Game of Thrones: Tower of Babble Breakdowns

May 28 2019 78 ep. 82 mins 19.5k

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Julian Meush and Daniel D'Souza from TowerofBabble.ca break down the latest episodes of HBO's Game of Thrones every week from two different points of view. A show watcher and book reader.

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Game of Thrones Season 8 Recap

May 28 2019 125 mins

For the past nine years we've shared a piece of our collective Sundays and we weren't quite ready for that to end. A week removed from the finale the ToB crew got together to record another Live show and discuss the season with the benefit of a couple nights' sleep. After a quick overview of the season, and series at-large, the conversation naturally turned to the characters; the p

S8E6 "The Iron Throne": ToB Breakdown

May 21 2019 161 mins

Here we are at last: Journey's End. After nearly a decade of plots and betrayals, wars and magic, politics and prophesies the Song of Ice and Fire has come to an end, The final season has been nothing if not controversial, but still represents the culmination of a series that captivated countless fans around the world, and has irrevocably influenced all our lives. This has been

S8E5 "The Bells": ToB Breakdown

May 14 2019 135 mins

The penultimate episode of each season is typically cataclysmic and, being the final season, S8E5 really took this trend and ran with it. While this will likely prove to be one of the most divisive and, to some, unforgivable episodes, it was nothing if not surprising. I don’t wanna get into it here, but the condensed nature of this season is having some serious repercussions. D

S8E4 "The Last of the Starks": ToB Breakdown

May 07 2019 139 mins

With the Long Night averted we all needed an episode to decompress, surviving characters included. The episode opens with the aftermath of the battle as the remaining characters light funeral pyres, hail the victorious dead, and prepare their depleted forces for one last fight. Jaime and Brienne play a drinking game, Daenerys recognizes Gendry’s usefulness, Tormund challenges b

S8E3 "The Long Night": ToB Breakdown

Apr 30 2019 124 mins

As far back as the Season 1 prologue the White Walkers have been an omnipresent and insidious undercurrent of the series; while the Great Houses squabbled over precedent, weddings, trials, and subterfuge, the Army of the Dead was slowly building power in the North. Now their time has come. The Long Night, the Battle for the Dawn, the greatest battle sequence ever put to film, cal

S8E2 "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms": ToB Breakdown

Apr 23 2019 121 mins

ToB is back to breakdown Season 8 Episode 2: “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms”, which proves to be a predominantly light, genuinely heartwarming, and endlessly joyful episode; a rarity among GoT episodes and feels almost too good to be true.. Jaime receives a cold welcome in Winterfell, Dany questions Tyrion’s value as the Hand of the Queen, Brienne vouches for the Kingslayer

S8E1 "Winterfell": ToB Breakdown

Apr 16 2019 128 mins

Here we are at last, the much-anticipated Game of Thrones Season 8 Episode 1 "Winterfell" has arrived. Eight years of intricate storytelling, twists, turns, betrayals, plots and schemes have been leading up to this point (I know, plots and schemes are the same thing). This is the beginning of the end and, with so much riding on it, the first episode manages to exceed expectations

Game of Thrones Season 8 Teaser

Apr 08 2019 14 mins

We’re only a week away from the beginning of the end of Game of Thrones. It’s a sad and unfortunate reality. I know you probably want to soak up as much GoT over the next 6 weeks as you possibly can, and luckily ToB is here to help.

S2E10 "Valar Morghulis": ToB Breakdown Rewatch

Mar 26 2019 84 mins

With a cold gust of wind, and snow the season 2 rewatch comes to an end. Just in time too, because the eighth and final season looms large on the horizon. Julian and Daniel look back at season 2 as a whole and discuss the details of this finale. A finale that capped off what was widely considered to be one of the shows worst seasons. Though it’s hard to deny that it was sometimes

S2E9 "Blackwater": ToB Breakdown Rewatch

Mar 19 2019 72 mins

With the War of the Five Kings ravaging the Riverlands, Stannis brings the fights to the Lannister’s front door in the first of the series’ full-episode battle sequences. Tyrion rallies the city’s defenders, Davos leads the royal fleet into battle, Cersei drinks, The Hound loses his nerve, Sansa comforts the ladies of the court, Cersei drinks, Bronn springs Tyrion’s trap,