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May 27, 2019 · The Game of Thrones finale divided a lot of fans - here's why character arcs and story decisions make it one of the worst finales of all-time. Finishing a story is no easy task, but Game of Thrones ' series finale may go down as one of the worst of all-time.
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- Game of Thrones. The bigger they come, the harder they fall – and in the world of TV, Thrones was a titan. The hit HBO fantasy series was plagued with narrative and stylistic problems throughout its eighth and final season, culminating in an over-hyped finale that was met with something resembling a collective shrug.
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Rehashing the mess that is the Game of Thrones series finale feels a bit like punching down, except since it did win an Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series. It could be argued that Academy voters were more swayed by earlier episodes in the season, such as the epic "Long Night" battle or the preceding character-focused episode, "A Knight of the Seven ...
But otherwise, there's palpable exhaustion in the last hour and 22 minutes of Game of Thrones that makes the things mentioned just now feel relatively meaningless. "The Iron Throne" isn't a bad series finale because it devotes itself entirely to sweeping up the ragged plot ends of the show, with no attention paid to the sort of epic battles or powe...
However, Benioff and Weiss tangled up these final, emotional moments in a montage that also features Jon Snow's next step: traveling to the Wall to rejoin the Night's Watch and head north with the free folk. There's no sense of hope for him, no sense of further adventure or what we might look forward to — and that's a big deal, because throughout t...
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May 23, 2019 · The final season of Thrones places in the bottom 10 percent of all seasons in that group, and the series finale ranks within the worst 1.5 percent of all episodes.
May 20, 2019 · May 20, 2019. Game of Thrones: Worst Finale Ever? A TNR roundtable discusses “The Iron Throne,” the last episode in the final season of the HBO fantasy series. HBO. Each Monday, members of...
May 27, 2019 · Game of Thrones ’ series finale, “The Iron Throne,” is the show’s lowest-ranked episode ever on IMDB, with the site’s users grading it a 4.3 out of 10. And what’s the second-lowest-ranked...
May 20, 2019 · The best and worst TV series finales of all time (yes, including 'Game of Thrones') Kelly Lawler. USA TODAY. 0:00. 1:26. Spoiler alert! The following contains plot details from the...