Meh don't get me wrong it was good to watch but i felt dissatisfied at the end at how standard the outcome was. It's supposed to be Game of Thrones but it played out in such an unsurprising way. Wish Jon Snow had just stayed dead lol, after coming back everyone knew he was invincible for at least the rest of the season. For me this meant that episode lost its edge.
I think I've mentioned before I find it surprising how surprising people have found most of Game of Thrones, pretty much everything in it is standard fantasy fare. Occasionally it's been creative about 'when' things have happened but it's rarely been outstanding in it's plotting.
What makes GoT stand out is it's production - for the fantasy genre it's unprecedented, but for any genre it's probably got to be one of the best made shows around.
I expect the end game to be about Jon Snow in the North and Danaerys on the Iron Throne - but it would be nice if it did end with something creative and unexpected. The 7 Kingdoms disintegrating into separate states and the Iron Throne being dismantled wouldn't be too surprising but would be a pretty satisfying conclusion I think. Sansa ending up on the Iron Throne with Littlefinger as her consort would be a realistic 'political' ending though; changing Westeros into a republic and Tyrion leading it is probably the option I'd most want though
I also have an idea that the end of the TV series might have settled some kind of stasis in Westeros - then you'll see a shot of Arya heading off to find what's west of Westeros, and to see the answer is a massive invasion fleet
But that's pretty speculative and based mainly on that would be the final shot I'd end it with.
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