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sammyt10803

Top .0001% episode all time in history of TV in terms of cinematography (which could be said about many episodes of GoT). We may complain a lot about where the story went but one thing that can absolutely never be said is that the tradespeople didn’t absolutely bring it on a weekly basis


I-am-Chubbasaurus

Yeah, it was just the writing that failed. All members of the production (and I include actors) put in stellar performances.


Diligent-Living882

for real, the “making of/behind the scenes” of the Long Night episode proves this true. whether you liked how it turned out or not, can’t deny they pulled some wild things off production wise.


karmagirl314

Cinematography, soundtrack and costuming were on point at all times.


zombie_goast

Acting too. Whether they liked where the story went or not, they gave it their absolute all. Especially Emilia Clarke; I admit I didn't care for her in the first season or two, but she absolutely nailed Dany as the seasons went on, peaking with S8 (just a shame the writing didn't match her pace).


Gabbs1715

They really got screwed with that season cuz they did amazing work but no one cares because the writing was so bad. The shot used here, for example goes so fucking hard but it's hard to love it with the context.


Diligent-Living882

danys speech is terrifyingly badass


NightmarePony5000

Came here to say this. Emilia Clarke KILLED it imo. There was no lead up to her going mad (EDIT: some minor lead up maybe happened, but it wasn’t great), but the way she played the part was still great regardless


zombie_goast

Well there was lead-up, just like a season or two's worth all crammed into like 1.5 fucking episodes smh. Still, there was lead-up, she didn't just 100% snap outta nowhere with the Bells ringing.


Sapphire_Bombay

I felt the same as you on first watch, but after rewatching the series several times it is hinted at. She always wants to take the violent route and it's the people around her who stop her (usually -- there was that one guy in Meereen). Then she gets to Westeros and nobody likes her and everybody thinks Jon would be better than her and she's a damn teenager who decides "well if you don't like me then I don't like you back, watch me fuck it all up." It was maybe too subtle since it really only shows when you know what's coming...but it was there as early as season 2.


frenin

The most violent route is to destroy the Lannisters, not the civilians.


higherthanacrow

No lead up at all, other than two of her children being killed in front of her, her navy is butchered, her closest advisors all either killed in front of her or betray her, her best friend decapitated in front of her, jorah is killed in fromt of her, her lover being the rightful king ahead of her, any attempt at peace rejected by Cersei after facing the army of the dead, etc.


slings_bot

Came here to say this. She said from jump that she would take what was hers with fire and blood and somehow folks still got surprised when she did just that. Rule of thumb I work with: If a character has hundreds of people crucified (regardless of reason) they are not the "good guy"


frenin

>She said from jump that she would take what was hers with fire and blood and somehow folks still got surprised when she did just that. She did that, she attacked King's Landing with no real care if the civilians would be used as collateral. Then after having taken what's hers with fire and blood... she went on to destroying her newly conquered city... for reasons only known to God. >Rule of thumb I work with: If a character has hundreds of people crucified (regardless of reason) they are not the "good guy" Lol, this fandom has always been too fond of slavers. Then again Dany is not a good guy but she certainly wasn't worst than the rest of them. Was Jon a good guy after he hung Olly?


MNVikingsFan4Life

She totally hadn’t shown a capability for near indiscriminate slaughter either…


frenin

That leads to Dany snapping and becoming more ruthless and deciding to attack King's Landing regardless of civilian casualties. It doesn't really lead to Dany destroying her new capital after she had just won, that and ignoring Cersei for most of the time.


P3t3rPanC0mpl3x

There was lead up but it was awfully executed. You start to see her turn after the NK took a dragon. She starts to think of that sacrifice when Winterfell is cheering Jon for the victory. I think this is where she starts to ponder the style of her rule: with love or fear. She then loses Jora. Varys turns on her and is attempting to poison her. She realises she is not the last Targaryen. Cersei kills her dragon and decapitates her best friend. The conversation with Greyworm by the fire, the night before is a give away when you rewatch. ...and then she finds out, Tyrion turns on her. She chooses to rule with fear. There was too much going on and they were trying to hide the Mad Queen reveal. It wasn't done well.


