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Top that! Game of Thrones pulls off the biggest spectacle in TV history

It may have required some intense squinting, but with this feature-length flurry of limbs, Game of Thrones is back to sticking them with the pointy end

Warning: this article contains spoilers for season eight, episode three of Game of Thrones.

Thwack! The time for talking is over. Here was the ultimate rebuttal to any complaints about the chat-heavy nostalgia-fest of this final season’s first two episodes, a clonking great feature-length instalment that flew by in a flurry of limbs and severed heads. Game of Thrones is back to sticking them with the pointy end.

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from Culture | The Guardian http://bit.ly/2ZF73Ct
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