The Last of the Starks - Game of Thrones' downfall continues

[@Person01234]

The starbucks cup was good because it subverted your expectations.

[@hennerzz3460]

I know right. I love it also when cars subvert my expectations by not stopping at a red-light when i am crossing the road. :)

[@SoupDragonish]

I bet it was a deliberate edit by the director in revenge of having to film such a bad script.

[@bawsack69]

It was actually a cup of tea! Oh the subversion!

[@Adino1]

Genius writing.

[@CarloCalcaterra92]

But in a GOOD way!

[@CNRhKXtreme]

Remember when Tyrion told three different plots to three different people in order to keep them guessing and figure out who he could trust? Yeah, I miss that Tyrion, too.

[@vikingjedi573]

Tyrion is playing dumb. He stopped following Dany when she barbecued Sam's family in cold blood after he begged her not to. Problem is he has nowhere to go. Can't go back to Cersei and if he leaves Dany then that's treason. She'll kill him where he stands.

[@TwizzlerC]

Sansa got him covered on that

[@MarcelNL]

@@vikingjedi573 You're giving the writers too much credit. I often thought that certain stupid moments would have pay-offs later, but these last 2 episodes aren't enough to put that all in. There is still a TINY chance that Bran will do something important with the Night King in the past, but even for that I have very little hope. I now mostly expect a 2-episode long big battle with lots of disappointments and random deaths. Hopefully they'll subvert our expectations once more, but this time in a GOOD way.

[@manuelpatino7863]

@@vikingjedi573 He's being an utter idiot since season 7. Bad and stupid writing is the sole culprit.

[@karlhans6678]

What exactly did he say?

[@OroborusFMA]

So Joffry has the last laugh because he died before they could ruin his character lol.

[@markparkinson6378]

“You either due an infamous legend, or live long enough to be villain.” -My brain cells

[@rascallyrabbit717]

Nope killed by a woman

[@thedowntowndogg]

I would say Tywin got the last laugh. He was after Joffrey and after his death the show started to sour

[@someguy1576]

Oroborus And Tywin and Margaery. Sorry @TM. Just noticed your comment

[@TheStapleGunKid]

Joffry turned out to be a bigger threat to the world than the Whitewalkers.

[@nerblebun]

Arya: "We're the last Starks, we have to stick together." 5min later rides off to Kings Landing: "I'm not coming back."

[@shitmandood]

The Mary Sue bitch...

[@TehIdiotOne]

The ending is almost even worse in that sense. Literally every Stark split up in the end

[@LovelyDisgracefromInnerspace]

@@TehIdiotOne Indeed,. They probably kinda forgot the lone wolf dies but the pack survives, smdh lol.

[@ToddKeck98]

The other Stark from another universe: Am I a joke to you?

[@nerblebun]

@@ToddKeck98: To whom are you replying?

[@TheAutistWhisperer]

The biggest slap in the face was when Jon just gave Ghost away, what an absolute farce.

[@makaki6900]

TheAutistWhisperer just pet the damn dog

[@abbynormalbrain8301]

yah forever to be known as the Game of Groans

[@SnakeWasRight]

Yeah that broke me. Ghost was pretty much my favorite character. Not a joke. But they made a joke of him ever since like season 3.. poor boy.

[@soutarm]

What's even worse is John not patting his dog is the saddest thing that's happened all season.

[@joshhfletchh4841]

really? it's a wolf...

[@johnpal2274]

They needed an extra year just to write this crap....just let that sink in.

[@Rustictimber]

why remind us... :(

[@yoork88]

they should FIRE those fuckers. and just make it ALL AGAIN #dragarys

[@BharatSingh-tv8xo]

So the most dreaded villain in television history got outsmarted by a goddamn teenage tomboy assassin smh. At least give him the death he deserves😭😭

[@Uroste]

"extra year", damn, I see that Got writing staff getting the daily cocain dose is getting harder every year.

[@thixzleacooldude]

Hahahaha sunk deep lol cause they ruined Danarys

[@guyincognito566]

Budget: looks a bit tight Everyone : looks at rhaegal rhaegal: what?

[@csdude35]

John Hutchins lol!!

[@ryderfletcher8670]

*ghost walks up to rhaegal*

[@chadwickthezulu]

Yeah, only $15 million per episode this season. That's only $90M for 7 hours or $214k per minute. How will they ever make do with such a pittance?

[@arianrahman5886]

*Plays laughing track

[@pietikke5598]

They could have borrowed some by the iron bank. ;)

[@sev-0073]

How did euron manage to snipe rhaegal three times but his entire fleet couldn't hit drogon flying straight at them

[@ameerhamid89]

He turned at the last moment with the speed and radius of an 18-wheeler.

[@theflashgordon193]

so true the scene with raegal make the latter unbelievable

[@KianoUyMOOP]

It's called 'skill-based matchmaking'. In order to keep players on a lower skill pool from being unfairly(?) punished by better players, the game implements a system where after a particularly dominant match, the latter is penalized by being put in lobbies where they are at a severe disadvantage.

[@theflashgordon193]

@@KianoUyMOOP I suppose you comented the wrong video ?

[@thestoicwhinger]

@@KianoUyMOOP hilarious

[@clenogallagher1469]

"there must always be a Starbucks in winterfell"

[@frankpossible6408]

Clen O'Gallagher Starkbucks, my friend.

[@adamburman7837]

STAR(buc)K(s)

[@flankspeed]

LOLocopter

[@jaybird8192]

Big mistake by the show runners: Dany ordered tea and got coffee instead!

[@godjohn1176]

you know nothing jon snow

[@maxcovfefe]

Jon Snow: "Hey guys! I'm really Aegon Targaryen, but shhh, don't tell anyone." Stark kids: "We'd love to react to this news, but writers felt this moment would be better if it didn't exist."

[@Lootroq]

Goddamn did I find that maddening. And on top of that, they seem to be trying their hardest to squander any cool element of Bran being what he is.

[@Butzemann123]

Ikr they should be like "HOLY SHIT SO OUR DAD NEVER FORGOT HIS HONOR AFTER ALL AND OUR MOM HATED YOU AND HIM FOR NOTHING !! WHAT A TRAGEDY" Instead we got:

[@TheFilthyCringer]

Even my sister who is watching this final season despite not watching the others because she was bored pointed out that she wanted to see their reaction to the news but nope.

[@uzernam303]

I was so pissed off that they just jump cut away from their reactions!!

[@sonny2dap]

plus 5 mins later we have Sansa dropping that little bomb on Tyrion and cut away again.

[@anomanderrake3593]

Season 1 Jon : Direwolf is the symbol of the starks, you were meant to have them. Season 8 Jon : He doesn't belong here.

[@pulkmees]

Well yeah, he's distancing himself from the Starks. Arya doesn't have his dire wolf too, because it's like a symbol of her path. Although I feel like the writers just wanted him off the show for budget reasons.

[@monopolizeme]

Anomander Rake Seriously. The symbol of Winterfell shouldn’t stay to defend the children of Winterfell. Yeah ok.

[@charliebad]

@Craig Unshallach Yeah Craig, the North remembers.....you tell em

[@ancorey25]

To bad no one here recognized the symbolism of all of Jon’s closest supporters other than Sir Davos have left him. Sam, the wildlings, his whole family and even “his” Dragon who was named after his father. Jon is now alone in the south and the stark men have never faired well in the south as the constantly say.

[@TheHighPhilosopher]

@@pulkmees Did you see their budget? Was that ALL spent on dragons?? Lol, silly. They took the easy way out. Lazy writing and lazy season.

[@ba1anse]

Dumb & Dumber have driven the best show into the ground.

[@CLOUDKID11]

I used to think this show was going to be one of the greats(in tv series), but as of season 7 and season 8(so far) I'm sure that's not going to happen....which is truly disappointing and sad to see since the original potential and build up from seasons 1-5 has been brought to the ground through its shaky plot, poorly written script, time traveling/other major fallacies.

[@neilholding9227]

Could have been best tv series of all time ...instead its just a good tv show

[@nicoleb1111]

I wouldn’t trust them to write a sequel to a Dr Seuss novel

[@labinotabazi9187]

Thank god i dodged a bullet with this and saved hundreds of hours watching this. I have yet to come across a show that comes close to breaking bad.

[@MindbodyMedic]

You should watch it for the first 4 at least. Tbh the gut wrenching awfulness makes the incredible sound track more powerful because of the deep melancholy that will stay with you for weeks after finishing it.

[@jamesweber8566]

They made winter disappear in 3 episodes lol. Summer is apparently back xD

[@RustyShackleford051]

.

