Interregnum

WARNING: History does not so much repeat itself; it morphs into new, harrowing forms that come at us with a vengeance. Take the Weimar Republic. From April 11, 1919 on, after a national assembly was convened and a new constitution for the Deutsches Reich was written and adopted, the Weimar…

a.k.a. Jon vs. Sansa vs. pragmatism vs. honor In an episode featuring three dragons launching an aerial assault, a claustrophobic shot of being trampled and crushed, a handshake and open mutual attraction between future queens, the reclamation of Winterfell, and Ramsay Bolton being reduced to kibble, the best scene happened…

This was written, obviously, a year ago. Welcome to sporadic reviews of shows I watch: Game of Thrones edition! This one is for “No One”, episode 8 of season 6. Interregnum: S6.8 “No One” The Waif is dead. Arya is not ‘no one’, not anymore. The Hound learned how to compromise. Cersei chooses violence…