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Game of Thrones – Season 8, Episode 6 The Iron Throne

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Game of Thrones – Season 8, Episode 6

The Iron Throne

Aired May 19, 2019

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Fantasy

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After much turmoil and bloodshed across the Seven Kingdoms, the battle for the Iron Throne comes to an end, and the kingdom's true fate is revealed.

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If nothing else, "The Iron Throne" is a bittersweet -- if unfortunately bland -- series finale that ensures Game of Thrones fans will linger on the fate of their favorite characters for some time. Will they ever be satisfied by the show's conclusions? Ask us again in 10 years.

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Lena Headey

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Eric Deggans

NPR

11/23/2019

We saw big moments, like the death of heroine-turned-despite Daenerys Targaryen. They happened quickly, and they kind of seemed anticlimactic.

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Hugo Rifkind

The Times (UK)

05/26/2019

Lots of epic shows feel a little underpopulated towards the end but there's really no excuse for something as mythic, huge and mesmerising to end as disappointingly as this.

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Sam Adams

Slate

05/23/2019

It's an ending only a writer could love.

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Bill Brioux

Brioux.tv

11/02/2022

This pedestrian ending, however, is what you get when you don’t wait for the author to finish his novel.

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Christopher Hooton

NME (New Musical Express)

07/14/2021

What an enjoyable show it's been, and what silly fun dissecting it, but this final run sunk its ambitions toward prestige TV status into the snow.

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Fausto Ponce

Alta Fidelidad Magazine

04/26/2021

The complex narrative rich in symbols and surprises was simplified in such a way that the creators gave us a compliant, straight-forward and simplistic ending. [Full review in Spanish]

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Synopsis

After much turmoil and bloodshed across the Seven Kingdoms, the battle for the Iron Throne comes to an end, and the kingdom's true fate is revealed.

Director: David Benioff, D.B. Weiss
Executive Producer: David Benioff, D.B. Weiss, Carolyn Strauss, Guymon Casady, Vince Gerardis, Ralph Vicinanza, George R.R. Martin
Screenwriter: David Benioff, D.B. Weiss
Network: HBO
Rating: TV-MA
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Original Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2019