[@florianlaur5300]

No, Winter was there for Stannis;). And it snowed in King's Landing, but it seems it didn't stick, cause in the next episodes, it's clearly summer again.

[@francoochoa3176]

Okay guys remember the Night King is dead. Winter is no longer here

[@Lucifronz]

@@francoochoa3176 "Winter is coming" is not actually a statement of the Night King coming and the snow is not caused by him (though he CAN cause snowstorms as seen in the final battle against him at Winterfell). It's an actual statement, known for generations by the northmen, that winters in Westeros are long and harsh. This winter was supposed to last ten years. Looks like it lasted ten seconds.

[@mariokarter13]

Winter is cumming

[@Skwisgaar_Skwigelf]

"rian johnsoned my expectations to the ground" brilliant

[@carybeweary7209]

I just heard that part as I read your comment!

[@JonnyAugz]

Who's Rian Johnson again?

[@lukeonderko8696]

Brilliant

[@lucidmonkey3591]

I call him “Ruin Johnson” the new “jump the shark” term

[@Conan_the_Based]

Not as good as his later "Arya decides to go to King's Landing to Rian Johnson the place."

[@dlakodlak]

Dany has: Starbucks, mad face, -1 dragon, powergrabby mesiah complex Euron has: teleportation, invisibility, infinite resources, wall-hack, aim-bot, Missandei GPS tracker, funny moustache, zero personality

[@MrJayda0025]

😭😭😭😭

[@jonpaulcer3128]

One would think that with an all seeing demigod and the perfect spy/assassin who single handed ended a thousand years old threat to mankind would be enough to kill Cersei. But you gotta go flying with your dragons in the front while closing your eyes

[@jonpaulcer3128]

I also thought the cup could be some kind of awful advertisement or maybe the dozens of people who were in the scene and watched it before its release didn't care enough either way it's just sad

[@moving9071]

Euron needs to grow his mustache out so he can twirl it around. I don't think it's obvious enough that he's a stock bad guy.

[@marcoslaureano5562]

dlakodlak zero personality??? Dude is like a fucking rock star for fucks sake. When he killed Rhaeghal I half expected him to stick his tongue out at Dany and give her the double sign of the horns like Ronnie James Dio.

[@cecilofchristmaspast4186]

Ned Stark: Keeps Jon's heritage a secret to the grave. Sansa Stark: Tells one of the biggest secret revealers in a matter of hours. Doing the family proud there, Sansa.

[@Andrew11017]

Heuch Gack and to a Lannister, I’m sure Ned is beyond pleased

[@margarethmichelina5146]

No wonder Ned never tells the secret to his wife because remember Caitlyn was also a total bitch. I don't understand how anyone can like Caitlyn when she was a Karen along with her sister, Lyssa and even Cersei as the Westeros Karens who like to complain, whine, and also used their feelings over logic.

[@thewayofthecowboy1267]

At first, I wondered why the video kept cutting to an all black screen. Then I realized it was showing clips from 'The Long Night'.

[@haillobster7154]

Dimdark and full of tremors.

[@TheSaladKing]

after GOT s8 head: aching. heart: broken. soul: crushed. whiskey: gone.

[@omiorahman6283]

Coffee cup left

[@MegaCoyoteFilms]

Hotel: Trivago

[@omiorahman6283]

@@MegaCoyoteFilms you win the internet today

[@my4LT]

pet: unpeted

[@radicalgreek99]

The feels, the absolute feels man.

[@johnappleseed8839]

Tormund: I belong in the north. Jon: This IS the north. Tormund: No, the REAL north. Jon: By the way, will you take my dog with you? He belongs in the north.

[@prankishsquire2663]

George double R obviously loves dogs. My bet is Dumb and Dumber have goldfish for pets?

[@Felipera_]

@@prankishsquire2663 are you assuming they are smart enough to keep a pet alive?

[@Mark-qz8fu]

They have polar bears.

[@TheStraightestWhitest]

@@Mark-qz8fu And they cut them with flaming swords on a daily?

[@mv11000]

John Appleseed Have to save vfx and shooting time

[@QazwerDave]

Rian Johnson has become a verb ...

[@lessthanthreemetal]

David Orvik guy is fucking poison.

[@toddgarver5397]

Fuck you, Brick and Looper are awesome.

[@matthewthehuman1744]

I dont get it

[@Curtin-mf3xy]

Matthew thehuman Snoke, the main villain, unceremoniously dying half way through the Star Wars saga. Rian Johnson decision

[@ghostlightx9005]

To Rian Johnson: to take a much-beloved thing and ruin it for everyone by 'subverting expectations'. To Chris Chibnal: to take a much-beloved thing and ruin it for everyone by making it an SJW borefest

[@joseguilarte87]

John "i do not want to be king" Also John "i'm going to reveal information that is going to make it harder for me to Not be king."

[@TheKillaShow]

Catherine McPhee so you mean exactly what his father Ned did?

[@a1175779]

This actually is true to his character. ‘If everyone lies, then the world will only become filled with better and better liars’

[@sebastjankrek1744]

@@kakkarot045 And Bran. If he had more than double digits of IQ he would have remained silent if he truly believed it was Jon's choice. So either it's for plot convenience, Bran being retarded or Bran lying, but that wouldn't make sense, since we're being convinced he doesn't have personal motives. The only remaining explanation would be Bran simply not giving a Fuck.

[@williampoole1742]

Jon's "honor" just makes no sense at this point.

[@sebastjankrek1744]

@@williampoole1742 It gets better, he kills Dany. Lmao those writers.

[@StillNoPickles69]

No azor ahai, no actual long night. No war against the dead, just a battle. All the writing gone to shit, Arya has gone full fan service to kill everything in the world. Just end it all HBO

[@SilverbySkyline]

At least we have 4 spin-offs to look forward to not written by GRRM.

[@vinnregi4882]

@@xXAzarakXx Yeah cause being beaten to a swordfight by a 20 year old boy that's "the chosen one" would be much better. Just watch Matrix dude, it has exactly what you want

[@CLOUDKID11]

I hope they don't make any of the spinoffs and tarnish everything even more than what they already have. Ps. good job HBO/D&D GoT franchise was about to become a huge whale for you guys but now it's going to die and not live up to its potential.

[@Nekroz77]

@@vinnregi4882 >>the last jedi is that way

[@tonyrockywarrior4096]

I am very very very afraid she is gonna kill Cercei too. Fuck off show

[@CommandoMaster]

Bran wakes up and it's all a bad dream. He's actually not crippled and everything is fine.

[@hennerzz3460]

The show has become so hilariously bad that at this point that would probably feel like a relatively satisfying ending. Fuck.....

[@simonmorgan6934]

Bran travels back to his fall and decides to just die!

[@robertholmes8917]

That will probably happen that way seeing how shit it has become

[@robertholmes8917]

@@simonmorgan6934 funny reply😂😂

[@MinscS2]

That ending would, sadly enough, be better than the one we're getting according to some leaks...

[@lorddanny2988]

Is no one else questioning HOW they got Missandei? Euron's fleet sunk the ships from a distance. They never raided them. The survivors swam to the shore of Dragonstone, with the ships sinking in the background but no Euron fleet near the wreckage. Missandei was told to get to the skiff, so the directors could argue that she was caught rowing away or something, but she would've been heading towards Dragonstone where the others were swimming. We also never saw her get to the skiff, so we don't know if she even boarded it. So, skiff or no skiff, HOW did Euron get Missandei? How did they know where to find her among that fleet, and why capture her and not a bunch of Daenerys' soldiers just to bring her army down? If they could reach Missandei and capture her, surely they were close enough to just wipe out the remaining soldiers, who were struggling to shore. I also don't get how Grey Worm and the others figured out that she was captured. I honestly thought she had drowned, which would've been a more realistic death, given the circumstances. How can anyone, who just got away from a sinking fleet by swimming through rough waters, decide "Missandei's not here? Last seen on the sinking ship? Yeah, she was definitely captured by Euron." Doesn't make sense at all.

[@13fails]

Totally agree here. On top of that, what was the scene with Tyrion jumping off the ship and getting hit by the mast from the ship - cut - and next scene he's fine?!

[@lorddanny2988]

@@13fails Probably would've made more sense if he was captured instead. It was implied that he was knocked unconscious, so it would be more believable if Euron found him drifting in the sea or something, plus it would be much better to kill the hand of the dragon queen rather than her translator. It would hit her emotionally and it would also hinder her war plans, plus it would get rid of the man who was trying to keep her from doing anything stupid, which would thus let Daenerys snap without anyone holding her back. The whole thing with Missandei felt so random and was just poorly executed. I really think these writers don't care about the characters that much.

