There isn’t enough time devoted to mourn her loss, or see the resulting aftermath her death would cause. And yet, despite the effectiveness of her fate, it’s unfulfilling to see the Targaryen Queen who’s been on such a long journey get wiped out so quickly. She becomes consumed by that power, albeit fairly quickly and it only seemed rational for her to fall after she drenched King’s Landing with the ashes of her victims. She’s been looking forward to this moment since the first episode and it was even foreshadowed explicitly in the Season 2 finale (settling the snow vs ash debate) and now she is finally able to feel the Iron Throne, never mind the Keep is in a dilapidated state. Understandably though, the long conversation was essential to build-up toward the first of many bullet checkpoints from Martin’s ending, where Jon takes down Daenerys in a tender moment when the Mother of Dragons refuses to see peace as the path forward. I’m actually all for longer episodes and slower tempo but it seems like an odd choice to have a thin, uneventful conversation between Tyrion and Jon stretch out among the countless other important arcs, subplots and characters that could’ve easily done with more time. ![]() What’s baffling though is that very little of substance is spoken and we instead meander around empty stares and nostalgic cash-ins invoked by the characters addressing their own legacy the rich, textured dialogue in Game of Thrones having been long debilitate. Taken in as prisoner, he tries to talk Jon Snow into thwarting the Targaryen Queen’s attempts, even as all the former Lord Commander of the Night’s Watch has to say is variations of “Daenerys is my Queen”.Ĭontrary to how fast-paced the last two seasons have been, the conversation between Tyrion and Jon takes its own luxurious time to play out. A heartbreaking Tyrion discovers his dead siblings buried within the debris of the Red Keep and relinquishes his badge he’s tried tirelessly to help Daenerys ascend to the throne all while assuring the safety of others but now that he’s lost the only blood family he had and the last of the living Lannisters, there’s only so much fealty he can swear. Whether its Tyrion, her Hand or Jon, her Heart, deep down they all know Dany has burned the lines between good and evil and in her quest for ridding the world of tyrants, has actually become one herself. And even though the finale comes full circle, calling back on plenty of moments from the early seasons (as early as the show’s opening sequence in fact), the frentic, awkward pacing journeying toward that outcome results in a fumbling landing that doesn’t quite stick as well as it whould have, given how poetic and unexpected the ending really is.Īfter Daenerys snapped and went full Mad Queen last episode, her former supporters question their allegiances toward her. ![]() Certain loose ends are tied up even as many others are left dangling without a satisfying payoff. After 8 years of leading us through the kingdoms of Westeros and Essos, Game of Thrones finishes off with a bittersweet ending.
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