Game of Thrones has gloriously returned to television.
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It is a challenge that tickled George R.R.
Weiss are going another way in their chess piece movements.
Thus enter newly invigorated Cersei Lannister, Daenerys Targaryen, and Jon Snow.
Indeed, Queen Cersei continues to mistakenly believe that she is truly her fathers daughter.
MartinsA Feast for Crows, and I am as apprehensive toward it now as I was then.
If we get down to brass tacks, Cersei Lannister is a terrible human being by any definition.
She is spiteful, paranoid, devious, and dangerously ignorant for someone with so much power.
But shes already propping him up as a martyr and political tool before the body is cold.
Meek and pathetic Lancel Lannister has finally found purpose beyond cowering before Cersei or Tyrion by joining their ranks.
Not that all of Cerseis preoccupations are wrong-headed.
Currently, Ser Alliser Thorne remains the temporary commander of the Nights Watch.
It wouldnt be the first time she used a bastard for nefarious ends…
Things are changing in the North, and its a good thing.
Much like we saw in tonights episode from the less powerful game players.
Sansa may be a Stark, but after years of suffering, she is no longer thinking like one.
Wherever Littlefinger is taking Sansa, it is more intriguing than her literary counterparts adventures at the moment.
Also, that said road can take one all the way from Kings Landing to the Wall.
At least he got a magnificent beard out of the journey.
Its on the posters and its the sign-off line of the trailers for a reason.
Too long hasGame of Throneskept its narrative threads separate.
It is also nice to start seeing all of the pieces falling into place.
Apparently, he has entered into an alliance of secret Targaryen loyalists that predicted Roberts corruption and Danys ascension.
Nevertheless, it is an exciting promise of things to come.
And that more or less sums up the thesis of The Wars to Come.
Yet, all of these problems were laid bare in the season four finale.
Were entering a newGame of Thrones.
Even if no piece has yet moved after an hour, their placement is riveting stuff.
Now, lets just see where they actually land…
The night is dark and full of terrors.
But join me to burn them all awayon Twitter.
Rating:
4 out of 5
