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The 'Game of Thrones' finale gave our TV critic a meltdown

, David Benioff and D.B. Weiss decided to burn everything down – with the help of a dragon – in a disappointing viewer expectation scorched earth approach; leaving viewers who had invested their time, money and effort for close to a decade in a story, with few satisfying answers.provided few answers that"made sense" given earlier character motivations and plot development.

It is a great TV show marred by a bad final 6-episode season and an unsatisfying conclusion – like going to a restaurant, ordering chocolate cake because it's on the menu and the waiter returning to tell you it's not available. The ending damages the build-up and viewing journey that came before it. The slow derailment of George R.R. Martin's TV adaptation became evident around the 6th and 7th seasons and became very clear during the 8th season where almost every episode was worse than the one before. It will impact the show's standing and legacy as a truly great TV show.

The last episode and the final season will definitely rank among the least satisfying series conclusion and endings of all time. Viewers are left wanting"better" for the characters – not better circumstances for them but a better motivation, set up and plot, and explanations for why and how they all ended up where and how they did.

If there isn't logic and sticking to the in-universe rules for characters, coupled with a roll-back of character development and a sudden lack of agency for several main characters as whatdid in its final season and episode, there can't be an acceptable and logical conclusion in the end.

 

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