Sure, which would mean that Jon broke his vow to join the Night's Watch, right? Which isn't terribly likely based on, you know, Jon being Jon.

Also, loved loved LOVED Brienne writing Ser Jaime in nobly.

Paused it and read all the words, too. :D

The last two seasons were a nice rough draft of the story. I'll look forward to reading the finished product when GRRM gets it done (hopefully).

I can see that.

While I was entertained as it kept my attention, which is all I hope for when I'm watching something, I do think it was dumb that they had that whole council thing trying to decide who should be the next ruler of the 7 kingdoms and at least 4 of them knew that Jon was supposed to be the rightful heir and nobody even mentioned that. Couldn't Jon summon the dragon since he has that blood and make it return to him, I dunno but you would think.

This is one show that spinoffs could be alright, there's so much more.

That’s how I am. It was a decent episode with interesting dialogue bits but Daenaerys only having about 4 hours of Queen time before getting overthrown, that whole thing was just dumb. If you were going to throw her away after all these years just have her die in the battle of winterfell and have Jon storm Kings Landing in her name and then give up the throne once he got revenge for his family.

Also, the entire small council scene was classic GoT. Loved every second of that.

And I'd love to see a movie with King Bran being an all-knowing dick to everyone. LMAO

You're ignoring the fact that Tyrion is right. MANY hate him -- like practically everyone -- and the Lannister power base doesn't even exist. Exactly who is loyal to him, and why?

This is, fundamentally, my main problem with King Bran. He has no house and no armies loyal TO HIM. The Starks and Northmen are IN THE DAMN NORTH. And he's shown no ability to inspire either loyalty or fear, which are the two things (one or the other or both) that a leader in that setting must have.

But yeah, on balance...ok. The entire kingdom is very much off-balance, and nobody else has much in the way of armies loyal to them either.

But seriously -- does anyone think Bronn ISN'T making a play for the throne within five years?

Overall, I'm okay with it. I don't hate it, but I don't love it either.

The line of Bran “looking” for Drogo. So yah. He can warg him. Could be interesting. As I said: I like the ending. I think they should have killed the Dragon instead of Dany because that removes the nuclear option. Having the dragon still in play makes things more interesting though.

Jon got to pet Ghost. That was nice.

Welp, ok then.

I see that D&D directed this episode. It showed.

I liked the ending.

So all these seasons and hours and I think Drogon might be my overall favorite character. :LOL:

But I think the kumbaya, hippie ass point that’s being made is that the people who elected him are all products of the song of ice and fire. So it’s like a paradigm shift in leadership in Westeros.

My wife was way sadder at the dragon mourning Dany than the actual death of Dany.

Poor Drogon.

I didn't like it.

That was a good final episode.


The nights watch is in Winterfel, which is an independent country. Sansa can snap her finger and Jon is free to ****.

Ya Drogon was spotted east, so he was probably taking Dany's dead body back to her roots in Valyria where he last went when he disappeared.

It was fine enough. Again, they just didn't have enough time or episodes to finish it properly, imho.

it ended how i expected it to end. All the big drama had already taken care of itself. im good with it.

Some Lord or Lady of Westeros gets uppity? BLAAAAARHG WARGED DRAGON FIRE ALL OVER YOUR FACES

I think the NK winning and turning everyone would have been an even better ending. ****.

That's exactly why I read them. You can rationalize yourself into being okay with something that isn't great. Know what's coming and make the best of it

I haven't watched it yet, though. The 'biggest night in tv history' to me is third place behind American Idol (disappointing end but what I expected - note: first season I've ever watched) and Money in the Bank (reportedly really good, much to my surprise).

We shall see.

The fact that it's not the thing I was most hyped to watch tonight is a shame in and of itself.

But yeah, just wait until the Unsullied and Dothraki piss off to wherever they're going, and then have a parade up and down the Kingsroad with Jon and Arya as heroes of the realm.

And let's be honest - this show was over when Arya killed the Night King, essentially. That moment was THE moment from this season, and the rest was just filler (even the destruction of King's Landing).

So there's the Hand of the King, right? Shouldn't whoever is pushing Bran around have the title of "Legs of the King?"

Hail to the King, Dany.

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Good series but not on Breaking Bad’s level

Ummm how did that many soldiers in Dany’s army survive the battle of Winterfell?

Bronn being around at the end seems kinda weird. So does Winterfell becoming independent when a Stark is named King. Grey Worm probably would have killed Jon instead of taking him prisoner too.

All in all, pretty happy ending for everyone though. Kinda surprised Jon didn’t have any votes in his favor, and that Bran still sent/let him go north even though Bran pulled the King card to name Tyrion Hand. But Jon is King beyond the wall now.

LMAO

No way Jon lives as a prisoner under the Unsullied. They would have chopped him to pieces after what he did to Dani.

Shit ending for the worst episode of all 8 seasons. Holy crap that was bad.

Poor Daenerys just wanted to break the wheel. Now her successor sits in a wheelchair. Ain't that some shit.

Should’ve done a “who shot JR?” type of ending. Someone taking out Bran and then roll credits.

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Ended kind of like it started. King Bran says this small council stuff sucks just like King Robert did. I'm going to go wharg out and play video games, you guys handle shit.

Welp, I have Chernobyl then Better Call Saul left...


:(

Lame. Help us GRRM.

