FIRST TIME WATCHING: GOT S8E6 (SERIES FINALE)!!!

It's not that it's COMPLETELY out of nowhere, they were starting to lay the foundations for it, but they ramped it up far too quickly. It needed far more time. This is a known fact, as they were perfectly well set to have a couple extra seasons (GRR Martin wanted them to, he knew it wasn't ready, and he said as much after this aired) , but around the time of season 6/7 they decided they would speed things up and just finish it, due to the showrunners wanting to move on to something else. So it's not like people are pulling that out of nowhere. It's based on the original writers thoughts, the show writers intentions, and the obvious feeling that gave the viewers when probably their favourite character suddenly ramped up their evil to 11 so quickly

Balkyne

Lol I know it's been years so it doesn't matter anymore but I laugh every time someone says mone of this makes sense. Deanerys been ruthless since season 1 when she burned that witch alive. Nobody cared when she was killing slavers and other random people we had no attachment too in Essos. She arrives to Westeros and kills a few people we like and all of a sudden it's "outta knowhere" pay attention folks. She said in the episode itself 'let it be fear then'. She all but told us her plan and everyone like "she switched up"

ConsciousChronicle143

S1: Winter is coming S2: Winter is coming S3: Winter is coming S4: Winter is coming S5: Winter is coming S6: Winter is coming S7: Winter is almost here S8: Winter is here and so is Spring...

Essero Eson

she likes the show, she just doesnt get why the writing was so bad, just like all of us

Alberto De La O

Yeah, although they leave out alot and the timeline is so fast it does seem like she just snaps into evil mode. I think we all agree they rushed the last 2 seasons and pretty much botched the final two episodes. I do like her character arch in the end because it kind of follows the "absolute power corrupts absolutely" thing, but they did it so lazily

Caleb

i came to comment this XD

Caleb

"dragons are intelligent, more intelligent than men according to some maesters...." Drogon was intelligent enough to realize it was the obsession with the Iron Throne that killed his "mother".

John Richards

The wisdom of making Bran king becomes clear at the first small council meeting of his reign, which did not require a Master of Whisperers or a Master of War.

John Richards

It's NOT ridiculous for Bran to send Jon exactly where he actually wants to go - Jon did not want to rule or be ruled, sending him to the wall is simply a way to let Jon live as a free man. There is no threat that the Night's Watch has to guard against, so there is really not a Night's Watch.

John Richards

I understand the complaints about the way the story is told over the last 2 seasons - they switched from a detailed narrative to focus on visual spectacle. Some of the writing fails - Bran's line after being asked to rule lands with a complete thud. But I have to complain about some of the complaints, like the complaint about Dany's "sudden turn". She had been promising to burn cities to the ground since arriving at Qarth at the start of season 2.

John Richards

I'd highly recommend Lindsay Ellis' excellent retrospective two-parter examining what and why the show went offkey as time went on. It's a really interesting watch. Sopranos spoilers around the 30min mark in the first video. She warns about it in advance, but worth mentioning here too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hys_m3BPTS8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGr0NRx3TKU

Śéáń

Think it's the writing, They made him see everything, but tell only cliff hangers. It would have made more sense if he was still developing his abilities and didn't just instantly see everything.

Todd Madison

The problem though is they never setup for that payoff, which honestly is kinda the whole problem for season 8. Twists and turns are nice and all, but you need to match them with character motivations. Maybe one of the dragons is killed in a trick from the Red Keep... then BBQ happens, little things like that.

Todd Madison

I think the fact that Drogon destroyed the Throne shows he knew exactly what it meant. It had been brought up before we didn't know the extent of their intelligence. I feel like you're assuming he's an just an animal and he's not.

Bartman

God I had forgotten how bad the finale actually was, I was still steaming from Episode 5 so I was just numb for the finale. I still can't believe how badly they fucked up this amazing show.

Caedyn

I love how fans of the final season automatically go to the YoUrE JuSt StuPid defense for anyone who didn't enjoy it. People didn't like it because it was a incoherent mess with some of the worst dialogue in the history of writing. The fact there is no more Night's Watch and Jon was sent to the Night's Watch for his crimes just proves even more how fn dumb the writing for season 8 was.

Caedyn

One episode, yes indeed; a tough one.

Michael Labs

Baby girl that's ash not snow. The harsh winter went away when the Night King died.

Nettles

I like all 8 seasons 🤷‍♂️

Michael Patrick

You can't say that Bran has the best story when the character wasn't even in season 5. Also, can Bran see the future? When he says why do you think I came all this way, did he know Dany was going to kill everyone then? I also just hate the character of Bran. Not sure if it's the character or the actor's portrayal but he just gave me nothing in the later seasons.

Corey

Tyrion explains it clearly that there will always need to be a place where society sends outcasts, thieves, and all their other broken citizens. What the nights watch was and what it is or isn't now is mostly semantics. Yes, it's a little weak tea to say that Jon has to go away simply because the unsullied hate him. But it's the only place he could be happy in the end anyways. He was destroyed by his choice to kill Dany. He needed to go, and his friends and family found a way to get him there. He didn't want to be king, especially not after killing Dany. It would have made even less sense to make him take it.

Jeff Waite

I had to stop watching the reactions after season 7. From the comments, you weren’t a fan either. I never read the books but will consider if GRRM ever finishes. Hopefully a long ass book can flesh out the story even if it ends the same. I can’t understand commenters who think you are being too critical. Her reactions are genuine and in the moment. Pretty sure that is the point of a reaction video. I don’t want Nat censoring herself for the audience.

Christina

Child? Just unsub already. We don't need your nasty attitude around here.

WackySwacky

And are you really doing the "I know you are but what am I?" What a child lol.

Derik Knutson

Unlike Game of Thrones, I hadn't seen her reaction yet. So I'm not sure how I would know if she hated it or not. I'm not psychic. You've seen this season, and apparently hate it, and yet you're still here watching a reaction to it lol. If you can't even understand basic logic like that, then you have no place arguing about a tv show's logic.

Derik Knutson

Why are you here? If you hate Nat's reactions so much, why not move on with your life and watch reactions from people you like? It's actually pretty pathetic.

WackySwacky

Why are you here? If you hate it so much, why not move on with your life and watch reactions to things you like? It's actually pretty pathetic.

Derik Knutson

Nothing made sense. Get over yourself.

WackySwacky

Like even Arya exploring what's west of Westeros was touched on in a previous season. Just because you don't remember doesn't mean it comes out of nowhere.

Derik Knutson

Like even the things that make sense you have just decided beforehand that nothing is going to make sense. It's beyond annoying. You seriously need to get over yourself.

Derik Knutson

The reason the Night's Watch was created was to protect the Realms of Men against the White Walkers. Since the White Walkers all died, the Night's Watch has no reason to exist anymore. So it doesn't make sense to send Jon over to the Night Watch. Jon also has no reason to listen to Greyworm's wishes, since Greyworm commands a single decimated army that is no longer even in Westeros. All of the other Lords have no reason to hate Jon. His existence as a Targaryen promises them all that Dany would have, except Jon isn't a mad women who massacred an entire city for no reason at all. Jon was an easy choice for King of the seven Kingdoms. Also, Jon was still technically the King in the North when he was following Dany and bafflingly no one in the North cares at all that Jon was imprisoned and banished to the Wall, even though he was basically elected by popular vote. Yara forgets that her only reason for supporting Dany was for the Iron Islands to be an independent kingdom. For some reason the North is allowed to sucede when in reality this would cause all of the other Kingdoms to also seek independence. Arya received no consequences for committing mass murder and massacring an entire house. I could go on but why bother.

WackySwacky

It's one thing not to like a season or episode more than others. But if you literally do nothing but complain for over an hour, I don't understand how anyone can enjoy it. There are plenty of things to still like about the show. Only sadists watch a whole reaction to revel in complaining. I truly don't get the point. Unsub.

Derik Knutson

NOTHING makes sense?? Like literally NOTHING? Hyperbole doesn't make you more correct.

Derik Knutson

Peter I don't think you understood the ending of BSG at all.

Jeff Waite

It's too predictable but didn't see kaleesi's death, jon joining the nights watch, arya sailing west, sansa queen in the north or bran becoming king? She's shocked to see Tormund at Castle Black even though he explicitly said in the previous episode that's what he was going to do? And there are NO more nights watch. They all died. He's starting a new version-- whatever that's gonna be. I completely understand being frustrated by the compressed nature of the last two seasons-- I wish they'd taken longer also. But her complaints are silly and she simply can't follow simple information from episode to episode. I've been a long patron of Nat, but this stuff is getting old.

Jeff Waite

@SirDalagad Martin hasn't finished the books yet, he still has 2 more to write. Also, and SPOILERS for the books: <strike>Beric isn't present at the final battle with the White Walkers. He dies after the Red Wedding when he "breathes life" back into Catelyn Stark (yes, she survives in the books). </strike>

WackySwacky

agreed. but it's so well edited and put together that everyone who loves the show should give it a watch.

Mister Lou

Watching it after season 6 is really the sweet spot for maximum impact for that video. Watching after the show ends is a complete waste.

DeadNotSleeping

It's been a long and wild ride. Thanks Natalie. I agree with you on Beric Dondarrion. I'm a huge fan of Arya, but I'd have liked seeing her being successful in the general battle, dropping white walkers to kill their zombie groups, and let Beric be the one. He was the alternate version of the lord of light's prophesied champion with a flaming sword. Melisandre was wrong to think the champion was Stannis, and it would've been great to have Beric take out the Night King instead of Stannis as well. I haven't read the last book, so maybe George R.R. Martin went that way. Can't wait to find out.

Sir_Dalagad

Well it actually did. The revelation of Jon's parentage and theoretical claim to the throne was one of the precipitating factors in Dany's losing her shit.

Derik Knutson

Likewise unfortunately.

Ryan Pascall

Not that it mattered much in the show.

WackySwacky

please tell me, now you're finally going to check out R + L = J

Mister Lou

thank you for asking literally every question you asked during this episode because like, yeah... why?

Rick Orange

I actually liked the ending.. Natalie said a lot of things were predictable but all the things that happen at the end was far from predictable. khaleesi or john getting the throne would have been predictable. I can understand why ppl have been upset about it but i honestly enjoyed it.. The lighting is the only issue a bit too dark with the night scenes.

Jonathan

I don't understand... Did you expect GOT to have a happy ending? The same show that has had endless plot twists and turns, that always subverts expectations, these stories that come from George RR and what he's presented so far... the same show that shockingly killed Ned, Rob, Catelyn, direwolfs, love interests etc... to end on a happy note? Dany and jon happily ruling together? Yes things progressed quickly because of the last 2 seasons but this feels overtly critical.

mcb

The boys, invincible for next super hero series in marvel down time. Machine gun preacher is really good, and you can watch Rose red for Natmare Season

devin flynn

To kill a million people cuz someone else killed your friend is a disgusting overreaction.

My_Cousin_Mose

Dragon burning th throne because of symbolism is retarded. Jon killed his momma right in front of him. So dumb.

My_Cousin_Mose

Dany "talked" about burning a lot but her actions told a different story. She spent years fighting against slavery and injustice. She even locked her dragons up cuz they (supposedly) killed 1 child. This was a complete breaking of her character. The seeds may have been there but they were never grown.

My_Cousin_Mose

The Expanse is amazing, one of the best sci-fi dramas in a long time. The sixth (and supposedly last) season should come out end of this year, but the timing of watching it could be important depending on how you plan to watch/release.

Johnny

What a baby, lol

Rifendoor

@Richard Yeah, there's a huge gap between "I'm gonna kill Cersei and all her Golden Company and guards anyway" and "I've destroyed anything that can hurt me but we're gonna do some strafing runs down these alleyways and torch what are clearly women and children."

Troy B.

LOL @ "Is this supposed to be a Moment? 'Cause I'm not feelin' it..." Also, when Bran said "Why do you think I came all this way?" I thought, "Wait... is THIS why he told people the truth about Jon? Did he know this would happen? Can he see the future too?"

Troy B.

I don't know if anyone shared this, but: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAhKOV3nImQ

Troy B.

I have to say, knowing what I know now about where the show ended up, the episodes and events leading up to That Event™ take on a whole new light, where I can at least get a sense of what they were trying to hint at, however rushed and clumsily, whereas when I saw it in realtime I was in denial and thought we were being "tricked" into thinking where things were heading before the twist, but the twist was that there was no twist.

Troy B.

Someone spreading that old SW rumor again.... Nope, had nothing at all to do with how GoT ended. Nothing but internet nonsense....smh

Brian Jones

Yes and also 144 episodes long.

Paul Gibbons

216 Stargate episodes if Nat did 2 a week that's 2 years worth 3 if you added Atlantis it would be 3! Can people stop asking for huge shows anything over 60 eps is too long, I'd love X-files but it ain't happening and nor should it.

Paul G

ten seasons.... TEN SEASONS!!! love me some Stargate but that franchise would take an eternity to get through. If you count Atlantis and Universe that makes 17 Seasons in total.

WackySwacky

Buffy the vampire slayer is an amazing show, the first season is abit campy but fun and it was the late 90s.

mother of harleys

David King She burn the women who killed her husband and murder her unborn children..... pretty legit I think

Daniel Vezina

I’d like to make a recommendation of Stargate (SG-1 at least) for a new series to watch, personally it was a big part of my childhood growing up, and is a pretty good series to boot!

