Fair warning for HEAVY spoilers and that this is a bit of a long read!
Season 8 Episode 2 of Game of Thrones, and especially it’s accompanying song Jenny of Oldstones” first sung by Podrick by the fire, then even more beautifully in the credits by Florence and the Machine was the last time Game of Thrones could be considered decent television. It was obvious the show had fallen off in the 7th season, but we had run out of book material, and a drop in quality was expected.
I was certainly not actively angry at the show at the point of season 8 episode 2. Even though I disliked some of the things that happened in later seasons, I was still a fan. A fan with a few bones to pick, but a fan. Episode 2 and its accompanying song brought nostalgia, fantastic tension building, real emotion and even some character development to a show that had been sorely lacking in those departments for a while. It was a slow but very refreshing episode, and the song Jenny of Oldstones really drove home the carnage to be expected when the Army of the Dead arrived.
Then they arrived. I’ll admit watching Episode 3 for the first time was enjoyable. I actually cheered when Arya stabbed the Night King. It was well shot except for the dragon sequences and their lighting issues and for the most part it was a really good battle episode of Game of Thrones. There were plot holes yes, but after season 7 I was still willing to roll with it. But once you start to break down what you’ve seen, the plot holes become just too enormous to ignore, and it becomes abundantly clear this show was probably not going to end well.
Episodes 4-6 to confirmed that theory. Every Episode was like a tidal wave of major unexplained and unearned character changes and contrived plot points. Danny becomes the mad queen out of nowhere. Jon who was once one of the best characters on the show now just walks around saying “she is my queen.” and “I don’t want it!”. The worst offense had to be Bran becoming King out of nowhere turning the entire show on its head. Basically the last 3 episodes were a dumpster fire where it became impossible to suspend our disbelief any longer.
Jenny of Oldstones was an unintentional funeral mass for a show we all loved, and we never wanted to leave. Unfortunately, we had to.
Submitted August 01, 2020 at 12:18AM by SimpleRickC135 https://ift.tt/3jU3uCt
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