Game Of Thrones: 10 Smartest Changes HBO Made From The Books

10. The Finale

No, it wasn't to everyone's taste but the endings to long-running series very rarely please everyone.

You can pull at those loose threads all you want, but season 8's final episode stood out as its best. It was full of the emotionally driven performances and bittersweet moments that the rest of the series had been lacking.

It also felt more in tune with Martin's style of storytelling, obviously we don't know how the books end yet, but the show's creators were informed of the important mile stones. How they get there was up to them.

Inevitably it will be fun to see what changes are made in the books and how much so. Characters achieved what they wanted, just not necessarily in the manner they expected and helped to bookend the entire series marvellously.

Sansa did get to become a queen, Jon went back to serve at The Wall and Arya went on her gap year.

You may have rolled your eyes at Bronn and his brothel fixation and maybe you expected Bran, with his god-like powers, to do something more remarkable than become king, but the good far outweighed the bad.

The important thing is we got a largely satisfactory ending.