James Carus

And after he tries to burn him, Drogon gives a little shrug and eats him instead. Let's see him come back from that.

Richard Maurer

And she could have easily done that without murdering innocents. No one would have questioned her for killing Cersi.

Richard Maurer

Who murdered the man she loved. You make it sound like she burned her for being a rape victim.

Richard Maurer

Some shows I'd like you to watch: Naruto/Naruto Shippuden Invincible The Boys Battlestar Galactica - 2004, not 1978 (unless you want to watch some cringe TV) Buffy the Vampire Slayer And for your other Youtube channel - Pitch Meeting: GoT Season 8 - it's hilarious and very true at the same time.

Richard Maurer

LOL, the only word I can agree with you on is "insanely". As in season 8 was insanely bad.

Richard Maurer

Jeff Slocum - Any thing she did or wanted to do during the series was in keeping with what any other of the conquers in GoT did, except she was more compassionate to the downtrodden. She destroyed those who opposed her, punished harshly evildoers and traitors, etc. - all typical behavior of rulers in her world. I mean Ned Stark beheaded a man for desertion in the first episode, so I guess he was on the road to being a psychopath too? I still see no justification for her murdering the people of Kings Landing when Cersi was easily available to her, other than bad writing, and possible undertones of misogyny .

Richard Maurer

Unstable, maybe. Psychopath, no. I'm not really sure how she is any more "unstable" than any other of the main characters, but being slightly unstable is accountable for considering her life. Her going from a person who always showed compassion for downtrodden to a person who murders them in fit of rage, especially when her rage was directed at Cersi, was just bad writing, pure and simple.

Richard Maurer

Any plans on watching THE LAST WATCH documentary, I feel it was the best part of season 8. You’ll love it And shows it think that you will like Nat, HIS DARK MATERIALS - I’ve never been so sure of a show that’s a perfect fit for Natalie BLACK SAILS - a personal favourite of mine as I’m a pirate historian in my part time. - what this has over Thrones is a great conclusion. THE 100 - I’ve put other reactors onto this show and they can’t stop themselves binge watching the show, they love it a thank me all the time.

RebRox65

First of all, Dany has talked about burning cities to the ground since season 2 or something. Secondly, this episode was insanely good. It did have some issues but was still amazing imo.

Edwin Bertilsson

I think Arya killing the Night King was a great choice. From the very first season Arya has been dealing with the god of death, starting with Syrio, to Jaquen giving her 3 deaths to give back, to losing almost her whole family, to training to be a faceless man to serve the god of death. Her killing the most literal god of death the show has is fitting

Collin

she realized it meant she lost the chance to kill Cersei and didnt want to let mercy stop her

Collin

David King It's weird when people say that because they have to ignore the fact that the show almost entirely ignored 90% of both Books 4 and 5. Yes, they massively diverged from the books. Please go and look up on the ASOIAF wiki or YouTube the amount of stuff they either cut out or completely altered from the books.

WackySwacky

She burned a rape victim alive 1st season.

David King

guess you never read the 4th and 5th book to some stupid things like that

Daniel Vezina

It's because nothing makes sense , wake up dude

Daniel Vezina

She has always been unstable.

David King

How do you diverge from books that don't exist.

David King

Yeah, think it is time to UnSub. Not liking a show is not the same as "nothing makes sense"

David King

hard agree on this. taking time to develop these things with more seasons could have made literally all the plot points totally cool with me. If we actually believed in jon and dany's relationship the way we believed him and ygritte, or jamie and brienne even, for example. just that alone was a huge problem that would have been rectified by giving them time to form a genuine-feeling relationship

Kenneth thomas

There are things in this season I loved, things that were silly (hard agree on the "north will remain an independent kingdom" part, i was waiting for someone else to go "hold up, is that an option?!" lmao) Some of the stuff that frustrated you was more explainable than you picked up on and i'm sure you'll get some flack for that in the comments but it doesn't matter, there was obviously a lot of weird unexcusable logic and pacing problems in the big picture. But HELL YES on BERIC should have killed the night king hahaaaaa I would have shit myself in celebration

Kenneth thomas

For all the complaints about the final season - and there are many, it doesn't change the fact that the show was absolutely seminal - we can thank it for expensive fantasy series getting greenlit like Witcher, The Dark Tower, the new Lord of the Rings series, the Wheel of Time, etc. This show proved that such expensive risks could be incredibly lucrative and paved the way for all that is to come. Moreover, there were so many, many incredible moments throughout the first seven seasons of the show that no half-hearted ending could ever take away from me, from Hold the Door to the Red Wedding to Dany freeing the Unsullied to Arya's... everything. The ending was a disappointment, but most great series have disappointing endings (it wasn't Battlestar Galactica bad, after all) and I'm grateful both for the journey and the legacy that GoT leaves behind.

Ellis Hugh

Don't know if it's already been recommended, but as a great cap to finishing the show, I would love to see your reaction to the GOT S8 Pitch Meeting by Ryan George from Screen Rant. : )

radiofrog

She could post 2 episodes, 3 days a week to get 6 a week. I mean, I'll watch whatever because she's the best, but how bout a show where she can laugh more and cry less?

Joe Blankenship

She hasn't seen Better Call Saul. That would actually be perfect because the final season is coming next year.

Joe Blankenship

*Nightwalkers

Joe Blankenship

The episodes are much shorter than GOT episodes. Most are going to be about 22-25 minutes long whereas GOT episodes are 50-90 minutes long. Obviously she's not going to post Brooklyn 99 episodes 6 days a week. I also think Brooklyn 99 is more bingeable than GOT since it's mostly light-hearted humor. She could finish it in about the same amount of time as GOT.

Ilsuk Yang

Unsubbing. Just because something is bad, doesnt mean critical analysis gets kicked into overdrive. Dragons are show to be intelligent throughout the show. Daenerys' signs have been there for seasons, and Tyrion's speech shows how it's all subjective. But I think I'm done now unless another new show gets picked up .

Owen James McBrearty

It took 7 months to finish GoT. At 2 episodes a day, 6 a week, you could finish B99 faster than GoT.

Joe Blankenship

Jeff E

They gave them a budget for the season they cut the episodes to up the budget for each of them. Exactly the reason the've said Westworld will not go past 6 seasons the've learnt a lesson.

Paul G

153 current episodes! No way Jose.

Paul G

You feeling alright lol

Paul G

It is absolutely ludicrous, and all I can do is laugh when I see it now, that Bran became king. Not only was he the main character that fans cared about the least and the most boring storyline in the entire show, but he's also the character that the showrunners thought so little of that they decided he didn't need to be on the show for an entire season. Also, he made it clear about a hundred times in the last two seasons that he is no longer Brandon Stark, no longer a man, he isn't a Lord and he can't be one because he's the three-eyed Raven, etc etc. The showrunners just absolutely destroyed 7 1/2 seasons of incredible television. The last two or three episodes are blasphemous compared to the rest of the series. What an awful ending to one of the best television shows of all time.

Jeff E

I actually agree with Paul here. Agents got ruined after a few seasons and now it's not even canon.

WackySwacky

The White Walkers causing the long seasons is pure conjecture. No one knows why the seasons are so long.

WackySwacky

Third for The Witcher.

WackySwacky

The Witcher would be a good Monster of the Week show for Halloween.

WackySwacky

Thanks Nat for watching GoT. What a ride. Wish the final seasons were better. They did their best with what they had. Looking forward to what comes next.

Tranquil_Gnome

Very Very true. Although in GOT you can just kill them lol. But definitely that is the biggest issue and probably what lead to it stopping after 8 episodes. Well that and HBO not wanting to pay that much out for each episode.

Jeff Slocum

I would love for you to react to The Witcher with season 2 starting in december you'd have plenty of time to finish season 1

FateMalone

Hardest thing about watching GOT with you, is the possible Spoilers, especially breadcrumbs that could put some context on Season 7-8, even if they were clutching at straws reasons for most people. You rolled your eyes so many times when Bran was in an episode, and we all knew he'd be King. LOL.

Niall

Oh gosh, is she ready for that? It gets rough later into the show.

Laura Thornley

It's not that she or those that agree with her statements "like everything to be predictable". But I feel the writing on each of those things was bad. They were too focused on "subverting expectations ". Surprises are great but good writing is better. I'd rather have a well written predictable ending than a dumb one I didn't see coming.

My_Cousin_Mose

Second for The Witcher. Its actually genuinely funny at times too.

Laura Thornley

Michael, I'm not sure if Jon not wanting to be king is that important. He's Ned Stark's son (adopted) and his honor might have compelled him. Plus the best rulers are often those who don't want to rule.

My_Cousin_Mose

Jeff, I have no idea what the original plan was I've seen everything from 8, 9, 10 and 12 seasons mentioned, fact is cast only signed to 6 which is standard practice everything beyond becomes more problematic.

Paul G

All the major trades said they stepped away from Star Wars not the other way round.

Paul G

PREACH!

My_Cousin_Mose

Not with 136 episodes, too much time not worth it considering its not strictly cannon anymore.

Paul Gibbons

Nat gets scared by her own shadow I'm not sure on that.

Paul Gibbons

They were making an example of Lidice to show what happened to people who resisted after Heydrich's assassination as they were known to be harbouring partisans.

Paul G

a couple of fun shows you could look in to if you want some shows Rick and morty The expanse (havent seen it heard good things and would love the reason to watch) invincible the boys the marvel netflix shows Avatar the last air bender ( and korra by extension) Lost Black sails just a few people have suggested heaps of great shows

Ben Gilshenan

I'll bet my left nut Rahkeem isn't on the $10 level.

Paul G

What I noticed for the first time watching this finale is that the final sequence of shots has Jon coming out of the tunnel under the Wall and going into the woods just north of the Wall with the wildlings - matching the beginning sequence of the first shots in the first show.

Mike LL

Good point, but the show doesn't seem to make that distinction (I greatly dislike the Kingsmoot scene in the show, so I might have zoned out).

Marc Van de Klashorst

But don't you think the best person to rule is the one who doesn't want it? - Varys, 301 AC

Marc Van de Klashorst

The irony is that D&D didn't even get that job because of the mess they made of GoT. They should have passed it on to others if they didn't want to finish the job.

Laura Thornley

Dyko, I'd forgotten about that one. Hate it when characters just show up like that trying to change plot when they do.

Paul G

Play The Game Of Thrones and you live or die..

Paul G

finale* (i need more coffee)

SmokeAndACoffee

Oh geez! lol.... I had actually completely forgotten about that episode! I started watching BSG right after season 2 ended, then followed it until the series finally. I've probably rewatched it at least half-a-dozen times since then (probably more) and I ALWAYS skip that episode completely! LOL xD But yea, BSG is one of those that is pretty awesome through-and-through. I did feel the later half of season 3 felt a bit slow, but *SORTA SPOILER, BUT NOT REALLY*...... I feel it helped give the viewer that sense of "gods will this ever end?" feeling that everyone in the fleet must have been feeling at that point.

SmokeAndACoffee

that day player Laura Elphinstone was in Line of Duty and Chernobyl and GoT within the same week so yea 2019 was a good year for her I suppose :D

Krystal

@JonathanBeeGood: Dude, that's like blaming the Czech resistance for the Lidice massacre.

RE

Don't get me wrong I think the last 2 seasons were rushed and a lot of things did not make sense but Danny was not one of them IMO. I think a lot of the issue is that the books were not done caused a lot of the issues. Also def agree on the D&D thing. I love long campaigns over one shots. Gives you time to get to know so much of the characters, etc. I think if they would have gone the original 12 Season (I think that was the original plan) would have been much better and they would not have painted themselves into a corner. But once they came up with the ending date that was the date and they def rushed things. Personally I would have liked it much more if they had at least 1 or 2 season more.

Jeff Slocum

I agree with you 100 percent. People just missed the signs that Danny's coin came up crazy. She crucified people, she killed people who did not see things her way. She was talked out of her instincts to kill people by Jorah, Tyrion, and Ser Selmy. She was always crazy, well once Kahl Drogo and her child die. All of that was ignored because she was "liberating" people, which is def a good thing but she always wanted to go further. She wanted to destroy all the cities that were slaving cities. Having Missande and her dragons die sent her over the edge and she no longer cared what her advisors said. The change should not have been shocking or surprising to anyone, sure when it first happens but not after it is all taken in totality.

Jeff Slocum

One more for Chernobyl!

KJ

Theres no way you paying $10 to go and say this 💀

Amir Gunn

I think many are a bit overly critical. I could write and essay on it but I've already done that comment so many times. The only thing I will say is Danny snapping wasn't sudden and the signs have been there since season 2. The only thing that irked me with this reaction is you acted like Tyrion joke at the end was out of place. He's literally said that same line throughout the series many times and it's an ongoing joke that he never finishes it. I get it that there plot holes that were causes by things being rushed but they had the amount of time that they had. Dave and Dan got offered to do the next Star Wars trilogy and would have been stupid to turn that down. Many of the cast members were ready to move on as well. They also had no more book to go off and GRRM hasn't even finished the next book to this day. Yes we needed a few more seasons to it right but it is what it is. Still can't wait till House of Dragons comes out.

