Eagles star, Chris Long, will recap Game of Thrones and share his thoughts on each episode every Monday on SI.com.
August 27, 2017 -- the world’s favorite fantasy epic has been in a holding pattern. We went from the Night King saddling an undead Dragon spewing blue flames on a towering wall of ice to a full stop. In my line of work, the only parallel would be the dichotomy between the utterly satisfying and pressure-packed chaos of a Super Bowl run and the uncomfortable stillness that follows.
It’d be like Tony Montana’s goons alerting him that Scarface’s decisive home invasion was actually a false alarm, right after he emerged from his desk covered in white powder and expecting him to turn in for the night.