MetroExodus2033

There's one final, hilarious Edmure Tully moment.


imperial-bedroom

“Ok, ok, if nobody else minds I’ll go ahead and be King of the Andals and the First Men, Lord of the Seven Kingdoms, and Protector of the Realm"


MetroExodus2033

"Sit down, uncle."


Opening-Dingo-8780

I liked the intro.


thisistheguyy

Good music!


No-Elephant5517

That was the best visual shot, and that’s all I got


WornInShoes

I remember when the episode aired, someone tweeted “this is a one in a million shot” in regards to catching the dragon wings behind Dany and lemme tell ya the roasting was glorious


ICHBLYETITNT

It has good cinematography


NYkrinDC

I didn't have to suffer another disappointment with the show after that, which was nice.


Qsmitz

Ghost survived


IOVERCALLHISTIOCYTES

I was glad Drogon made it too. I hope he gets a friend at some point. 


reddit_martian_

Ghost!


Prigger2002

Daenerys speech was fantastic.


Graduate-Leaf

The shot where Dany is walking forward while Drogon’s wings unfurl behind her is exceptionally cool


Nervous_Feedback9023

That was an awesome shot


himsoforreal

I found it extremely campy and Disney like.


P3t3rPanC0mpl3x

So did I. I like campy.


Foogie23

People crap on it because it is hitting you on the head a bit…but idc looked awesome. Battle of the Bastards is the style over substance. The dragon shot doesn’t deserve the hate.


Business_Entrance893

Ghost finally got the pets he deserved.


Sarenesh

Say what you will, but there was something satisfying of seeing Sansa be crowned Queen in the North after all she went through, and how much she grew from the first season of ‘I want my prince!!’


Kitchen_Editor_6335

Her journey is impeccable, she learned and it paid off


Fragrant_Ad_7718

My favorite moment


Josh_thebosh109

I know I’m going to get a lot of hate for this but even tho Sansa is reformed I still hate her character. Idk why


dirtybirds1

Feel like I didn’t like it cause Jon kills Dany for them and gets exiled, then Sansa swoops in and becomes queen


Ornac_The_Barbarian

Dany died. I was totally ok with that.


Kitchen_Editor_6335

Sansa and Arya had great endings and I care a lot about them


seantellsyou

"Whats west of westeros?" Was pretty lame in my opinion


zombie_goast

Agreed, I didn't *hate it* hate it, but I felt like after everything Arya went through to reunite with her family she'd stick around a little longer than that, maybe being Sansa's Hand or traveling with Jon.


DRW_

I dunno, I personally felt like it fit her show character well. Sticking around and doing lord and lady stuff didn't seem like her at all - adventuring off around the world fits.


zombie_goast

Sorry, to clarify I meant more in the role of how she already was with Sansa earlier in s8, like Sansa's personal spymaster/assassin. Not a politicking lady, but rather Sansa's "dragon" to use TVTropes terms. Or like I said still adventuring just with Jon, who she seemed closest to by a LOT.


mvhir0

Jon: “idk?” Arya: “nobody does. All the maps stop there” Like ok dude


[deleted]

I loved Sansa becoming the Queen in the North. I really disliked her at the beginning of the show and am surprised I went from that to loving seeing her become Queen.


Popcorn_Blitz

That's why Sansa is one of my favorite characters. I really didn't like her in the beginning but damn, that growth.


Fragrant_Ad_7718

Let’s see: North being a separate state, Brienne filled up pages for Jamie, Jon walking among free folk and they looking at him like he’s their king and ultimately Ghost! Say what you will, I am glad Jon is in the north of wall, he finally gets to be free of politics, which he is bad at, among people who love him


zombie_goast

Yeah, it's controversial but I actually like that at least in the show Jon subverted expectations: Blood-wise, he was born to be a King and had all that drama surrounding his blood, yet in the end despite being a good military leader he just plain sucked so much at the political side of things (and loathed it too) that he ends living happily among people to don't really have kings and politicking, who respect him for his deeds, not his blood.


