![]() Season 5 never quite figured out how to make drama out of bureaucratic stasis, and so every season since has seemed like an eventful counter-reaction. The rest of the season can't compare, unfortunately, the occasional Dragon cameo aside. ![]() There's a standout episode here, barely essential but wondrous to behold: The unexpectedly epic "Hardhome," which adapts a distant skirmish from the books into death-metal glory. Years past his prime, poor terrible Stannis tries to do something. In the post-Tywin King's Landing power vacuum, a new strain of religious fundamentalism adds a curious new quirk to Westerosi courtly politics. In positions of authority, Jon and Dany struggle to keep various factions united. Requiring a near-total reboot in the wake of season 4's wondrous calamities, Thrones began its second half with its characters embedded in frustratingly unfantastical perils. ![]() Sand Snake jokes aside, a serious scholar could find a lot to praise in the show's least-loved season.
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