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...

Theon "Reek" Greyjoy (Alfie Allen) bailed. Arya Stark (Maisie Williams) caught a break. Tyrion Lannister (Peter Dinklage) freed some dragons. Balon Greyjoy (Patrick Malahide) tumbled off a bridge. Bran Stark (Isaac...

“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.

“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...

“Kill the boy, Jon Snow. Winter is almost upon us. Kill the boy, and let the man be born.” -- Maester Aemon to Jon Snow. Growing up quickly is not a condition unique to Jon Snow. Worlds away in Meereen, Daenerys...

"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...