Episodes

Monday Feb 21, 2022
Episode 175: A STORM OF SWORDS, DAVOS III: ”Shadow and Flame”
Monday Feb 21, 2022
Monday Feb 21, 2022
- Frame this chapter as a crucible pivot point within Davos' ASOS arc
- Explore the ambiguous duality in his dynamic with Melisandre
- Deconstruct Melisandre's rigid binary worldview
- Poke fun at Alester Florent
- Set up Davos' quandary going forward: how does he further Stannis' cause as anything but a suicide mission?

Monday Feb 14, 2022
Episode 174: A STORM OF SWORDS, BRAN I & II: ”Once Upon A Time”
Monday Feb 14, 2022
Monday Feb 14, 2022
- Announce our next patreon episode on the 2003 Battlestar Galactica: Miniseries
- Look into the woods with Bran and Summer.
- Talk about Bran in the context of the hero's journey and what that means for such a young kid
- Love the crap out of the scene with the Liddle Man
- Go deep into the Knight of the Laughing Tree story and who the knight might be (Quaithe? No.)

Monday Feb 07, 2022
Episode 173: A STORM OF SWORDS, DAENERYS II: ”Legion (Part 2)”
Monday Feb 07, 2022
Monday Feb 07, 2022
- Take stock of Dany's different kinds of power
- Analyze her relationship with Irri given that power
- Revisit Dany's dragons as her subconscious feelings given form
- Talk about her complex feelings toward Jorah
- Explore the system of the slave trade

Monday Jan 31, 2022
Episode 172: A STORM OF SWORDS, DAENERYS II: ”Legion (Part 1)”
Monday Jan 31, 2022
Monday Jan 31, 2022
- Introduce Slaver's Bay as the major new setting in ASOS
- Dig into the hellish imagery of Astapor specifically
- Explore the cultural context of the history and language used here
- Take stock of the horrors involved in the training of the Unsullied
- Analyze Barristan's role in Dany's decision-making process

Monday Jan 24, 2022
Episode 171: A STORM OF SWORDS, ARYA IV: ”The Merry Men”
Monday Jan 24, 2022
Monday Jan 24, 2022
- Follow Arya with the BWB and see the resistance movement in the Riverlands
- Discuss the realities of the BWB: its noble methods but its lack of an endgame
- Enter the magical world of the Riverlanders living in the trees
- Analyze one of the best one-chapter characters Lady Smallwood
- Answer the question about who the Ghost of High Heart is

Monday Jan 17, 2022
Special Episode: ”Sons of Fire”
Monday Jan 17, 2022
Monday Jan 17, 2022

Monday Jan 10, 2022
Episode 170: A STORM OF SWORDS, JAIME III: ”Shall We Dance”
Monday Jan 10, 2022
Monday Jan 10, 2022
- Arrive at Maidenpool to find the town sacked and the castle locked
- Wave farewell to Cleos Frey, who dies as he lived: without dignity
- Break down how Jaime's certainties falter throughout his duel with Brienne
- Trace the shifting dynamics as Jaime fails to take control of the Mummers
- Reframe the Jaime-Brienne duel as it actually is: as a sex scene

Monday Jan 03, 2022
Episode 169: A STORM OF SWORDS, CATELYN III: ”Fallen Kingdom”
Monday Jan 03, 2022
Monday Jan 03, 2022
- Analyze Rickard Karstark, his reasons and his weak-ass rationale for child murder
- See how Robb Stark is reacting emotionally to the fall of his kingdom
- Dread alongside of Catelyn at the loss of the Karstarks and what this means for the Stark cause
- Revel (slightly) in Robb Stark's frontier justice but realize that ultimately one execution won't right all the wrongs in the world
- See the false ray of hope in Jeyne's hips by chapter's end
- Discuss whether Robb was right here

Monday Dec 27, 2021
Monday Dec 27, 2021

Monday Dec 20, 2021
Episode 168: A STORM OF SWORDS, TYRION III: ”Hands of Gold”
Monday Dec 20, 2021
Monday Dec 20, 2021
- Watch the members of the Small Council play musical chairs
- Analyze how Tywin and the Lords of the Reach play politics with the North
- Chuckle and wince as Littlefinger uses his little finger to unlock the Vale
- Break down the Lannister family dynamics
- Shiver with fear as the Red Wedding approaches