Fantastical Musings

Like everyone else in the world, I'm on the edge of my seat waiting for Game of Thrones to come back for its last season. I've been spending the last couple of days re-watching season seven, and, as I was watching the last episode, I realized that I never finished my review of it. So, as we're all getting ready to shocked and awed by the last season, I wanted to share my thoughts on season 7, episode 7. Let's get into the review: Wow. Just wow. Let's be real, this wasn't the best season of Game of Thrones ever (more about that in my upcoming season review), but this was a very satisfying episode. I've talked about all the issues I've had with this season ad nauseum, but I have to say that--for me--this episode went a long way to making up for all of that. I don't think this was the best episode of GOT ever (that honor goes to the Battle of the Bastards episode in my mind), but it was certainly the best episode of the season. So, let's ge...

Guys, this episode was A LOT. It was almost too much. It was a lot to take in. Just a lot. Like, I had some issues with this episode, which I'm going to go into later, but you can't fault this episode for not being eventful. It was pleanty eventful. I mean, there was a zombie polar bear and a zombie dragon. It doesn't get much more eventful than that. We start off with Jon's Dream Team (Magnificent Seven? Suicide Squad? Pick the right nickname) tramping through the snow as they cheerfully go in search of a zombie to capture. Dude. No group of people has ever been less concerned about embarking on a mission that is probably going to get them all killed. And, when I say probably, I mean that there's a 95% chance. Also, did I miss the scene where they talked over their plan? At least, I assume they made a plan before they embarked on this suicide mission. But I don't really care about this because, instead of doom and gloom and conversations about strategies, we ...

After I finished watching this weeks episode of Game of Thrones , I had to sit down for a minute (well, I was already sitting down) and think about what I just watched. There was just so much stuff that happened in this episode that it was hard to get my mind around it. When the episode was over, I asked myself "what was that episode about?" and I had no answer because so much stuff happened  that there wasn't really one moment that stood out as the climax. Look, I'm not saying that's a bad thing. Was this the best, most memorable and exciting episode of GOT ever? No. It was, however, a solid, story building episode. In order to have big, emotional payoff, you have to give the show time to get all their ducks into a row (or dragons into a row). So, you'd better buckle up for a long review because we have a LOT of things to discuss. The episode begins with the most improbable thing to happen on Game of Thrones for a while: Jaime survives. This makes absolu...

So. This was a pretty BIG episode. Dragon fire? Check. Sexual tension? Check. Cliff hanger ending? Check. And I don't even think this was the most important episode of the season! I say it every week, but the worst episode of GOT is better than any other show on TV. Even though I had some issues with this episode, all episodes of Game of Thrones start at a 9.5/10 for me, and my biggest complaints are just nitpicking. I saw lots of people online freaking out and saying that this was the biggest episode yet, and I have to say that I disagree (mostly because nothing will ever top the Battle of the Bastards (which, apparently could never happen in Naath) for me). As intense as this episode was, Game of Thrones can--and will, I'm sure--do better. This is just the opening act. Be that as it may, this was still an incredible episode, so let's get into it. We start off somewhere near Highgarden with the Lannister army escorting tons (maybe literally) of gold and grain back to ...

This episode was called "The Queen's Justice," but it should have been called "The Episode in which Many People are Poisoned." Seriously, there hasn't been this much poison on Game of Thrones for a while. It was like the show runners sat down and said, "what method of death haven't we used in a while? Strangling? No, we strangled someone last week. What about burning? Nah, we burned a ton of people last season. Poisoning? Ohhh, that would be very elegant." Anyway. We have a lot of people to poison in this episode, so let's get started. We start off with the scene everyone has been waiting for. Jon and Daenerys. Dany and Jon. The King in the North and the Dragon Queen. The Stormborn and the Bastard of Winterfell. Fire and Ice. Meeting for the very first time. *Silent Cheering* Jon and Tyrion have a heartwarming reunion on the beach, and exchange some friendly insults  ("Bastard of Winterfell" "Dwarf of Casterly Rock...

The title of this episode should have been "You Win Some, You Lose Some." For example, Daenerys has a huge powerful army with half the kingdoms of Westeros on her side, you win some. However, her navy and the leaders of two of her factions were captured/killed, so you also lose some. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ But seriously, THIS IS WHY I LOVE GAME OF THRONES!!! Two episodes ago, Daenerys was the most powerful person in the world. Now, she's lost two of her kingdoms, lost her navy, her plan is in shambles, and Cersei has figured out how to kill the dragons. All of a sudden, Daenerys is on the ropes and we're back to wondering who's going to end up on the Iron Throne. It might be Cersei. This is Game of Thrones ; we don't know anything for certain. Anyway, words cannot express how delighted I am that Game of Thrones is back. Episode one was good and it was satisfying, but episode two is an example of why Game of Thrones is the best show on television. So many wonderful an...

Guess what's back? Back again. Game of Thrones is back, tell a friend. Guys, the moment we've been waiting for for over a year is here! Game of Thrones is back for the season 7 premiere. This wasn't the most action packed episode of Game of Thrones that there's ever been, put the premieres seldom are. This week we set the stage, moved the characters in to place, and, in general, prepared everything for "the wars to come." So, without furthur ado, let's get into it: We began this week with one of the best cold opens in television history. When the scene started, and I saw Lord Frey, I was like "wait a minute, Game of Thrones doesn't do flashbacks, what's happening?" Then, I thought it was someone's dream, but then I thought, "who in their right mind would dream about Lord Frey? If anything, they should be dreaming about Jon Snow!" I didn't realize what was going to happen until I saw the wine being poured. And the...