re: Game of Thrones - season by season ratings on Rotten Tomatoes

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What pisses me off about the final season is that it didn't have to be the final season. HBO wanted them to go until at least season 10, GRRM wanted them to go until seasons 10-13, but D&D were adamant that they could wrap up everything that needed to get wrapped up in 8 seasons (with the final two seasons shortened). The result? A rushed pile of shite.

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to be fair, those actors were never going to stick around that long. They were tired of the grind that making a show like this was.

What they should have done was extended season 7 by 3 episodes and finished the NK story last season. Then this season should have been 10, and could have been used really building up the final battle with Cersei, and exploring how Danny goes mad along with all the interpersonal character development that has made this show so incredible. Instead we got the Wikipedia plot points of a season.

I’m ok with the outcomes of this season. It just feels really unearned.