Game of Thrones Articles

SPOILERS OBVIOUSLY Usually the big battle in a Game of Thrones season falls toward the end of the season, often in the penultimate episode, but this year, it is clear the big battle is coming in the front half, as we spend all of the second episode teeing up the Battle of Winterfell. The episode speeds through Jaime Lannister’s “trial”, and everyone gets in their not-goodbyes as the White Walkers inexorably bear down on Winterfell. Full Story

The final trailer for Dark Phoenix was released yesterday, the apparent conclusion to this era of X-Men movies before it (likely) gets booted. Sarah has written previously about the franchise’s decline and that other trailers for this movie haven’t look great Full Story

Images from the next episode of Game of Thrones have been released, and it looks like Winterfell is gearing up for a fight. Lyanna Mormont is dressed for battle, Grey Worm and Missandei look intense, everyone is standing around, looking intense. There’s a tease of Jaime’s trial, and Raven-Bran being an unsettling combination of still and weird. Full Story

Am I the only one who wants to talk about this? Hi to the five of you out there who, like me, have been thinking about Harry Strickland since Sunday night’s premiere of the final season of Game of Thrones.  So Euron Greyjoy goes to Essos to hire the Golden Company on behalf of Cersei and he comes back with the militia and their Captain, Harry Strickland. Full Story

How many times now have you watched the season premiere of the final season of Game of Thrones? As expected, the episode, broke ratings records on Sunday night. It’s now the highest rated episode in HBO history and the most-watched scripted episode of television of 2019 – and the numbers don’t account for delayed viewing. Full Story

SPOILERS OBVIOUSLY Lainey and I were texting after the Game of Thrones premiere, and one thing that came up was the length of Jon Snow’s first dragon ride. Lainey was like, “They’re just showing off their VFX” and “Where’s Ghost”, complaining that the moment was too long, but I loved Jon’s first flight, for a lot of reasons. Full Story

SPOILERS OBVIOUSLY After an interminable wait—what was it, five years? Don’t correct me, it FELT like forever—Game of Thrones has returned for its final season. This episode was, as many first-of-the-season Thrones episodes are, mostly a table-setting episode. It was sorting everyone into their respective corners to start the story, setting up the big conflicts and potential betrayals, and arranging the pieces on the latest battlefield. Full Story

All week we’ve been each featuring favourite episodes of Game of Thrones. To read the entire series, and all our other GoT content, please visit the GoT main page here.  What we discovered when we all started making our picks for our favourite episodes was that our choices say more about us than the actual show – just like gossip. Full Story