10 Stupidest Game Of Thrones Moments

The execution of Littlefinger was a perfect embodiment of how pathetic and cartoony the showrunners had made him. Even the most uninterested viewer watching at home could tell that Sansa and Arya were secretly in cahoots, so why couldn’t the supposed-to-be smartest man in Westeros?

Well, the answer is simply that the showrunners no longer knew what to do with him, so they decided to make him a second-tier character designed solely to make a main protagonist look good.

Littlefinger’s demise was always going to surface from a rare error in calculations, but the long-awaited payoff was hardly satisfying considering the twist was predictable, and his execution was confirmed by judge Bran’s magic ability to see things.

And then there’s the way he died.

Not only was it embarrassing to see him get down on his knees and plead like a clingy boyfriend not wanting to be dumped, but the way he had absolutely nothing planned to get out of such a situation was inconsistent with his constant scheming.

It was a humiliating, unbefitting end for the man most responsible for the war of the five kings.