| Tv Club Game of Thrones, Season 3 The northerners will never forget. By Rachael Larimore
Posted Monday, Jun 10, 2013, at 12:39 PM ET  Every week in the Game of Thrones TV Club, Rachael Larimore will IM with a different fan of the show about the goings-on in Westeros and across the Narrow Sea. This week she discusses the finale with Yahoo Sports writer and columnist (and frequent TV Club guest) Jay Busbee. Rachael Larimore: Well, Jay, another Game of Thrones season is come and gone, and all that's left is to mop up the blood. After the trauma of the Red Wedding—of which we got one more bitter taste in the finale—the episode featured some lighter moments, some humor, and even, dare I say it, some hope. What did you think? Jay Busbee: I thought it was a perfect ending to the season, but I didn't get quite the same sense of hope (Mother of Dragons aside) … this felt, to me, like an episode where several major characters realized the crushing inevitability of fate. If you'll pardon a hack cultural reference, this was like the end of Empire Strikes Back: We knew there wasn't going to be a happy ending to this tale after last week, and as word of the Red Wedding trickles out, the characters are realizing it as well. Larimore: Well, Gendry has been saved for now, and Jon Snow is back home at Castle Black, and Stannis is on his way to fight the White Walkers, so there is something to look forward to. But yes, for many characters, there was a huge ... To continue reading, click here.
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