Tag Archives: hbo

Game of Thrones 3.3 – Walk of Punishment

Posted on April 15, 2013 by Laura Stone | 31 Comments

I got this, I got this, JEEZ.

PREVIOUSLY: Dragons, nip slips (as in, slipped off by knife-point), Theon has a mysterious friend, and Wargs! And I realized tonight that the Wildling’s Warg is Mackenzie Crook. Aww, I like him. Which means he’ll probably get raped. Because there is a LOT of reference to rape in this episode, and I’m gathering that it’s a big ol’ rape-apalooza in the books, which…urgh. No me gusta.

ALSO: remember that Catelyn’s sister had a son with the Bad Touch-Boob Sucking (we referred to him in the past as Bad Boob for short. Look, when your kid is old enough to be a Belieber, it’s time to get them off your teat.) Onward, fellow fen! Continue reading →

→ 31 Comments

Posted in Redemption Corner, Television

Tagged Game of Thrones, hbo, House Baratheon, House Lannister, House Stark, House Tyrell

Game of Thrones 3.2 – Dark Wings, Dark Words

Posted on April 8, 2013 by Laura Stone | 43 Comments

Gendry, Arya, and Cartman go for a walk in the woods. I would like to lodge a complaint at the complete lack of shirtless Gendry.

Previously on Game of Thrones: The Kingslayer flirt/fights with Brienne. Bran can’t walk and regularly gets The Shine. Jon is miserable and longs for a cuddle. Arya is the sassiest 12-year-old girl with a sword in all the land. Margaery werqs it and King Weaselteat continues to be the worst. On with this week’s episode!

(Regular reminder that I am NOT a book reader, which means that if it hasn’t aired on HBO, I don’t know it. Also: the show isn’t the same as the books in regards to character, spelling, etc. in some cases. So…who’s got two thumbs and is not a book reader? This gal!) Continue reading →

→ 43 Comments

Posted in Redemption Corner, Television

Tagged Game of Thrones, hbo, House Baratheon, House Lannister, House Stark, House Tyrell

Game of Thrones 3.1 – Valar Dohaeris

Posted on April 1, 2013 by Laura Stone | 34 Comments

Why don’t any of these people wear hats?

Welcome back, friends, to the fastest hour on television. (How am I shocked when the episode is over every single time? ) Previously on Game of Thrones: incest! Murder! War! King Weaselteat getting a Tyrion smack down!

(And if you’re new to the site, welcome! We’re a NON-HATE place. This is where you come to ride out your buzz of excitement with fellow fans. No dickish behavior, no character bashing, no rude comments. You literally have the rest of the internet for that stuff, you know?) Continue reading →

→ 34 Comments

Posted in Redemption Corner, Television

Tagged Game of Thrones, hbo

Boardwalk Empire 3.05 – You’d Be Surprised

Posted on October 15, 2012 by Sally R | Leave a comment

We open with a scene not for children that blows my mind in all the right ways… Continue reading →

→ Leave a comment

Posted in Redemption Corner, Television

Tagged Boardwalk Empire, booze, gangsters, hbo, Nucky Thompson, prohibition, women rule

Boardwalk Empire 3.04 — Blue Bell Boy

Posted on October 8, 2012 by Sally R | Leave a comment

We open this week with Owen in bed with Katie. I’d rather start with Owen in bed with me. But he’s shirtless, so I’ll go with what I can get. We learn that Katie has a pet name for his manhood — Mr. Poofles. That’s right. Mr. Poofles. I can’t make this stuff up. Nucky calls and interrupts them to tell Owen to read the paper.

Mr. Poofles. *sigh* Continue reading →

→ Leave a comment

Posted in Redemption Corner, Television

Tagged Al Capone, Boardwalk Empire, booze, gangsters, hbo, Nucky Thompson, nuns don't say vagina, prohibition

Boardwalk Empire: 3.03 — Bone for Tuna

Posted on October 3, 2012 by Sally R | 4 Comments

If you don’t know the meaning of the title, don’t worry. Neither did I. But the writers tell us in the episode, so you’ll have to wait until we get there. This week opens with Nucky having a nightmare – he can’t reach Billie on the phone, he sees a young boy in front of him who he starts to cook up some back for and ends up shooting when the frying pan turns into a gun. It’s unsettling to me and worse for Nucky. Eddie wakes him to say Margaret’s on the phone, that the Bishop’s representative is there to go over the plans for his award ceremony and she’s not letting Nucky out of it. After hanging up with her, he asks Eddie if Billie has called and she has not. Foreshadowing? Maybe. Continue reading →

→ 4 Comments

Posted in Television

Tagged Boardwalk Empire, booze, gangsters, Gyp Rosetti, hbo, Nucky Thompson, prohibition, reviews, women rule

Boardwalk Empire 3.02 – Spaghetti and Coffee

Posted on September 26, 2012 by Sally R | 2 Comments

Sorry for the delay. There was Sunday Night Football. And replacement refs. And much crying.

We open to an unknown (and mostly unseen) man drilling a hole in a door and then dumping a fishbowl out into a sink. At the last second, he saves the poor goldfish flopping by the drain by scooping it into a glass of water. I have no idea what’s going on, but I don’t think he’s just cleaning the bowl.

It’s get out of jail free day for Eli. The only problem is that his ride home… is Idiot Doyle. Eli reluctantly gets in the car and one of the most realistic dialogue conversations ever on television happens: Continue reading →

→ 2 Comments

Posted in Redemption Corner, Television

Tagged Boardwalk Empire, Chalky White, gangsters, hbo, Margaret With Attitude, Nucky Thompson, prohibition

Boardwalk Empire 3.01 – Resolution

Posted on September 17, 2012 by Sally R | Leave a comment

Last season (not necessarily in this order): Margaret slept with the sexy Owen Slater; Lucy had Van Alden’s baby and his wife Rose wasn’t very happy about it; Van Alden evaded arrest for murdering his fellow agent back in season 1; Jimmy tried to take over AC with the Commodore; Nucky made a slightly more honest woman out of Margaret; the beautiful Richard contemplated suicide and broke my heart about 50 times in only 12 episodes; Jimmy hired someone to kill Nucky, then intervened so he only got shot in the hand; Horvitz killed Angela and her lover when meaning to kill Jimmy; and Nucky shot Jimmy at the end (leaving poor Tommy to be raised by Gillian if Jimmy is indeed dead).

And now the season premiere… Continue reading →

→ Leave a comment

Posted in Redemption Corner, Television

Tagged Al Capone, Boardwalk Empire, gangsters, hbo, Nucky Thompson, prohibition, Richard Harrow, supernatural drama

True Blood 5.12 – Save Yourself

Posted on August 27, 2012 by Sam H. | 1 Comment

True Blood airs Sundays at 9PM on HBO

PREVIOUSLY: AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH! True Blood, it is just like you to go full-hog awesome in the last twenty minutes of the last episode of the season.

Continue reading →

→ 1 Comment

Posted in Television

Tagged bill compton, eric northman, hbo, Sookie Stackhouse, True Blood, vampires