Andrew Clifton

I've re-watched many of the seasons for the love of epic storytelling. I've avoided the last season until now, and I noticed plot points that before seemed ridiculous. Having said that, when Daenerys stands before her troops echoing Hitler, is when I realized we needed a entire season of that and not until pure evil reigns, do we get to cherish in her demise. This could come with help from the old gods and new.

Blaine Ashe

I second Ted Lasso so much!

Jordan Freemyer

There is no Night's Watch. Grey Work wanted Jon to be punished, so Bran agreed to send him there, although in reality what Bran did was send Jon home. Home to the only place he had ever felt home. Home where the politics of Westeros could never touch him again. Home where he would be free. He wasn't punished.

Morten Larsen

Thank Nat, great reaction as always. I never thought I would re-watch GOT after it ended, but here we are. If you and Tyler haven't already shot your conversation about season, Alt Shift X, does a very good explainer on the episode (every episode since season 6, plus a few others). He also ties in some material from the books as well as what could have been plot points left out of the show -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Utceb5igEY. And for new series suggestions, I'd like to throw in Legion which is loosely part of the X-Men universe and only 3 seasons, Devs and the Watchmen HBO show (although it may be a little confusing since it's more of a sequel to the comics and not the movie).

Tony Johnson

Of all the awful, senseless things in S8, Danys destruction of Kings Landing was the worst. She easily could have flown straight to the castle to get Cersi, and having her turn into child murdering psycho due to grief and loneliness made zero sense.

Richard Maurer

In Westeros, yes, traditionally, the title of King -used- to be inherited. However (to quote Tyrion), "From now on, rulers will not be born. They will be chosen, on this spot, by the lords and ladies of Westeros, to serve the realm". This means that, while the fact that Bran no longer considers himself a Stark does invalidate his claim to Winterfell, it has no impact on him being chosen by everyone else to be their King.

Uthacalthing

Love the idea that Drogon burned the throne after seeing the "little sword" killing his mama and just declaring a war on them right there and then lolll... On a more serious note, I think some of the ideas they had weren't my favorite, but I could've lived with them. They just didn't even execute them properly...Not sure why there was such a hurry to end it all so fast when you might of had an all time great show under your belt if you just were more purposeful and narratively consistent with the story.

Don Julio

Would love to see you react to Vikings or The Last Kingdom. Kinda have similar vibes to GoT. Although after just watching 8 seasons of GoT, you may probably want to watch something different. Would also like to see you react to The Witcher, which has more fantasy and supernatural elements to it. Also The Expanse, which is sci-fi and set in space.

Steven Hok

What a winter we had, 2 days!!!!!! The Night Watch only was created to defend the people against the White Walkers. No more White Walkers, no point of having a Night Watch. .. that's why Jon's punishments makes zero sense. The closing of the door was funny. There's a huge gaping hole a couple of hundred miles away. Arya killing the Night King(which doesn't even exist in the book). Yeah from the book of Ryan "shit" Johnson. SUBVERT EXPECTATION AT ALL COST, EVEN IF IT BROKE EVERYTHING WE SET IN PLACE. Can't wait to hear about you watching inside episode of season 8..... Yeah, the reason D&D gave for Rhaegal, Dany forgot about Euron's Fleet... The only reason for the Hound and the Mountain=GLEAGANE BOWL. In the book it's suppose to happened at Cersei's trial, but they decide to cut it 'cause they didn't want another trail by combat., instead they quicken the story and blew up the Sept. Everything on the production level is top quality, the only true problem with this show is the writing of the last 3 season, where D&D decided to diverge from the books. Besides that...Music, Costume, Set design. It was equals to most big budget movie.

Daniel Vezina

I hope so.

Andrew Clifton

That’s quite wrong though 🙁

Dooly

Man Band of Brothers next would be amazing.

Andrew Clifton

Yeah seriously! Sure Dany committed mass murder, but Cersei killed her best galpal! Those innocent civilians got what they deserved.

Dooly

Those bells triggered the hell out of her for some reason 🤔

Dooly

Drogon knew his home planet needed him and he left accordingly.

Dooly

The books’ quality isn’t affected by the failure of the series.

Dooly

Lucifer next

nexus

I too am still waiting for Nat's reaction to the Star Wars sequel trilogy. AND Solo, for that matter. Even if she doesn't like them, or if her fans lose their sh*t over it - it still makes for compelling discussions and reactions!

Mike Battams

Band of Brothers time?

E

loved this series Nat.. I don't get complaining that it's too predictable when you didn't seem to guess right on most of this season though..

Tom Fehr

Shit talking doesn't count as inherited nature.

chicks dig me

King is an inherited title.

chicks dig me

Sense8 is a fantastic show, if you are looking for recommendations, 2 seasons and a movie, on Netflix, from the creators of the Matrix and about 8 strangers across the globe realizing they share a telepathic connection. It can be pretty aggressively LGBT (which I love) that may be a bit too much for some of your more prudish audience, but for such a short run and such a great show, it could be worth it. Watch it on your own time at least.

Nicholas Hentges

Winter ended because they killed the White Walkers, Nat. In this world they caused it. It was ash earlier in the episode, not snow

Tom Fehr

Morten - dude, you just saved me from leaving my own lengthy comment. You absolutely nailed every single point I would have touched upon, right on the nose (except for the book reference; I never read the books). Agreeing with you I fear is now going to warrant me the same hate - HAHA. Well spoken Sir.

Mike Battams

Yet...here you are. LMAO. Moron.

Fuzzy Dunlop

Well said, Ender. I agree with you. Also - Happy Birthday.

Mike Battams

Jon' s hand was burned when he grabbed that lantern that ignited the whyte that tried to kill Lord Commander Mormont. I totally buy the idea that Drogon understood, they alluded to the notion that dragons are possibly even more intelligent than humans. I feel like he followed his mother but also understood that her ambition was more powerful than her sense of justice. She did liberate many people, but if you think about it, there was always something for her to gain from it. When she decided to stay in Essos, it was to keep the former slaves free, but also because she wanted to signal to the people of Westeros that she wasn't only a conqueror but also a capable ruler. And now Drogon is free to be a dragon, instead of the Targaryen Air Force, Dany's ambition cost him his brothers. Also, and I hope the prequel show will address this, I caught that the wild climate swings in this world supposedly have something to do with, well, basically Magick. The Long Night has to do with the White Walkers, they brought the winter, they're gone now so the Long Night has ended. It was also hinted at in, I think it was the DVD extras, that it had something to do with the Doom of Valyria, that the ancient Valyrians had knowledge that was lost and that they overreached and caused a calamity that disrupted Nature essentially. Yeah I didn't go for Bran as King, but it does call back to Plato's idea that philosophers would make the best rulers (not necessarily imo). It could go either way with Bran, he has no vested interests to corrupt him, and maybe over time as he develops as the Three Eyed Raven his empathy will also develop, making his vision a definite asset. Anyway I want to see how George Martin resolves the story, if that fool dies before he finishes it I'll be truly pissed, "you had one job George, one job." I'm joking of course. I will say, for my part, the implications of Arya going west of Westeros is interesting to me, I'm about half indigenous and I was wondering all along, since this world is kind of an alternate version of ours, but with dragons and magic etc, what's going on in the lands equivalent to the Americas? Are there civilizations comparable to the Mexica, the Maya, the Toltec, the Inca? What if there are dragons there (Quetzalcoatl, Kukulcan)? I'm just saying I liked the implication that this fantasy world is still much bigger than we've seen. Yeah Martin said that of all the characters, Samwell was the most like himself. Nice nod to the source material there. And I like that Bronn and Davos, two of my favorites, representing the Nobodies with heart, made out well after all. And don't forget, Jon, sorry I can't call him Aegon, is also a Stark, and therefore has the blood of the First Men, just like the Freefolk. Well that's a wrap, is what it is, I still love this show, like I still love The Office, which ended about three seasons too late but...

Joe D. MacGuffinstuff

Mine didn't even go to spam. My email notification just straight up never came. I thought that maybe since Nat's camera was acting up the past couple of episodes, that meant she missed a day due to technical difficulties. No worries though, just watched these last two back to back.

Mike Battams

I’ll toss in Agents of Shield as a next show. Starts slow but has some great writing and only gets better each season.

Andrew Courtney

Chernobyl, The Good Place, Buffy The Vampire Slayer

Vincent Valentin

I know, and they had to cram a little bit more than they intended into season 2 of Rome, but I thought they brought that season and the series to a reasonable ending, all things considered.

KnittingHaven

When these episodes came out, a lot of people reacted like Kathy Bates in "Misery". Hmmm, that would be a good movie to watch soon.

Hal Hawkins

Oh and Chernobyl. That is a great short show that could be watched and doesn’t disappoint.

Zack Wallace

As for new show recommendations, I would echo those who have said LOST, The Expanse, Breaking Bad, Battlestar Galactica, and Black Sails. Hard to go wrong with any of those.

Michael Bergeron

The only thing I would say to when Tyrion says, “Our Queen’s nature is fire and blood.” Your reaction, and many others, seem to believe this turn only happened in the last couple seasons and she was good before this. But all the way back in season 2 she literally says, “We will lay waste to armies and burn cities to the ground” “I will take what is mine, with fire and blood I will take it.” So it does seem to be in her nature all the way back to season 2. I do agree though that the extra push over the edge to madness was too rushed, as was the whole ending, which made it feel less earned overall. And really that the main fault of the whole ending, to me, was that it was too rushed. But I didn’t think it was totally out of character or a terrible ending overall. Just could have been executed better. Just my thoughts though.

Michael Bergeron

The Haunting of Hill House would be a great watch for Natmare’s as well!

Zack Wallace

Wait a second. I thought everyone knew Bran was going to be king when Jaime pushed him out the window? It was pretty much a foregone conclusion at that point.

Marty McGee

The last 3 books take place after a substantial time jump tho and are more or less a new story. Book 6 has a pretty final ending that I’m sure they can easily adapt into an official one for the show. The authors are also heavily involved in the show so I’m not worried at all

Dante

Just to comment on one point: Bran maintained that he can't be lord of Winterfell, because that's an inherited title, and he doesn't consider himself a Stark anymore. However, since he was being -chosen- as king, there is no implied conflict of interest.

Uthacalthing

Killing Missandei was the reason for burning down Kings Landing. If Cersei didn't kill her, Dany would have spared the people and Cersei. I blame Cersei. Actions have consequences.

Mr. Nobody

You should definitely add Vikings to your watchlist; it's a pretty badass show, and helped me feel the void Game of Thrones left me with after the finale.

lisaexo

I commented on the last episode about not being able to put my finger on why Dany's descent just didn't feel earned, but I think you hit the nail on the head. Sure Dany had a lot of downs and losses this season: no respect from the Northerners, losing Jorah, losing Rhaegon, losing Missandei, Jon backing away with his romantic feelings, Varys's betrayal, etc. But there was time between all those moments and the final battle. There was no "snap" event to push her over the edge. No major death. No close call. So the only thing to really conclude is that she went into that battle with every intention of doing what she did. She may have been having second thoughts right as the bells rung, but they were not enough to overrule her intentions. I think this is confirmed in her sureness that she did nothing wrong as seen in her conversation with Jon. Bran the Broken as King? I think you had the same reaction as most who disagreed. Totally out of left field. No build-up. No foreshadowing. Not even a nugget of a hint in previous episodes that this would be the end result. I tried looking for something during this watch knowing what the end was. Maybe they did, but I couldn't see it. Will Bran be a good King? I don't think so. As he's said MANY times, his focus is no longer on the world around him. The one thing I do disagree with you on is the Hound. Maybe it's fan service, but I always did want to see him battle his brother. I do think it was a fitting death among so many unfitting ones. Thanks for watching this series. I really hated the end, but enough time has passed between when I first watched it and now, that I no longer think the whole show was ruined by it. As you said, there were some absolutely amazing moments that I'm so glad I got to re-watch and see a newbie react to. Thanks Nat!

Marty McGee

@Morten Larsen Well written..... I thought about going on a similar rant as well, but in the end we are here to see Nat's reaction, not for confirmation bias. Although, as I've said many times before, you would have to be Stevie Wonder or Ray Charles to not have been able to see Daenerys' arc playing out the way it did. Same with Bran becoming king, he is the logical choice.

Brian Jones

@Tadpoleaxe Well written.

Brian Jones

Being a patreon member does NOT give you permission to respond like this...wish there was a "report" option.

Chris Lane- Venturi 3D

Great reaction as always. While I disagree with you on so many points in regards to this show, I'm here for your reaction, not my confirmation bias. My suggestion would be to revisit the show in a few years knowing what you know now though. That aside, some suggestions for the next series you tackle..... The Boys or The Expanse.....

Brian Jones

I don't necessarily dislike the ending itself, but the pacing is what ruined it for me. While I hate when shows do it I feel this is one of the few times a split season would have worked. Rather than a short 6 episode season, two 5 episode halves would have been ideal, 3 for build up, the 4th being the big one and a 5th to recover like they had done previously. It would give some of the final seasons developments like varys' betrayal of Dany, her owm downspiral and jons grip with what he has to do would have felt more natural.

Bubba Fett

Dyko, it’s clear that that is the case, they don't say it they show you it, and Sansa says goodbye because she knows he’s not returning and probably thinks he’s going to live with the wildlings, since he can’t return from the wall without the possibility of triggering the unsullied to want to wage war or get justice.

