The first episode of Season 8, titled “Winterfell,” brought some heartfelt reunions. But it also set up a few reckonings. And it appears that humans are going to prove to be their own worst enemies on Game of Thrones. Reunions Jon’s reunions with Brann and Arya were long-coming and quite touching. These characters have not seen…
“When you play the game of thrones, you live or you die.” — Cersei Cersei’s quote sums up one of the fundamental themes of HBO’s Game of Thrones. So, as we head into the final season, it’s fair to ask: Who will win the game of thrones? But first, it’s important to remember the words…
I’ve had more than a week to ruminate on “The Passenger,” which brought the second Season of Westworld to its dramatic conclusion. So now it’s time to focus on 5 big questions after the Westworld season finale. This post is clearly full of *Spoilers*, so stop reading now if you haven’t see “The Passenger.” 1. …
Season 2’s penultimate episode of Westworld, titled “Vanishing Point,” was the darkest yet. It was also so full of twists, I have no idea what the finale will hold. So in the aftermath of all this chaos, let’s try to figure out what the heck just happened on Westworld. Delores We may as well start…
Episode 8 of Season 2, titled “Kiksuya,” explored the mystery of Ghost Nation on Westworld. And building on the revelations of last week, it answerd one of the show’s more longstanding questions: What is really going on with Ghost Nation? Akecheta Last week, I suspected that Ghost Nation is a more benevolent force than Maeve’s…
After a brief hiatus, I’ve caught up on the last two episodes of Westworld: “Phase Space” and “Les Écorchés.” Both offered some big revelations, but left plenty of mysteries in tact. Yet with only three episodes left in the season, which questions have been answered on Westworld? This post will touch on mysteries discussed in…
Once again in my life, all roads lead to Rome. I dropped a hint to it in my last post with the reference to the Leonine City. And thinking about the city brought me back to this post about HBO’s Rome and an article in The Verge titled “Before Game of Thrones, there was Rome.” Its point: without HBO’s Rome, we…
If last week’s Westworld was the most mind-blowing episode ever, this week gave us a straightforward tale. But Episode Five, titled “Akane No Mai,” did touch on a lingering mystery from the season premiere. Namely, how has Maeve become so powerful? Maeve It all begins in Shogun World, a more violent form of entertainment for…
Wow is all I can say about last week’s episode of Westworld, titled “The Riddle of the Sphinx”. It was the most mind-blowing episode of Westworld yet, and answered some of this season’s biggest mysteries. But it also raised some huge new questions. Oh, and Elsie’s back! William’s Dark Secret We know now what William…
Episode Three of Westworld’s second season, titled “Virtù e Fortuna,” revealed a new park—The Raj. It also took us to the edge of Shogun World. But more importantly, the episode gave us two more mysteries on Westworld. Who Is The Mystery Woman? It begins in Park 6, which we now know is called The Raj….
Episode two of Westworld’s second season, titled “Reunion,” delved deep into the show’s past. We even learned how Ford and Arnold convinced Logan Delos to consider investing in the park. And as the scenes with Delores later prove, the past holds a key to a mystery on Westworld. Delores’ Past The episode opened with a huge curveball:…