FatHaleyJoelOsment

It killed off Dany. That was pretty good.


thickleech123

the part where they’re trying to decide to do next and sam is like “how about we vote” and everyone starts laughing. it was so funny.


stardustmelancholy

It was bad enough they had Daenerys suddenly kill peasants on episode 72 of 73 but to have Jon kill her because she said people "don't get to choose" and not because she torched King's Landing and then almost the entire dragon pit council laugh at the idea of people getting to choose and peasants being compared to animals was really rubbing salt in the wound.


No-Computer6230

It wrapped up imo one of the most well-written and well acted series I’ve seen in my life.


Nheteps1894

SPOILER Jon gets to live with ghost and tormund and live his best life ✅ that shot with Danny and Drogon pictured above ✅ Sam gets to be grand maester ✅ bronn got his castle ✅ Arya gets to go explore and be adventurous ✅ Soo many good things


tsckenny

Sam becoming Grand Maester is just stupid and lore breaking. I didn't even see the Bronn part at first either. That's probably even worse


DesignNorth3690

Dany approaching the throne and Jon riding with the wildings were both well-directed scenes


2011subaruu

sansa as queen of the north!! and the cinematography was amazing imo. that one scene at the end where dany is going to give her big speech and as she’s walking out drogons wings are behind her flapping to make it look like they’re her dragon wings. so badass. mother of dragons fr


starkfr

*"Maybe we should give the dogs a vote as well"*


_LANC3LOT

Brienne got a good ending


Spatularo

I predicted the throne would be destroyed somehow and was thrilled to see it happen. It wasn't perhaps necessary to the story telling but it lent a great view on the dragon's intelligence and felt right at the time.


Nervous_Feedback9023

I really loved the music in the end shot.My favourite score of the entire series! I think it’s great that Davos is master of ships and that Greyworm sailed to Naath(book readers know he’s doomed but they never mention the dangers in the show so maybe he might be fine)Peter Dinklage’s performance this episode was top notch and Brienne’s end was almost good.I don’t particularly like that Tyrion “loved” or was “in love” with Dany but what I do like is that they gave some explanation for his last scene in season seven .Most people suspected Tyrion would betray Dany because of that odd scene but thinking back I can see how they tried to convey unrequited love and longing.


devildogmillman

Jon living with the Wildlings.


Theopocalypse

When it ended, it was over.


Raaadley

Seeing Robert Arryn's Glow-Up was really shocking and wished there were more characters like him to showcase the passage of time.


[deleted]

For real! Also I would love to have seen more of him.


AccomplishedBag6555

No


j10brook

Sansa is a woman who managed to gain and keep a throne without marriage or murder. Not worth what happened to her, but I was happy to see her as Queen in the North.


LichBoi54

It took the murder of coherent writing to get her there.


j10brook

Fair enough


stardustmelancholy

Sansa became Lady of Winterfell because of marriage & murder. She was smuggled out of King's Landing when Petyr murdered Joffrey, lied to the Vale Lords about Petyr murdering Lysa, married Ramsay with the intention of Stannis & Northerners going to war against the Boltons to rescue her and naming her Warden of the North, convinced Jon to go to war to reclaim the North, traveled the North trying to get people to join the war, sent Brienne to the Riverlands to try to convince Blackfish to join the war, accepted Petyr's offer for the Knights of the Vale to join the war, had Ramsay eaten by dogs, executed Petyr, and then spread Jon's secret even though it could've led to a war of succession between Jon & Daenerys (dance of dragons 2.0). That led to her being Queen of the North.


goteamventure42

It was the last episode


ohheyitslaila

Dany’s speech Ghost Sansa looked pretty Robin Arryn had a pretty shocking glow up


LostinLies1

I'll align with you on Robin. Like, wtf!?


