What did they do to this show. I had heard that season 8 was bad, which is why I was very confused during the first few episodes. Did I have bad taste or something? Because this isn't that bad. I was so wrong. As soon as I finished episode 4 I understood. I could see where it was going and I did not like it at all. The Bells was honestly the worst episode of television I've ever seen, in terms of writing at least. The really sad thing about the season is that the acting, cinematography, and music was all so consistently good and you could tell everyone was trying so hard to make this ridiculous script work as well as possible. And honestly, they did a damn good job with it, but the script was so awful that it couldn't be saved. They were on a sinking ship and they knew it. I really wish they had gotten better writers for this show, it could've been so great right up to the end, but I guess not. Game of Thrones brought me on this wonderful, intelligent, harrowing, and realistic journey for so long, and you expect a show like that to end in glory, solidifying it's place in history. That is not what happened at all. As opposed to ending with a triumphant statement, it ended with a whimper. I'm not so much angry as I am sad and disappointed. This was just...really unfortunate.
It wasn't as good as season 1-4, but overall better than season 5. I feel like, in terms of character development and dialogue, nothing really changed between this season and last season, they were still both a downgrade from the first four, but what really stands out this season is that all the set-up from season five and before in the high sparrow plot, the sons of the harpy plot, and the three-eyed raven plot, all came together. One thing that really stood out was the cinematography. I just found every shot breath-taking and the lighting and colour grading was consistently beautiful. The best episodes were of course the last two. The Battle of the Bastards was incredible, if at times illogical, and the the finale was even better in my opinion. One really big problem I had with this season was the Riverrun plot. It was possibly the most unnecessary subplot in anything I've ever seen. It literally added nothing to the plot. We just learned the extent to which Jaime would go for Cersei, which we already knew, and we got to see the Blackfish for 5 minutes before he died offscreen. OFFSCREEN. Overall, still really good television.
