10 Gaping Plot Holes In The Game Of Thrones Finale

In that first small council meeting, Bran points out that they’re missing Masters Of War, Laws and Whispers, meaning that his new Hand is only convening a half-full council. But that’s not the only issue.

Bronn is the absolute last person who should be made Master Of Coin: he’s an amoral cutthroat with no loyalty to anyone who got his current title by waving the business end of a crossbow at Tyrion and Jaime.

That Tyrion made good on his promise is one thing (a Lannister always pays his debts). That he gave him the keys to the kingdom’s treasury is baffling and nonsensical, and was clearly only done to give them a scene of friendly bickering at the end of the episode.

And the new Grand Maester? Sam Tarly, though a lovely bloke (the polar opposite of Bronn in almost every conceivable way), is not a maester. He was a promising student who was on disciplinary at the Citadel when he legged it with some of their oldest books. He’s not qualified to be a maester at a glorified chicken coop on Crackclaw Point, never mind the Grand Maester of King’s Landing.

Not only is Sam unqualified for the role, but it’s a title bestowed by the Conclave at the Citadel, which pre-dates the King and his small council by several thousand years. The King and his Hand can’t choose or fire the Grand Maester: if they could, Tyrion would have gotten rid of Pycelle long before he died.