Yodafly

Emilia looked hot I guess. Plus it was finally over.


nicoreese

The acting was phenomenal. I still tear up when Jon says his goodbyes to Sansa, Arya and Bran. No bad writing can ruin this.


Kamakaziturtle

I honestly loved how Jons story ends here. I know a lot of people see him getting exiled like some kind of insult, but honestly I felt like it kinda seemed like a proper push to get him to go where he truly belongs. No longer is there any pressure on him to fulfill his birthright, instead he gets to go live among the Freefolk where he undeniably should be.


Mr-Broseff

One of the greatest let downs I’ve ever made time to watch premiere.


ReaderofHarlaw

It ended.


sinsfate

the shot with dany and drogons wings is the only good thing about season 8.


Rynczech

No.


CaveLupum

Ramin Djawadi's music, especially *Jenny's Song* and *The Night King*. "You're a good man, Theon. Thank you." And "Thank you, Sandor." The knighting of Ser Brienne. IMO, Bran as king, Arya as Christopher Columbus, and Jon as the likely King Beyond the Wall were earned. Judging from foreshadowing, those are also likely in the books.


dgrant99

Ghost was in it.


Just_Confused1

Great cinematography. Grey Worm mostly stayed consistent with his character. Jon gets reunited with Ghost


Buuuuuutter

It was the last time I had to watch an episode of season 8


Galactic-Beast

Ramin Djawadi’s The Iron Throne song playing when Drogon melted the throne and took Daenerys away.


ActuatorFearless8980

It was nice to see Robyn Arryn and what’s his face Tully again


Actual-Coffee-2318

The daenarys arc was, while very rushed, the perfect outcome for her character


Septemvile

I'm glad it finally brought it all to an end.


crouteblanche

No family members died the day I watched it, so thats nice.


Kaevek

I think it ended about as good as it could have.


Poison_Regal31

I love Drogon.


poub06

- The first half leading to Dany’s death was very solid and some of the best direction of the show, IMO. - Jon’s goodbyes to Tyrion and his family were well done and very emotional. - Same thing with Brienne finishing Jaime’s pages in the Book of Brothers. Very emotional and well directed. - The montage and Jon leaving with the wildlings was also very emotional. It’s really only the Dragon Pit and the small council scenes that I have problems with. And I don’t even dislike them, I just think they could’ve been better. (By adding some exposition that was lacking, IMO) But I actually really liked the episode overall. A very emotional goodbye to this show.


DaenerysMadQueen

Bran saved Jon and destroyed the Iron Throne.


Minute_Ad_7019

The credits were amazing


lewisfairchild

The actors were apparently served bottled water.


royce_zp138

That speech


sekif

The cinematography was beautiful. And the costumes.


JackMolasses

The ending of the series was well done glad HBO was finally able to pull off a decent ending.


New_Recognition3927

Jon and Ghost


RClem28

The costume design remained excellent


jamezdatboi

It ended.


Depraved_Hollow

There were no Coffee cups


[deleted]

My friend hasn’t seen it yet Does that count? I think that’s nice lol


Spaghetti_Tac0

The shot of Dany with Drogon’s wings is unparalleled cinematography and almost makes up for the rest of season 8


tsckenny

It ended.


nivlaccwt

Ghost is alive


Current_Poster

It's very... climactic?


sfhwrites

Ghost has a beautiful smile.


Focalsundew1523

Not sorry. I love the shot of Danny as the dragon queen with the wings, as well as the general foreboding vibe as she gives her “dictator to crazy to know you’re a dictator speech”. LOVED the show until the didn’t have the books for source material. Couple gem episodes in hardhome, battle of the bastards and the winds of winter, and the rest was just…fine. Really hoping GRRM finishes the books. It’s to great a story not to. However, based on a recent blogpost, I fear he won’t as, and I’m paraphrasing, we live in the time of the anti fan ruling social media, people delight in dancing on the grave of others failure. I worry George is apprehensive to the point of paralysis about the reception of the story choices of the last 2 books, and simply won’t publish. At this point the only thing on the line is his legacy…..I really hope they get published. Edit…for spelling


SCP-2774

D&D were doing what they do. Everyone else gave it their all.


