Even in Season 6, Game of Thrones is stalling for time

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http://www.vox.com/2016/4/26/1150725...re-recap-jorah

"The problem,” says Todd VanDerWerff, "is that the show increasingly vacillates wildly between basic check-ins and more ‘shocking' scenes that are punctuated with big, bloody moments, usually involving violence but occasionally involving sex and/or a major character reveal. This is, I think, one of the reasons I found seasons four and five such a step down from the first three. Game of Thrones, uncertain of where its endgame was, had to start stalling for time. And that meant lots of scenes where characters would simply remind you they existed.” PLUS: Here’s a fan theory on Melisandre, here’s an insane theory about Jon Snow, and why is the Dorne storyline so terrible?