This week, Sound On Sight Games Editor, Mike Worby, joins us to discuss the sixth episode of the fourth season of Game of Thrones titled “The Laws of Gods and Men.” Over the past few weeks we’ve talked a lot about the supernatural and mystical elements of the show, but this week centred around the ...

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There were a handful of premieres and finales this week, which while nothing compared to the deluge that will come next week, nonetheless give us plenty to discuss on the podcast. We kick things off with somewhat morosely, with Kate predicting doom for herself in the Televerse Amazing Race pool, then break down the comedies, ...

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Topics include Viewer Response Theory and the Death of the Showrunner, how sympathy functions in relation to antagonists in Hannibal and ideas of time reversal coupled with parenthood. So, nothing very in-depth or anything like that.

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This week on our Game of Thrones podcast, we sit down and discuss the fifth episode of Season 4, “First of His Name”. We are now midway through the season and there’s a lot to talk about, so here to join us in the discussion is guest Randy Dankievitch from ProcessedMedia. Playlist: Sunset Rubdown – ...

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It’s yet another full week in television, with two big premieres and finales giving us plenty to discuss on the podcast. First we look at the comedies, including the finale of Review and the premiere of Louie. Then we talk a little Amazing Race, before getting into the genre series, including Supernatural’s back-door pilot and ...

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This week, David Bax of Battleship Pretension drops by to talk all kinds of "Naka-Choko." Topics of the discussion include point of view, understanding, sympathy, empathy, Michael Pitt as Mason Verger and uneventful sex scenes.

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This week we invite Whitney McIntosh from MyTVSangToMe.com to review episode 4 of season 4 of Game of Thrones titled “Oathkeeper,” written by Bryan Cogman and directed by Michelle MacLaren. Give us a rating on Itunes! It would be greatly appreciated and it helps us reach a wider audience. Listen on iTunes Follow Ricky on ...

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We welcome new cohost Sean Colletti to the podcast this week, and fortunately there was plenty of interesting TV for him to discuss. First we take a look at the comedies, including a preview of Louie, the pilots of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver and Bad Teacher, and the Parks and Rec finale. Then ...

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Co-hosts Sean Colletti and Kate Kulzick are joined this week by Eric Goldman of IGN to talk some "Shiizakana." Topics of the conversation include concepts of love and animalism in Hannibal. The crew also challenges some more of the believability and subtlety concerns the series may or may not have

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This week we sit down to discuss “Breaker of Chains,” written by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss and directed by Alex Graves. The episode does a superb job of acknowledging the big picture, while focusing specifically on moving secondary characters forward emotionally. It also just so happens to feature the most controversial scene in ...

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