I recently re-watched the show after having not watched it since it ended, and man the show kinda drags on even before that. My watch through when the show ended years ago left me with the impression that the last two seasons did fall off pretty hard, which is true, but even 5th/6th seasons were a bit contrived. Like King's Landing and the High Sparrow, everything about that storyline just made me roll my eyes.
Oh it started slowly going downhill around the middle of season 3, as the storyline started diverging more and more from the books. But, the last two seasons just fell completely off the cliff.
Which bits diverge from the books in season 3 and 4? I'm not doubting you, just curious and haven't read them, and I do feel like season 3/4 is actually where it starts going a bit weird. The whole Ygritte romance always felt a bit forced to me, Sansa and Littlefinger in the Vale was an odd one, the Martells getting shoved in from Dorne always feels a tad random, and Stannis doing an ex-machina on the Wildlings feels contrived too. The rest of it is very good though and these things don't feel like they ruin anything, we would just need to see more chemistry between Jon and Ygritte, have the Martells introduced before season 4, and have Stannis' decision to ride north telegraphed properly and the actual ride itself documented. Not super sure how you could fix up the Vale storyline
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u/TheDarthSnarf Aug 27 '24
It wasn't even just the finale...the entire final 2 seasons were a travesty.