[@rafaelsantosx]

Apparently it's a fantasy, so fuck the logic.

[@katykat2833]

@Cherry Muse Sorry to disagree but I've never seen her given any advise at all. She was just a pretty translator...

[@cdallapiccola]

And no one is questioning why Euron+Cersei didn't lay a trap within Dragon Stone itself (seemingly unguarded), given they apparently knew she and her fleet were going there, and when? Hey, they could've even had a ballista hidden inside one of the towers, to take out any dragons that survived the naval attack.

[@Keyser666]

Ned kept that secret for twenty years (even took it to his grave), Sansa couldn't even keep it for one day.

[@CapitalMort]

Females, am I right?

[@docop8926]

@@CapitalMort 🤔

[@Mavis847]

Yea, something else they could have wrote better, her own father kept that for so long.

[@Dudja]

Keyser Soze Salsa is a bitch

[@pmendes99]

@@LucasBR702 To be honest, the secret was kept to protect Jon from Cersei and Robert Baratheon and probably other aspirers to the throne at the time. There's not many of those left, and the ones that there are either already want Jon dead or are allied with him.

[@inplainview1]

I'm legitimately glad I came to this show late and binge watched it. Now I've only wasted a few weeks out of my life versus dedicating years of being a fan and getting really absorbed into the show only to have it get run into the ground like this. I feel bad for long time fans

[@fastenedcarrot9570]

@Cherry Muse Functioning alcoholics seems a bit generous.

[@MentallyCapable]

Same bro

[@QueenE31]

Same. Watched season 1 and then didn’t have Foxtel/Cable to watch any further for years. Then got the box set up to season 7 and binged. Have waited for season 8 just as long as everyone else. My disappointment has me heartbroken so I can imagine diehard fan’s disappointment being unfathomable.

[@AngryPanda.]

You did it right.

[@kelllessley4017]

I started watching in 2012, I rewatched the entire show last month, I redownloaded audible to listen to the books again. This new season has been absolutely horrible. The highest budget TV show in history and they cant get better writers than the low budget Olympus has Fallen underwater level (Hunter Killer)

[@kd9749]

At least this episode taught me that dragons are no big deal, seems silly now that we thought they would amount to anything.

[@Alexrider02]

Yeah, pretty weaksauce overall. Give Cersei and Qyburn a fortnight and they'll have a dozen fully operational mechanical dragons to conquer the skies and fire Scorpion bolts from their mouths instead of fire.

[@chickenintherain5172]

Yea it drives me nuts how it seems that for hundreds of years they use the same old weapons and technology hasn't seemed to advance much but of course qyburn invents a super weapon and dragons aren't shit. Nevermind her ancestors conquered Westeros with barely an army and three dragons. I guess they were just lacking dr Frankenstein and a crazy pirate back then. Very disappointed.

[@raggedy3759]

Ian Crossen As much as I know Qyburn pulled those scorpions out of his ass they have been in the history of Westeros for centuries. The reason why Dorne was never conquered was because queen Rhaenys dragon Meraxes was brained by a lucky bolt from one of those. They're not new, but they're still BS

[@MrBambiGaming]

RaggedyAnne Frank Even GRRM said that a scorpion shooting a dragon is a one in a million shot, it's practically impossible. Then Dollar Tree Jack Sparrow manages to hit a flying dragon three times in a row from a moving ship thousands of feet away.

[@Malthizar]

Fun fact: Based on the leaks, Danny pretty much solos the entire KL with Drogon alone. Some would say that's kind of retarded based on how easy it was to kill Rhaegel... I say it's the best season ever.

[@TheStapleGunKid]

I love how Bronn just walked into an enemy castle with nobody stopping him, and was lucky enough to find the two people he was looking for both together by themselves in a room with no guards. I has to one of the most contrived scenes ever written in a tv show.

[@arongebremedhin9764]

that man is covered with plot armor

[@markomcub820]

"There must always be a Starkbucks in Winterfell."

[@cathygrandstaff1957]

It’s emblem is a wolf-headed mermaid.

[@carmadme]

How on earth can you tell it’s a Starbucks cup

[@LCAC75]

@@carmadme it's a joke bro.

[@JayFromBlighty]

At least Tormund and Ghost gtfo there. A small silver lining.

[@andyappleton3353]

You guys shouldn't get too excited. They'll probably teleport directly into the throne room for the final battle and Tormund will save Briene with his dong right before Jamie attempts to kill her with a golden dildo on his right stump.

[@jons2022]

Top-Tier Woman Respektor -MAX LEVEL- that’s actually why I wanted him to die last week. I like beric and edd, but it’s more of a shocking death. Tormund would have hit much harder, yet Dumb cunt and dick fuck are too pussy to kill him off.

[@silverback7133]

lmfao... and you think these horrible writers will let that stick i can fuckin smell the last minute battle save from here

[@rutvin8763]

Yeah bittersweet. In a way I was glad they both left. It means: 1) they don't die a sad, pointless death (*cough* Rhaegal, Night King, Littlefinger *cough*) and 2) they don't have to be part of an increasingly miserable storyline.

[@iansharp7422]

@@blackskyirregular9876 Tormund has been one of the best characters for quite a while now and one of the most underused. Bronn is just plain irritating.

[@DjVtheJESUSsouja]

Secret about Jon Ned Stark: Keeps secret 18 years Jon,Sansa,Tyrion: Keep the secret 18 seconds

[@user-bm3ts2ql6s]

He only kept the secret because Robert would have killed Jon. No Robert, no need to keep the secret.

[@trappnest4490]

@@user-bm3ts2ql6s But they had to keep the secret from the entire population of Westeros in order to make Daenerys Queen. But they didn't cause they don't believe in her

[@brightgarinson3099]

@@trappnest4490 Jon didn't because it's not honorable to keep secrets THAT BIG. Both mad queen and Sansa/Arya want Jon to betray who he is. All for the throne.

[@carlosguillen5683]

Wasnt jon 14 years old when bed died?

[@melchristensen8282]

@@user-bm3ts2ql6s You don't think there might be other people who might want to kill Jon once he revealed that info? Like. Y'know. Daenerys. Jon is a fucking moron. End of story.

[@TheKrazeeLadee]

I'm sorry but the absolute frustration in your voice made me laugh through my tears at how shit this show has become. I just love your voice. It represents the entire fandom at this point.

[@lootmaster1337]

Danny: i have 3 dragons, they are mighy creatures *spears exists* I have 1 dragon... He is good at flying me around

[@trappnest4490]

No one in the show seems to be scared of the dragons anymore

[@DeleteExistence]

They've been exposed to them too much, she didn't use them strategically and now two of them are dead. Not weapons, living creatures that cannot be replaced or repaired. That is why you either use them as a last resort or use hit and run tactics to control the battlefield. Force enemies to relocate and attack from where you want them to attack from. Can't we Humans shoot Helicopters out of the sky with assault rifles if they fly too low or too close to a mountain? Though a dragon doesn't have to withdraw to arm itself, it can get tired or hungry. Not going to fight well on an empty stomach is it. What a waste, smh.

[@BB-ce5ev]

@@DeleteExistence the dragons are supposed to have scales so thick arrows and bolts bounce off of them. Going by the show and books own words here. So it makes no sense. Infact they said the only way to kill a dragon is to hit it in the eye with a bolt or spear. I saw none of that.

[@BB-ce5ev]

@@DeleteExistence also... all living creatures repair... its called healing. Hell we repair better than actual machines. Machines need specific parts and expertise. Living creatures just need food and rest.

[@DeleteExistence]

@@BB-ce5ev 12 weeks of healing for me after a car crash, 2 of those in ICU unable to stand and I still never fully healed but this is war where people are getting limbs cut off etc. Westeros doesn't have the medical knowledge we have in reality. Machines can be repaired in a day or two depending on the issue. Or, replaced. If the dragons get injured, how would they treat their wounds. What if they had internal bleeding, how will they stop it? Who in the world has knowledge of treating injured dragons to help with the healing process. Check the spear tip again that was fired from the ballista. Wondered if it might be dragon glass or something but couldn't be bothered to watch it again. An injured dragon would be out of action for days, weeks, months. They're not going to run out of wood for ballistae or trebuchet or boats. They could be building replacements while the war rages on, there isn't a dragon farm anywhere breeding replacement dragons.

