Welcome to the present! Apparently, you’re curious about this new Game of Thrones show people keep talking about. So you’ve resisted this far despite all of the hype, or maybe you just awoke from a century of enchanted slumber. Photo by Helen Sloan / HBO I have never watched Game of Thrones Just pick up where you left off and catch the important ones from there, or watch them all if you’ve really forgotten everything. If you want to dive a little deeper, there are plenty of online guides that list the key episodes and justify why they’re the ones to watch, including this concise five-episode guide at Polygon, this 10-episode list from Screen Rant, or Vox’s even more comprehensive guide. (If you had that kind of time, you’d just read the books, amirite?) You want the specific pages for each season, which give far more concise paragraph summaries of key events, perfect for skimming through to find out what you missed. Wikipedia has comprehensive summaries of every episode, but the individual episode pages are super long. Time’s guide to the current batch of survivors is extremely comprehensive and concise.
This animated series recap from White Animation is one of my favorites, covering most of the main characters and major plot points accurately but with some humor.
The internet’s cottage Game of Thrones industry is booming, and YouTube is full of helpful videos to remind you of where everyone is and what they’re doing. It’s less of a finale than a prologue for season 8, spending most of the time setting the table for the fireworks (and ice-works, presumably) to come. The season 7 finale is a good place to start if you want to remember where we left off.
What else would you expect from a show based on George R.R.
That’s a long time for any TV show, but it’s especially problematic for a series that has become famous for its massive cast of characters, branching storylines, and complicated plot.
Game of Thrones is nearly back after almost two years off the air.