3P Reviews: Game of Thrones, Season Eight, Episode Six

Series Breakdown Rating: Characters: 4 Aesthetics: 7 Creativity: 5 Overall Plot: 7 Subplots: 5 Sum: 28/50   Spoilers: Nope. None at all. Definitely not spoiling any of the series here. Audience Assumptions: I'm just going to hope you're familiar with the series by this point.   Season Eight Episode Six: The Iron Throne - ***  …

3P Reviews: Game of Thrones, Season Eight, Episode Five

Series Breakdown Rating: Characters: 4 Aesthetics: 7 Creativity: 5 Overall Plot: 7 Subplots: 5 Sum: 28/50   Spoilers: Possibly. Audience Assumptions: I'm just going to hope you're familiar with the series by this point.   Season Eight Episode Five: The Bells - **   Part One: We. Do. Not. Have. Time. For. Random. Woman. And. Child.…

3P Reviews: Game of Thrones, Season Eight, Episode Four

Series Breakdown Rating: Characters: 4 Aesthetics: 7 Creativity: 5 Overall Plot: 7 Subplots: 5 Sum: 28/50   Spoilers: Ya. Obviously. Audience Assumptions: Some familiarity   Season Eight Episode Four: The Last of the Starks - ***   Part One: TORMUND GETS A PUPPY! This is one of the more well-structured episodes of the season so far.…

3P Reviews: Game of Thrones, Season Eight, Episode Three

Series Breakdown Rating: Characters: 4 Aesthetics: 7 Creativity: 5 Overall Plot: 7 Subplots: 5 Sum: 28/50   Spoilers: Ya. Obviously. Audience Assumptions: Some familiarity   Season Eight Episode Three: The Long Night - ****   Part One: It's Here. And It's Got Some Problems. Two episodes of buildup and here's where we land -- a nearly…

3P Reviews: Game of Thrones, Season Eight, Episode Two

In which Hat finally realizes how to write an excerpt. Long & short: it's a decent episode. Not as good as the first, but there are some things to appreciate.

3P Reviews: Game of Thrones, Season Eight, Episode One

Series Breakdown Rating: Characters: 4 Aesthetics: 7 Creativity: 5 Overall Plot: 7 Subplots: 5 Sum: 28/50   Spoilers: Please tell me how you would write a review of this episode without spoiling anything. Go on. Audience Assumptions: Some familiarity Preface Surprise, ma bitches! We're doing episodic reviews for this season! First, if you're sick of all…

3P Reviews: Game of Thrones, Season Seven

Series Breakdown Rating: Characters: 4 Aesthetics: 7 Creativity: 5 Overall Plot: 7 Subplots: 5 Sum: 28/50   Spoilers: Fuck yes Audience Assumptions: Some familiarity Season Six - *****   Part One: Dergens I mentioned before that the quality of the seasons in Game of Thrones is correlated with how frequently the creatures (or in the first…

3P Reviews: Game of Thrones, Season Six

Series Breakdown Rating: Characters: 4 Aesthetics: 7 Creativity: 5 Overall Plot: 7 Subplots: 5 Sum: 28/50   Spoilers: Fuck yes Audience Assumptions: Some familiarity Season Six - ***   Part One: Déjà Vu and Dragon Jesus I think if the seasons of Game of Thrones had titles, and those titles diverged from the books, this one’s…

3P Reviews: Game of Thrones, Season Five

Series Breakdown Rating: Characters: 4 Aesthetics: 7 Creativity: 5 Overall Plot: 7 Subplots: 5 Sum: 28/50   Spoilers: Fuck yes Audience Assumptions: Some familiarity   Season Five - *   Part One: That Little Blip If you look at a graph of the viewership of any given season of Game of Thrones, certain patterns begin to…

3P Reviews: Game of Thrones, Season Four

Series Breakdown Rating: Characters: 4 Aesthetics: 7 Creativity: 5 Overall Plot: 7 Subplots: 5 Sum: 28/50   Spoilers: Fuck yes Audience Assumptions: Some familiarity   Season Four - ****   Part One: Hey, Didn’t I Say That Last Time? How can the show follow up the third season’s spectacle? Climbing the wall, the Red Wedding, all…