Typical knowledge says you be taught one thing new daily. Immediately, I realized that there is been a wild feud between “Breaking Dangerous” and “Recreation of Thrones” followers the place they semi-obsessively “review-bomb” episodes of the “enemy” present.
I am undecided who has this type of time on their palms, or why somebody would select to spend their valuable time on earth review-bombing particular person episodes of assorted tv exhibits. (Overview-bombing, for individuals who frequently depart their properties and contact grass, implies that you sink a challenge’s general ranking on IMDb or Rotten Tomatoes’ viewers ranking to show some type of silly level.)Â Apparently, there’s been a turf warfare between followers of “Breaking Dangerous” and the broader “Recreation of Thrones” universe for some time … and now, in response to the X account @westerosies, the ranking for the fifth-ever episode of “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms” is dropping because of this.
“The fifth episode of ‘A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms’ fell from 9.8 to 9.7, reportedly after a wave of 1-star critiques from ‘Breaking Dangerous’ followers,” the account wrote. “In response, members of the ‘Recreation of Thrones’ fandom reportedly focused ‘Ozymandias.’ Its close to 13-year 10.0 ranking has now dropped to 9.9.”Â
So, why is anybody doing this? Nice query. As standard, Reddit has some solutions. Over within the r/BreakingBad subreddit, one person puzzled why “Ozymandias,” the present’s celebrated penultimate episode, was seeing its scores drop. One other cleared it up considerably: “It is as a result of a few of ‘Breaking Dangerous’ followers had been overview bombing different exhibits that just about had the identical excellent rating (‘A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms’) lately,” u/Vivid_Army5800 wrote. “So I assume they bought p*ssed and began overview bombing Ozymandias. Not encouraging this habits from each side however that is what occurred.”
Individuals are taking sides within the warfare between Breaking Dangerous and Recreation of Thrones, which exists for some motive
Let’s go forward and check out a few of the IMDb critiques for “Within the Title of the Mom,” the fifth episode of “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms.” One person, JakeM-147, wrote a veritable screed about how “Ozymandias,” which we assume is his favourite TV episode of all time, is gentle years higher than this penultimate episode of a present’s first season, citing issues like how “Within the Title of the Mom” is “much less memorable” and that it would not depart the identical “lasting impression” as “Ozymandias.” One other person, luttalikhith, took a transparent stance. “Episode 5 of ‘AKOSK’ is nice and emotionally heavy, with sturdy drama and intense performances,” they wrote. “However while you evaluate it to one thing like ‘Ozymandias’ from ‘Breaking Dangerous,’ you realise what true tv perfection appears like.” (Frankly, I feel you are the one one forcing this comparability, bud!)
A number of different one-star critiques have titled like “For Heisenberg,” referencing Bryan Cranston’s drug kingpin Walter White, making the rationale for his or her overview exceptionally clear. Elsewhere, on the IMDb overview web page for “Ozymandias,” yow will discover a bunch of critiques titled “For Dunk” with one-star scores connected, as followers of the Westerosi buddy comedy retaliate. Worrying about whether or not or not a selected episode of your favourite present has maintained absolutely the high ranking on IMDb is a fixation that needs to be regarding to your folks and family members, however this warfare seems to be waging whether or not anyone likes it or not. (Me. I do not prefer it.)
If you end up review-bombing a ‘rival’ present for enjoyable, you would possibly wish to take an extended, arduous take a look at your life
The particular episode of “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms” Web dolts are review-bombing is, once more, its fifth-ever episode and the penultimate episode of its premiere season. Not for nothing, “Within the Title of the Mom” is a phenomenal episode of a sequence that is already shaping as much as be among the best new exhibits of 2026. As one of many story’s protagonists, Ser Duncan the Tall (Peter Claffey), prepares to battle in a trial after angering a horrible Targaryen prince, Finn Bennett’s Aerion, “Within the Title of the Mom” manages to offer backstory for Duncan (aka “Dunk”) with out feeling overly expository and later offers audiences a satisfying conclusion to the battle at hand. “Ozymandias” can also be among the best episodes of tv ever made, wherein Walter White’s whole prison enterprise crumbles and his brother-in-law will get shot within the head. So why are we pitting them towards one another?
I want I may reply that query, however compiling vitriolic reactions from IMDb and Reddit hasn’t actually cleared something up for me in any substantive method. Fandoms are intense (I take into account myself a Swiftie, so I assume I ought to know), and folks will go to actually excessive lengths to defend the properties they love — or, if not “excessive lengths,” then they will take trip of their day to spam an “opposing” present with dangerous critiques. How and why “Breaking Dangerous” and “Recreation of Thrones” discovered themselves on this warfare additionally stays unclear, however right here we’re, I suppose. They’ll duke it out in a Trial of the Seven, in the event that they so please.
