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'Game of Thrones' 3.10 Recap and Review - 'Mhysa'

Television

No more shrieking reaction videos on YouTube until at least 2014, as "Game of Thrones" ends season three on a forward-looking note.

By David Chute
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June 10, 2013 2:18 PM
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'Game of Thrones' 3.9: 'The Rains of Castamere' - No Recap = No Spoilers

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No spoilers of any kind in this small contribution on the single most significant "Game of Thrones" episode to date. Recap write-ups from the East Coast were posted hours ago, and HBO has been sending out screener discs not in advance but days or even weeks after episodes are shown, which makes it tough for Westies to compete. We're operating on the premise that a good review is worth waiting for.

By David Chute
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June 3, 2013 12:15 PM
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Netflix's Revived Cult Favorite 'Arrested Development' Brings Baggage

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"Arrested Development" is not a sitcom that suits TV-love-at-first-sight. Like many of the better television shows, it's based on layers. Any series that rewards serious, devoted, eagle-eyed fans would bring an onslaught of criticism upon its return. Is the wrath that has met Netflix's revival of the canceled series simply a product of viewer investment in the initial iteration of the series? Or does it hold merit as a valid criticism of this installment?

By Maggie Lange
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June 1, 2013 4:29 PM
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Critics’ Choice Television Award Nominations Led by HBO with 21, Surprising Omissions

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Nominations are in for the third annual Critics’ Choice Television Awards, which will be held the evening of Monday, June 10, 2013 at The Beverly Hilton Hotel. The Broadcast Television Journalists Association (BTJA) nominates and votes for the awards. For the first time the show, hosted by "Parks and Recreation" star Retta, will be webcast live on UStream.

By Anne Thompson
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May 22, 2013 1:15 PM
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Now and Then: Obituary for 'The Big C,' Starring Luminous Laura Linney

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Cathy Jamison was a brave bitch. Through four seasons of Showtime's "The Big C," which ended its run Monday, she suffered the indignities of metastatic melanoma, chemotherapy, brain tumors, hospice, and bad insurance, yet remained steadfast in her belief that "surviving" and "living" do not necessarily amount to the same thing. She will be missed.

By Matt Brennan
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May 22, 2013 12:18 PM
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Three Weddings Before a Bunch of Funerals: 'Game of Thrones' 3.8: 'Second Sons'

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Appreciative fans welcomed the return this week of "Peter Drunklage," a reference to a character created to universal acclaim by "Game of Thrones" star Peter Dinklage during a recent Saturday Night Live appearance.

By David Chute
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May 20, 2013 5:15 PM
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'Game of Thrones' 3.7 Recap and Review: 'The Bear and the Maiden Fair'

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So just getting his hand cut off is not the worst thing that can happen to a guy in George R.R. Martinland, better known as Westeros and its continual neighbors, the backdrop for the still increasingly-great "Game of Thrones."

By David Chute
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May 13, 2013 6:10 PM
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'Game of Thrones' 3.6 - 'The Climb' Recap and Review

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The newsflash of this episode is that "Game of Thrones" now has a governing metaphor. "Chaos is a ladder," says Lord Petyr Baelish. "The climb is all there is." Caveat emptor, and all that, but still.

By David Chute
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May 6, 2013 1:05 PM
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'Game of Thrones' 3.5 - 'Kissed By Fire' Recap and Review

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Our heads are spinning this week, as we found ourselves empathizing with the Kingslayer, of all people, and, in a pummeling trial-by-combat sequence, rooting against Arya Stark.

By David Chute
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April 29, 2013 1:04 PM
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The Woman Who Would be Queen: 'Game of Thrones' 3.4 Recap and Review

Mother of Dragons: Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen

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Emilia Clarke is still on fire in Season Three of HBO's "Games of Thrones." We're feeling a little prescient this week after noting, last week, how commanding Clarke has been in the sequences set in the Slaver's Bay city of Astapor, where her character, Daenerys Targaryen, is negotiating with the vile and condescending slave breeder Kraznys mo Nakloz (Dan Hildebrand) for an army of The Unsullied, identical-looking eunuch warriors.