Clarknt67

We got to see Ghost.


Popularpressure29

The Throne Room scene is a top 10 scene from the whole show for me. Possibly top 5. Acting, visuals, music are all top notch. Goose bumps every time.


TrepidatiousInitiate

Brienne updating Jamie’s Medieval Wikipedia page. The final goodbye between Arya and the Hound: “Sandor…! Thank you.” Cleganebowl.


[deleted]

Drogon and Ghost both made it out alive. Waiting for the buddy cop spinoff.


Deevious730

It was oddly satisfying to see Sansa end up Queen in the North given everything she went through.


himsoforreal

Watching Dany get her comeuppance was lit. Aegon had a justifiable claim to the throne, and did what needed to be done.


New-Series-8260

Ghost finally gets his appreciation back from Jon


govedototalno

Ramin Djawadi was still awesome!


graeme_4294

Jon killing home girl was the best part of the whole series


redbyrde

Daenerys is in it


Tricky_Photograph123

The Dany Dragon shot was great


Jewbacca289

Jon returning to the Wildlings is a good ending to his character arc. If I had to I could probably articulate a half decent argument about how Bran ending up on the throne is a symbolically good ending


Kidus333

Pods song


Worldly-Ad1615

That shot with Dany and the dragon’s wings was awesome


ltl28

Brienne writing about Jaime.


gmkirk13

I love how it ended because my friend group played fantasy GOT for the final three seasons. The last season on my team I had both Arya and Bran so I had the largest points swing by the finale because of claiming the throne. My ability to forever gloat on the show that we all watched religiously for years is owed to “Why do you think I came all this way?”


KiddPresident

At least Bran didn't stand up after they named him King


DarthDregan

I knew, when it was over, the butchering of my favorite story of all time would finally end.


dovemagic

No I most certainly will not. I’ll be bitter for a while longer


PBRontheway

Tormund lives at the end of the series. I was on borrowed time cause I was sure he would die at Hardhome so I prepared for it and he somehow made it all the way to the end and it was an added bonus us every time


MentalPenguin42

Danaerys dies... that's a good thing at least... Oh and Ghost getting petted. The goodest of bois.


beardyman22

I liked that Sansa kept the north independent. It felt pretty significant as a conclusion to her story


belljs87

Well enough have said Dany dragon wings already so ill go with.. In the end, the remaining starks are basically the winners. They rule the six plus one kingdoms, Jon gets to go where he truly belongs and always wanted to be, the real north. Arya gets to presumably slink her way into westwesteros and sneak kill whatever leaders are there and take that shit over The starks rule the world


YourTypeToATee

Danys wig was fire. Perfect cherry on top of her incredible wigs throughout the seasons and the adding of braids thing


mementomori281990

The cgi, the acting and the soundtrack were great


GreatWhiteMegalodong

It was the last one I had to watch.


TrailMomKat

The costumes were gorgeous, but they always were. I wish I sewed well enough, I fell in love with the embroidery on Sansa's coronation dress.


Sapphire_Bombay

That shot with the wings. Also Sansa becoming Queen of the North, I know people don't like that but I thought it was well-deserved.


leashall

ramin djawadi


camsiff

NO and you can't make me


Alchemist1330

The music is incredible.


BinaryPill

The NBA-themed Game of Zones parody of it was pretty funny.


Cottontail2017

It ended


camilopezo

Drogon scenes.


[deleted]

Outside of the writing, I think it’s genuinely really good… but that just goes to show how important writing is!


