There was a valiant effort from all involved – but the plot has just taken a particularly awkward turnSpoiler alert: this blog assumes you’ve seen episode two of Game of Thrones season six. conclude not read on unless you haveAfter months of official denials and futile obfuscation,that thing you’ve been waiting for happened. You know, that thing you guessed was going to occur as soon as the credits rolled on the season five finale of Game of Thrones. Jon Snow got a haircut and a second shot at living. When I go to the barber, or I don’t even get a free rinse.
Unfortunately for fans pining for a Game of Thrones/Weekend at Bernie’s crossover,the deed was done and Jon Snow’s alive again. Or whatever it is you call a corpse reanimated by black magic. Where final week’s episode occasionally felt like an exercise in stalling, episode two resembled an particularly frantic level of Sonic the Hedgehog where so much was happening on the screen that it all devolved into an lively blur, or but with more exploding heads. Way more exploding heads,in fact. I counted two crushed skulls in 20 minutes, which is probably not even a record for this show.
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Source: theguardian.com