Cam K

Both are spectacular, I would lean more towards expanse just for a step away from historical pieces for the time being.

Bubba Fett

shes seen it

Joel

Dany showed great cruelty several times before she snapped, but many just excused it, or cheered it because it was against the "right" people and probably assumed it could never be turned against anyone else. I know I did until it did turn and I remembered seeing here cruelty. I had no issue with that, in fact I really liked that they went that direction with Dany. Could have used a bit more fleshing out, but I think there was already enough there to make it acceptable, if barely. Of the people left in the meeting to choose the next king, I felt like Bran was the only one who made sense. The last season felt rushed, but I felt most of it could have been improved with one or two more episodes as opposed to another full season. Arya's ending was foreshadowed when The Hound told her that he wasn't coming back and she replied that she wasn't either. Her revenge motivation was broken by The Hound himself when he got her to leave the Red Keep instead of pursuing Cersei. Jon was always destined to end up north of the wall. Tormund kept making comments along the lines of "you've spent too much time with us" or "you have the North in you" or "you'd be happier up there with us." Most of what Natalie said didn't make sense I felt did. The groundwork was laid, maybe a little more thinly that it could have been with a couple of more episodes, maybe a bit rushed, but it was there. The only thing in the final season that I was really disappointed in was the White Walker storyline. Big battle at Winterfell with the Night King killed at the end and it's all over. Never really felt like we got enough information about the White Walkers aside from who made them and why. That may seem like enough for some, but it left me feeling hollow. All that being said, I thoroughly enjoyed the reactions and the excuse to revisit the show. I'm sad it's over since most of the suggestions I've seen here are shows I haven't seen nor have any interest in seeing (Sopranos, Breaking Bad, and a few others). Battlestar Galactica is one I'd like seeing, but thing another sci-fi/fantasy may be a bit much for those who have patiently waited through GOT when they weren't interested. Band of Brothers or From the Earth to the Moon would also be great. Don't know if you'll get all the way to this comment Natalie, but if you do, thank you for your reactions. I moved to a city where I didn't know anyone and watching these reactions has provided a much needed break from some pretty lonely nights, especially during the pandemic.

William Shipley

Don't feed trolls, don't give them any attention at all.

Crwn

No one thought the walkers were real for hundreds or even thousands of years yet the night's watch existed.

Crwn

I'll throw my hat in for Breaking Bad. A show that actually managed to stick the landing (and only gets better as it goes on).

Eduardo

Just gonna put this here for anyone who wants a laugh at Season 8's expense. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BASjRxn5QFU

JerME

Jon didn't want the throne. He said so 5,837 times. I kept count. I love what you did with Drogon in this post. A big fan of that. I like Sansa's BDSM outfit. Can't keep it out of my head. You might be right about Hotpie. HE knew the importance of gravy, yes he did. Great post, except for JON WAS NEVER GOING TO BE KING. DIDN'T WANT IT.

Mike LL

I've been really wanting to rewatch this. And this was an enjoyable way to do it. I agree with most of what you said about the final season or two. I do think there were better ways to get to a similar outcome. Jon being burned by Drogon infront of the throne as Grey Worm and others rushed in to see what happnened...would have been incredible, and still result with the throne melted, and Jon being revealed as a Targaryan. How it stands, I like that he was sent to the Night's Watch...because I'm sure Tyrion knew that the Watch was over. It was a way to set him free but without saying it. Being in the North, the real North, was the only place he really got to know happiness. I think Arya becoming an explorer/adventurer was very in her character. She never wanted to be a lady, and be stuck in castles etc. I think we lost some of that wanderlust spirit in her in the final season or 2 because everything was so focused on the Army of the Dead and Cersi. I also think Jon should have been able to kill the Night King, with the aid of Beric. Arya should have killed Dany, and Jon gets "burned" protecting her. As for suggestions for other shows...I'd highly recommend Chuck. It's more humorous and full of adventure and nerdy stuff. It's not as deep and heavy as GoT, but It has a great arc for the main characters. Especially when they filmed each season thinking it was the final season. LOST is also an all time favorite.

Jesse Arnold

I just watched the entirety of Vikings this year on Amazon Prime. It was good.

Mike LL

You could have said: "D&D: 'A character what-now? Characters just keep going until they die.' "

Mike LL

Thank you for reacting to the show. Season 4 was definitely my favorite. I do disagree with multiple points you made in your breakdown - which is definitely okay as you have made a lot of valid points. I suppose the one thing I will mention in particular is how the Hound went out. I feel he had one of the top character progression arcs (along with Jorah and Theon) in the show; truly a poetic way for him to die. But, again, thank you for such insightful reactions to a show that (despite the ending) will always have a special place!

Bryce Hatley

I accept what was stated in the finale. If Jon was made king, there would have been more war. Plus, how many thousand more times would Jon have had to state he didn't want the throne would make you guys accept that Jon didn't want the throne. He said it over and over and over. Jon was never going to be king (of the Iron Throne). And he knew Sansa would be a better leader of the North.

Mike LL

I've always considered The Wire to be the best TV show ever made. Unbelievable acting, great writing, moving storylines, totally addicting.

Mike LL

Ok, the previous Three Eyed Raven sat in a tree for a thousand years. Why does Bran care about being King of However Many Kingdoms?

Mike LL

I have to say it was unlike anything I had ever seen, where the character arc of the majority of characters ended in death.

Mike LL

Ok and as far as show recommendations go, I vote Twin Peaks. Super quirky, dark and light hearted at the same time. Supernatural goodness. Makes me want a cup of coffee. And best of all, it's short! Only 2 seasons and a movie. There is also a revival series that came out recently, which I guess makes it 3 seasons. Please no super long shows that will last all year.

WackySwacky

The one where Bill Duke suddenly shows up as a crime lord or whatever and Lee Adama fights him and also he suddenly has a secret longtime girlfriend and it makes no sense and is never brought up again lol. The writers have said that episode was a low point for them.

WackySwacky

The hard truth is George didn't finish the books on time and the show was doomed because of it. Maybe the show writers could have come up with something interesting if they were good enough. But unfortunately they were not the cream of the crop as far as TV writers go.

WackySwacky

Oh noes! Joshua Sutton will not watch Nat anymore! Whatever shall we do??

Opti_Frog

There are about 800 videos on YouTube that explain in extreme detail why this show went to crap. Some people have made a career out of it.

WackySwacky

Yeah it makes no sense.

WackySwacky

Hey Natalie, if you read this, please ban this Rahkeem guy. $10 ain't worth it to keep idiots like him around.

WackySwacky

Thank you for this series, Nat. I was never a big fan of GoT, but re-watching it with you was a treat. What was one of the most popular tv shows ever made will forever be remembered as the show that was ruined by its ending. GoT fizzled out and died after blowing itself up. The showrunners were in over their heads from day one.

Opti_Frog

Cam K that is an assumption as the show doesn't actually say that is the case, especially since Sansa says goodbye to him on the docks as if she's not going to see him again.

WackySwacky

I think it's fair to say Greyworm is a POS. He supported Dany of his own freewill. What did he expect, for it to be easy to conquer another land? For the people to be grateful for the conquering? And then he goes full on war criminal (even by Westerosi stardards) when his girlfriend dies and he starts killing thousands of surrendering soldiers. Why does this dude get final say in anything? Why does Jon honor Greyworm's wishes and goes up to the Wall after Greyworm leaves Westeros? No one else wants Jon exiled. They should all love him. They should have made Jon king for getting rid of Dany (super mass murderer mega b*tch), not to mention he's basically the true heir to the Iron Throne anyway. He doesn't even get mentioned when they decide their new ruler. The Night's Watch HAS NO REASON TO EXIST ANYMORE! The White Walkers are dead and gone. Arya's story was never meant to be a happy one. She let vengeance consume her and in the end she received no consequences for it. Instead she got rewarded for being a cutthroat mass murderer. Why do the other kingdoms of Westeros allow the North to sucede? If the North sucedes, then all of the other Kingdoms would want to sucede as well, starting yet another civil war. Yara even forgets that the Iron Islands being independent was her only reason for supporting Dany in the first place. Why does she still defend Dany after knowing she went crazy and killed thousands of innocents? Sansa has no feats, she helped out in exactly one battle. Why does she get to shut down her uncle so rudely when he's also sacrificed so much for the war. He agreed to a marriage he didn't want and he got imprisoned for 5 years because of it. He didn't get to see his son until he was 4 years old. He also fought in the war and protected his people by letting them ALL stay in his castle. Not sure why D&D hated this guy so much. He's actually pretty great. And can someone please tell Sansa to take off her BDSM outfit? Where does she think she is? The Matrix? Meanwhile, Drogon this episode: >Drogon sees Dany dead. Jon standing over her. >Drogon turns to the Throne and melts it. >Drogon turns back to Jon: "No Jon, it was power that killed my mother. A structural and pervasive system of cohersion under which you and I are merely pawns. Why would I burn you? By melting the Throne I have signaled my rejection of a discourse of violence and hubris. In this way I have fulfilled my mother's dream of breaking the wheel, and by reducing the Iron Throne to liquid I have blah blah blah I understand symbolism and the story requires me to do this." Bronn becomes Master of Coin despite stating in a previous season that he doesn't understand the concept of loans. Wouldn't he be a better Master of War? Or maybe in prison since he blackmailed Tyrion into becoming one of the major Lords of Westeros? Tyrion is not mentioned in the history book of the war despite being the Hand of the King/Queen twice and being vitally important to the wars. His kidnapping is literally the inciting incident of the War of the Five Kings. Also, why is Greyworm so intent to punish him? All he did was diss Dany and free his own brother. Hardly deserving of death. Again Greyworm is a POS. This is obligatory, but everyone has a better story than Bran. Even Hotpie.

WackySwacky

Lol at this whole thing. If you don't like the reactions or get angry at them, stop subscribing and watching them. This is just embarrassing for you.

Erik Stevenson

I fully support The Expanse!

Logan Kerlee

This has been a great re-watch, thanks for the reactions Nat!

Erik Stevenson

Now that GoT is over might I suggest a show or two? I'm sure you already have one in mind. But, here we are. Black Sails The Expanse Those are my two votes.

Brandon Hancock

I keep trying to figure out the point of openly hostile comments like yours, and keep coming up empty. Is it envy that someone you apparently don't like or respect has so many paying patrons (which implies a sizable check from Patreon every month)? Reverse simping? Not sure. Especially when you continue to hang around here. Maybe go work on your derivative, uninspired music and do something productive with your day, yeah?

RE

If you want a GOT supplement show, I recommend watching Vikings. I watched it after Thrones ended. You’ll need Hulu to watch it. If you wanted to stay in the realm of HBO productions, I recommend watching The Sopranos. A stellar experience watching that show. Great writing and acting. Also, idk if you plan to go back to Star Wars or not. There’s still the sequel trilogy to watch, and animations like The Clone Wars, which I highly recommend. Just some suggestions

Kevin Stout l

The only ending I liked on ending that fitted the character and her storyline was Sansa Stark

Joao

Natalie, did you invest in the Tyler Brothers ''Feature Film''?

chicks dig me

It’s not, it’s just where the wildlings were residing, probably until the winter calmed down, They lied about the nights watch to send John back to the wall with the wildings so he doesn’t get killed or stay prisoner.

Cam K

I've mentioned it before and I'll do it again, the GOT ending has allowed me to come to terms with the LOST ending...thank you D&D.

chicks dig me

Personally I don't dial up to listen to Tyler.

chicks dig me

Petition for Natalie BRONZE to watch BREAKING BAD next!!!

Rahkeem Valentine

Why is the Night Watch still a thing?

chicks dig me

BERIC! BERIC! BERIC FOR GOD'S SAKE!

chicks dig me

Yea, cause living cold and miserable lives, without antibiotics, having half your children die by the age of five, with an average lifespan of 35, etc., etc. makes for SUCH a great ending. Technology is just SO evil. Those who did not like the ending are those who are NOT Luddites.

Peter Cohen

This was my first re-watch sense the series ended and it was so fun watching it with you reacting too. One of the best tv shows ever even if it didn't stick the landing. Hell of a journey, thanks for everything!!!

Thunderstorm586

YOOOO this Natalie Gold bitch is TRIPPIN!!! This is why film criticism classes ruin how you watch REAL CINEMA!!! All she can think about is how the show is being filmed and the behind-the-scenes bullshit. These are PROFESSIONALS and they are MILES above what you learned from film critic school or whatever the fuck XD and btw YOU 100 PERCENT HAVE BEEN READING COMMENTS AND REVIEWS THIS WHOLE TIME BRUH lmfao oh and ALL HAIL BRAN THE BROKEN!!! What a great show I hope you get better at watching complex shows cuz this reaction ain't shit XD XD

Rahkeem Valentine

And now your watch has ended.

Luis Torrefranca

Why is there a night watch...still? The knight king is dead, the wall is breached and the Freemen are no longer a threat.

chicks dig me

So, now that you're finished with the show, this is something I've been holding off on since you started on season 1, episode 1. Look at the opening credits and the "sun", the magnifying glasses, etc. Go back to scenes at the Citadel and look around. Hanging chandeliers. Someone has these special glasses. etc. As if as the story changes over time, the credit sequence changes, and the records of events are updated at the Citadel.

Luis Torrefranca

Oh, I see what you did there. Strangely enough I haven't seen 2 or 3.

