The Throne

HBO | Air Date: May 19, 2019

2.7	USER SCORE Generally unfavorable reviews based on 607 Ratings

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SebastienRiou22Jun 3, 2019

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. CINEMATIC MASTERPIECE!!!
This finale is absolutely incredible!! I never thought it would end up this good, after being tremendously disappointed by how awful the first 4 seasons were. I held on, despite George's awful writing, because I knew that David and Dan are amazing directors! The show got so many things wrong in previous seasons. Like the battle of the bastards, that was such an awful episode. Sansa and Littlefinger winning the fight thanks to the Knights of the Vale? Boring. Rickon running towards Jon and getting shot? Predictable

I'm so glad the writing in this show how finally gotten so much better. Bran ending up on the iron throne is genius and has been forshadowed for the past 2 minutes before Tyrion announces it. People say Dany's character development is too quick but they forget that she destroyed king's landing a full episode ago!!!!!

Finally, Drogon burning the iron throne was a genius, symbolic move, as it expresses the similies and metaphors of the show. Even though the acting was awful, thankfully it was saved by D&Ds amazing writing!!!!!… Expand

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TzytMay 20, 2019

Certainly not the best finale this series could've gotten, but the way the remaining characters' stories ended made me feel satisfied.

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Jswartz3Jun 2, 2019

Fantastic end to a great season. For me the pacing was very good, it's a final season things are going to snowball. The people who diss this season are just babies that didn't like how everything turned out, or are too dense to understandFantastic end to a great season. For me the pacing was very good, it's a final season things are going to snowball. The people who diss this season are just babies that didn't like how everything turned out, or are too dense to understand what happened.… Expand

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OctaviaAlphaJun 8, 2019

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. People that are giving negative scores for any of the final season either didn’t “get it” or are just mindlessly following the trolls. Putting Bran on the throne was the only option. He holds the memories of men and is the only person that can truly avoid repeating all of the mistakes of the past. Jamie returning to Kings Landing to try and save his sister, even though he knows how evil she is because family is family. And watching Daenerys’ descent into near madness following her fathers footsteps and becoming the mad queen was epic. The wars following the murder of King Beratheon are what delivered the people into a safer and ultimately more pleasant future, one which would not be possible without the sacrifices of countless people.

Downvoting the ending because you don’t get it is insulting to the writers but mostly the actors who spent 8 years of their lives telling us this epic story. It was a near perfect ending to a near perfect show.… Expand

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Daniel_NJun 18, 2020

Not the best episode, but you have to remember the better the series the harder it is to end it. The finale couldn’t have ended better. The series was wrapped up so perfectly it left me mostly satisfied, with very few concerns.

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lasvegasdudeMay 22, 2019

A great wrap up to an amazing show!Anyone giving it a 1 or 0 is just a troll trying to skew the ratings.

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KetisMay 20, 2019

It could have been better for sure but i'm still pretty happy with it. The ending does feel like something GRR Martin could have wrote and it was pretty good compared to the other episodes of this season. Go watch some disney movies if youIt could have been better for sure but i'm still pretty happy with it. The ending does feel like something GRR Martin could have wrote and it was pretty good compared to the other episodes of this season. Go watch some disney movies if you want an ending you like.… Expand

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LOATcMay 20, 2019

O episódio foi simplesmente épico e poético. A série conseguiu com seu último episódio consertar erros de roteiro e executou perfeitamente bem um final exelente. Sem dúvida, poderiam ter desenvolvido melhor a temporada, entretanto nãoO episódio foi simplesmente épico e poético. A série conseguiu com seu último episódio consertar erros de roteiro e executou perfeitamente bem um final exelente. Sem dúvida, poderiam ter desenvolvido melhor a temporada, entretanto não existiria fin

al melhor do que retornar a série as suas raízes.. Fazendo assim um final magnífico.… Expand

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Attila79May 20, 2019

Whoever give this episode 4 or less is just voting using rage. The last episode is not the best of series but It does not deserve 4 or less...

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e1m1a1d1831May 21, 2019

Amazing episode... they wrote the ending like this so we can let go of this amazing TV show

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charlesescuderoMay 21, 2019

Excellent ending. It endsd in a very poetic way, and everyone ends, as Bran always says, where they belong... home.

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AbhinavMi6Jan 7, 2020

Even though somewhat THE LONG "Boring" NIGHT, and BATTLE-LESS episode of THE BELLS, the ULTIMATE EPISODE was upto the mark ! If only Daenerys' storyline of being The Mad Queen would have made sense and Bran would have been more useful, thisEven though somewhat THE LONG "Boring" NIGHT, and BATTLE-LESS episode of THE BELLS, the ULTIMATE EPISODE was upto the mark ! If only Daenerys' storyline of being The Mad Queen would have made sense and Bran would have been more useful, this episode would have been received much better my changing nothing to the story of last episode. The only flaw I noticed was how quick and somewhat not much interesting scene was of Bran being chosen The King, and the worst line - "Who has better story than Bran the Broken, SERIOUSLY ??? Even if this series would have received universal acclaim, I would have hated this line ! Apart from all of this, the episode was A MASTERPIECE ! From start to a highly EMOTIONAL finish this episode was the best episode of season 8. The death of Daenerys, Drogon burning the Iron Throne, and that awesome powerful Daenerys speech to Dothrakis gave me total Goosebumps ! The highest selling point of this episode was the last 5 minutes when Jon, Arya and Sansa all are starting their new journey, and the Music … Expand

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jonsnow70Oct 2, 2022

The last season was too rushed but the ends of the character arcs still make sense. GOT remains the best show of all times!

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