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A “Game Of Thrones” Recap For Sensitive Beginners
Never seen the popular TV show? No problem. Here’s what you’ve missed, without all the violence and cruelty.
The final season of Game of Thrones, the insanely popular TV show, is upon us. That means, for the next few months, everyone will be talking about this heavy metal soap opera. Who killed whom? Who tortured whom? Who killed and tortured whom?
Not everyone watches it, however. For many sensitive souls, the world is violent and cruel enough without having to watch a weekly series about violence and cruelty. And, yet, it is human nature to want to be a part of the conversation.
This is why I am writing this recap of Game of Thrones for those of you who have never seen the series but want to be able to participate, even superficially, in the conversations surrounding this momentous cultural event.
(This recap would also be of use to unfrozen super-soldiers trying to fit back into modern society or literature professors who ‘don’t have a TV.’)
I will lay out the last 7 seasons of plot points in the gentlest way possible. This means you’ll be able to appreciate, with emotional distance, all the internet “hot takes” without having had to endure all 67 nail-biting hours of the…