Paul G

Also he litterally said Tormund was in castle black till winter has gone. so obviously he was there

Roy Veenhuizen

and that my friends, is how you destroy a book series. Smh i remember just being blank af lmao. i remember going through the books again after. Keep in mind though, Martin said for his books to be properly flushed out, GoT would need to be like a 10 episode a season for 10 seasons. HBO was down, D&D weren't obviously which is a shame

Alex De Santiago

I have the box set It'll make me get round to them.

Paul G

Shakespearian tragedies can only be for 1 character.

Paul G

It's been a few years for me which one?

Paul G

From the start of season six, this series just got progressively worse and worse. I followed along with much of Natalie's viewing for most of it, simply because there were a great many good moments I wanted to catch her reaction to. However episode three of season eight really was the limit. I absolutely cannot stomach rewatching the travesty of what comes after. Episode three of season eight I watched out of morbid curiosity, but that truly is the most egregiously incompetent 'battle strategy' I have ever seen portrayed in any medium. Astoundingly incompetent.

Peter Cohen

i see you like everything to be very predictable. you moaned about every little thing that wasnt predictable

Roy Veenhuizen

GRRM has said it will have a bittersweet ending.

Paul G

She has seen S1 Boys but i'd watch her do recaps just to get to S2.

Paul G

It will have a very different context in the books if it happens.

WackySwacky

Short run shows hopefully, can't fathom why people want shows over 100 eps that will take a year or more.

Paul G

Once Greyworm leaves, Jon literally has ZERO reason to continue his exile. No one else gave a shit that he killed Dany. In fact most of them should have been thanking him and probably begging him to rule after that. Who gives a shit what Greyworm wanted? He doesn't even stay in Westeros. Makes no sense at all.

WackySwacky

So many seasons.

WackySwacky

The Captains get to participate in the Kingsmoot, not just any Iron Islander male.

WackySwacky

I’d recommend Dark.

Dooly

Another classic Jon Snow line 👌

Dooly

Westworld is a fantastic series. I really wish they made more than 1 season.

WackySwacky

In Westeros, Winter pretty much means everywhere is freezing (except Dorne), and in the North the Winter is super deadly.

WackySwacky

Bloodraven was still Bloodraven when he became the Three Eyed Crow so IDK why Bran just becomes an emotionless automaton.

WackySwacky

First Season is great. Maybe a few episodes here and there that are too slow paced. But it really picks up by the end of the season.

WackySwacky

Really? I watched it about 3 times after the finale…😆

Charlie Keeler

I think Battlestar ended great! Never understood why some people didn't like it.

WackySwacky

They could have handed the show off to other writers and walked away but ego wouldn't allow it.

Scott Lindsey

Breaking Bad is objectively great, but it's not something I want to watch again.

WackySwacky

Also check out check out the screen junkies recaps if still available worth your time

Charlie Keeler

Or maybe TV series on the shorter side. 4 seasons or less? Battlestar Gallatica comes to mind. Or Black Sails. Twin Peaks!

WackySwacky

Here you go, watch this "game of thrones season 8 pitch meeting". It is hilarious and pretty much sums up the whole shit show. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAhKOV3nImQ

Scott Lindsey

I second!

WackySwacky

Breaking possibility the last great series…not a down episode ever imo

Charlie Keeler

And the musical!

RE

Ugh. Respectfully, I hope not.

WackySwacky

I think dragons are more intelligent than you give them credit for. Anyway, I loved watching your reactions to the series. I didn't mind the end, I actually kind of liked how stupid the ending was. People are mad and stupid and things don't really ever end up in a way that makes sense.

Miika Varpio

Yeah Martin has stated multiple times Dany isn't fireproof.

WackySwacky

Also next series suggestions Breaking Bad, Peaky Blinders

Charlie Keeler

Before I start….it gets worse

Charlie Keeler

99% of the "good guys" get happy endings. Not sure this particular version of the story qualifies as a tragedy.

WackySwacky

Not sure if you've seen it, but I would recommend watching the Sopranos. It's basically the grand daddy of these kinds of shows.

David Crabtree

Battlestar Gallatica is one of the few shows that is good the whole way through (except for that one episode, you know the one).

WackySwacky

Yeah, that's why even talking about the story, character arcs, development etc feels like talking to a wall. The ending was doomed long ago, not by artistic choices in the story, but by D&D's career plans. There is no vision or inspiration for much of what happens in s7 & s8, only expediency to get it done with. And a story pushed forward by expediency alone just isn't worth criticizing. I think for a story to be worthy of criticism, the writer has to at least be trying their best and that just wasn't the case with GoT after s7.

mike

The first half was good.

WackySwacky

I second The Boys. Or Invincible!

WackySwacky

Personally I hope she sticks with Sci-Fi or Fantasy shows, as I really don't want to sit through 5 seasons of Breaking Bad for a year.

WackySwacky

The Expanse is fantastic, but I feel like it is going to be another one of those shows that doesn't end well. It's already confirmed that they won't be adapting the last 3 books in addition to killing off a major character from the books that's still alive.

WackySwacky

it's a good show, but would be a real pain to edit season 1 reactions for YouTube lol

TwistedMagoo

All in all I would say most everyone got a happy ending.

WackySwacky

another show that couldn't stick the landing

ActionJeans

Selfishly I hope she doesn't do Buffy for a long while because I literally just finished watching it.

WackySwacky

True, George R.R. Martin has stated many times that Dany is not actually fireproof, and that her surviving the pyre was literally a miracle. D&D of course made it her superpower.

WackySwacky

Jon takes the black again even though there's no reason for the Night's Watch to exist anymore.

WackySwacky

Shortening the seasons was to up the budget for each individual episode as most participants like the actors are paid by episode in contracts not for the season. D&D shortening the seasons would have been agreed to by HBO or they would have had to do 10. I think 2 full seasons still wouldn't have appeased those wanting extra years.

Paul Gibbons

The people who say this are imagining a history that is never shown. Dany killing slavers, Dany killing slave masters, Dany killing army leaders who ~refuse to surrender and kneel~ is simply not an effective way to establish that she's about to kill tens of thousands of innocent men, women, and children. It could have been set up, but was not.

Erik Stevenson

GRRM backtracked on that in an interview it was a "miracle".

Paul Gibbons

I'm gonna save my one comment to say one thing. BEARS, BEETS, BATTLESTAR GALACTICA. You gotta do the 2003 Battlestar. You could even start with just the mini series and make a decision if it's a universe you want to dive into. The mini series stands on its own and serves as a pilot. Battlestar Galactica!!!

Christopher Robles

Now watch the Expanse, Nat, you will not regret it =)

TwistedMagoo

Agreed. I also enjoyed ep. 3 more than I did on the original watch...I think because now I wasn't expecting major characters to die and could just watch it for what it is. I enjoyed Arya's ending, and a couple others, but man that last episode still makes my blood boil. So lazy in so many ways. Such poor writing.

TwistedMagoo

It would've been so so so much cooler if Drogon tried to burn Jon and it didn't work. Instead he burns the iron throne which I thought was so stupid and cheesy. Like Jon just killed his mom lol you're telling me it wouldn't retaliate?? And I know in some lore it's been said that dragons are intelligent but nowhere in the show have they shown that a dragon can understand complex concepts like politics and the struggle people go through to get to the throne lol. Such a wasted opportunity.

Jenny Tolls

I 100% endorse this. The Expanse is absolutely fantastic. Some people take a while to click w/ the first season...but once you get locked in, let's just say it hasn't let me down yet.

TwistedMagoo

Precisely a true breaking of the wheel.

Paul Gibbons

Dany is a Shakespearian character arc if I ever saw one and GRRM will like that.

Paul Gibbons

Dexter would be fun, she could then watch the new Dexter miniseries coming out when she's done.

KnittingHaven

I dunnoh wont it!

Obie Brown

A good replacement for this show might be Black Sails. Nowhere near as long as Game of Thrones and while it doesn’t start strong it wraps up spectacularly

My Toasty Toast

Lol the entirety of Jon Snow’s dialogue this season was just: ‘She’s mah queen’.

Dooly

No no no. Tormund always was at the wall. There's no more usual nights watch so the Wildlings are now.

Connor Ellis

Oh ya their comments were defiantly a detriment to the show, like when they said Dany just forgot about the Iron Fleet.

Steve B

Too confirm, you mean Dexter's finale sucked, not Dexter the series sucked?

Jason

I know some people rag on seasons 2 and 3 but personally, while not as good as season 1 obviously, I still enjoyed both of them about just as much. Each season feels so different from the others and the show always gives something unique. Really looking forward to season 4.

Dante

Still very much looking forward to a lengthy discussion with Tyler. I can never get enough watching people discuss this story.

Marc Van de Klashorst

Bran/3ER: I'm not Bran. Not anymore. I am the Three Eyed Raven; I see all and know all and care not for power. There is no more Bran. Council: We think Bran should be king. Bran/3ER: Yup, that's me. Bran is my name. I am Bran.

CheeseRepair

Good God NO!!! Talk about being jerked around by a TV show...

Joe Blankenship

Enjoyed your outro very much Nat you didn't like the ending you are amongst millions on that but it's nice to know you enjoyed the series overall I personally think there were more good moments than bad and yes the final season wasn't great but still had its moments in some regards to 24 I loved that show but season 8 wasn't great but I'd watch it again no problem at all same goes for GOT, theons arc was one of the highlights for sure brienne and sansa had solid arcs also in my opinion, didn't enjoy tyrion in the later seasons I felt his character fell flat and totally agree about dany people will disagree but I too thought it was out of character the way she just flipped in the space of no time at all but regardless I00% enjoys the journey and as I've said before I'm easily pleased so I just go with it so until whatever comes next and I for one would love it if it was the Rush hour trilogy but whatever it is thankyou again and as always stay golden 💛

Ian

Winter doesn't fucking mean constant snow on the ground. Especially in the south. Hotter temps mean on hotter days some snow melts.

Connor Ellis

You could easily argue that the wildlings were only there because Jon was coming, and that they hadn't been at castle black the whole time Also, they most likely stayed south of the wall until winter started to wane.

Matt Gwinn

You would think Yara would go, "Hang on... I actually negotiated independence with our previous ruler, however short her reign was." As a matter of fact, what is Yara doing at this meeting? Aren't the Iron Islands independent already, given that deal with Daenerys? Why does she get to say "Aye"? And how did she get to rule the Iron Islands anyway? The show established (correctly) that the Iron Islanders choose their leader. Like, ALL of the Iron Islanders (okay, not the women). A Kingsmoot is a thing in the show. Everybody laughs at the apparent lunacy of Sam's proposal for democracy, but it's actually not unheard of in this realm. But somebody 'kinda forgot', I guess.

Marc Van de Klashorst

I honestly don't think anyone could have wrapped up the show cleanly in 10 hours. The show really needed 2 more seasons.

Matt Gwinn

I thought that Bran was supposed to go get inside a tree and let it grow around him at some point.

Joe Blankenship

If you're looking for another high production quality series, check out Westworld. The first season is definitely the best, possibly one of the best single seasons of any show, but it's overall still pretty good.

Dave A

Lost is good, but maybe too long. I think Deadwood is a better option

Matt Gwinn

I agree with Dante. OP is throwing a childish tantrum, but let's not pretend Natalie hasn't missed crucial bits of info because she was talking right over vital dialogue. She's said it herself before, that she sometimes feels the pressure to give the audience a reaction even if in real life she would be quieter.

RE

The final season suffered from two things. One GRRM stopped writing, so the show the writers fell back on the status quo of TV writing. The second thing is that the show runners were done with the show before the last season even started filming. They just wanted to get it out of the way so they could move on to something else. I honestly don't get why people get so pissed off. Keeping in mind that they didn't want to do any more seasons, I challenge anyone to come up with a better wrap up in 10 hours. This season was doomed no matter what they did. I hear a lot of people complaining about what happened, but not a lot of alternative options that don't require more seasons to make work.

Matt Gwinn

GRRM: "Ok, here's what I've got so far. As you can see, here are the beginnings and middles of these different character arcs..." D&D: "A character what-now?" Ugh. I think I preferred having stopped watching the show after the battle of winterfell. Oh well. I don't think I would ever tell someone to not watch the show. It was a very good journey. I think telling someone going in that the ending is controversial could at least prepare them a bit. I knew the ending of How I Met Your Mother was controversial, but I was still curious to see as to why. And now I know. And I am still glad I had that journey.

Jomero

Yeah, I've been watching their reactions going back to when they watched The Expanse too. Enjoying seeing them go through Black Sails for the first time. Black Sails is one of very few shows that actually nails its ending.

Mere_Prologue

Sansa: "The North will remain independent." Everyone else: "Wait... that was an option?"

Luis Torrefranca

I've rewatched all of season 8 with you, my first time re-visiting it since it aired. It didn't get any better with time. As you were having issues with this finale I just kept thinking "It gets worse". I loved GoT from season 1 - 6, had a few issues with 7, but hoped they'd stick the landing, but was ultimately disappointed so badly that I have a hard time saying I'm a fan of the entire show. There were three major series that had their "finale's" around the same time: Star Wars, the MCU, and GoT. I loved Endgame, and wanted that quality of an ending for the other two, but they didn't meet those expectations.

Dave A

Yes, yes, yes. It's infuriating.