[@jasonmatthews52]

Remember that Night King guy who was built up for 8 years? What happened to him? Lol

[@garrettbaratheon567]

Jason Matthews yeah honestly the last few seasons shouldn’t really play into whether you like a character or not, characters’ motivations are only to move the plot

[@rosesongoku6980]

Arya: *KOBE!!!!!* (knife snipes him)

[@EliWintercross]

They really dropped the ball and kicked it into a ditch this season.

[@JCO2002]

The Night King guy smirked a little at the end, and then died not long after. That's what happened.

[@rosesongoku6980]

@Un-broken and victorious She is God now, basically she can teleport and kill the whole fleet and Cersei in a matter of seconds and make the Golden Company bow to her.

[@SWAT616]

The Bronn scene looked like it was written by Tommy Wiseau: Bronn: Oh hai Tyrion. Oh hai Jaime. I have from really far come to kill you!! Tyrion: What! I’ll pay you more! Bronn: haha, great don’t worry about it! Look at the time! I have to go. Bai Tyrion, bai Jaime!

[@projekt84]

hi doggy

[@MrAskmannen]

I did not hit her! it's bullshit! i did NAAAAAAAAHT!Oh hai Mark

[@AerysTMD]

You're my favourite customer

[@000xyz]

I actually heard bronn in tommy's voice. Tyrion: i once knew this whore....she had about a dozen lords. One of them found out about it, flogged her so bad she ended up in a nursery in house gurerro.

[@Alknix]

@@projekt84 bi doggy

[@TheB1akery]

I used to have several favorite characters (all of which are still alive), but now I have none, they're killing characters without even realising it.

[@mdhamerly]

Well said. I've never gone from being so engrossed in a character's storyline to being so completely apathetic about what happens to them. There's not a single interesting character to root for anymore. Hot Pie can take the throne for all I care

[@dobie3004]

Drogon...I like Drogon...but they'll probably kill HIM off next episode.

[@pikabiga]

Amen. They’ve... they’ve killed all of the characters while keeping them alive. Every growth and development down the drain.

[@c1000101c]

@@mdhamerly You were rooting for Hot Pie as well? We should form a club and start a petition to remake S8E6 with Hot Pie claiming the Iron Throne after tiptoeing over the corpses of all the characters we used to care about.

[@CODA96]

@@c1000101c Hot Pie throwing bread made out of dragon glass to kill the Night King would have been more believable than Arya teleporting.

[@Zek_Ken]

Next episode - Uncle Benjen is a White Walker, rides in and fights off Cersei's entire army. Because unpredictable!

[@aiber3303]

Wow that totally subverted my expectations!

[@ant3x7]

EXPECTATIONS SUBVERTED

[@seulebrg]

D&D here - how much do you want to write the prequel?

[@WayoftheDave]

Arya spider monkeys 50 miles in a single jump whilst carrying the hound. Throws him at the mountain whilst drop daggering Cersei. Because she's a strong independent assassin who don't need no physics.

[@swaghauler8334]

@@WayoftheDave LOL! AND... she gets close enough to do it by killing Qyburn and taking his face. Cersei offed by a Rian Johnson "drop dagger Qyburning!"

[@lionofthemorning7997]

“Deus Ex Arya” Coined, Minted, & put directly into Circulation. Well done.

[@TheBashar327]

Hey, they haven't totally jumped the throne yet......

[@higochumbo8932]

Shouldn't it be Arya Ex Machina?

[@Irfan87]

Been saying this for a while now actually. Arya Ex Machina of House Plot Armour.

[@syzyphyz]

Arya needs to be nerfed, i hope the Mountain kills her; she helped outsmart Littlefinger, which was a completely unsatisfying end to him, and killed the ultimate magic badass the Nightking.

[@cathaloriordan271]

Its very simple what happened. Weiss and Denisoff looked like geniuses when they were essentially copying shows word for word from pre-written books. The second the book material ran out, everything started to fall apart

[@xstoofpeer]

Weiss and Benioff are terrible hack writers.

[@leesoarable]

Nope they started making changes early on in season 2, there was plenty of book left at that point!! Those small changes caused a massive ripple effect that essentially made it a completely new story with a few similarities to the original books. The thing that pisses me off the most is I have now been waiting YEARS for the next book to come out!! and now i don't even know if I will be able to stomach reading it as all my enthusiasm for the characters I knew is gone :'(

[@xstoofpeer]

@@leesoarable I personally didn't mind the deviation from the book, I saw it as a positive. Season 4 was also my favourite season. They fucked up by writing poorly from season 4 forward.

[@leesoarable]

@@xstoofpeer That's your opinion and that is totally fine :D I don't agree though and struggled with the changes (my partner is on your side of the argument). I was merely commenting that they deviated from the story well before the material from the books ran out!

[@elchicounsl]

everything goes back to normality

[@MatthewCoast]

I definitely think you're the cheery, optimistic type

[@donz6211]

Anyone who thinks that Ray's or Luke Skywalker's (the old Luke that is) character can be fixed is a VERY, optimistic guy.

[@Peterrrk]

Well maybe you should wait until the series conclusion before you almighty judge that the starbucks cup has no place in the story.

[@CoDxMassacre]

@VideoGames4Days ! The spill proof lid. That's the piece I've been missing all this time. Not a prince, princess or an elephant. The show just might have a chance!

[@yeahwhatever5560]

@@Alternative5ive 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@seamouse8744]

I see a theory coming...

[@mariokarter13]

There's this thing called "linear time." It allows us to determine that with the amount of time left for the remaining episodes, they're already fucked beyond recovery.

[@JCO2002]

Great user name. Funny comment.

[@teachersophia]

If that was the quality presented in season one the show would've been canceled.

[@TheBrotherdarkness9]

@Un-broken and victorious i agree, after S4 the writing went straight downhill.

[@jbulletc]

Season 1-4 were easily the worst. GRRM's writing is so dependent on shock value.

[@thx1168]

Well said, Sophia.

[@Wayner71]

Yep. Season 5 was fast-forward button material

[@antonius.martinus]

Not really, if you actually read the books you'll see how he really writes.

[@dakkahead517]

To roughly quote another commenter in another GoT review of Season 8 Imagine if Denethor was the final conflict in LOTR, after they got done with Sauron... This is Season 8.

[@TheAtanasTv]

Imagine if Draco Malfoy was the final conflict in Harry Potter, after they got done with Voldemort...

[@fratrat5359]

Denethor would be throwing chicken bones and half bitten cherry tomatoes at the army below.

[@Lowraith]

It's funny, the first thing I posted after Ep3 was, "Imagine if Commander Shepard handily defeated all the Reapers in the opening moments of ME:3, and you had to spend the rest of the game dealing with Councilor Udina's arrogant racism."

[@fernandoroblescalvillo9612]

The final conflict after Sauron was Saruman in The Shire, well, in the books. Still shitty writing for season 8.

[@maksimpavlov2870]

there probably was some eastern ruler of a sort but it is so unimportant we do not need to know about it good thing lotr is not a tv series......... yet................. oh...... gods...............

[@S1ipperyJim]

@2:53 I thought I was the only one who felt that way about Sansa

[@mikelarry1068]

My god, I have felt this way about her since episode one. So satisfying to hear someone else say it.

[@joeexotic2545]

The Starbucks cup is still not the most ridiculous thing in season 8 .

[@Ezpazmic]

I think it's hilarious since it sits in front of a young woman as she gets more and more pissed off at men! Like a true holder of a gender studies degree!

[@joeexotic2545]

@@Ezpazmic Ugh , have a day off with you women hating nonsense

[@Mr_Penguins_Pet_Human]

That cup is a literal visual representation of what has happened to this show. All checks and balances are gone and it's going straight to air without any revision.

[@MetallicaSindre]

@@joeexotic2545 He doesn''t hate women. Only that gender studies degrees exist.

[@Ezpazmic]

@@joeexotic2545 I don't hate women, I'm just pointing out that she looks like the stereotypical angry hipster in this clip.

[@ironcross9495]

This great show turned officially into a f*cking medieval soap opera.

[@rogat174]

Hey, just like Vikings.

[@hikingbird42]

That's what happens when a show blows up and saves it's characters with plot armor

[@rdecredico]

Nonsense. This is the same ending that will be in the books if they ever arrive (according to martin himself). The original source material was really not as good as everyone lauded it to be. It was always going to dissolve into fantasy idiocy.

[@henryhill92]

@@rdecredico It's possible that GRRM is either contractually obliged to say that, or that he wasn't even sure how the books would end and doubtful he'd ever finish them.

[@Brandonhayhew]

The show has became a pathetic formerly self of its onece a glorious show, now it has became a mockery of itself.

[@WayoftheDave]

Then Brandon Stark wakes up, after realizing he has the ability to break the 4th wall and see alternative timelines. Terrified at the current direction, things go back a few seasons and start over properly. The writers are burned at the stake.

