Game Of Thrones: 10 Worst Episodes (According To IMDb)
Yes, there were bad episodes before season eight.
In 2019, after eight seasons, the final ever episode of Game of Thrones brought the epic fantasy series to a close. Ever since its creation, the show was lauded as one of the greatest television had to offer, thanks in no small part to its incredible cast of both characters and actors, and the source material.
The adaptation of George R. R. Martin's Song of Ice and Fire saga produced 73 episodes, most of which were incredible must watch TV. Four of them even scored a near perfect IMDb user rating of 9.9. However, the show was not without its problems, no more so than over the final seasons.
After such a patient, deliberate approach to building characters, stories, and situations through the first six seasons, the showrunners saw a potential Star Wars project in their future and rushed through the final two seasons, robbing them of the previous quality that had earned the show its reputation.
While this was certainly the most notable dip in quality, truly the show started its decline as soon as the source material was overtaken, leaving Benioff and Weiss to try and match the storytelling of George R. R. Martin. Unsurprisingly, they failed, and while there are only a handful of bad episodes, they all come from the later years of the show.
10. The Red Woman - 8.5
It speaks to the overall standard set by Game of Thrones that an episode rating of 8.5 can be classed as a dip in quality.
It is not that the first episode of season six is particularly a bad episode per se, it simply did not live up to the expectations of the majority of fans. After a mammoth episode to close out season five, season six's curtain raiser mainly existed to tie up several loose ends and set up the storylines that would carry through the next ten episodes.
Jaime arrived back in King's Landing with Myrcella's body as Doran and Trystane Martell were murdered, Sansa an Theon received help in their escape from Winterfell in the form of Brienne of Tarth, and Daenerys was taken as a prisoner in front of Khal Moro.
The biggest question that hung over season six, and possibly the biggest heading into any season ever, was surrounding the fate of Jon Snow. Was he really dead? After waiting almost a year, 'The Red Woman' offered no solid answers, keeping viewers as in the dark surrounding Ned Stark's bastard as they were before.
The episode ended with an incredibly weird and confusing scene, as Melisandre removed her ruby necklace and revealed her true form, something that was never properly explained.