This week’s episode picks up almost right where it left off -- poor Meera Reed (Ellie Kendrick) is stuck dragging Bran Stark’s (Isaac Hempstead Wright) body in the snow now that Hodor (Kristian Nairn), their friend...

Oddly, this episode opens with Jon Snow (Kit Harington) packing to leave Castle Black, even though last episode we saw him leaving the Night’s Watch in a dramatic exit. It seems producers thought twice about letting...

“Your son is weak, and weak men will never rule Dorne again.” Ellaria Sand’s (Indira Varma) lingering words aptly summarize the theme of this episode, and perhaps this season so far.

If you thought Season 5 was crawling along, the events of “Mother’s Mercy” more than made up for it. Like any true Game of Thrones finale, this one was jam-packed with...

“Why should the people trust a queen who can’t keep her promises?” -- Daenerys Targaryen. At the show’s start, Queen Daenerys (Emilia Clarke) reminds Ser Jorah (Iain Glen) of her promise to kill him should he...

“All rulers are either butchers or meat” -- Daario Naharis. Fasten your seat belts because things just shifted into high gear with the season’s strongest episode thus far. Perhaps the biggest, most gratifying...

“No, a girl is not ready to become no one, but she is ready to become someone else” -- Jaqen H'ghar to Arya Stark. After a mildly unimpressive prior episode, it was entertaining to see several new and enticing...

“There is only one war: life versus death” – Melisandre. Though in the minds of Ellaria Sand (played by Indira Varma) and the Sand Snakes, the only war that exists is the one they plan to wage to avenge Prince...

"Nothing is more hateful than failing to protect the one you love" -- Brienne of Tarth. That is the inner struggle that torments brown-haired Sansa Stark (Sophie Turner) as she makes her way home to a slightly...

“The future is sh—t. Just like the past,” Tyrion Lannister (Peter Dinklage) tells fellow fugitive Varys (Conleth Hill), after they’ve crossed the Narrow Sea early on in the season five premiere of Game of...