Hic Sunt Dracones “Fire and Blood” Game of Thrones HBO, Sundays, 9 PM Written by Daniel Benioff & D. B. Weiss Directed by Alan Taylor “Heads. Spikes. Walls.” — Tyrion Lannister As a metaphor for the entire series Game of Thrones, the dragons are perfect: they took their time getting here, they are not impressive, but they have enormous long-range potential. I guess that the drawn-out pace of this series was required to introduce audiences to an entire new fantasy world, to set us up for the heavily complicated politics of medieval warfare, to present a very large cast of complicated characters.…
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Game of Thrones: “Baelor”
What Matters “Baelor” Game of Thrones HBO, Sundays, 9 PM Written by Daniel Benioff & D. B. Weiss Directed by Alan Taylor “If the day ever came when your father was forced to choose between honor on the one hand, and those he loves on the other, what would he do?” – Blind Master Aemon The most fascinating thing about this episode of Game of Thrones was learning how far some people will go to prop up their self-delusions. Even those who think honor lies in honesty are revealed as self-deluded, hypocritical, even vain. I don’t know what story George R. R.…