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Originally Posted by SkinnyPupp
Main villain in the north, Mance Rayder - captured
----New plotline starts, with Stannis helping in the North
A main character, The Hound, dead
----New plotline starts, with Arya going to Bravos
Main villain in the rest of Westeros, Tywin Lannister - dead
----New plotline starts, with Tyrion escaping certain death
Danaerys locks away her dragons
----OK I agree this isn't going anywhere fast
Mountain is alive, Cersei is ready to "admit" everything publicly to get out of her marriage.
Bran finally reaches his destination, completely new characters are introduced. They have magical powers - not fake magic but actual fucken fireballs - and they have been around fighting "the others" for thousands of years, before "men" were even thought of. Bran talks to a tree. A fucken man tree
---This obviously starts a new, pretty important storyline with cool magic and shit
I know I have "stood up" for the show being questioned before, but I really wonder where all these high expectations come from? It sure seems pretty solid to me. They left many new plots to look forward to, and closed off some by killing some major characters including one who has been the main villain since day 1.
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Thanks, short but sweet summary of the finale. I was impressed, small advancements in some story lines and major ones in others. All in all a great finale, highs, lows, emotions, action, drama and jaw drops. I can't wait for the next season! True Blood starts next week, at least that will keep me going for a few months.
I haven't read the GOT novels and only follow the TV show. Other than the odd reality show I only watch critically acclaimed TV series and must say that GOT is one of the best shows I have ever watched. I don't really understand how people are getting lost or missing major parts of episodes. Kind of reminds me of The Walking Dead thread when people complain that the show is slow or boring, not enough action and killing, too much talking, etc... To each their own but if you aren't actively watching, engaged in the show and connecting with the characters then why bother watching at all?