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Game of Thrones Watch: Sons of No One, Bastards of Young
Spoiler alert: Before you read this post, set up your DVR to record the big joust later, and watch last night’s Game of Thrones.
One complaint, or at least comment, that I’ve heard about Game of Thrones so far is that the episodes are not really episodes. That is, even more so than most HBO series (excepting maybe David Simon’s) …
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Game of Thrones Watch: Snow Job
Before you read this post, have your valet being you many, many cups of wine, then settle in to watch last night’s Game of Thrones:
“Winter is coming.” We know that. We’ve seen the ads, we’ve read the posters, we’ve had HBO repeat the tagline to us constantly for months. Winteriscomingwinteriscoming.
And yet, when I watched the …
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Game of Thrones Watch: Meet the Parents
Before you read this post, make sure the kids aren’t getting up to any mischief, get a plate of horse jerky, then settle in to watch last night’s episode of Game of Thrones:
The pilot episode of Game of Thrones set up a lot of background, characters and situations, but it also organized itself around three core stories in which …
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Game of Thrones Watch: It’s All in the Execution
Before you read this post, climb up the wall, adjust your satellite dish and watch the pilot episode of Game of Thrones:
Because I hit on a lot of the thematic issues in my big review/preview, and because I need to knock out this Game of Thrones post faster than usual, I’m going to try something a little different in this post and …
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Boardwalk Empire Watch: They Did It All for the Nucky
Spoilers for the season finale of Boardwalk Empire coming up:
Lead TV characters often develop a signature move over time: a gesture or expression that comes to define them. Think Ralph Kramden’s gesturing into the air on The …
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Walking Dead Watch: The Big Decision
Spoilers for the season finale of The Walking Dead coming up:
Because it had to create a first season of only six episodes so that AMC could air its first season starting Halloween, The Walking Dead had to fit a lot into a few …
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Boardwalk Empire Watch: Arsenic and Old Wounds
Spoilers for last night’s Boardwalk Empire coming up:
Last week’s Boardwalk Empire may have had the actual gunfire, but “Paris Green” was chock full of people pulling triggers. There was a welter of activity, mostly …
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Walking Dead Watch: Open the Hatch!
Spoilers for last night’s The Walking Dead coming up:
Because we began The Walking Dead (after the pre-zombie prologue) with Rick, waking up after a coma in the midst of the apocalypse, each episode has been a process of filling in the blanks in his, and our, knowledge. Not only are we learning about the physical realities of Zombie …
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Walking Dead Watch: No Crying in the Boat
Spoilers for tonight’s Walking Dead coming up:
The disadvantage of getting The Walking Dead on screeners is that I don’t get the full experience of watching the show late Sunday as it airs. That’s also the advantage. How the …
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Boardwalk Empire Watch: The Man Behind the Curtain
Spoilers for last night’s Boardwalk Empire coming up:
“The Emerald City” was an underwhelming episode of Boardwalk Empire, partly because it seemed largely to be mechanically setting up conflicts for the season’s final two …
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Boardwalk Empire Watch: Sacrificing the Pawns
Spoilers for last night’s Boardwalk Empire coming up:
While Boardwalk Empire is a crime story, it’s not a story mainly about the men who pull the triggers but rather the men who hire them. And while it is in many ways a …
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Walking Dead Watch: Back from the Undead
Spoilers for last night’s The Walking Dead coming up:
After a second episode that seemed to be set up partly to showcase what The Walking Dead can deliver in terms of zombie carnage on a basic-cable budget, the third episode …