![]() ![]() Season 1 premiered in 2011, when we thought Washington was more deeply divided than ever. (The show won me over for good when it killed off its main character toward the end of Season One, sending a message that’s rare for TV: Truly anything can happen.)īut what’s most compelling about “Game of Thrones” is that it has turned out to be our best modern allegory about politics - exponentially more cynical than “The West Wing,” significantly bloodier than “Veep,” and, dragons aside, less preposterous than “House of Cards.” The power games have only felt more relevant as time passed. “Game of Thrones” turned out to be as vivid, emotional, darkly funny and unpredictable as anything in the Golden Age of Television. ![]() The first time I saw the publicity materials for “Game of Thrones” - the swords, the hideous metal thrones, the actors in medieval garb - I think I said out loud, “There is no way.” I had immersed myself in HBO’s gritty realism, in the form of “The Sopranos” and “The Wire.” I couldn’t imagine caring as much about a fantasy world that seemed tied to the distant past. Her first recap will publish on Monday, April 15. Facebook Email Lena Headey in "Game of Thrones." (Helen Sloane/HBO)Įditors' note: During the final season of HBO's series "Game of Thrones," Joanna Weiss will help us make sense of the parallels between the imaginary world of Westeros and our own.
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