I don’t know why I feel the need to defend the show so much but I’m really, really not convinced with some of the above criticisms ^
Without Jon being brought back, they wouldn’t have had any army against the night king. Also, he did kill Danny. Pretty relevant I think?
The night king wasn’t filler. If they didn’t defeat him, everything would have ended / died.
Danny “turning into hitler”... as others have pointed out she’s been ultra hot headed for almost the entire show. Burning down castles is not outside the realms of GOT lore - Harenhall anyone?
Gendry was a still *******. He was only reinstated to a full Baratheon by Danny (not really much once she lost all her allies). Plus does Gendry really strike you as the person that wanted to be king? I mean, I voted that Gendry would be on the throne at the end in this thread, but I’m not disappointed that he wasn’t.
The unsullied only do as they are told. That’s what they are born to do. They don’t have any decision making capacity. They were ordered to kill prisoners. Nobody ordered them to kill Jon. They nevertheless took him prisoner and Grey Worm, clearly upset, demanded his death from the other lords. Dothraki couldn’t organise their way out of a paper bag and have historically had little desire to ride around and plunder. An unsullied and dothraki army going on tour without Danny.... nope.
I think some of you are being very overzealous. However here are fair criticisms of the show:
Increased plot pace meant that some side plots were notably underdeveloped (i.e. Bron) and the main plot did accelerate at a previously unseen pace, which clearly people didn’t like.
Bran was incredibly underdeveloped, possibly as a result of the increased pace. I doubt the books would do this even if the ending was the same.
Plot armour in the battle of winterfell was a bit jarring.
Just call me the GOT defender