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At what point, did you realize show was going downhill?

posted 5 years ago by Bloodshot77 (9554)
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For me it was when they left out Strong Belwas and killed Barristan Selmy.

The teleporting in Season 7. It was a telling sign when Varys teleported to Daenerys ship at the end of Season 6 but I had hoped it was just a rushed mistake. It was not :(

[–] zeesha (1753) 5 years ago

Sansa Stark and Theon Greyjoy survive the jump from the castle.

[–] Atarimaster (442) 5 years ago

Oh, that’s easy to resolve:
Sansa used her mutant telekinetic abilities to cushion the fall.

;-)

[–] actionkamen (23176) 5 years ago

And Theon Greyjoy used his stronger-than-knees-crotch (apparently having no genitals makes your crotch invincible) to cushion the fall.

[–] Pesebrero (187) 5 years ago

While I've never read the books (and didn't care about them), season 5 was a clear slope down. Rich dialogs, the best thing about this show, were lost into oblivion from that season onwards. Then I saw Jon Snow's resurrection as a stupid twist to please the fans (probably it's in the books, but remember I don't give a sh!t about them).

[–] Mahrez99 (236) 5 years ago

It started in season 5. Mixed in with some still strong stuff (among them Cersei's walk of shame - Hardhome episode (good even if it was kinda more Hollywood than GOT) which was enjoyable, was some very poorly executed (and thought through) storylines. The introduction of the horrible sand snakes, Shireen's death and Stannis' (the greatest battle strategist in the world..) horribly stupidly executed battle and death, Jamie and Bronn's bromance trip to Dorne, Sansa's rape, Ser Barristans pointless death and the bore of the high sparrows in Kings Landing and Dany in Mereen.

Then the series took a strong nosedive in season 6 and never recovered, apart from some nice fanpleasing CGI-moments and battles. Hodor's death, which was one of the highlights of the entire series, was like a lone island in a truly terrible season six that saw plot armour thickening, characters go out of character, poor dialogues, teleporting and shock just for shock value emerging. Battle of the bastards was for many a high point, but for me it was just a Hollywood moment ruining Jon's character.

The magic of this series and strong storytelling from the first four seasons was for me gone somewhere during season 5 or start of season 6. It was more like a slow burn with several annoying scenes more than one single moment that made me understand this once fantastic series was going downhill. That it would sink to the extreme lows of the final season was hard to imagine back watching season 5 though.