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Game of Thrones, Season 7, Episode 64: Spoils of War, or Chaos is a Ladder by Will Judy on Blue Bloo

Game of Thrones, Season 7, Episode 64: Spoils of War, or Chaos is a Ladder

Our new episode of HBO’s Game of Thrones begins on the road north from Highgarden, where the Tyrell fortunes and chattels are being transported. Bronn is getting his payout, and apparently so is the Iron Bank. Bronn being Bronn, he’s bitching about not getting a castle. Jaime counsels p…( Read more )

Game of Thrones, Season 7, Episode 64: Spoils of War, or Chaos is a Ladder by Will Judy on Blue Bloo

Game of Thrones, Season 7, Episode 64: Spoils of War, or Chaos is a Ladder

Our new episode of HBO’s Game of Thrones begins on the road north from Highgarden, where the Tyrell fortunes and chattels are being transported. Bronn is getting his payout, and apparently so is the Iron Bank. Bronn being Bronn, he’s bitching about not getting a castle. Jaime counsels p…( Read more )

Game of Thrones, Season 7, Episode 62: Stormborn, or Queen of the Ashes by Will Judy on Blue Blood

Game of Thrones, Season 7, Episode 62: Stormborn, or Queen of the Ashes

Our second new episode of HBO’s Game of Thrones season 7 begins with some terrible weather at Dragonstone, and Dany’s in a sour temper. Varys gets to interview for his job again, and acquits himself decently well. With that out of the way, Red Mel is here, looking to get back in the game. A…( Read more )

Game of Thrones, Season 7, Episode 62: Stormborn, or Queen of the Ashes by Will Judy on Blue Blood

Game of Thrones, Season 7, Episode 62: Stormborn, or Queen of the Ashes

Our second new episode of HBO’s Game of Thrones season 7 begins with some terrible weather at Dragonstone, and Dany’s in a sour temper. Varys gets to interview for his job again, and acquits himself decently well. With that out of the way, Red Mel is here, looking to get back in the game. A…( Read more )

Game of Thrones, Season 7, Episode 61: Dragonstone, or Be a Good Lad, Clean This Up by Will Judy on

Game of Thrones, Season 7, Episode 61: Dragonstone, or Be a Good Lad, Clean This Up

Our long-awaited first episode of HBO’s Game of Thrones season 7 begins with the repellent Walder Frey apparently alive and well, regaling guests and proposing toasts. We of course know what is up here, and as his monologue goes on, we get to see a lot of red. And we get a Mission…( Read more )

Game of Thrones, Season 7, Episode 61: Dragonstone, or Be a Good Lad, Clean This Up by Will Judy on

Game of Thrones, Season 7, Episode 61: Dragonstone, or Be a Good Lad, Clean This Up

Our long-awaited first episode of HBO’s Game of Thrones season 7 begins with the repellent Walder Frey apparently alive and well, regaling guests and proposing toasts. We of course know what is up here, and as his monologue goes on, we get to see a lot of red. And we get a Mission…( Read more )

Game of Thrones, Season 6, Episode 60: Winds of Winter, or The Starks are Always Right Eventually by

Game of Thrones, Season 6, Episode 60: Winds of Winter, or The Starks are Always Right Eventually

Our finale episode of HBO’s Game of Thrones begins with a granite-faced Cersei surveying the city, looking like Bruce Lee sizing up an opponent he considers beneath him. And Tommen, Marge and the HS are getting prettied up, and the Great Sept starts ushering in gawkers. It’s Kangaroo C…( Read more )

Game of Thrones, Season 6, Episode 52: Home, or Guess Who’s Back in Town Again by Will Judy on Blue

Game of Thrones, Season 6, Episode 52: Home, or Guess Who"s Back in Town Again

Our sixth season of HBO’s Game of Thrones continues with Max Von Sydow and Bran stoned out of their eyeballs in the root cellar opium den. Bran is dreaming an episode of Winterfell babies.
And WYLIS! (My speaks for us all: “I really didn’t expect Hodor to have a backstory. And now I’m DYING…( Read more )

I Hope There Will Be Dragons by Amelia G on Blue Blood

I Hope There Will Be Dragons

I was very excited to see the baby dragon eating lunch on Game of Thrones last week. I want to feed baby dragons. I hope there will be dragons on tonight’s episode.

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Game of Thrones, Season 5, Episode 49: Dance of Dragons, or Eloquent Men and Imbeciles by Will Judy

Game of Thrones, Season 5, Episode 49: Dance of Dragons, or Eloquent Men and Imbeciles

Our penultimate episode for this season of HBO’s Game of Thrones begins with a sneaky bastard fire arrow attack on Stannis’ camp. While the survivors are probably grateful for the warmth, and the horse jerky, there were heavy losses. There’s no way to retreat now, and going forward without …( Read more )

Game of Thrones; Some Wacky Title by Will by Will Judy on Blue Blood

Game of Thrones; Some Wacky Title by Will

Game of Thrones, Season 5, Episode 41, The Wars to Come or What Fresh Hell is This?
Slosh out the Dornish and drop your linen, it’s time for season 5 of Game of Thrones. This is the season we run out of book, so I will be retiring the NITB designation. NITB is the new normal folks. Embrace it.
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Game of Thrones S4 E39: The Watchers on the Wall, or Everything Sucks/Ends by Amelia G on Blue Blood

Game of Thrones S4 E39: The Watchers on the Wall, or Everything Sucks/Ends

Can we all agree that George R. R. Martin is bipolar, with a strong emphasis on the depressive side? Most extremely creative people are bipolar. Whether their medium is science, stories, visual arts, or being a really accomplished warlord like Mance, I believe this applies. I don’t meant…( Read more )

Game of Thrones S4 E38: The Mountain and the Viper, or You’re Fighting THAT? by Will Judy on Blue Bl

Game of Thrones S4 E38: The Mountain and the Viper, or You’re Fighting THAT?

Our latest episode of Game of Thrones opens in a dark, muddy shithole village, and leads us to the filthy whorehovel where Gilly does the washing up. And gets drunkenly abused for being a Wildling. Why is everyone so mean about Wildlings?
Well, the raiding and slaughtering is kind of…( Read more )

Game of Thrones S4 E37: Mockingbird, or Brothers and Sisters Will Raise a Few Blisters by Will Judy

Game of Thrones S4 E37: Mockingbird, or Brothers and Sisters Will Raise a Few Blisters

Our new episode of Game of Thrones begins with Jaime and Tyrion recapping the last scene of the last ep. They agree that things could have gone better, but at least they screwed Tywin over. Tyrion’s leaning towards self pity, and the jokes are getting meaner and less funny. At least he’s aware of…( Read more )

Game of Thrones S4 E34: Oathkeeper, or at Least Joffrey is Still Dead by Will Judy on Blue Blood

Game of Thrones S4 E34: Oathkeeper, or at Least Joffrey is Still Dead

We begin this week’s episode of Game of Thrones with Grey Worm and Missandei doing a little bonding over the shared horror of their past. She’s teaching him the common tongue of Westeros, apparently. Eyes on the prize, Dany.
Grey’s role in the taking of Meereen is as an agent provocateur, suppl…( Read more )