Marc Van de Klashorst

Certainly not the first show to go off the rails and turn to shit near the end. Won't be the last. So what are we gonna watch next? I want to nominate Brooklyn Nine-Nine if you've never seen it.

Joe Blankenship

How badly executed it was aside. I do love the plot on a meta sense. GRRM wanted to show the horrors of war and then puts us on the side of a conqueror (Dany) The great conquerors of history committed an insane amount of atrocities. So I think it's a pretty beautiful ending for Daenerys in that the best intentions can become something terrible in the light of day. Just wish the writing would have been better and paced out to sell that plot beat (and many other plot beats)

Conzi

Nat your facial expressions and looks to camera were everything 😂😂 what a dumb finale my god watching it a second time was almost comical!!

Jon Parker

They left traces of Dany being a mad queen for years, imo. From the start, by burning a woman alive with her dragon eggs. People just think its cute because the dragons hatched. I never understood the obsession with "Good Dany", Tyrion literally lists her disgusting behavior in the scene with Jon. She was NOT good. Also, 1. Targaryens aren't immune to fire, so Jon would have died. 2. Dragons are sentient so Drogon probably does know what The throne meant. Also people in the comments can complain about the writers all they want, but these story beats were given to the writers by Martin. The only issue with the story is its shortened, the rest of it makes sense. Also Arya going to explore makes perfect sense, that was always going to be her arc ending, she was obsessed with the stories as a child of Nymeria who explored the world. Her ending is the most fitting of all. I quite enjoyed how you said it was very predictable but the most predictable twist (Jon becoming the King of the free folk) was completely missed by you :P He gets away with it because Bran KNEW what Jon's intention was if he went back North.

Asking

It makes total sense in theory, just not in execution. Dany going mad just isn't fleshed out enough so it feels like a forced character choice required for the story rather than something she naturally arrived at. It feels like the writers had the outline of the plot beats, but not the structure on how to get there.

Conzi

Not to forget Ryan George's Pitch Meeting for GoT SE8 ;-)

ThisOneHasNoName

You really got hung up on the weather there, Nat. It's winter, but winter in King's Landing is sort of like winter in South Carolina. It may snow, but not too much. Still, much of the cold weather came from the magic that made the White Walkers, and may be gone now. It probably snowed ash for days and maybe weeks after the fall of King's Landing. Ashes are often very light and can be caught in the winds and can go for thousands of miles. Earth has seen many volcanic winters caused by the ash thrown in the jet stream and spread around the globe, obscuring the sun, causing short summers, cold winters and massive crop failures and starvation. The last one was in 1992. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volcanic_winter Your complaints echo mine. The past two seasons were way too short, and did not build up what happened to Daenerys. I think the producers were tired of doing this and wanted to move onto other projects. Think about it. Each of the 6 episodes of this season had one or more huge blockbuster moments. In the past, it would be several episodes of building up the suspense. Tyrion spent an entire season preparing for and being on trial before being rescued, and killing Tywin. This season we knew what would happen, and it just happened. I have no problem with Dany truly being a tyrant. Even as she acheived good things, she never worried that the ends did not justify the means, but for the viewer this was not built up. It was left as foreshadowing, but it rarely came back to hurt her, so the audience was left with the feeling that maybe it was OK that she killed all the nobles of Meereen. One of their sons came to beg her for a funeral, and she ended up proposing a sham marriage to him. The first 5 seasons left us always wondering what would come next and we were always surprised. This last season spoon fed us exactly what we expected. Of course it was no good. Westeros was a bunch of small independant kingdoms until around 300 years ago when Aegon I Targaryen came with his sister-wives and dragons and conqured all of those kingdoms. The North was one of the only 2 that was not actually conquored. King Torhen Stark, faced with Aegon and his dragons didn't fight. He simply bent the knee. The North is very different from the other kingdoms. They pray to different gods, they have a very different culture and they have never trusted the southerners. As a matter of fact, when you hear them talking of "King of the Andals and the First Men", the southerners are the Andals who came to Westeros thousands of years ago. The Northerners are the "First Men" who were there thousands of years before that. Kind of explains the culture problems. Brienne is not head of the Gold Cloaks. The Gold Cloaks are the City Watch of King's Landing. She is Lord Commander of the King'sguard. The King's Guard is made up of seven knights, and they wear white cloaks and guard the King and his family. The City Watch basicaly are the police. While the Kingsguard are historically very honorable men, being the best knights of the kingdom, the Goldcloaks are basically a police force. They often act as a protection racket, kind of like the mafia, collecting money from businesses in exchange for not attacking them.

Alan Kobb

Here is a video that gives more insight into the writing of season 8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70ks0FjeAVQ also https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAhKOV3nImQ Less jokingly, here's what the cast thought https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EA7UQOYskas

Heretic

Basically agree with everything around your analysis of the series. It would have been an amazing tragedy to see Dani descend into madness and into evil (a la the series Breaking Bad) but it did indeed need a few seasons. Dani did show many signs of ruthlessness and flashed those crazy eyes throughout the series, even early on. What you said about it being a "bummer" pretty much sums up those last few episodes.

James M

I have read the books... Many times. And I still disagree with you. She will end up as her father. No doubt in my mind.

Morten Larsen

At least five people in the council knew the truth of Jon's parentage, and not one of them stepped forward to say "actually, he's the rightful king, so..." That's the one thing I can't let go of. Jon kills dragon Hitler and gets exile in return, with no one speaking up for him. As with everything else with these last two seasons, it's a conclusion that could work given the proper groundwork, but feels unearned and random instead.

RE

Lmao this guy is just trying to trigger. Breaking Bad objectively had a good ending. How good is subjective, but it was definitely good if you simply look at it through a story structure and character arc lens. Dexter on the other hand, yeah, sucked.

Dante

Breaking Bad had a disappointing ending? That's madness. It was perfect. If anything, too perfect lol

Conzi

It can't even be logistically, but I suggest you re-read the books (that's never a bad suggestion anyway) to truly understand where her arc is going. Will she go dark? Yes. Will she redeem herself? Yes, to some extent. To go North, you must go South. To see the light, you must pass under the shadow.

Marc Van de Klashorst

I mean, the guy definitely over reacted, but he isn't wrong. She missed SO many details starting in season 5 because of how much time she would spend trying to call out things that "don't make sense" or "were convenient" when a lot of times her confusions/complaints were unfounded and could have been cleared up if she would have remembered something or not missed certain dialogue. Don't get me wrong, many of her complaints are justified and it's not like the series ended well, but I do think she would have enjoyed it more overall had she not been so focused on trying to call out every single tiny little bad writing detail.

Dante

I agree with basically all you said. I believe the showrunners got burned out and instead of letting others finish the show, they let their egos get in the way and rushed the ending of the show. They focused purely on cinematics and shock value instead of good writing. Everything about the writing became so lazy, its very frustrating. What this show did for TV shows in general is still amazing and I hope other showrunners learn from the mistakes made in this show.

Tyler

I think Dany turning is where GRRM would've taken the story also. The show runners rushed the show and butchered it. There is definitely signs she would become a tyrant early on in her story. Maybe they don't surface but I think this arc could've been amazing if the show just took it's time and stuck to the pace they originally set.

Dermot Monaghan

In my mind, the biggest issue with the pacing of the show is that the story as a whole should be 3 acts. Act 1 ends with the Red Wedding (end of season 3), Act 2 ends with Dany heading to Westeros (end of season 6), which means the final act (Dany's war with Cersei, Sansa besting Littlefinger and coming into her own, Bran proving his value as future King of Westeros, Jon and Dany falling in love, the wall falling, the war with the dead, Dany turning mad) should be its own act with an equal amount of attention, but we get 13 episodes instead of 30 like the other 2 acts. So everything just feels really rushed and nonsensical.

Conzi

People need to watch Dany in past seasons this has been her destiny since forever. Fire and Blood. I get it people hate season 8 it's very trendy but let's stop with the "it doesn't make sense" over and over because it really does.

The Middle-Aged Kid

Well now you know why we all hate the ending! lol also Drogon definitely understood what the throne is, it's explained in the show a little but more in the books that in this world dragons are very intelligent, even more so than humans. The scene of Danny walking to the throne in the snow in a destroyed red keep is the same as the vision she saw in the house of the undying. This means it is likely that this ending of her going crazy and destroying kings landing was likely always supposed to happen. I have to imagine that once the books are finished the actual story will be much more drawn out and we will get more insight into her madness so it doesn't feel like she just all of a sudden decided to kill thousands of innocents but that she actually went crazy. Also before Jon left wenterfell Tormond told him that he would be taking the wildlings back to castle black for the winter. I believe the montage of Jon, Arya, and Sansa was supposed to last the entire time it took for winter to end. All in all I HATED this season when it came out. Now watching it the second time through knowing about all the bad writing choices I enjoyed it much more. I suppose I can appreciate the story even though it wasn't written as well as the previous seasons.

john collins

Her arc will ABSOLUTELY be the same in the books.

Morten Larsen

Amazing ride re watching the show with ya! Its crazy its over, looking forward to the future!

Garlicjr Made

Fair enough, I'll retract that one. That's my mistake.

Morten Larsen

I would like to see Natalie watch these also. I didn't find Breaking Bad's ending to be disappointing. Well, at least not nearly as disappointing as GOT or Dexter. No, come think of it, I actually liked Breaking Bad's ending.

Jason

When they won the Great War and killed the Night King it broke the Long Night and winter eased up.

The Middle-Aged Kid

If you're looking for another extraordinary long-form series with a wholly disappointing ending, Breaking Bad and Dexter are at the top of the list.

The Golgothan

You actually got "angry" over someone missing a few details??? that's pathetic

Pinekka

Interesting that you bring up something book-only (the three betrayals) up as evidence, but then forget to mention that many of the 'cruelties' Daenerys enacts are not in the books (and some that do feature in the books are certainly debatable when it comes to being cruel or not). It is an adaptation, so they don't have to be faithful to the books. That means I don't object to the arc they plotted for Daenerys (an arc she will not follow in the books). It's just the way they got there was not well written. What Tyrion says to Jon is instructive: every time she killed evil men, we cheered her for it. Yes, you did. But never did she kill innocent people or children. So the point they are trying to make (if they are even trying to) is just not well argued. There is exactly one moment in the books where she may just have done some innocent people dirty (when she nails the masters to the cross), and she is extremely conflicted over her decision afterwards. This all comes down to poor writing.

Marc Van de Klashorst

Thanks for your reactions Natalie! love them. Few commentaries on your questions, although I also didn't like how the series ended. 1. In "The bells" episode there wasn't snow, there were ashes. 2. "Winter is Coming" means "The dead are coming", the Night King brought winter, brought dead. Once defeated, no more long winters, just the usual. 3. The first episode of the series had a duration of more than 2 months, 3 weeks is how long it takes for the King to travel from Kings landing to Winterfell, other 3 weeks to travel from winterfell to the Night's Watch and the time in between, so the pace of time trough the series was variable. Yeah sure, near the end of season 6 the characters and the different plots were already built so the pace seamed faster.

Libardo Torres

"You know nuthin', James Holden."

Luis Torrefranca

LOL "The reactor didn't react how I wanted her to react!"

Mike Adams

When the show originally aired, I thought, oh, well, I can fill in the gaps and make it make sense. Drogon is destroying the throne that Dany died pursuing, Dany's burning of King's Landing was previewed by these specific events and maybe it could have been explained better with more time, but ... And then the showrunners came forward and said, "Drogon did that for no reason, and Dany just went crazy all at once when she heard the bells." And I decided I wasn't going to bother trying to come up with reasons for anything that happened in the end.

Kevin Mowery

i avoided GoT up until se8. I joined a group who were watching it. and their reaction was exactly, exactly like yours. "doesn't make sense" tons of "what's" and maybe more rage and disappointment. I could only judge as an outsider and i could totally see what they were talking about, even knowing very little about the show. the characters were handled poorly and many plotholes. I'm not a fan of the show, but i do recognize when writers handle things poorly

Wu Sha Ling

Natalie there is a lot you actually missed by Talking during the whole show more so since the end of season 5 You said you heard from people that they didn't like the ending and I felt your mind stuck to that and you kept talking why this, Why that, I don't understand etc If you actually shut up and watched for a min or 2 you would of picked it up I myself have watched Game of thrones from Start to finish about 4 times now and I still pick up things I missed But you have lost me as a viewer There where times you made me angry by doing it and i will Never again subscribe or watch anything you post from now on

Joshua Sutton

Thank you for your reactions to this series, It was fun to revisit this series with your commentary. Tho im still stuck on Rhaegon instead of Rhaegal lol =) Cant wait for the next adventure that you embark on. Hoping it to be the Vikings... Cheers

IceFire91

Thanks for the wonderful months of reactions! If you want the (imho) best deconstruction of the shitshow of this least season, watch Lindsay Ellis' final video on GoT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGr0NRx3TKU If you have a bit more time, watch the 5-hour evisceration on the 'moneymedia' channel. And no, it doesn't make any sense. You are completely right.

Marc Van de Klashorst

Nat you should react to the Honest Trailers of Game of Thrones! They really show how the show went from OMG AWESOME to oh Season 8 happened weeeeeee lol

Xanbry

What a long and crazy trip its been

Christian Fierro

I haven't watched your reaction yet, but that thumbnail pretty much says it all lol!!

