Game of Thrones
Episode 7.6 “Beyond the Wall”
Directed by Alan Taylor
Written by David Benioff & D. B. Weiss
Starring Kit Harington, Emilia Clarke, Peter Dinklage, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Lena Headey, Sophie Turner, Maisie Williams, Alfie Allen
HBO
Air date: August 20, 2017

WARNING: Spoilers for HBO’s Game Of Thrones….

Several big reveals were included in last week’s episode of Game Of Thrones: Jaime’s alive!; Gendry is back!; Cersei tells Jaime she’s pregnant with his baby and that she will publicly claim him as the father; and Gilly inadvertently discovers that Rhaegar Targaryen “” older brother of Daenerys “” had had his marriage to Elia Martell annulled and then immediately married Lyanna Stark, which means that Jon Snow is not a bastard, but a true-born Targaryen. Which means that he’s actually the rightful heir to the throne of Westeros! Unfortunately, Gilly and Sam — who have now left the Citadel — don’t know the significance of this tidbit, since presumably only Bran knows Jon’s true parentage. The episode also had Littlefinger driving a wedge between Arya and Sansa, and Jon Snow and his group zipping around Westeros until they ended up at the title destination, Eastwatch. There, Jon rounded up his posse – Tormund, Beric Dondarrion, Thoros of Myr, The Hound, Gendry, and Ser Jorah Mormont – to go BEYOND THE WALL (which is where they are going on this week’s episode). Their ill-conceived, incredibly moronic mission North is to capture one of the wights to bring back to King’s Landing to show to Cersei to prove to her that the undead army exists and they are coming for the living. They hope this will bring about an armistice between Queen Cersei and Queen Daenerys, because if they can’t defeat the undead, then there will be no one left living to rule.

Legendary funnyman Jerry Lewis, who for over 70 years made audiences laugh with his wild, crazy humor and became an institution of American entertainment, died this morning at his home in Las Vegas. He was 91.

There is no question that the mere mention of the name Jerry Lewis incites many different opinions in individuals spanning generations, but one thing is clear: regardless of one’s personal taste for the man and his attitude to comedy, there is no denying the sheer power and legend that he exuded, a gravitas that combined old Vaudeville with slapstick and later a slick Las Vegas style, honing elements of Charlie Chaplin, Stan Laurel, and Jackie Gleason into an amalgam of a rubbery, limber, anything can happen comedy style that people like Jim Carrey were able to bring to a newer generation. This solidified in every way the importance of what Jerry Lewis meant to so many people.

This week, “Google‘s Ideological Echo Chamber” the memo that’s rocked Silicon Valley, Netflix poaches from Disney and Disney leaves Netflix, an AI masters Dota 2, hacking computers with DNA, and much more.

A new story trailer has been released for the first-person medieval RPG Kingdom Come: Deliverance from developer Warhorse Studios. The new trailer, titled “Born From Ashes,” follows the events that unfold with the character you play as, a blacksmith named Henry, setting up the game’s story.

You can read much more about Kingdom Come: Deliverance and watch the new trailer below.

Blood Drive
Season 1 Episode 10: “Scar Tissue”
Created by James Roland
Directed by Meera Menon
Written by Alex Ebel
Starring Alan Ritchson, Christina Ochoa, Thomas Dominique, Marama Corlett, Colin Cunningham, Andrew Hall, Darren Kent, Renee Castle
Syfy
Air Date: Wednesday, August 16th, 2017, 10pm

Last week on SYFY’s Blood Drive Grace (Christina Ochoa) drove a wounded and dying Arthur (Alan Ritchson) to the edge of the Scar. The only place around was a bizarre Chinese restaurant, a sort of purgatory for it’s owner. Meanwhile, poor Arthur went on the vision quest from Hell, being tortured physically and mentally, before ending up crucified by his personal demons. The ghosts of Blood Drive past all showed to torment him, and while he languished, Grace made a choice that could save Arthur and possibly put her life on the line. Such is life in the Scar.

Check out my review of tonight’s Blood Drive below.