Cersei Lannister decided to take time out of her busy schedule to sip wine on a balcony and never return.
The Big Bad of the series – the Night King – was dispatched with alarming ease in a world-ending battle where precisely one major character died. But the writing was DOA.Ĭharacters marvelled for their intelligence – Tyrion, Varys – became remarkably stupid. Everything else about season eight – the performances, the design, the effects – were firing on all cylinders for their lap of glory. Much of the blame for Thrones’ crash and burn has been put at the feet of creators and showrunners David Benioff and DB Weiss, and for once the internet has come to a sensible conclusion.
But, to put it bluntly, this is what happens when writers don’t write well in an effort to land this dragon as quickly and pain-free as possible. There are many reasons why this eighth and final season was a distinct, total failure and we’re sure many, many books will be written on the finer, succinct points for time immemorial.
