![]() ![]() Remember how characters used to spend entire seasons travelling between castles? Now we learn that Gendry can sprint vast distances in minutes if the fate of Westeros depends on it. ![]() Sure, it’s not as much of a dash as the final season, but the show's penultimate installment makes some bizarre sacrifices in the name of narrative convenience. Even so, it's still not as tight or fantastically foreboding as it should be. (Image credit: HBO)Īfter numerous seasons of increasing complexity, season 7 is where the writers had the finishing line in their sights. Season 7 had some standout moments, but not enough to place it higher. But, as one of the best TV shows of the past decade, Game of Thrones deserved so much more. Season 8 isn’t bad enough to sully the brilliance of what came before. However, season 8's biggest faux pas is its treatment of Daenerys, whose heel turn from sympathetic ruler to a genocidal, dragon-riding maniac is maddening and perplexing in equal measure.īy the time the fate of the Iron Throne is decided – the whole point of the show, remember – the whiff of an anti-climactic ending lingers like dragon smoke. It could have been the show’s signature battle, but the unrelenting darkness was enough to test the contrast settings on all but the very best TVs. The fight for Winterfell in ‘The Long Night’ is a classic example. ![]() However, there are just as many questionable creative decisions that don't make sense or feel narratively rushed. Some of those moments are up there with the show’s best – Arya slaying the Night King, Brienne belatedly getting a knighthood, and Clegane vs Clegane. ![]() Aside from a surprisingly talky opening episode, the entire season is a breakneck sprint to the finish, seemingly more concerned about delivering headline-grabbing moments than satisfying character arcs. ![]()
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