Rachael Nisenkier

The second episode of Game of Thrones felt a lot more complete than the previous one. The renewed focus on Arya and Tyrion, currently the two best characters on the show, doesn’t hurt, but even new-to-TV Stannis and Melisandre, as well as a particularly icky scene with Theon Greyjoy, managed to set up events to […]

  Rachael Nisenkier

For much of Game of Thrones‘ first season, I lived in an HBO-less cave where I could only read about episodes and critical reaction days after on the internet. It was a tough time, winter-like, if you will. But now, in a curious inverse of the narrative on Game of Thrones, an HBO-fueled spring has […]