[@iancavanagh199]

Wish that would happen.. Think it more likely at this point this has all been a Bran dream/nightmare since the end of season 1 ep. 1.. It really is impossible to salvage now.

[@brianfitzsimmons6074]

Sadly Bran takes the throne in the end so be prepared for that

[@TheNthMouse]

I really like that last part.

[@timh.7169]

we should make a Petition for that to happen 😂

[@Malthizar]

Yeah, no. Bran becomes King of the 9 Realms with Bron on his high council. Oh, and Jon rejoins the Night's Watch after killing Danny. Best season ever

[@MahaHMA]

"they leveled up enough to unlock fast travel" lmao

[@druiz1975]

I disagree that Sansa is the most useless character, I nominate Bran

[@THX..1138]

Jon Snow at least deserves to be on the ballet.

[@Dungeontai]

Bran at least brought littlefinger down (some episodes too late, for what he already knew at the beginning) Sansa is literally just there...

[@MarcelNL]

@@Dungeontai And without Bran we wouldn't have had Hodor. Plus he was some excellent bait. Anyway, even though this entire show now sucks major donkey balls, I DO expect we will find out more about Bran and what he did during the battle. I do believe he still has a role to play although him saying that he now mostly lives in the past feels like a cheap way to tell us not to expect too much of him anymore.

[@andromeda5369]

Nevermind, he's just watching Viasat History all day long. He literally has an unlimited access to UAV's but refuses to help.

[@helixplays5190]

Bran: I VOLUNTEER AS TRIBUTE!

[@shanedennis1136]

Notice how the Baratheons love Stark women but they dont love them back 🤣

[@waswaswad]

Echo Chambers good catch actually

[@Alexrider02]

Conclusion: Littlefinger is a Baratheon.

[@christopherbeebe1064]

🤣he got shot down harder than the dragon did!

[@THX..1138]

....Stark women are high maintenance.

[@Wayne-xv6fd]

He got off lightly Aryas no ravishing Beauty lol...

[@blulight5881]

The negotiations between Tyrion and Qyburn were basically diplomatics in total war: medieval 2. Tyrion: i ve got an army coming. Why dont u surrender Qyburn: why dont U surrender Tyrion: No Qyburn: Me too. T&Q: negotiations are over.

[@thorfaxx6027]

The point of the negotiations was to the show the people of kings landing that they at least tried. They knew it would be pointless anyway, Cersei would've never listened.

[@ParleLeVu]

Basically correct. MW2's diplomacy was horrendous. Control 40 provinces and have 2 million florins as well as 100 times (literally) the army of the guy you are at war with. Him: "Only peace if u pay me 1,4 million florins". Yeah..

[@montinyek6554]

ParleLeVu haha good memories

[@ottoweininger8156]

Oh wow! Medieval: Total War 2 is out! The first one is getting a bit stale.

[@elchicounsl]

LoooooL so true

[@elderofzion]

Critical Drinker, your reviews are hilarious. I don't even watch Game of Thrones, I've watched season one and checked out. But your reviews are a must see, i feel excitement when I see you've put out a new one, as the shows fans are excited when new episode is out. This speaks a bunch about quality of your writing, I'd say.

[@beau6113]

Calling Dany a millennial and then saying the signs have been there (and showing the starbucks cup again) is pure genius on several different levels. I laughed about this through this entire video!

[@Pondimus_Maximus]

Rian Johnson: “I subverted expectations by delivering a half-baked story.” D&D: “Hold my Starbuck’s.”

[@DogOfHades]

D&D? As in Dungeons and Dragons? They wish.

[@jesus6976]

@@DogOfHades no Dumb and Dumber

[@Person01234]

Rian Johnson: *put starbucks on table*

[@Alknix]

@@Person01234 Wow, this guy cannot do anything right.

[@juanvilchez965]

The characters can only be as smarts as its writers

[@tiredoffools8929]

TY... Sadly the writers are not up to the challenge.

[@dinosaurnugg3ts]

PesciVHS lmao. So true bro.

[@submandave1125]

This is a problem that haunts books and movies alike. How do you write plot and dialog for the word's most brilliant mind when you're only middling at best? Like when a musical drama builds up a song as fantastic or moving and then when the band finally plays it you go "meh, not bad but..."

[@astu4677]

*sees season 8* "Give me something for the pain and let me die."

[@hehehe7303]

Haha, classic!

[@arisjoshuadeferia4373]

"Guess they leveled up enough to unlock fast travel." Can't argue with that. 👏👏😂

[@Lootroq]

I wanted to throw my tv out the window when fucking Gendry made it back to the wall in about 20 minutes through snow covered mountains. He's never even been in that climate before!!!!

[@mikhailsoyuz9902]

Hahaha hello comrade! -preamble

[@Kalleosini]

After season 7. I feared the worst but hopes for the best. after episode 3. I gave up and stopped caring. after Jon didn't even pet his dog. I now have active disdain for the show.

[@Kaiji...]

Jon doesn’t deserve to pet Ghost. It’s Ghost that should be leaving Jon’s useless ass.

[@Malthizar]

If the leaks are to be believed, you ain't seen nothing yet. #Bestseasonever

[@MarcelNL]

Petting the pooch probably would have costed a few million bucks in special effects. It would have been much better if they had let him die trying to save Jon.

[@helenab9973]

Yeah, it became a lazy show. it seems like neither the writers nor the actors care anymore. They just want to be done and over with it.

[@Kalleosini]

@@MarcelNL For all I care, they could have had Kit pet a normal size dog and I would be totally fine with it. I don't demand perfection, I just expect more than trash.

[@SnakeWasRight]

"Winter" I dont think I saw anyone's frosty breath even once, and it looks like summer in kings landing.

[@Culperrr]

You did when they were outside, but since, you know, there are warm fire's inside, it's going to be kind of hard for it to be cold... This comment made me laugh because you are complaining of the sake of complaining.

[@sneezystudios5856]

Summer?? It looks like dorne in Kingslanding. Apparently winter lasts about 2 months now. What happened to a long summer means a longer winter?

[@LucefieD]

I mean I think the long winter may have something to do with the nightking himself, I think killing him will cut short the whole winter in the south thing.

[@Culperrr]

@@sneezystudios5856 I mean the grass is brown now, which is what happens before and during winter.

[@Kevin_Roche]

Winter is coming... Maybe... 😏

[@TiqleMiBawlz]

Well if there's any justice benioff and Weiss will never work again

[@ZakJordan98]

Yeah about that, they're doing a Star Wars trilogy.... Fuck

[@samuelh.2118]

Hahaha! Clearly, you don't know how corporate works.

[@TiqleMiBawlz]

@@samuelh.2118 hahaha clearly shut the fuck up nerd

[@shellyluzny2115]

Kind of like BSG and ron moore

[@matosz23]

@@ZakJordan98 Not anymore!!!!!!

[@joeskis]

Yeah there's no way Cersei would care about protocol. She would have killed Dany n friends right then and there.

[@jigartalaviya2340]

"You think i listened to father for twenty years and learned nothing?" - cersei. "I dont trust you not because you are a woman... I dont trust you because you are not as smart as you think you are."- Tywin to cersei. See cersei...you father was again absolutely right!!! Have to respect that plot armor though.

[@carpenotte]

Also, Daenerys can easily be portrayed as an userper by Cersei. It's the winners who write history. There's no honour for userpers.

[@sotirmilivojevic6233]

Well, you're not seeing the big plot twist here .. Cercei becomes good and caring and wants to reconcile with Daenerys, after which Euron kills her and becomes lord .. of Lannister family even though he's not Lannister. Subverted expectations :D

[@949surferdude]

She did send someone to kill them why not take the easy shot?

[@tiredoffools8929]

@@949surferdude Logically I agree... but the question is did she really send Bronn or was it Qyburn on his own? Who cares anymore..... nothing we think even matter anymore because they are not using logic anymore.. you know.... Subversion of expectations is KING now!

[@Palaschurk]

the jaime thing can be excused since he might be off to finnish off his sister, however the way jon treats his Dog is inexcusable

[@LucefieD]

Budget. that was all budget, physically interacting with a CGI wolf with fur is a fucking nightmare to get right. If they added that in they probably would have had to cut parts of more important battle scenes. They should have just left ghost out. Sure we would have wondered where he was but it's better than this bullshit we got.

[@AzerothLatinoamerica]

Not really, they will just drag the scene and then when Jaime shows his intent to kill Cercei will be a "What a twist" moment with dramatic music and all. Lame as fuk

[@AzerothLatinoamerica]

@@LucefieD they could use practical effects, but thry are literally brain dead.

