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…
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Game of Thrones: “A Golden Crown”
Crowning Glory Game of Thrones HBO, Sundays, 9 PM “A Golden Crown” Written by David Benioff & D. B. Weiss Directed by Daniel Minahan “There is only one god, and his name is Death.” – Syrio Florel, Swordmaster Still no love. Well, I guess I’ll just have to get used to the fact that A Song of Fire and Ice, the overall series of which Game of Thrones is the first installment, is a complicated tale peopled by characters who have not yet invented love. They’ve invented prostitution, slavery, assassination, and subtle political maneuvering, but not love. Alas. I will say, however, they…