

Perhaps the episode will be looked at in a better light in 10 years but even now it still leaves a bitter taste.

The finale received 216,652 reviews with 44% giving it a 1, 13.7% giving it a 10, and the rest evenly spread between 2 and 9. Later, Tyrion convenes a council of Lords to decide ruler and Bran is nominated, Sansa does not want this and demands the North be separated from the kingdoms, Bran agrees and from there all our characters go in their various directions, Jon to the Night's Watch, Arya west, unsullied to Naath, etc.

Jon is warned that Daenerys will kill him as he is a threat to her reign so he goes to Tyrion for advice, Jon then meets Daenerys and they kiss as he stabs her, prompting Drogon to burn the Iron Throne. The final episode of season 8 and Game of Thrones as a whole sees all the surviving characters deal with Daenerys' destruction of King's Landing, Jon and Ser Davos survey damage, Tyrion mourns his siblings, Grey Worm slaughters Lannister men, Tyrion resigns as Hand in protest and is arrested. The six episodes are the six worst rated of the history of the show and here they are ranked, according to IMDb. Despite an honestly great start to the season the show simply could not stick the landing and even though a lot of the criticism for early episodes is a little harsh, the criticism that falls the way of the finale is deserved. Unfortunately, not a lot of this came to be in the end and the last season of the show left a bitter taste in fans' mouths, this all being down to fewer episodes, lazy writing, and an awful finale. RELATED: Game Of Thrones Season 8: 5 Best Moments And 5 That Made Us Cry In Anger Some of this includes character arcs that would be paid off in satisfying manners, time used wisely and carefully spreading out the storytelling to give the best possible results, battles with high stakes and Battle of the Bastards level beauty and an overall satisfying and beautiful ending to one of the greatest shows ever put to television. The two years wait for season 8 of Game Of Thrones was one of the most excruciating waits for a fandom with so many exciting things to come for the show.
