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.…
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Game of Thrones: “The Pointy End”
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…