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Welcome to another episode of TV Avalanche, where Brian Grubb and I try to sort out the best, worst, and most interesting things happening in Peak TV.
The biggest show on TV is back, and we had a lot to say about the return of Game of Thrones. First, though, we break down highlights and lowlights of this year’s Emmy nominations, review Netflix’s new Ozark, talk a bit about the return of Ballers — and would an extended aside about the late, great Martin Landau be something you might be interested in? — revisit the Mad Men pilot on its 10th anniversary week, and spoil GLOW season 1.
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The rundown:
00:00-11:53 Emmy nominations
11:54-20:06 Ozark
20:07-25:23 Ballers
25:24-27:42 RIP, Martin Landau
27:43-46:29 The Mad Men premiere, 10 years later
46:30-01:00:44 GLOW season 1 spoilers
01:00:45-01:35:53 Game of Thrones: “Dragonstone” spoilers
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Did you finish all of Patriot? Re-watch!
The episode “Two Swords” was the fourth season’s premiere.
Oh, right. They’ve done other cold opens. That’s just the one that stands out most.
Dragonstone is at the mouth of the Blackwater Bay, so you’d have to pass right by it anyway if you were heading to King’s Landing from Essos. It doesn’t take them out of their way in the slightest to stop there. Besides, after being at sea for months you’re going to need to resupply for food and water and supplies for all those men and horses before waging a war, so you can’t just ride up to King’s Landing and get out and start fighting. And it’s her ancestral home. I don’t see how anyone is upset about the action pausing there. Yes, I get the angle of being upset that the show needs to pump the brakes on the Daenerys War Machine, but this is a completely plausible reason for it.