t accidentally forgotten to watch the season 6 premiere. (Well, unless you are reading this on the 25th, in which case you might have!) In honor of the #GoT50 hashtag–meant for a diehards-only fifty-day re-watch of Game of Thrones‘ first 5 seasons–we are unfurling the first […]
Continue reading →Two days left until the premiere of Game of Thrones season 6! We’re being flooded with new season photos and clips, and our Memory Lane is almost at its end. For the second-to-last chapter of our look back at episodes past, we welcome back SirSquinty! -Sue the Fury Really? I’ve been given the incredibly daunting task […]
Continue reading →Game of Thrones has had more than its fair share of riveting battle sequences, marrying dramatic weight with tremendous production values – but, even more impressively, it’s also had a good run of battle episodes. “Blackwater” (episode 209) is a taut, all-encompassing narrative rollercoaster, changing in a heartbeat the characters’ fates – and the larger […]
Continue reading →With only four trips down Memory Lane left, today we bring you Game of Thrones Season 5 Episode 7, “The Gift.” Airing on May 24th, 2015, the episode was written by David Benioff and D.B. Weiss and directed by Miguel Sapochnik. Most famous for uniting Daenerys Targaryen and Tyrion Lannister, the episode features several key […]
Continue reading →What is there left to say about a Game of Thrones episode that had everyone, from your neighbors to friends you never realized watch the show to a U.S. Senator, throwing in their two cents? There’s no need to rehash all the gory details of the controversy that followed “Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken” when the debates […]
Continue reading →“Kill the Boy,” penned by everyone’s favourite Game of Thrones screenwriter, Bryan Cogman, originally aired on May 10th 2015. Directed by series newcomer Jeremy Podeswa, it is a decent hour. Despite not visiting King’s Landing once, it is a well-paced episode, and each storyline is given ample time to breathe before we move on to […]
Continue reading →We’re in the final week of #GOT50! We’ve done it, folks- waited all these months, and there are only seven more days until we’re watching the season premiere of Game of Thrones. Almost hard to believe! And our lengthy Memory Lane is nearing its end. Walking us through “Sons of the Harpy” is a WotW […]
Continue reading →Only 8 days remaining until season 6, and in our #GoT50 countdown rewatch, we’ve reached an episode with an introduction pivotal to Cersei’s future. Walking us through “High Sparrow,” please welcome back Paige, aka GameOverRos! – Sue the Fury We’re approaching the end of our walk down Memory Lane! Today, we revisit the third episode […]
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