Game of Thrones By the Book: The Mind-Blowing Fight and Sansa's Maleficent …

So the first thing you've got to establish — especially if he's fighting The Mountain, who has killed anyone he's ever fought — is "Oh, I've never seen anything like this guy on the show." On Game of Thrones it's usually "Draw my sword, cut him in

The real reason the fight captivated so thoroughly was the presence of what we might call Murphy's Law: Game of Thrones Edition. By this point, viewers realize that no one's safety can be assumed, and that the worst thing that could possibly happen to

The real reason the fight captivated so thoroughly was the presence of what we might call Murphy's Law: Game of Thrones Edition. By this point, viewers realize that no one's safety can be assumed, and that the worst thing that could possibly happen to

So the first thing you've got to establish — especially if he's fighting The Mountain, who has killed anyone he's ever fought — is "Oh, I've never seen anything like this guy on the show." On Game of Thrones it's usually "Draw my sword, cut him in

For once, the holiday didn't hurt Game of Thrones. No matter how much anticipation there is for an episode of HBO's fantasy hit, the episode that airs after Memorial Day weekend typically takes a notable ratings dip.