Few shows can claim as many highs and lows as Game of Thrones. Adapted from the Song of Ice and Fire book series by George R. R. Martin, it was perhaps the most recognized show of the 2010s, dominating all aspects of popular culture and even being referenced on Sesame Street. Yet it also suffered one of the largest backlashes in television history due to the terrible quality of its final seasons.
Besides his lackluster performance, Euron's motivations are also rather hard to understand. Despite promising his people the world, he joins Cersei Lannister for no other reason than he wants to sleep with her. Then there are his surviving family members, Theon and Yara . At first, Euron was built up to be their antagonist, but Season 8 begins with Theon rescuing Yara without facing Euron before dying in Winterfell.
This act not only kills one of Game of Thrones' most innocent characters, but it also completely ruins Stannis one episode before his story comes to an abrupt and pathetic end. Stannis has no other children, and Season 5 had a touching moment where he affirmed that he did love his daughter. It's very hard to accept that Stannis would kill Shireem, especially when one remembers that he refused to give up Storm's End even when he and his men were starving.
Once the army of the dead has been defeated, Jaime backpedals hard and decides to travel back to King's Landing to try and run off with Cersei, only to die embracing her as the Red Keep crashes down around them. Not only does this reset Jaime's arc to where he began, but he has several bits of dialogue that go against some core principles of his character, such as telling Tyrion that he never cared about the people, despite killing the Mad King to spare King's Landing his insanity.
While the idea of Daenerys giving into madness is not conceptually bad, the execution is too rushed and relies on very contrived losses of her friends and loved ones. The most egregious has to be Missandei's death, who gets taken hostage over literally every other member of her war council and executed in Game of Thrones' most unforgivable deaths.
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