Like or hate Daenerys’ turn, Emilia Clarke has never been better than in that eternal deep breath atop the walls of King’s Landing as she relents to the rage that’s always been there, nor has Dany’s dark side been better articulated in an image than the dragon wings snaking around her arrival into the series finale.
She achieved what her brothers could not and earned Northern independence, making the Starks proud.Īnd beyond characters arcs, the final season also included some of the best acting and imagery of the whole series. Likewise, Sansa’s completed journey from naïve and scared little girl to the wisest and most politically cunning of gameplayers in the series was a triumph, resulting in an Elizabethan-esque ascension. There are few character moments as satisfying in the whole series as Brienne of Tarth finally being knighted, and by Jaime Lannister whose own knightly soul was saved from nihilism by her.
Read more: Game of Thrones – This Was Always the Endingįrankly though, there is still a lot of good in this season. Merely a few weeks ago, the same critics who dug out their knives into the finale were nigh uniformly praising the first two episodes, and the same social media tastemakers were applauding Arya killing the Night King as enthusiastically as they now condemn her and Sansa agreeing that Bran Stark should be king. Even so, we doth think the fan vitriol is overstated against the season as a whole and especially its ending. The result is an uneven season that appeared to be in too big of a hurry to get to its own conclusion, resulting in as much frustration as despair when Daenerys did give into her long-established Targaryen demons only two episodes after saving the world. With that said, which was the very best season of Game of Thrones? Which deserves the Iron Throne of posterity to be what the show was at its very best? Well… And while their watch is ended, ours may continue for many winters to come via streaming, box sets, and all the rest. For eight seasons, we have been thrilled, horrified, repulsed, and overjoyed by the triumphs and despairs of the Starks, Lannisters, and Targaryens. Thus also begins the already heated debate about what the series’ legacy truly means.īe that as it may though, it’s worth considering the series as it has been for the last nine years before getting too lofty or pretentious about its cultural imprint. It will of course continue to dominate watercooler conversation in the days and weeks ahead, but with Sunday night’s contentious series finale wrapped, it has shuffled off this televised coil and has already begun its ascent to belonging to the ages. It may still be a little hard to believe, but the cultural phenomenon that is Game of Thrones is no more. This article contains spoilers for all of Game of Thrones.
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