Little Swords, Big Armies “The Pointy End” Game of Thrones HBO, Sundays, 9 PM Written by George R. R. Martin Directed by Daniel Minahan Last week I mentioned the imbalance in male-to-female nudity in Game of Thrones. The previous week I desired magical creatures. Game of Thrones rectified both those oversight in generous measure in this episode. We got a glimpse of Hodor (Kristian Nairn), the gigantic and corpse-white minion who carries the crippled young Bran around, frolicking through the woods stark (heh) naked. This episode also gave us not one but two zombies, and the promise of many more…
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Game of Thrones: “You Win or You Die”
Who’s Your Daddy? “You Win or You Die” Game of Thrones HBO, Sundays, 9 PM Written by David Benioff & D. B. Weiss Directed by Daniel Minahan “When the Queen proclaims one King and the Hand proclaims another, whose peace do the Gold Cloaks protect?” — Petyr Baelish Okay, if I can’t have dragons, can I at least have a hero? Someone to root for? So far, the best candidate for that position is not Ned Stark, but Tyrion Lannister. Alas, he doesn’t even make an appearance in this episode of Game of Thrones, and we are all the poorer for…