Marty McGee

What needed to be 20 episodes over two seasons was condensed into 13, and that is why (IMO) it didn't work. They needed those extra 7 episodes. That is the bottom line. Had we had the normal number of episodes, it would have worked a lot better than it did. As another interesting fact, a lot of people give D&D a lot of crap about the story ending, but that ending came from GRRM. He told them how he intended to end the books (and what the major beats were going to be), and so that's what they went with. So if you have a problem with the story itself, that's on the author. Reducing the number of episodes is definitely on D&D, that was their fault (I presume, I mean I suppose it could have been HBO, but I think I read it was the producers). I wonder, given the backlash, if GRRM will now change the endings of his books (you know, in a fantasy make-believe world where he actually finishes them). I have issues with the last two seasons, to be sure, but it mostly revolves around the fact that it could have worked, if not for the rather baffling decision to shorten the seasons. Anyway, I know you get about a million series/movie suggestions, and I have no idea if you are even going to do a series again (maybe just movies), but if you are considering a new series, allow me to throw these suggestions into the hat. One, I'd love to see your reaction to the WItcher (Henry Cavill!!), and two, the Sopranos is a great show as well (another one with a rather controversial ending, lol). I'd watch the heck out of those reactions. Thank you for your reactions to this series, I've enjoyed them greatly. I wouldn't have rewatched the series on my own, and it was fun to revisit it with your commentary.

Ron Hiler

How 'bout a comedy show next? Arrested Development or something? Or - probably an unpopular suggestion - no new series, but *more* movies.

ActionJeans

That would also mean he foresaw the massacre of King's Landing. Nice one, Bran.

Marc Van de Klashorst

The classic cartoon for why Drogon melted the chair https://i.redd.it/0pacceit3ez21.jpg

Steve B

Please watch Black Sails, it's fantastic

Lorenzo Turner

Me too, I honestly enjoyed episodes 3 and 5 more than I did the first time around, but this episode was even worse. The horrible pacing and writing is just so much more evident, but at least a few characters got decent endings.

Dante

This last reaction has probably been my favourite of yours (well apart from Firefly/Serenity) haha but mainly because so much of your reaction through the episode and this last few seasons, I went through the exact same emotions. Apparently HBO were willing to give the writers more time to flush out the story but not sure if they had enough confidence in their own writing to go on for much longer after departing from the books. In a way the books were almost like a crutch. I found so much wrong with this last season especially. Game of Thrones started off as potentially being the greatest fantasy show ever made to ending up being something I wouldn't recommend to anyone.

KoolKamal

Your whole rant was incredibly condescending. 🤣 Also many of the arguments you make are you conflating show and book material together. The 3 treasons prophecy is book only. All Quaithe (who never speaks to Dany in the show btw) asks Jorah is "will you betray her again?" with no mention of the blood, gold and love stuff from the book.

Brandon

Black Sails is in my top 5 shows of all time. Absolutely masterful! Not sure if you watch Nikki & Steven, but they're currently reacting to it almost through season 3!

Dante

Thank you for taking us on this journey with you!

James M

What a nice way to tell me to go fuck myself. 😊

Morten Larsen

It's okay, he likes being contrarian. Millions upon millions of people hated the final season and especially the final episode, but he liked it, so he can be counted among the soccer moms and "NFL players" that D&D wrote the final season for. I'm half joking... It's okay to have a difference of opinion of course, but the vehemence with which he expressed this "defense" is funny. There have been reams upon reams of legitimate issues brought up by fans since this aired. Errors within the show's internal logic. A myriad of things that would have made more sense than what they actually did. But he's fighting against the tide. So just give him this small victory... He was able to defend the horribleness against everyone's misgivings. :)

Caomhan84

Are you insulting her for insulting you after the insulting tone of your initial post? "No, only I get to be insulting"

ActionJeans

What’s next? :o

Kelvin

Great comment, agreed on most points. Lets hope the spinoff shows coming are also good.

Obie Brown

Yeah, personally what crippled this series more than anything, is George not helping the showrunners with ANY new books in 10 years. But what is done is done.

Obie Brown

Marvels What If...

Tiger Chu

People fail to realize (I've heard many people say it too) That only Daenerys is immune to fire not Targaryens, best proved in season 1 when Drogo killed Viserys with heat/fire...she was ,"the Dragon" "Fire cannot kill a dragon" So it's not Targaryen thing, Just specifically Daenerys.

Jayson Orlando

Jon's ending is actually pretty ok imo. Bran knew that Jon would end up going beyond the wall with the wildlings and knew that's where he'd be happiest (pretty sure there really isn't a Night's Watch anymore, Grey Worm just didn't know that). I've also found viewing this more as a tragedy rather than an epic or adventure story makes it slightly more enjoyable. Arya's ending also makes sense. Nat, do you not remember Arya saying she wants to find out what's West of Westeros many seasons ago? Also, the honeycomb and the brothel joke has been a long running one throughout the series, and you have laughed at it before. Many times throughout the episode you forgot things that were already established, like Tormund literally telling Jon last episode that he would be at Castle Black until the winter snows passed. Overall really enjoyed your reactions to this series, it did become evident at the end that you became much less invested which caused you to forget/miss a lot more important things and become quite a bit more nit picky, which I think probably lessened your enjoyment even more. I can't really blame you for that as it's definitely justified, but I do think you would have enjoyed it a bit more (particularly season 6) had you not forgotten/missed things and not been constantly trying to find things to make you upset.

Dante

Why would he want to be Lord of Winterfell, when he could see that they'd crown him King in the future?

Morten Larsen

I thought I might like this episode more on re-watch, now that my initial disappointment has had years to cool down. Alas...

TwistedMagoo

Rome's only 2 seasons as HBO axed it as it cost too much...

Paul Gibbons

I am glad that Nat enjoyed the experience. I am the same, despite my issues with the shows final seasons, there are almost no shows that elevated the bar like this. Still, years later, only now Amazon and Netflix are trying to match the scope of this series. And I am excited to see what the GOT spinoff shows will be. Oh and when the final books come out 20 years from now, we will have answers!

Obie Brown

I'd just like to say that if GRRM's readers don't think he's capable of pulling a fast one on us when it comes to what's "confirmed" for his books apparently does not read them. They're already different enough at this point anyway. 😉 I could go on for ages, but I'll just never understand how a pissed off Grey Worm, who now has all the power with Dany out of the way makes any of the moves he makes or allows any of the things he allows... and then just leaves. He's like a Shogun and there isn't even an Emperor at this point. The concept of choosing a democratic ruler rather than relying on bloodlines is definitely one of the messages in GRRM's books but the way it unfolds is nonsense. The way they choose electing a King after laughing off a general election where all people are involved is kind of a lame attempt at social commentary IMO.

Brandon

I just finished watching The Wire for the first time, really good series and pretty doable at 5 seasons of 12 to 13 episodes. Bittersweet, with Michael Williams dying right when I was finishing watching his breakout role. I'm not happy with HBO right now, but The Wire is really good. Band Of Brothers is also a must see miniseries, though being WWII, it has some things that will be very difficult for you, but it's so well done. I also like Rome, another one that's easily done since it's only 2 seasons.

KnittingHaven

Insulting me for a difference of opinion. Nice. Very mature of you.

Morten Larsen

Absolutely love The Expanse. It would easily be my first choice, followed closely by Black Sails and Hannibal. I've noticed a few other reactors picking it up recently too.

Mere_Prologue

I still hope some, she has mentioned it as something she wanted to watch. I only watched it for the first time a few years ago, and a lot of it holds up well, while also being very nostalgic for those 90s/early 2000s years. But, yeah, it's a long commitment. ETA: The stories and characters generally still hold up well, the effects not so much.

KnittingHaven

I was so disappointed HBO left Amazon, that's my fav streaming platform. I'm on Hulu, too, so I got the HBO add on there, and it worked okay, but I'm only doing the free week trial on Hulu to finish up with Natalie. If I really need to get back on HBO in the future, I guess I'll do it through Hulu again. I just hate trying to stream on HBO Max platform.

KnittingHaven

I can’t believe you’re still a D&D bootlicker. Are you just willfully a troll, or do you honestly not have any idea about filmic study?

Kelsey Roberts

Sorry for the rant. But these things just piss me off, as much as the final season seems to have pissed off others. And if everybody else is voicing their displeasure, then so am I. :P

Morten Larsen

Well, here we are. But first things first. THANK YOU Nataly for getting us on this ride once more. I don't think I would have ever watched GoT again if it wasn't to make the ride with you all. And I have to say, it's been a very enjoyable ride. I'm gonna make this kind of short, because I know this thread is going to get very crouded. I guess the best recap for this series is the phrase stated by Jon on the last episode "This doesn't feel right". And I think that is what most people left feeling in the end. For me, I do acknowledge this to be one of the best shows ever filmed. At one point it had the whole world waiting for each new episode, and that shared experience, for that many seasons is in itself an indisputable achievement. It didn't have the best ending, but I couldn't tell you what that would have been. For all of those that crucified the whole show just because it didn't have a stellar ending... I guess I'm on the oposite site of you. An ending can't ruin hundreds of great previous hours of joy and entertainment. I know most people blame the show runners for how the perfect show got ruined. And for sure they have a point since the show runners are the ultimate responsibles for what is filmed and aired. But what most of those people wanna forget is that the showrunners followed the path marked by the author. All of this Daneris getting carzy was always his plan. So if it is that what you don't like... You should know who to really blame. For me in the end, the story was ok. Then only great failure of the show was to rush to end things, don't giving enough time for the stories to reach the goal. I guess they got tired after years of exhausting working on it, and they had future project to embarc on... And that is so sad. But this show will alwyas be one of the best shows ever made... Now... NAT PLEASE consider Lost next ;)

Valar Dohaeris

Let's address some of the "complaints" during the episode... "Why did Tyrion go look for his siblings? They were crushed..." Well, how would he know that? He told Jaime he left a boat for them down there, so he had to check and see if they got out. "How did he find them so easily?" Would you have preferred a 20 minute scene of him looking through every pile of rubble? He obviously spent time looking for them, but we only saw the part of the search that mattered. "She wasn't like this before. Now all of a sudden, she's completely ruthless. Right... The noblemen of Mereen would beg to differ. She always wanted to slaughter people, but her advisors kept her in check for the most part. She practically got wet from listening to Drogo say he'd tear down their stone houses, and kill the men in iron suits. She was always like this. Death and tragedy pushed her the final bit into madness. "She always fought for kids, and slaved and women. What she did now was completely out of character." Did she? Really? She folllowed Khal Drogo as they raped and pillaged, albeit she was against the raping, but the rest seemed ok. And yeah, she freed slaves, but Kings Landing didn't have slaves. Those were free people, who in her mind chose to follow Cersei Lannister. She wanted to burn down Quarth in the second season, because they wouldn't let her in. Her instinct has always been fire and blood. Something people seem to just "ignore" because they were a fan of her. "And that's how she dies?" Well, she was told she would be betrayed 3 times. Once for Blood, once for Gold and once for Love. This was the third betrayal. As predicted since season 2 in Quarth... Once again... Has Nat not been paying attention at all? "How cool would it be if Drogon burned Jon, and found out that way he was a Targaryan?" Targaryans aren't immune to fire. What happened to Dany was because she sacrificed Mirri Maz Duur and the Khals. Only death can pay for life. Also, dragons are supposedly incredibly smart, so Drogon would 100% have known what that "chair" symbolized. "She deserved better than that." No she didn't... She deserved absolutely nothing, she was a tyrant since season 1. "Was Tyrion held prisoner a whole winter?" It never snowed in Kings Landing. That was ashes. Tyrion's beard grew a TON... So many context clues... "All of this is so ridiculous." Why? Because the noble houses of Westeros were allowed to choose a new king? What else should have happened? No ruler and the Unsullied holding Kings Landing for eternity? "This doesn't even make sense." Why not? Who else should rule the 7 Kingdoms, if not the one person who can't be bought or tempted by anything? Bran is the ONLY logical choice as King if you think about it. "He's been saying all this time he's not a Stark anymore, and how he can't be a Lord." Well duh... Why do you think the guy who can see he would be crowned King in the future, said he couldn't be a Lord? Really?? "This is insane." Bran is sending Jon home. The only place he has ever felt home. There is no "Night's Watch" anymore. But Grey Worm doesn't know that. That's why Bran sent Jon there. To free him from the politics of Westeros, that he always hated. To send him home!! "How is that relevant? It wasn't even funny." That line has been a running gag this ENTIRE show. All show viewers had been DYING to find out the end of that story, but it was always cut off. Lastly... THERE IS NO NIGHT'S WATCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Morten Larsen

Just wanted to say that the Targaryens aren't biological mad. They don't have like a time clock that made them burn everyone. I can only think on four targaryens that you can call mad: Maegor: Basically, Joffrey, but older and with a loooooooooot of power. Baelor: The religious one. He lock her sisters up to avoid tentations and starve himself to death 'cause the gods. Aerion: Brother of Maester Aemon and King Aegon the Fifth. Cruel and spoiled, drank wildfire cause he thought that would turn him into a dragon, but he just burn to death, like every targeryan exposed to fire (yes, dany too). And Aerys, the Mad King himself.