The finale was enjoyable enough. Bran the Broken is actually a good choice for a figurehead emperor, but the way it unfolded was dumb, because the character has just been a can of Spam on wheels for a long time now. Kid's got less charisma than a toaster oven. I was underwhelmed by the final huge chunk of fan service to the Stark family because all of them are pretty lame. In a series filled with interesting characters, the ones that closed out the show were neutered messes.

Jon Snow was the ultimate good guy. He got shit on from the beginning of his life clear through to the end of the series. He could have easily taken the throne and lived out his life in paradise. Instead, like he always did, he did what was right for the sake of everyone else. There were no secret twists, just Jon taking the piss so that everyone else could press on with their lives. He deserves to be the hero that the show is remembered for. Hopefully there will be a movie in the future that grants him his rightful spot as King....I mean, he can still control Drogon, right (at least it seems like it).

Oh shut up. After the Starks got their asses ****ed (literally in Sansa's case) for the entire ****ing show, having the four kids basically in control of all of Westeros at the end is poetic.

Oh, and the dire wolf cgi was shit.

I did laugh at how they immediately made it clear how horrible of a choice it was to make Bronn Master of Coin and that it was entirely a nepotistic move.

Cersei with no great ending...Bran leading everyone is crap, worthless character. Joffrey might've been my favorite enemy on this show. Wish Cersei went down fighting and being a pita.

Disappointing. Also think they should've had Dany offed later in the finale

Jon was a bitch. Didn’t defeat the NK and refused his birthright. I hope he dies of hypothermia.

I just could not believe how weak Jon was in the end. He was a full on alpha then turned into a beta male towards the end. Hate Jon’s story arc.

They really missed out on a more poetic ending like Dany being killed by a collapsing Red Keep rather than having Jon frontstab her.

**** that fat ****. I think the only people who say “save us GRRM are people who didn’t actually suffer through the interminable saga of waiting on Sir Wildcards to sit his happy ass down and finish the books that are funding his fantasy life in Santa Fe.

Sansa: “Bran your lord of Winterfell”

Bran: I don’t want it.

Tyrion: (long speech) Bran do you want to be King?

Bran: Why do you think I came down here.


WTF is that?

He’s an asshole but the asshole we need to finish this epic properly. I recommend you worship at his shrine.

Well he's an omniscient being, so he knew that turning down the free chicken dinner will mean he gets offered the free NY strip a little while later.

"I once brought a jackass and a honeycomb into a brothel..."

ROFL


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Jon being king with Bran as his hand would have still been lame but not completely reeruned.

Should've named Bronn the Master of Whisperers since that position is literally ****ing useless under Bran. That would've actually been hilarious.

It was shit and this isn’t GoT that we all grew and came to love. This is a lot like Star Wars once Disney took over.

Book Jon can at least lay the pipe to Mance’s wife if he is banished beyond the broken wall.

Why was Tyrion not mentioned in ASOIAF?

D&D have no clue what that even means.

Doesn’t make sense though, what was he doing on the council if he forgoes being King of the north? Same thing with Arya.

Try not to make sense of it. Save yourself the migraine.

SNL couldn’t have done worse.

The dragon could be flying her back to one of red witches to get resurrected, too. Targaryans can get over that stabbed through the heart thing. And hell, she was only stabbed once.

Can't imagine she'd be too happy after being awakened, either.

Incorrect. Jon stabbed her at least 1 time before that.

I appreciate the show ending as good comedy.

Nice of D&D to do the disabled community a solid.

LMAO

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I dunno, saying Orange Man Bad over and over wouldn't make as much sense in that storyline.

Like you said, nobody has much of an Army left. Bran still would have support from the North, but his big weapon is the ability to know the future/if someone is scheming against him.

Also, Bronn wants nothing to do with being King. He wants enough money to do whatever he wants with little to no daily responsibilities.

Ghost will always be the goodest of boys.

Finale was solid but I still struggle with Dany being turned into Hitler in the second to last episode.

If you didn't see her heel turn coming then you weren't paying attention.

Man, what a turd of an ending......

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Who is excited for the D&D Star Wars trilogy after that fantastic ending?

For the story's faults, it at least set up Westeros with the last two established Six Kingdom powerbases that were in place before the events of Robert's death have King Bran's back: The Vale (Lord Royce can puppet Robin Arryn who is a kin to Bran by being a Tully) and the Riverlands (Edmure the Effectual also being a Tully).

As for the other four? Gendry just has to convince whatever bannerman of the Stormlands to be on his side but he also has the benefit of growing up a commoner so he could plausibly rally smallfolk to his cause. Dorne's ostensibly Martell-related Prince might follow the Sansa's lead and go full independent since we dunno anything about their motives with Doran/Oberyn and Ellaria Sand being wiped the **** out. Bronn is going to be content with being a Lord Paramount in High Garden and can be reined in by Tyrion.

The Westerlands are the issue since the Lannister's powerbase, the gold mines, are tapped and Tyrion is rightfully the most hated man in the Six Kingdoms. I'd guess if the books play out just like Season 8, a conspiracy between the Maesters and the Hightowers could try to usurp him out of control.

*does not raise hand*

That was kind of foreshadowed with her inner circle dying off so I don’t have a problem with that.

I do have a problem with how the Night King saga ended, that storyline was like great foreplay that led to bad sex. What was the purpose of the Night King, the white walkers etc. They just show up and the badass NK gets an Air Arya ending?

As I said, two good episodes this season but the rest were straight trash.