Episodes
Thursday Jun 23, 2011
Episode 10: Fire & Blood
Thursday Jun 23, 2011
Thursday Jun 23, 2011
In the wake of Ned Stark's death, what will become of everyone else? This season finale gives all our favorite characters exciting new story arcs to embark upon, and makes for a super suspenseful cliffhanger. Thrill as the Greatjon proclaim's Rob 'King in the North'! Feel the lump in your throat as Jon Snow's new brothers say their oaths and convince him not to go AWOL. Surprise yourself by actually feeling empathy for Sansa as Joffrey taunts her with the disembodied heads of her father and Septa. Wonder at how things will change in King's Landing with tyrion as the new Hand. It all wraps up with a glimpse of very cool living dragons, promising great things in Dany's future. We shall return next week with a Season One wrap up and reflection episode. We'll also make a plan for what to podcast about between now and Season Two.
Wednesday Jun 15, 2011
Episode 9: Baelor
Wednesday Jun 15, 2011
Wednesday Jun 15, 2011
Oh the sadness. Ned's dead, baby. Ned's dead. Arya's fat pigeon? Dead. 2000 of Rob Stark's men? Dead. That one Dothraki who dislikes Maegi so much? Dead. Khal Drogo? Not looking good. The Kingslayer? Captured! Tyrion and Bronn? Drunk! Shae? Enigmatic! Lord Frey? Gross! Maester Aemon? Targaryen! Only one episode left in season one, folks. Stay with us till the bitter end.
Wednesday Jun 08, 2011
Episode 8: The Pointy End
Wednesday Jun 08, 2011
Wednesday Jun 08, 2011
George R.R. Martin scripted this fast-paced episode. Things happen quickly, and a lot of material from the book is covered efficiently without losing any flavor. We see the Lannisters sieze power, Syrio and Arya's final dance lesson, Arya's first kill, Rob calls the banners, Tyrion recruits the stormcrows, and Jon fends off a wight attack!
Thursday Jun 02, 2011
Episode 7: You Win or You Die
Thursday Jun 02, 2011
Thursday Jun 02, 2011
Ned confronts Cersei about the father of her children and tries to be merciful by telling her she has one day to flee Westeros, confident that Robert will have his back when he returns from the hunt. Unfortunately Robert is dying when he returns. Renly advises Ned to join their knights and men to sieze Joffrey and the Red Keep. Ned rebukes him, instead seeking to ensure the aid of the Gold Cloaks through a promise from Littlefinger. Is that the wisest thing he's done since coming to King's Landing? Meanwhile Jon and Sam swear their oaths to become men of the Night's Watch, and Ghost returns from the woods with an odd souvenir. All this plus a scene lifted from Caligula, discussed in this weeks podcast.
Thursday May 26, 2011
Episode 6: A Golden Crown
Thursday May 26, 2011
Thursday May 26, 2011
Ned is ready to get the F out of Kings Landing and take his girls back to Winterfell, but gets dragged back into service as Robert's Hand. Ordered to make nice with the Lannisters, Ned promptly demands Lord Tywin report to court to answer for the Mountain's crimes. Meanwhile Robert is off in the Kingswood with his vast hunting party. Bran gets to briefly enjoy his new saddle before he is roughly cut out of it by some well-portrayed wildlings. We discuss all this and more in Episode 7. Enjoy!
Wednesday May 18, 2011
Episode 5: The Wolf and the Lion
Wednesday May 18, 2011
Wednesday May 18, 2011
We get to see some serious action this week. Catelyn's party is attacked en route to the Vale. The Hound and the Mountain clash on the Tourney grounds. Ned and Jamie duel in the streets of King's Landing. There is so much awesome in this episode that I was halfway through the podcast recording before I realized that we didn't see Jon or Dany this week.
Wednesday May 11, 2011
Episode 4: Cripples, Bastards & Broken Things
Wednesday May 11, 2011
Wednesday May 11, 2011
This week's episode introduces several new characters: Gendry, Samwell Tarly and Gregor Clegane. We see some well-executed scenes from the book, and we see several new scenes, invented to convey key pieces of backstory and character development. Things wrap up with a thrilling cliffhanger when Catelyn and Tyrion meet at the Inn. We don't get to see the Innkeeper chewing her disgusting sourleaf, but perhaps that is for the best.
Wednesday May 04, 2011
Episode 3: Lord Snow
Wednesday May 04, 2011
Wednesday May 04, 2011
This week we welcome lots of new characters and wonder what became of others. No Ghost? No Donal Noye? No matter! We say hello to Littlefinger, Renly, Grand Maester Pycelle and Varys. And is that Ser Barristan Selmy that Robert is trading war stories with? And how about the composite bloodrider that Ser Jorah is comparing swords with? Old Nan scares us and Syrio Forel thrills us. Come join us!
Monday Apr 25, 2011
Episode 2: The Kingsroad
Monday Apr 25, 2011
Monday Apr 25, 2011
We are on the ball this week. We recorded the episode Sunday night and I'm posting it Monday night. This week Molly inserted a new segment featuring a message from her Dad. We found plenty to talk about in this great Episode and ran a little long. Check it out!
Friday Apr 22, 2011
Episode 1: Winter Is Coming
Friday Apr 22, 2011
Friday Apr 22, 2011
Chuck, Molly, Eric and Brendan had a great time at the viewing party Sunday night. Several enthusiastic fans joined us. One guy came dressed as Jon Snow, with two buddies in "maester" (monk) costumes. Molly, the hostess, was adamant that she finish preparing her taco cup hors d'oerves before the viewing, which meant waiting for the last person to show up who was bringing the chicken breast. So we waited for that to cook and drank and talked for a long time. We didn't sit down to watch the premiere until like 11:30. Afterwards it was a little late, and we were a little too drunk, to record a proper podcast. So we reconvened Tuesday night, rewatched the episode and recorded this scintillating discussion.