We’re never really given a proper understanding of who the High Sparrow is, what his motives are or why we should be rooting for him in his quest to take down Cersei Lannister. It’s a very laborious and time-consuming plotline that, while necessary in pushing the story forward and laying the groundwork for the conflict to come in King’s Landing, just feels like homework for the viewer. The problem with this season, and the reason it falls so low on this list, is that the majority of our time is spent with Cersei and the High Sparrow. It’s the season in which he establishes himself as the empathetic hero of the story, befriending and trusting the Wildlings to such an extent that eventually his Brothers of the Night’s Watch murder him for it. What’s the point of a character’s redemption story if the character merely throws it all away on a whim? What’s the point of establishing a major threat only to have it vanquished at the first major conflict it encounters? The nuance that made the show so popular amongst an audience of people that included fantasy nerds and non-fantasy nerds alike was entirely lost in this shortened season that seemed hell-bent on one thing and one thing only: ending the story.Īnd Jon Snow’s entire storyline in this season is really incredible. But one word that captures the larger problem is “pointless.” Whether it was the White Walkers we established as the primary antagonists for 10 years or the character development we saw in characters like Jaime Lannister, in the end it was all rendered pointless. The complaints about the actual storytelling of the final season are so vast, I dare not even try to talk about them all. Show respect to the audience and characters that got you where you are. Don’t sprint to an ill-thought-out finale so you can move on to the next sure-fire hit you’ve got up your sleeve, because nothing is a sure-fire-hit until it’s a hit. This last season of GoT should serve as a Master Class for future generations of showrunners: When you have the most popular show in the history of television, don’t take that for granted. So, what was the best season of Game of Thrones? And, since we’re going there, which was the worst season? Here, we revisit and rank the eight seasons we watched and sometimes hate-watched with an attention and enthusiasm that could only be captured by GoT. series that started our excitement (and then proceeded to destroy our faith in it). Martin’s Fire and Blood book on which it’s based, you know that this first season was just the tip of the Valyrian steel sword.Īs we await House of the Dragon season two, and pray to the Old Gods for the eventual release of Martin’s next book The Winds of Winter which has been rumored to be arriving every year since the Clinton administration, there’s no better time to re-examine the highs and lows of the O.G. And if you, like me, have read George R.R. We’ve had six months now to sit back and revel in the glory that was HBO’s Game of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon. We actually did get “ The Next Game of Thrones,” and ironically enough, the only show worthy of holding that title was another Game of Thrones. In the nearly four years since GoT ended, it feels like every big budget premium cable show has been dubbed “The Next Game of Thrones,” only to fizzle out and descend into the abyss of content. It took the wind out of my sails, so to speak, and made it hard to really allow myself to get excited about anything and everything in the World of Ice and Fire. I’ll admit it: I was pessimistic about all things Game of Thrones after the disastrous eighth and final season of the original series.
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