Ariel Conde

Fantastic reaction!! your analysis at the end was on point

Pinekka

Gaaah! So happy to have gone on this journey with you, Nat! And this final episode happen to be posted on my birthday xD About your thoughts and feelings on the ending: welcome to how we all felt back when it first aired! lol. I was definitely one who originally felt like the ending seemed to come out of nowhere, and almost ruined the whole show for me. I spent several years not even thinking of GoT, or that I'd ever watch it again, but not long before you started to post your vids, I had decided to watch it again. Having watched this with you now makes it my 4th time seeing the series all the way through (I rewatched the whole thing again with your vids as commentary during your weeklong break lol). Given some space from the series and finally going through a second viewing, the ending doesn't feel so bad, and you pick up more of those breadcrumbs in earlier seasons of Dany going crazy at the end. Granted, they really didn't do a great job or portraying it; just thinking about the story by itself; it makes more sense of her going ape-shit on King's Landing at the end. Not only did she have her best friend taken from her by Cersei, and one of her dragons killed; but just the outrage of Cersei not sending her troops to help against an army of dead people, it's easier to see how she could just snap like that at the end and say "fuck this" and burn them all. Dany always was a bit rash in her decisions, but she had close friends to tamper those knee jerk reactions. By the time she gets to that final battle with Cersei, everyone she ever loved, cared for, and actually listened to was dead: Jorah, Beristan (or however you spell his name), Missandei... those were the few people she actually considered family (you can maybe consider Grey Worm as one, but he always just felt more like a loyal soldier than someone she really loved as a friend/family). So here she is, completely alone in a country she feels is supposed to be her home, and the one goal she's ever had, the iron throne, is right there. She's tired, angry, and ready to finish it. And the only person left she kinda loves is the one person who could take the throne away from her by birth-rights. Ultimately, when I went back and watched it again; the pure story of the ending felt like it made more sense, but there is no arguing that they didn't really do a great job at putting it on screen. That being said, I still want to give massive props to those behind the screen who tried their best to give us an epic ending. Going from such great source material as the books, then having to piece together an epic ending just from vague notes... I can't even imagine having to deal with that task. As it was airing, you could even feel the shift in public opinion when they got past the point where the books were written. It went from being everyone's favorite show with almost no complaints, to just about every decision the show-runners made being questioned and criticized. I feel like ultimately that is what caused the rushed aspect of the last few seasons; it was as if the higher-ups in the studio were like "We need to finish this show NOW while we're still on top!" and because of that rushed what otherwise could have been 4 to 5 more great seasons of content, and focused more on trying to give us epic LotR style battles. All-in-all, I would say GoT is probably one of my favorite shows to have come about; at least in my top 10, even with the rushed endings. The series as a whole had some of the best writing, acting, direction, sound design, cinematography, etc. So happy to have watched this along with you, and can't wait to see what series you hop into next with us! (personally I'm hoping for some Battlestar Galactica or Altered Carbon maybe xD)

SmokeAndACoffee

I’ve watched this show 2 times, once when I was younger and didn’t care whilst it was already out for 5 seasons and again when the last season was coming out . Rewatching it believe it or not was actually a lot better for me just for the fact all these things that didn’t make sense made a lot of sense even from the beginning of the show . There’s are things that just never will make sense but I don’t really care to be honest lol I’m good at suspending my belief for the sake of not getting pissed . Idk I’ve never really fully understood the hate it gets but it’s also just my opinion

Hunter

Dang, I didn’t know she had already seen Breaking Bad. Lost is a lot of episodes. Not sure if you want to tackle that, Natalie. The Wire would be a good one.

Zack Wallace

I understand wanting to end the series. Everyone is spending most of their lives away from their families in extreme locations working crazy hard at crazy hours in extreme conditions. The last season took 2 years to make. People have been hating on the show since season 5 so to sacrifice that much to mixed reactions would be gutting. Also there is no satisfying ending to the series. Just ask George. Its been 10 years since Jon was left stabbed and bleeding at Castle Black and Danarys was surrounded by a Dothraki horde.

Chris H

I was kinda hoping that Buffy the Vampire Slayer might get a go at some point… but I acknowledge that is a big investment of time

Paul Thomas-Humphreys

Bran is no longer Bran. He was downloaded with the life experience and collective memories of multiple generations of men that could see everything. He can see everything. He can look into the past and learn from multiple viewpoints and he can see the truth of everything. Remember when Tywin was talking to his grandson about, "What makes a good king?" and they came up with Wisdom? Bran is wise. He is wise 30 times over. He has access to the wisdom of generations of wise men. He wont be paranoid. You can't plot against him because he can uncover your plot by just looking at your past. You can't lie to him for the same reason. He's not greedy for power or gold. He's not interested in having multiple wives and children. Being paralyzed kind of kills your libido so no evil little boy king after he's dead. No Nero, No Caligula will follow him. He will guide his successor and maybe choose another Greenseer to be his heir. The things that corrupt other men hold no sway over Bran and he has the wisdom to rule well. The fans of the show don't like him because they suffer from the greatest failing of democracy, they vote for the most popular guy/girl most of the time. Bran is not charismatic. He's cold, aloof, distant. He shares more in common with Buddah than with Genghis but when he makes decisions for the Relm, he has access to the knowledge of everything that has happened throughout history. Bran would be the best king the world has ever seen.

Tadpoleaxe

To quote Ramsay Snow “If you think this has a happy ending, you haven’t been paying attention”. GOT is a tragedy not an adventure story.

Benjamin Gomez

Fuckin' FIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINALLY. Please Christ something watchable to replace this ENTIRE Shitshow of a series🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

WellNo

Here it is, last GOT day, thank you Nat, it was a great journey at your side despite the last two seasons, it was rich in laughter, tears and tension 😄 Regarding your point of view on the series, I agree with most of what you say and obviously there are two/three debatable points (unfortunately it's complicated to debate properly here haha). But it's obvious they should have kept the same number of episodes to allow a better treatment of the characters or at least selected motivated screenwriters, in fact I find Daenerys as a tyrant rather logical (however "too brutal") in the sense it was quite predictable, and as many things have shown in reality, the "liberator" often becomes the "opressor". And of course, where one great adventure ends, another takes over 😄 I really can't wait to start the next journey and I'm curious what it will be 😃 I hope you're fine, take care, be safe and stay golden! 💛

Calo Grsf

Totally agree, I think the fact that it was on Syfy for so long is the reason it hasn't gotten more mainstream. Already been seeing a lot more people get into it since it became an Amazon Original and I bet it'll be one of those shows that gets more popular after it has ended.

Dante

Speaking of which, how's about giving The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance a go? It is very different to anything you've put on the channel, but honestly one of the best written, produced, and (voice) acted things I've seen in years.

Marc Ammundsen

Tormund being at the wall wasn't predictable. He literally told Jon that he's going to the wall with ghost in episode 4.

Dani

Yeahn same. I was missing mine too, went to spam. Thats so weird

Christina Balser

Interesting reliving this series with you, and hearing your thoughts on how it all came to an end. There were def highs and lows (to the extreme), but it is a shame those last 4 eps especially really tarnished what was otherwise something special. Oh well, there are many other great things out there to watch!

Marc Ammundsen

The Boys plz!

Hairy Potter

I wish I could like something more than once in here. Every season of The Expanse so far is AWESOME. Every character is great and interesting. It's not even fair how little recognition it gets for how awesome it is.

Bou _

"Why do you think I came all this way?" LMAO after seasons of saying "I don't really want anything", yeah ok HBO

Jorge

Just checked. Yep, it's there. The only one that has ever gone to spam. Odd.

Fuzzy Dunlop

Check out Ted Lasso for something to cheer you up

Tiger Chu

Mine have been going to spam

Mike Adams

Hmm, didn't get the email notification for 8x5. Crap.

Fuzzy Dunlop

Finally this crapshow of a series is over. Onto bigger and better things. RIP the early seasons when it was good

ButtyOh

2 years ago when this aired, I had soo much to criticize about the choices they made this season. 2 years on, it all feels like wasted breath. Because none of the things we hate about season 8 were ideas that failed despite the best efforts of the showrunners. That would have been worthy of artistic criticism. But the ending failed because David and Dan simply lost any passion/love/respect they had for this story and wanted to move on. And rather than give the reigns to other writers who love the story and want to do it justice, they just ran all of it to the ground. That's why I think this feels more of a 'slap to the face' (like you said) rather than their best efforts not being good enough. I feel sorry mostly for the amazing production crew (you should definitely watch The Last Watch documentary about them) who redefined TV forever and the actors who dedicated a decade of their lives to this show (no doubt turning down many other projects ) because they really deserved better. On a slightly more optimistic note, a prequel show about the Targaryan civil war is coming up 2022 and I think it has great potential, so hopefully you will watch it when it comes out. Thanks for all the amazing moments throughout this show Natalie. Its been a pleasure! Onto more stories!

mike

Let's go Lucifer!!!

Daniel Ketchum

Happy Thursday, Natalie! 😊 Since this is the finale episode I'm going to watch it right away. I really enjoyed watching this series with you. This was the first time I've ever seen this show(aside from the S6 finale episode), and enjoyed it for the most part. I'd have to say that the first 4 maybe 5 seasons were my favorite. There was a couple of episodes in S6 that I liked. Can't wait to see what series we dive into next. Have a great day today! 😊 Until the next video, Stay Golden! 💛

Randee Carreno

I wish I could've watched this final season in realtime with you and everyone else, but my stupid HBO Max has been refusing to stream properly this past week. And it's not my connection or browser, because literally EVERYthing else is fine, EXCEPT HBO Max. (I should have stuck with Amazon Prime, but I reeeeally didn't want to buy seasons 7 or 8.) I might just watch the YouTube version once that comes out.

Troy B.

Yeah, lost is far too large of a series for Nat to undertake on Patreon and YT I think. She’s also mentioned before that she’s seen Breaking Bad

Dante

Would love to see you watch The Expanse, Nat. I know a lot of people call it “Game of Thrones in space” but that’s unfair to the show imo. It’s MUCH better than GoT, well written, has amazing set pieces and beautiful shots, and is based off the best Sci-Fi book series of the last decade. Considering how much you love Firefly and Star Wars (while it’s not really that similar to either besides being SciFi and space). I know you’d love all the characters. Hoping after Natmare Season it gets a chance! It is a bit longer (5 seasons currently 6th and final season slated to come out late this year or early next year) but it’s well worth it.

Dante

I think Lost is really just too many episodes at 120.

Paul G

I don't even want to watch the video. Which pretty much sums up my feelings and overall enthusiasm about how they decided to conclude this once wonderful series. Once upon a time, GOT was the first show since Star Trek and Stargate that got me excited enough to want to see every episode and buy merchandise And really go all in in terms of fandom. But by episode 3 of season 8, I didn't know what I was watching anymore. By the end, I had lost all interest. I was so utterly disgusted with the spectacular seppuku that they decided to commit with this story. And I've said a million times before, it's not exactly the ending they chose... It's the way they chose to get there. If we were given 30 episodes for this end to play out, I'm 100% sure that I would have found a way to accept it. But in 13 episodes, as it ended up happening, it was just too much too fast and very poorly done. I no longer have any interest in recommending the show to anyone. I hardly even rewatch episodes or clips anymore. What's the point? And that's sad.

Caomhan84

Zack- hell yes LOST or BB would be PERFECT. Both are very “reaction-worthy”

Michael Patrick

For the final time Happy thrones Thursday Nat it's been an absolute pleasure rewatching this series with you lots of laughs and tears aplenty, good people have died and some vile ones too but all good things come to an end and here we are I'm excited to hear your thoughts and am excited for what comes next 💛 I thought aryas ending was spot on although it left me wanting to follow her on her journey 😀 OK right let's for the last time begin except not for 3hrs cuz I'm at work lol

Ian

Really hoping for avatar the last air bender for the next series! One of the most heart warming series and one of the best character arcs ever.

Jack Livingston

I am in agreement with you, Michael. I was going to recommend she watch Lost or Breaking Bad.

Zack Wallace

And now your watch is over <3

Danishprince

Cobra kai . Must watch . Pls have a look atleast 🙏

Aman Jaiswal

Nat you should watch karate kid and then continue on with cobra kai on Netflix , it is a great show and many would be eager to see your reaction on that

Aman Jaiswal

Next series... I vote LOST

Michael Patrick

NOOO not the last video! Please react to the Last Watch documentary with Tyler. Ignore this comment if you already mention it in the video :D

Krystal

So... what's the next series??

Chris H

Hey Nat! Now that you have finished the series, I HIGHLY recommend watching the cast interviews for season 8. THE SASS on some of them is HILARIOUS! They knew what was up 😂

Jordan Harper

The final Thrones Thursday is here. I think after the previous one, most felt the same going into the final episode Nat, and hearing you making the same comments that most made as the episode played out, and watching you processing the craziness, and seeing the disappointment in your face, felt all too familiar. I loved you whispering "What's going on?" It summed it all up. You took us through the highs and lows of Westeros in exactly 7 months Nat. Feb 23rd - Sep 23rd 2021. Crying at dragons, screaming at zombies and laughing at Tyrion's jokes (well, most of the time), but always brilliantly entertaining us along the way. I really enjoyed your outro critique. Thanks Nat, and also thanks to Tyler for his always interesting comments, and looking forward to hearing what he thought of the final season 💛

Darryl Low