Why you should binge-watch every Game of Thrones episode before the final season

The Big Lead

"The gravity of the first episode — which features the first sighting of the White Walkers, who basically becomes a non-story for multiple seasons — looms much larger, like an ignored and festering wound," Henry McKenna says of rewatching the past seven seasons. "Every major misstep is brutal, because you know what the repercussions will be. Every moment of foreshadowing feels like a clue you missed on the first go-round...Not only does having knowledge of the show’s direction help educate the show’s past, but the show’s past should also educate the show’s direction. As the new season approaches, it would behove us as viewers to study the show’s twists and turns one more time before absorbing the final episodes of the series." ALSO: Game of Thrones Oreos are coming.