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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Fringe: “White Tulip”
The Law of Unitended Consequences By Sarah Stegall Copyright © 2010 by Sarah Stegall Fringe Tuesdays on Fox at 9/8 E/C “White Tulip” Written by J.H. Wyman & Jeff Vlaming Directed by Thomas Yatsko Peter: Notice anything weird? Olivia: Not yet, but give it ten minutes. Most TV scripts about time travel look like a breeze: just write one or two scenes and then repeat as necessary. But the really good ones do more than simply repeat the same lines; they show how the repeats deepen and enrich the characters. Such is the case in this episode, which presents us…