[@LucefieD]

@@AzerothLatinoamerica true, the tried and true put one actor closer to the camera. That's still tough for actual interaction though. Maybe if they cut to a close up and didn't show them side by side.

[@CreeperDoidao]

They could have cut the scene with the dragon ride, in episode 1. I mean, that was completely unnecessary.

[@josanto6916]

Please keep doing these reviews of Game of Thrones because with the shite this show has turned in to, your reviews are the only satisfaction I get from watching this disappointing mess. Cheers man!

[@eclipsemercx3687]

IdeasOfIceAndFire is also good at these, he's seen this coming for a good while now.

[@sirocotours2226]

try checking preston jacobs as well. he has been doing it for ages

[@NiceOCGuy1981]

Why do you think it's ending. They wanted to show to die off.

[@reignofrock]

At first I was sad this would be the last season. Now, I'm glad it is. And the spinoffs, nope, I'm good. What's also worrying is these two guys were essentially given a Star Wars trilogy.. Godssake!

[@oxhornsupporter985]

Hey, it's not just them that was given the Star Wars trilogy. Rian Johnson has one too.. “As they finish Game of Thrones, they’re going to segue into Star Wars,” Kennedy said. “They’re working very closely with Rian.”

[@rosesongoku6980]

Rian is probably the one who told them to kill the NK in episode three instead of six and have Rhaegal die from stupid scorpions in episode four right after that.

[@random_eskimo_in_the_rockies]

@reignofrock Well, at least D&D can't do any worse with a Star Wars story than Rian Shitson did. They can do AS bad as he did, but it's impossible to do worse.

[@AirTails]

Everyone bemoaning them writing Star Wars, when people haven't stopped bemoaning that franchise since Return of the Jedi. As if it's just now going to get bad

[@nagavamsip]

@@jaysoniorg2950 Source?

[@hywelparrington5610]

I never would have thought the most reasonable voice on the internet would be a pissed up scotchman. Well done sir.

[@digi3363]

I am enjoying this video 1000 times more than all of season 8 so far, thank you xD

[@MikkoVille]

Hear hear!

[@Namazuros]

Dany's judgment isn't failing her, her advisers and the writing are. "She forgot the Iron Fleet lol" THANKS D&D

[@kelvinwebley6971]

Nah, she isn't listening to her advisers

[@dastardlycrook6443]

As if Dany has anything resembling judgement

[@nykerianash1590]

kelvin webley Wring she listened to Varys and Tyrion. Since Cersei knew how Tyrion thinks she outsmarted him and Dany lost a lot because of it. Since then he’s been a constant idiot.

[@Namazuros]

@@kelvinwebley6971 She had a pointless conversation with Cersei in season 7 and a pointless converation with Cersei in season 8 all because of her dumb adviser Tyrion. If they want to avoid killing the civilians maybe they should hire assassins.

[@grondhero]

@@Namazuros I'm sure Arya will step in for that.

[@GersonGaspar]

"Plot armor so thick you could build battle ships over it" Yeah, pretty much sums it up

[@tamasbarad8202]

Oh...and...now Arya being this badass...why not just send her down face-shifiting with this solid 5 steps plan: 1. Get Quyburn's face 2. Kill Cercei 3. Bake a pie. 4. Kill Euron using Cercei's face. 5. Bake another.

[@sotirmilivojevic6233]

She hit her head and lost power of wearing masks :D

[@personanongratis]

This comment needs more upvotes,LOL!:-)

[@markt5619]

The baking of pies doesn't make sense. They didn't violate guest rights so why is Arya trying to feed them to other people?

[@Jay-sl9jo]

@Dingo Insurance Where are you seeing this? That is bullshit. The "power" of wearing faces is a skill that uses blood magic. Getting hit in the head would not get rid of that knowledge. If the writers use that as an excuse for her not changing faces... I have no idea just wtf.

[@manspidermann]

Indeed, the way they have it now, Arya could easily finish the show. But I bet if they mention it, it would go something like: "Arya could u kill cersei for us?" Arya: "Sure, no problem" Varys:"Kingslanding has super trained ninjas, you wouldn't get past them" What I am saying is that nothing makes sense and things are happening as convenient.

[@Raptor302]

Half the army survived!!? Greyworm, did you even watch episode 3?

[@Alexrider02]

They were all sent out to White Harbor to collect and return Her Grace's Royal Latte.

[@usedtobereign]

This is how stupid they think we are

[@usedtobereign]

And they're pulling this shit constantly

[@Lord_Imperius]

Also 3/5 of the Dothraki are alive. After the genious suicide attact they did.... more than half of them survived....somehow. Great.

[@uzernam303]

Yeah half the unsullied and half the Dothraki survived that mass suicide--I mean "battle." Nevermind they weren't anywhere to be seen. Nevermind the show itself played off how dramatic it was that the Dothraki charged the enemy front line--because that's what cavalry do--and then there was a dramatic silence in where all the lights of their swords were extinguished. Nevermind the show played up the drama on how Grey Worm ordered his men to protect the retreat and then pulled the bridge behind them, essentially dooming what remained of the Unsullied. Nah fuck all that, we get to have our cake and eat it too! Everybody died! But half of everybody survived!

[@fieldmarshalbaltimore1329]

"wearing plot armour so thique you could build a battleship with it" 😂

[@NBACoDGaming]

"Thique"... Really?

[@TheBigjim1992]

You spelt thick incorrectly

[@donaldmcgillavry1292]

Would be no use against Euron's magic railgun ballista.

[@TheBigjim1992]

Indeed :)@@jacobhall979

[@fieldmarshalbaltimore1329]

@@TheBigjim1992 ik

[@tricivenola8164]

I just found this channel now in 2022. Sure wish I'd been able to see it at the time. I was all alone, trying to see the damn dark episodes and then horribly disappointed at what I could make out. Thanks for this excellent critique of the ignominious death of an amazing collective cultural experience.

[@Man0War_Loki]

killing the dragons like they are nothing just makes the threat of them look nonexistent.

[@ebomb1133]

Two more things that pissed me off: 1) we don't get to see sansa/Arya reaction to Jons news 2) Jon didn't say goodbye to Ghost willingly

[@MybeautifulandamazingPrincess]

Agree. I hate how this show never displays the reactions of exciting things happening, leaves a disappointing sensation every Time

[@LordDarthSmyth]

Didn't even go over and give the poor bastard a head pat. Pissed me off.

[@spy6205]

My beautiful and amazing Princess I get why they cut scenes during high emotion times like that but imo, it’s never satisfying and always irritating. We care about these characters, we care about this news, why don’t they think we’d want to see it?

[@thedukeofdukers]

G.R.R.M. is such a good writer that he predicted the death of his own show. For the night is long and full of terrors...

[@Agelus8]

Great marketing for his future books.

[@insane_troll]

The night is dark and full of compression artifacts.

[@Desmont123]

*Errors

[@bawsack69]

The plot is wrong and full of errors.

[@shawngillogly6873]

GRRM knew he wrote himself into a corner he couldn't get out of. So he slowed to a crawl because he couldn't face the mess he made anymore. Then the writers came along. And he rejoiced. Because even though they wouldn't be able to fix the mess either, probably. He would get paid even more bank than anyone not an heir of the Tolkien Estate could ever make for fantasy. So all is well that ends well.

[@jollyscarecrow]

Can we also note that Dany's fleet is mostly destroyed if not all destroyed from when the Unsullied were sacking Casterly Rock and the Iron Fleet wiped it out. The Unsullied had to spend quite some time to walk back to Dany. How is she transporting all of her troops now??? D&D really did kill this show.

[@davedogge2280]

When you're leaving a job and you don't give a shit about the company or the quality of your work and your name is Ser Barista Selmy and you leave a used coffee cup on the managing directors desk.

[@nhmooytis7058]

Dave Dogge Barista Selmy is 20 out of 10......

[@theelderkine]

This here is far better writing with a far better plot hook than anything in the actual show.

[@Shenanigan-Dealer]

Hahahaha, Ser Barista Selmy, that sir is fucking gold

[@Wayshuba]

My personal biggest issue with this season is how suddenly have the characters are acting completely different to what has been built upon over the 7 previous seasons. Some examples: Tyrion - One of the smartest guys in Westeros but in season eight he is suddenly an idiot? Dany - Was someone trying to be a fair ruler but with some tyrannical tendencies. Now we will just put things in there to make her a full on tyrant. Jaimie - One of the longest and best arcs of redemption in the series. Comes to a fitting conclusion in Episode 2. Now in Episode 4, after Bronn shows up to kill him at the hire of his sister - I am a bad guy and need to go back to her. Totally destroyed seven years of a guy struggling with redemption and finding himself outside of his sister. Bonus - Throughout the previous seven seasons we have seen Jon, Sansa, Tyrion and others show intelligent approaches to battle. But we put some of the best military planners in Westeros in a room together and they run the battle against the White Walkers like 12 year olds who never have been in battle before? This whole season seems like characters are completely different from what we have seen built up for the last seven.

