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Game of Thrones S5E1 Recap: The Wars to Come

game of thrones wars to come recap

Longtime readers know I’m a bit obsessed with HBO’s Game of Thrones, to the point where I’ve provided a recap for the Season 5 premiere in both article and podcast form.

If you love the Now Conspiring podcast, then you can listen to me and Adonis chatting about the episode and several theories we have for what’s to come with the wars to come. The podcast is streaming below.

But if you just want to read words and take names, I’ve provided a full recap on my Moviepilot column, which you can check out here.

Or you can do both, if you’re as big a fan of this show as I am (or you just have a long commute). Enjoy!

Join the discussion! What did you think of this episode, and do you have any theories?

PLEASE, NO BOOK OR LEAKED EPISODE SPOILERS IN THE COMMENTS!

These HBO Shows Are Coming To Amazon Prime

Great news television fans that happen to have Amazon Prime! HBO has agreed to an exclusive, multi-year deal that will bring their programming to the aforementioned Amazon streaming video service.

As of May 21, Amazon Prime will feature every season of:

  • The Sopranos
  • The Wire 
  • Deadwood
  • Rome
  • Six Feet Under
  • Eastbound & Down
  • Enlightened
  • Flight of the Conchords

Additionally, these shows will become available over the next few years:

  • Girls
  • The Newsroom
  • Veep

They’ll also have several comedy specials from Bill Maher, Louis CK, Lewis Black and Ellen DeGeneres, along with these miniseries:

  • Angels in America
  • Band of Brothers
  • John Adams
  • The Pacific 
  • Parade’s End

Other shows will only have a few seasons available, such as:

  • Boardwalk Empire
  • Treme
  • True Blood

Now, you’re probably wondering (like me) about Game of Thrones, which is arguably HBO’s most valuable show right now. They conveniently left the fantasy series out of the statement, even when listing the shows that will be eventually be available as time goes on (Girls, Veep, etc.)

It’s an odd choice when you consider how quick people are these days to simply pirating these shows online, and it would appear that HBO GO is essentially teaming up with Amazon in this case, so why not provide this value to the service? It’s like they don’t want to actually defeat Netflix…

Maybe I’m being too harsh, though. It’s possible that HBO simply doesn’t want to commit to gambling such a profitable show until they’re more confident in the value of Amazon Prime’s subscribers, which is absolutely fair.

Will this make you want to get Amazon Prime? (I already have it, so I’m biased)

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