game of thrones

  • Game of Thrones Season 8 One Year Later: ‘A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms’

    21/04/2020
    Each week, exactly one year to the day after its first airing, I’m looking back at every episode of Game of Thrones’ controversial final season now that the dust has settled to see whether it’s worthy of its infamous reputation. Last week I reviewed the season premiere ‘Winterfell’ and...

  • Game of Thrones Season 8 One Year Later: ‘Winterfell’

    14/04/2020
    Proclamations of war; the vilifying of once beloved heroes; tensions mounting to epic displays of hate and anger. No, I’m not talking about the content of the final season of Game of Thrones but rather the fan reaction to it. It’s been one whole year since the six-episode eighth...

  • Could Bran be the Key to the Game of Thrones Spin-offs?

    28/05/2019
    Like fellow OutofLives writer Ben, I enjoyed the ending of Game of Thrones. Were the final episodes to the same standard of the previous seasons? No, there was a fairly significant decline in quality over the past few years, but considering the silly decision to condense the ending into...

  • Enjoying the Game of Thrones endings

    23/05/2019
    Unlike most of the Internet, or at least the most visibly boosted tweets and comments, I liked how Game of Thrones ended. This isn’t meant as a controversial statement nor as an excuse for the bad parts of the last two seasons. This article is, in part, for me...

  • Forget Game of Thrones, Barry is HBO’s – and TV’s – Best Show

    14/05/2019
    Game of Thrones is the biggest show on TV, and it has every right to be. For 8 seasons now it has grown into a mammoth global hit because of its tremendous writing, intimate character drama and increasingly epic scale. It’s one of my favourite shows, not just of...

  • Predicting the End of Game of Thrones

    09/04/2019
    We’re just days away from the beginning of the end: the final six episodes of Game of Thrones. While the journey may indeed be more important than the destination, I just can’t help myself from speculating how the acclaimed fantasy drama, the biggest show of the decade, will come...

  • Revisiting Game of Thrones Season 7 Part 3

    02/04/2019
    Spoilers for Game of Thrones Season 7 incoming. Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been looking back on the seventh season of Game of Thrones, discussing what works and what doesn’t in the penultimate season of the show. While still hugely enjoyable and engaging, I’ve found the season...

  • Revisiting Game of Thrones Season 7 Part 2

    26/03/2019
    Spoilers for Game of Thrones Season 7 incoming. The seventh season marks the beginning of the end of Game of Thrones. After years of set up and development, the payoffs finally start coming as allies are formed, enemies gained and ‘the Great War’ begins. But was it satisfying? Does...

  • Revisiting Game of Thrones Season 7 Part 1

    19/03/2019
    Spoilers for Game of Thrones Season 7 incoming. We’re only a month away from the final six episodes of Game of Thrones. That’s a statement that gets me very excited and yet also remarkably sad. It’s all coming to an end but, before it does, I’ve been revisiting the...