[@SerbAtheist]

Tyrion's flaw has always been that he is too trusting and sympathetic of people, especially his family. In S2 he thought he would actually be rewarded for doing a good job as a hand, i.e. making his father proud, instead of being relegated to Joffrey's martial sloppy seconds. Dany always was a full blown tyrant. It was only Jorah and Missandrei, the only people she had a true human connection with, that kept her worst impulses in check. Jaime's story was never about redemption. He was from before the show the guy who killed the Mad King and saved Westeros only to be constantly given sh*t for it. So he always had good in him. But he also always had evil in him. He has always been in a superposition of good and evil. His sadistic streak never really went away and he was perfectly willing to kill Emdund's baby had he not accepted the ultimatum. To the extent he did have a redemption arc, he always kept regressing to his bad self because of his love for Cersei. There have been detailed analyses of the Battle of Winterfell straategyy by medieval millitary experts and most of the episode comes out OK. The Dothraki have little knowledge fighting defensive battles so why not gamble on a initial charge. Everything else was about as reasonable as one could expect given that the were fighting a completely novel and inscrutable enemy.

[@TonyDQT]

Chris LaFontaine Little finder was the one that holding it together. Without him, the seven Kingdoms turned into shitholes

[@Wayshuba]

@@SerbAtheist I won't comment on the characters but I will on the battle. Medieval military experts is hogwash. We don't live in medieval times so their is no such thing as an expert, but here goes. So the main strategy was to lure out and kill the Night King, not face the hordes of undead face on. That was clarified in Episode 2 but in Episode 3 we go with the facing the hordes head on. Yeah right. The enemy was not novel. Episodes like Hardhome and other encounters made them well aware of this enemy. Thus all the dragonglass and Valyrian Steel. For cavalry, there is no such thing as defensive - they are ALWAYS used offensively. Look how they were used in The Battle of the Bastards. A common medieval defensive strategy would have been to let the dead come to them. First wearing away on the lines with missile and siege weapons. Then tie them up with well formed infantry - such as the Unsullied - then have the cavalry come in from the flanks. Even in medieval times they used what was known as combined arms. In addition, no sane military tactician "gambles" with isolating 200,000 of their troops. Especially in the face of an enemy who will add those 200,000 to it's ranks with such a gamble.

[@willbaker6532]

Jon literally nearly got himself and all of his men in the battle of the bastards because he didn't think and was out maneuved by Ramsey

[@tarron3237]

Happens when you try to come up with a story while being high

[@michor10]

Someone should remake the last season after the books are published. This is just awful.

[@FrenchyCanuck]

He will never write those books. He would already have.

[@QueenE31]

There are no books, hence why the writing in this season is so bad.

[@agetori7743]

@@QueenE31 thanks captain obvious i think 99.9999% of people commenting on this thread are aware of that

[@QueenE31]

agetori77 Don’t be a dick. I was replying to the OP. Clearly he doesn’t.

[@ryanedwards805]

they should remake season 7 and 8 once the winds of winter and a dream of spring are finished.

[@DLK96]

"Plot armor so thick you could build battleships out of it." This sent me off the edge

[@georgedanilov8898]

*over the edge ;)

[@danorm87]

Dany somehow forgort about the Iron Fleet according to D&D as stated in HBOs 'Inside the Episode'. However Varys mentions them to Dany in the War Council?! Either they forgot they wrote that line or Dany nodded off at that point??🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@Inblader]

It’s just bad writing at this point, season 8 in a nutshell

[@ronniejdio9411]

The writers are as smart I am but I hope.varys sent word to cersi and that's why euron knew she was headed to.dragonstone

[@EliWintercross]

@@ronniejdio9411 it's a the right move to have the fleet guard Dragon Stone. Cersie knew that her enemy moved north with all their armies leaving her home base unguarded. If I was Cersie I too would have had my superior fleet guarding the island, to ambush the survivors returning home. The fact Daneris didn't anticipate and prepare for this proves she is an incompetent commander and a compete idiot. They also were aware of the high powered balista that can injure and kill dragons, so wtf was she flying so damn low? Should have been up high to be clear out of range. But nope, she's an idiot

[@ronniejdio9411]

@@EliWintercross shes def an idiot But she split the party Her bad decisions have killed 2 dragons

[@rsync9490]

@@EliWintercross As if the dothraki charging an army of wights wasn't an indication of how incompetent this woman is. Trusting varys and relying on tyrion is also her being stupid. I swear everyone that isn't Cersei is so stupid and selfish on this show!

[@josephpasquarella878]

God I miss season 4. Flawless classic game of thrones.

[@deeta000]

I’d argue the signs of the downfall started around the end of season 4. But compared to what came after yeah, I miss season 4.

[@fischeborne9713]

I miss season 1. For myself, I was still shocked by the level of detail put in each episode, plus getting Horror movie quality gore& pornography from a television show? Yes please.

[@mogznwaz]

Agree!!!

[@phillyphilly__lii5653]

I really liked season 6. I know I’m in the minority. Everyone jumped on the “hate the last half of the entire show” bandwagon But I loved it. And even with its flaws at least that the characters were still themselves in season 5 (which really was a bad season) and there was still epicness. Including one of the best episodes of the show hardhome. 7 was painful but still enjoyable and 8 was just the worst end to anything ever lol

[@mogznwaz]

@@phillyphilly__lii5653 Spot on! 👍

[@99baji99]

I'm in favor of the continued use of the phrase "rian johnsoned my expectations".

[@stefanschellinx6765]

I don't understand the 3 Rian Johnson references. Is it cause of star wars the worst Jedi? What did Johnson do specifically?

[@Stray___]

Bump.

[@ejsanjose3608]

Rian Johnson is cancer!

[@cammcgregor3598]

okay gang, lets remember Rian Johnson directed the breaking bad episode Ozymandias, which is one of the best episodes of that show. Chillax

[@99baji99]

@@cammcgregor3598 "Walley-Beckett won the Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series Emmy for her screenplay." That show had one of the best writing PROCESSES of all time. Vince didn't say, "okay, Rian, it's all yours, wake me when it''s done!" That show was METICULOUSLY plotted by a TEAM of professionals. If you can't understand the difference between Ozy-fraking-mandius and The Shite Jedi, I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.

[@twelve11]

The only positive from this is that no matter what books George RR Martin releases, there is NO WAY it could be as bad as this

[@fromthecheapseats7126]

I doubt you’ll ever find out. George R. R. Martin will take the end to his grave like Ned did with Jon’s parentage.

[@soywil]

Gendry went full Ted Mosby, you NEVER go full Ted Mosby.

[@EK-dt4cp]

Wilson Muñoz I appreciate this joke. 😂

[@rivak98]

I dont get it?

[@shivonspicer8168]

Damn thought you meant Ted from Scrubs

[@georgio3753]

@@soywil how I met your mother AND tropic thunder

[@soywil]

@@georgio3753 Right on the money.

[@SAOrules]

The coffee cup is my favorite character on the show.

[@goldengoatee2237]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂!!!!

[@MarcelNL]

That's only logical; it had the most character and it knew exactly what it was and how to behave.

[@SAOrules]

Marcel Exactly. We could all learn much from the strengths and bravery of coffee cup.

[@MarcelNL]

@@SAOrules I don't know about it's strength. Is it dark roast coffee? A latté? Cappucino? But I sure as hell would prefer to watch an episode of its adventures over these last 2 episodes of GoT.

[@SAOrules]

Marcel I’ve never watched a single episode of GoT. But I will start because of how well written this character is.

[@rg7535]

I won't spoil anything, but if the leaks are real, character development was the real victim of this season.

[@dominicfrancis8122]

Can't wait😂

[@rsync9490]

@@dominicfrancis8122 its a dumpster fire. Act like you are watching a stoner film for the next two episodes. 👍🌿😃

[@187Ares]

The biggest victim of this season was the NK backstory and intentions

[@jenni8032]

I agree. So far looks like they are true. Im only watching the rest out of respect for the actors I've come to love.

