[RANK] 3 [SHOW] Game of Thrones [PREVIOUS] 3 [TREND] ↔ [COMMENT] 
It may need to be said every week just to make the point and to prove that I appreciate the gesture: Game of Thrones is carrying around some seriously heavy plot this season. It's impressive. But it also handicaps the HBO series just a bit in that doling out tiny bits of plot and tiny bits of action among an immense cast tends to make the series feel both jam-packed with information and yet also sluggish. It's an odd feeling. I was ready for Game of Thrones to jump up higher this week but other series exceeded the effort. Hard to soar with all that plot on your ankles. However, I have no doubt that once the plot points start to release, Game of Thrones might be unstoppable.