Julia and Kylie finish their discussion of Game of Thrones Season 7’s main plotline, with its knotty politics and breathtaking romance. Then they figure it all out.
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The episode’s opening is an homage to Jon Snow’s theme from last year’s retrospective, and continues to parody Stephen Sondheim‘s Assassins. The closing is a reworking of the concluding song from the same musical.
Episode Breakdown
- 0:00 – Intro from the future
- 5:30 – Fandom nicknames
- 10:00 – “Beyond the Wall”
- 47:15 – “The Dragon and the Wolf”
- 1:14:45 – Analysis of the character arcs
- 1:37:30 – Julia and Kylie discover the meaning of it all
Related Links
- ‘The Wars to Come’ GoT Rewatch Project
- All UBS Podcast episodes
- The Game of Thrones Book Snob Glossary
- Dragonstone s7 written essays
- Game of Thrones is Still Sexist: don’t all gasp at once
- All Game of Thrones retrospectives
- Divide and Fail to Conquer (on Tyrion’s plan)
- Jon and Dany’s Tepid Boat Scene Sunk the Season
- Kylie’s essays on Season 5’s sexism
