Episodes

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

Monday Dec 13, 2021
Episode 167: A STORM OF SWORDS, SAMWELL I: ”The Terror (Part 2)”
Monday Dec 13, 2021
Monday Dec 13, 2021
- Engage our senses on the Battle of the Fist of the First Men
- Empathize with Samwell with all the horror he's experienced and is experiencing.
- Remember the bear!
- Triumph alongside of Samwell as he kills the first Other in thousands of years
- Frame this chapter as a taste of things to come for Westeros when the Wall falls

Monday Dec 06, 2021
Episode 166: A STORM OF SWORDS, SAMWELL I: ”The Terror (Part 1)”
Monday Dec 06, 2021
Monday Dec 06, 2021
- Break down how George structures the reveal of what happened at the Fist
- Praise the formal experimentation of interweaving past and present
- Shiver in fear at the exquisite tone of dread a la Stephen King and found footage
- Analyze Sam as a POV, as his stress and self-loathing keeps breaking the surface
- Frame this chapter as a taste of things to come for Westeros when the Wall falls

Monday Nov 29, 2021
Monday Nov 29, 2021
- Examine how Cersei continues her manipulation of Sansa -- which Sansa suspects
- Take a close look at the Tyrell cousins, see how they work as a team and yet are still naive
- Analyze Margaery's behavior closely
- See Littlefinger's manipulations and conspiracies via Dontos Hollard
- Talk about Sarah's book Hollywood Ending and whether we'll ever have a Game of Thrones viewing experience again

Monday Nov 22, 2021
Monday Nov 22, 2021
- Mosh furiously as giants arrive riding mammoths
- Take apart Tormund's satirical self-presentation through stories
- Laugh at Jon trying and failing to suppress his feelings for Ygritte
- Hold our breath as Jon just barely negotiates his survival with Mance
- Debate whether Tormund fathered Maege Mormont's children

Monday Nov 15, 2021
Episode 163: A STORM OF SWORDS, CATELYN II: ”Things Fall Apart”
Monday Nov 15, 2021
Monday Nov 15, 2021
- Take stock of Catelyn's growing sense of dread
- Welcome Robb back to the narrative...
- ...before dropping the bomb of his wedding
- Analyze Catelyn's reaction to her baby boy getting married
- Break down the complex emotional dynamics among the Tullys as a whole

Monday Nov 08, 2021
Episode 162: A STORM OF SWORDS, ARYA I-III: ”On the Road Again”
Monday Nov 08, 2021
Monday Nov 08, 2021
- Examine Arya's journey into the dark woods and how she's coping with the violence around her.
- Express some criticism of some of Arya's early ASOS chapters
- Get emotional over Arya and Harwin's reunion
- Check in with the BWB and find out their organizing principles
- Theorize that Lem Lemoncloak has a secret identity!