Game of Thrones (65)
I reviewed Game of Thrones on rewatch in 2018 up until season 7. I reviewed season 8 live as it came out.
In the years since I first watched this show, I've fallen in love with the A Song of Ice and Fire franchise and I've read every book multiple times. What this means is that my opinion on the Game of Thrones TV show has changed quite a bit, and it was difficult writing these reviews to reflect my initial opinions when I watched this series. I intend to write a series review one day to correct any inaccuracies, especially concerning seasons 6-8. Even without being a big fan, Game of Thrones still makes an excellent impression at the start. The first four seasons make for excellent television, telling a complicated, dramatic, and endlessly engaging story with tons of action, twists, turns, reveals, and deaths. This is a story that always keeps you on your toes and goes in directions that you never expect. The bad news is that after the first four seasons, things start getting sloppy, and it all culminates in seasons 7 and 8, which are poorly written, rushed, and entirely unsatisfactory as a conclusion for this epic story. My reviews for season 8 are some of my least favourite as I struggled with separating my love for the book series with my opinions as a TV critic. As a result, I was far too positive on one of the worst seasons of television I have ever seen. Because this show ends so badly, I can't recommend watching it in good conscience despite all that it does well; this is an ending that genuinely makes it feel like everything that came before was a waste of time. If you have the time, I strongly suggest reading the books instead, they offer a far more compelling experience even if they are unfinished.
In the years since I first watched this show, I've fallen in love with the A Song of Ice and Fire franchise and I've read every book multiple times. What this means is that my opinion on the Game of Thrones TV show has changed quite a bit, and it was difficult writing these reviews to reflect my initial opinions when I watched this series. I intend to write a series review one day to correct any inaccuracies, especially concerning seasons 6-8. Even without being a big fan, Game of Thrones still makes an excellent impression at the start. The first four seasons make for excellent television, telling a complicated, dramatic, and endlessly engaging story with tons of action, twists, turns, reveals, and deaths. This is a story that always keeps you on your toes and goes in directions that you never expect. The bad news is that after the first four seasons, things start getting sloppy, and it all culminates in seasons 7 and 8, which are poorly written, rushed, and entirely unsatisfactory as a conclusion for this epic story. My reviews for season 8 are some of my least favourite as I struggled with separating my love for the book series with my opinions as a TV critic. As a result, I was far too positive on one of the worst seasons of television I have ever seen. Because this show ends so badly, I can't recommend watching it in good conscience despite all that it does well; this is an ending that genuinely makes it feel like everything that came before was a waste of time. If you have the time, I strongly suggest reading the books instead, they offer a far more compelling experience even if they are unfinished.
Season 1 (68)
Winter is Coming (68)
The Kingsroad (66)
Lord Snow (62)
Cripples, Bastards and Broken Things (59)
The Wolf and the Lion (69)
A Golden Crown (69)
You Win or You Die (70)
The Pointy End (67)
Baelor (74)
Fire and Blood (73)
Season 2 (66)
The North Remembers (62)
The Night Lands (58)
What is Dead May Never Die (64)
Garden of Bones (68)
The Ghost of Harrenhal (60)
The Old Gods and the New (75)
A Man Without Honour (69)
The Prince of Winterfell (67)
Blackwater (72)
Valar Morghulis (69)
Season 3 (68)
Valar Dohaeris (66)
Dark Wings, Dark Words (69)
Walk of Punishment (62)
And Now His Watch is Ended (75)
Kissed By Fire (71)
The Climb (58)
The Bear and the Maiden Fair (60)
Second Sons (65)
The Rains of Castamere (85)
Mhysa (68)
Season 4 (70)
Two Swords (67)
The Lion and the Rose (80)
Breaker of Chains (66)
Oathkeeper (66)
First of His Name (68)
The Laws of Gods and Men (73)
Mockingbird (66)
The Mountain and the Viper (69)
The Watchers on the Wall (75)
The Children (70)
Season 5 (61)
The Wars to Come (62)
The House of Black and White (68)
High Sparrow (70)
Sons of the Harpy (59)
Kill the Boy (66)
Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken (60)
The Gift (52)
Hardhome (82)
The Dance of Dragons (54)
Mother's Mercy (41)
Season 6 (65)
The Red Woman (60)
Home (60)
Oathbreaker (65)
Book of the Stranger (66)
The Door (76)
Blood of My Blood (66)
The Broken Man (66)
No One (55)
Battle of the Bastards (65)
The Winds of Winter (72)
Season 7 (60)
Dragonstone (66)
Stormborn (55)
The Queen's Justice (69)
The Spoils of War (81)
Eastwatch (51)
Beyond the Wall (36)
The Dragon and the Wolf (60)
Season 8 (58)
Winterfell (59)
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (74)
The Long Night (68)
The Last of the Starks (46)
The Bells (65)
The Iron Throne (35)
Winter is Coming (68)
The Kingsroad (66)
Lord Snow (62)
Cripples, Bastards and Broken Things (59)
The Wolf and the Lion (69)
A Golden Crown (69)
You Win or You Die (70)
The Pointy End (67)
Baelor (74)
Fire and Blood (73)
Season 2 (66)
The North Remembers (62)
The Night Lands (58)
What is Dead May Never Die (64)
Garden of Bones (68)
The Ghost of Harrenhal (60)
The Old Gods and the New (75)
A Man Without Honour (69)
The Prince of Winterfell (67)
Blackwater (72)
Valar Morghulis (69)
Season 3 (68)
Valar Dohaeris (66)
Dark Wings, Dark Words (69)
Walk of Punishment (62)
And Now His Watch is Ended (75)
Kissed By Fire (71)
The Climb (58)
The Bear and the Maiden Fair (60)
Second Sons (65)
The Rains of Castamere (85)
Mhysa (68)
Season 4 (70)
Two Swords (67)
The Lion and the Rose (80)
Breaker of Chains (66)
Oathkeeper (66)
First of His Name (68)
The Laws of Gods and Men (73)
Mockingbird (66)
The Mountain and the Viper (69)
The Watchers on the Wall (75)
The Children (70)
Season 5 (61)
The Wars to Come (62)
The House of Black and White (68)
High Sparrow (70)
Sons of the Harpy (59)
Kill the Boy (66)
Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken (60)
The Gift (52)
Hardhome (82)
The Dance of Dragons (54)
Mother's Mercy (41)
Season 6 (65)
The Red Woman (60)
Home (60)
Oathbreaker (65)
Book of the Stranger (66)
The Door (76)
Blood of My Blood (66)
The Broken Man (66)
No One (55)
Battle of the Bastards (65)
The Winds of Winter (72)
Season 7 (60)
Dragonstone (66)
Stormborn (55)
The Queen's Justice (69)
The Spoils of War (81)
Eastwatch (51)
Beyond the Wall (36)
The Dragon and the Wolf (60)
Season 8 (58)
Winterfell (59)
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (74)
The Long Night (68)
The Last of the Starks (46)
The Bells (65)
The Iron Throne (35)