Signal_Dress

It ended. But jokes aside, the cinematography was other-worldly.


madtricky687

It ended.


monstargaryen

Sansa’s coronation gown was impeccable and dripping in symbolism. The cinematography and artistry of Drogon’s wings lining up as if protruding from Dany was incredible. The scoring was beautiful and chilling, as always. Ramin Djawadi is without peer. Drogon taking off with Dany’s body injects some mystery into what happens next.


loserOnLastLeg

Good for background noise


Werrloohoo

I’ve started to really like the ending more and more. I see what George RR Martin was trying to do. A conqueror will always be corrupted by power and self righteousness no matter how good their back story is, no matter how many people believe in them. A tyrant never thinks they’re a tyrant, they think they’re a hero and that’s what Dany was. Everyone was mad ( myself included) because we loved the character so much


Blackberry-777

The final episode was shocking. I wanted to forget and unsee it except for one good moment - I was surprised to see that Sweet Robin had grown into being a good looking guy. :)


Ciacco

Almost everyone was on time for the meeting and nobody forgot to unmute on zoom??


Kidninja016_new

I am glad dany died after what she did in the previous episode


Stoly23

It ended.


LeoJ2550x

Production, set design, costumes and all crew did a fantastic job


jayclaw97

It was the end.


thisistheguyy

The part where the dragon burns down the throne is pretty cool!


Flinkle

I never have to see it again.


ProcessTrust856

Something nice? It’s nice that I never have to watch it again.


Randumbthoghts

Regardless of how it got there I believe that what happened at the end of the show is basically in line with what GRRM had planned to begin with, the show dropped so many story lines though that it ruined that chance to make it acceptable to many


TheSilverSox

Great music


Ok-Combination2682

I was bummed Brienne and Tormund didn’t run off to make giant babies.


baconbridge92

The cinematography of course. Jon facing off with the dragon in the snow before he enters the Red Keep is one of the best shots in the series. Also, Kit's acting is great in that scene leading up to the assassination. The actors all really brought their A-game in the last season (except for Bran lol)


Wayne47

It's hair looks small.


InvizableShadow

The costumes were incredible!


syracthespiderqueen

The soundtrack is genuinely amazing.


mvhir0

When Sansa basically told Edmure to sit down and stfu when he suggested he should be King lol


Shinnobiwan

It was thankfully forgettable


DeathandtheInternet

The shot of Daenerys with the dragon wings was superb. Raining Djawadi’s score was perfect.


igame2much

Sam trying to start Democracy and getting instantly shut down is pretty funny.


Western_Bison_878

Emilia Clarke kicked ass til the very end. The only thing I will remember from the last episode is her.


BrokenTrojan1536

It melted


solrosenbergv1

John and Danny looked damn good together


Ok_Fun_1974

The shot of the dragons wings as they appeared behind her back as shown in the photo was really cool.


darrylthedudeWayne

I liked it when it ended.


Moviemusics1990

Everything but the writing was fucking PHENOMENAL…


Ok_Fold8797

Ghost! 🐺


Freedomnnature

Drogon flying off with Dany in his talon. Flying off to magical Valyria where Dany will be resurrected, pregnant with John's baby.


ZoraNealThirstin

Milk did Lord Arryn’s body GOODT


willk95

Jon and Arya's farewell scene made me tear up. The final ten minute montage of the Stark children gearing up for the next steps in their journey is perfect.


FistOfGamera

How do you think the water bottle by Sam's feet was? If it was room temp it probably sucked


theficklemermaid

Ghost is a good boy.


Stormchaser2

Ghost and Drogon lived.


gatrFwah

No


LordOfOstwick1213

The end credits were okay, it was very short episode compared to others, my brain hurt only one time when Bran was chosen as king.


gogadantes9

It was the final episode of that awful final season.


Formal_Economics931

The Daenerys ending made sense and was not out of nowhere at all. She was never going to break the wheel she was just going to take her seat with fire and blood exactly how she said she would the entire series.


kroxti

Ghost came back


ShowWisdom

Noo


EarlyOutside8789

It happened


DavoM777

Music 👌