[@jabbab9385]

Essentially 4 movies in 6 episodes to wrap up a once great show..not much time for character developement

[@Nick-wb3bv]

Theres a quote from the book about how hard it is to kill a fully grown dragon while its flying. Once you read it, this scene is shameful.

[@Johnnymagnet92]

Which book?

[@Nick-wb3bv]

@@Johnnymagnet92 not sure, another youtuber referenced it in one of his videos.

[@nont18411]

Plus the dragon has only one weak point and it’s their eyes not the neck.

[@tamaramagdalene1000]

So much cringe when Gendry said to Arya "all I know is you're beautiful" ugh.

[@goldengoatee2237]

@@abominablesnowkat112 how about not written at all...

[@groberunfug7952]

Yeah.... she's Butt-ugly and not sweet at all. But maybe he knows bout her "faceless man" magic and counted on it to have 1000 wifes for the price of one ^^

[@MarcelNL]

@@groberunfug7952 Maisie isn't too ugly, but book-Arya indeed is butt-ugly, just like Brienne.

[@Hunterfalke]

@@MarcelNL Now that one isn't fair. In the books, she has stark features, and this, while not as beautiful as Caitlyn and Sansa, she is compared to Lyanna Stark quite a bit.

[@MarcelNL]

@@Hunterfalke I've read that she was called horseface.

[@sbraypaynt]

Hope George stopped writing so he could see how badly they’d make the show so he knew what not to write

[@Gregster98]

D.DoT-Z George wouldn’t even be able to write shit like this

[@lastnightepilogue]

George is a real writer. Benioff wrote x-men Origins Wolverine. Nuff said

[@juzujuzu4555]

With the setup that was inherited, with the actors, characters, budget and all the technicians, I would argue that no one could write the last two seasons worse. Just changing handful of little details and dialogue, these two seasons would be so much better. Like one minute per episode cut away, and one minute added with another dialogue, and it would make so much more sense. There is only one theoretical hope, Petyr Baelish theory, if that happens, then I will forgive a lot. Actually it could change everything if done extremely well. How it could change everything is too complex to explain here, but lets hope we all get to see it and understand what I meant.

[@elsieoliver1671]

@@lastnightepilogue wait what. Fuck no! If ur lieing I'm guna report u!!

[@PittsburghSonido]

Matt Epilogue lol I LOVE ORIGINS

[@samuellopes1254]

i just realized that if you look at the series as a Comedy, everything sets in nicely.

[@diersteinjulien6773]

Yeah, put some Benny Hill music on it and a Willhem Cry when the dragon falls and it works immediatly better.

[@MrOnetedify]

wow i actually didnt think of that, you are right its a damn comedy

[@rsync9490]

Stoner comedy 🌿😃✊

[@MUFFINHEAD1985]

@viciousspew Azor Ahai=A.H. Lightbringer. The one who was promised.

[@shellzzz23]

That's reassuring

[@nasmaxfit]

S1 - meets girl S2 - gets number S3 - first date S4 - second date S5 - third date S6 - lots of kissing S7 - lots of foreplay Dis is getting goood mayne S8 - ready for sex but got drunk and came too fast

[@abe9458]

Story of my life.

[@187jesu]

Want sex but got drunk and can’t even get it up in the first place. The ol limp dick ending

[@Zorg495]

S7 shitty foreplay**

[@alecboyyes]

S8 - she asks you to marry her Whoa there Nelly, too soon

[@130598st]

S8 - Girl dies

[@Shenanigan-Dealer]

You hit the nail right on the head at the end, with how disappointing the show has become, and it's really kind of sad because I'll probably never be able to bring myself to watch the incredible first 4 seasons again knowing how much of a lazy shitshow it becomes

[@HealthySkepticism1775]

Exactly. They didn't just ruin the last seasons, they ruined all of the seasons before hand. I may read the books if they're ever finished but I'll never marathon the show again.

[@RJ-cq8dd]

Why would you do that? I love S1-4 and even enjoy S5-6. Season 6 ends with a great scene (Dany on a ship sailing towards Westeros). From now on this will be where GoT ends for me. S7-S8 is mere fanfiction and I will forget/deny it ever happened. The story will continue in my imagination or with GRRM's books (if he succeeds in finishing them).

[@MarcelNL]

This! Absolutely this! Until Tywin died I really was absolutely certain that the show would remain amazing and I would re-watch it very often. Seeing Tyrion get so miserable and suddenly getting some new villains introduced (the sparrows) didn't feel good, even though that WAS in the books. Still I kept hope. But that got less and less. Dany finally arriving at Dragonstone felt absolutely uninteresting and things didn't get much better after that.

[@TokyoBlue587]

muffinflavouredcake Yeah I can't see myself re-watching this series either. I'd want to skip all the scenes (like any scene with Bran) now that I know they led to no payoff. Only thing I'd re-watch would be Hardhome.

[@roromil2441]

I'm glad I re-watched the whole show just before Season 8 started.

[@axiezimmah]

You can really see that George rr Martin was the genius behind game of thrones, and whoever the director is is just making bank on George’s work and ruining the show. At least he can’t ruin the books.

[@itzmikeyangelo]

Rob T that's literally what he said.

[@BalazsSiam]

I'm quite happy that GRRM is distancing himself from this cheap idiotic travesty of a show 😑 I hope against hope he's just gonna do his magic at his usual glacier-flow speed and we get to read the books in the next 10 years 🙂

[@RaDiKaL3987]

Wait for it...

[@stygian5309]

@ You must have not gotten past 1st grade or something. Here, let me dumb it down for you. "You can really see that George rr Martin was the genius behind game of thrones" *GRRM's creation is the reason GoT was a good show to begin with* "and whoever the director is is just making bank on George’s work" *It started out good, but now the GoT adaptation is nothing more than a crappy show with the namesake of GoT* "and ruining the show" *self explanatory* "At least he can’t ruin the books." *Go back to the beginning and read it all over again*

[@shitmandood]

@@kstee2298 Bullshit!!! People write because they have a passion for it. They get better at it over the decades of doing it & then the payoff arrives. This is a natural order of applying a passion & building great work. If you read the books, don't you think that some of the wisdom in those pages were things he had learned in real life? So why do you think that because he's rich & famous, he suddenly turns into a massive simpleton who only cares about money?? The reason it's not finished is because of writer's block. This happens a great deal when you write a giant epic. Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time was never finished by him. David Gerrold's War Against the Chtorr stopped abruptly in 1993 & he still hasn't completed it now. What we're seeing is some kind of side-effect for writers that choose to write giant multi-thousand pagers over decades. Somehow they burn out or block up before they can finish it. Maybe they don't know how to finish it, or maybe age is a factor. This has nothing to do with money.

[@wasabisushiiii]

basically it's just a really bad fan fiction with a higher budget than a KZbinr who can tell a better story

[@garrisonandrew9862]

I love how Rian Johnson'd is a verb.

[@brentonandrew9872]

My man George needs to finish his books to show D & D how the show was meant to end. I really can't see it being anything like what we've been given.

[@andresanchez728]

According to the leaks, it will get worse.

[@bryanmanuel4945]

Yeah what happens I don't care anymore.

[@TheChilipepper77]

I’m here to find out what happens

[@RichAFCW]

I feel very let down by the writers. I thought GRRM was writing this with them before focusing on the books again?

[@carlmanvers5009]

Some of those leaks look authentic. Some are clearly fake because episode 4 wiped them out. Either way we are headed for a car wreck.

[@ragspie]

@@aaronbrogan3401 then what about Jaimie, Hound and Arya? I thought Jaimie would end up killing Cersei and Hound would kill the Mountain. What happens to their story arcs?

[@williamjameshoffer4405]

If only George would have gotten off his butt and written the books, none of this would have happened.

[@herpderp7264]

He is terrified to finish the books if you listen to what he says in interviews. That he should have finished them 4 years ago and that he fears the fans not liking his end product. Also mentioned that HBO got sick of waiting for him to finish, so went ahead with the series anyway.

[@earthlymatters888]

Directors fucked him over so he probs waiting for the terruble show to finish for release

[@williamjameshoffer4405]

@Jeff Brown Admittedly, but I'm desperate.

[@oniondesu9633]

Yeah what an absolute cunt spending time to make sure his story is ended right when he could cut corners and rush it like D&D for the sake of HBO executives.

[@RootzRockBand]

At least if G RR Martin could of been the executive person to check and balance the story. “No that wont work, that does not make sense, thats out of character, that would be foolish”. Some of those directives would have prevented this from being one of the worst written shows ever aired on tv.

[@Gitfiddle]

GOT has finally been crushed under its own weight. Like a 2 ton dragon with chicken legs.