Welcome to the debut edition of our Game of Thrones Power Rankings. Just like the wide world of sports, there’s a lot of different “teams” pursuing a common goal of ultimate power, some of which are faring much better than others. From first to worst, I’ll analyze each faction’s most recent activities, and whether or not that puts them closer to smashing their enemies than everyone else. This is still a work in progress and I don’t necessarily have my heart set on this format, but we’ll start with this and see what happens from here. Check back each week for the current set of rankings, as well as my review of the most recent episode.
Game of Thrones: “Dark Wings, Dark Words” Review by Jesse Schaffer
It ain’t easy being a woman in Westeros. Between threats of rape, bouts of abuse and being married off against your will for political purposes, there exists a social hierarchy which more or less prevents the females from rising above their male counterparts. You can count all of the women with any true authority in “Game of Thrones” on one hand, and even most of those individuals are constantly undermined by men who always think that they know best (I’m looking at you Jorah). That’s why “Dark Wings, Dark Words” caught me by surprise, as nearly every scene was bountiful in girl power and suggested that maybe this is the season when said hierarchy gets flipped right on its ass. Oh, and there were a bevy of new characters that were introduced. Here we go.
Walking Dead Season 3 Recap
The Walking Dead season three wrapped up on Sunday night. I am here to provide a quick glance back at the season that was. Much like the actual show, this recap will have a lot of potential only to fall flat on its face in disappointment. (Full disclosure, I have not read any of the Walking Dead comics.)
Rather than an excruciating walk through each episode let’s break it down into two categories:
Game of Thrones: “Valar Dohaeris” Review
It just wouldn’t be spring without “Game of Thrones”. I’ve come to associate beheadings, dragons and nudity with this time of the year as much as I do baseball and allergies. And given how disappointing “The Walking Dead” season finale was, the return of my favorite show on television couldn’t have come at a better time.
Walking Dead Rankings (Season 3 Episode 16), and Our First Post!
Hello and welcome to Pegboard. Proper introductions will be coming soon. For now, please enjoy our Walking Dead Rankings. Each week Jesse and I will rank the Walking Dead characters from least likely to die to most likely to die. If a character does perish then we earn points. For instance if Glenn dies this week then Jesse will have 11 points and I will have 7. Please enjoy and look forward to plenty of other content in the near future! (And yes, we know this week is the last new episode for quite some time, but we wanted to do this anyway).
