Season four, episode five: First of His Name Melisandre finally works her anti-death magic on Jon Snow.Ĥ1. The demise of top lad Roose Bolton, as well as Balon Greyjoy, both sent to their ends by their families. Season eight, episode two: A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms Two good moments: Renly is killed by the shadow, and Arya meets Jaqen H’ghar.Ĥ3. Season two, episode five: The Ghost of Harrenhal
Oh yes, Mackenzie Crook! Forgot he was in this programme.Ĥ4. Season three, episode seven: The Bear and the Maiden FairĮven re-looking at what happened in this episode I still can’t really remember it, except for the fight with the bear. This is true in season one, as the machinery creaks to set up the beheading they didn’t think could happen.Ĥ5. Until the later series, eight episodes are a bit hamstrung by setting up denouements to follow. Season one, episode eight: The Pointy End
Sluggish early-season number, although we meet Olenna and Margaery shows how skilful she will be at manipulating court.Ĥ6. Season three, episode two: Dark Wings, Dark Words The same, basically, except for Tyrion meeting Daenerys. Mid-season doldrums, particularly acute in five, as Jaime and Bronn arrive in Dorne. Season five, episode two: Sons of the Harpy Will we, in an atomised era of Netflix and Amazon, see it again?Ĥ9. Drogon was arguably the real star of the series, a surprising hatchling that became a huge unstoppable juggernaut, hard to predict but difficult to ignore, like the show itself.
The spectacle was bigger, bolder and badder than ever, with some of the most beautiful shots of the whole programme, especially the battles at Winterfell and Kings Landing. Yet no ending would have satisfied all of one of the most rabid fanbases around. One or two major figures started acting totally out of character (hi Varys, Brienne). The pacing was uneven, with some stories feeling rushed and others too slow. The final series of Game of Thrones attracted an amazing amount of opprobrium online, including a petition for the whole thing to be rewritten and shot. As the dust and ash settled, I think it’s fair to say the overall feeling, shared by viewers and reviewers but presumably by the cast, crew and producers, too, was one of relief. After eight years and 73 episodes, the game was over at last.
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