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The central premise of writer Stephen Romano’s Lifetime movie Don’t Let Him Find You is nearly identical to that of David Cronenberg’s A History of Violence: a life-changing event in an everyday citizen’s life is captured on the news, propelling them into the spotlight and revealing that they once had a completely separate – and dangerous – former life.

In Violence, Viggo Mortensen’s character Tom was <spoilers for a ~20 year old film> a hit-man who left a life of crime life behind. In Don’t Let Him Find You, Alex McDowell (Brianna Cohen) has a similarly violent past, captured by director Christine Conradt in slightly hazy, washed-out flashbacks.

Alex is plagued by nightmares of a battle with a woman, eventually revealed to be her sister Ashley (Ella Frazee). The outcome was deadly and Alex fled, changing her name, cutting ties with her powerful mother, and spending the ensuing 15 years flying under the radar. During that time,...

Hey, guess what? This is my fourth recap of this show, and I've been misspelling the title the whole time. It's Game of Thrones, not A Game of Thrones (which is the title of the book). D'oh!

So much for the Internet's amazing powers of self-correction.

But on to the episode in question...

I’ve mentioned before in these recaps that I really love the fantasy genre, but I confess: one fantasy trope that really, really bugs me is the idea that a character is so often (a) a king or (b) a humble peasant who is secretly the king but just doesn’t know it yet.

I just flat-out passionately hate the entire idea of royalty – the idea that certain people and families are simply born “special,” chosen by "God" to be better and more powerful and richer than everyone else. It’s obviously a relic of a completely ignorant,...