8 Things Game Of Thrones Season 8 Actually Did Well
3. The Song of Ice and Fire
The Iron Throne, the final episode of Game of Thrones, is among the worst of the show's run. The pacing is awful, the method of choosing a new king is just as anticlimactic as their boring choice of Bran the Broken, and the final line of the series turns out to be Tyrion's oft-repeated jackass and honeycomb joke, the punchline to which we still haven't heard.
However, the episode contains one incredible scene: When Jon kills Daenerys. Though many dislike the sequence due to some shaky dialogue about counting, the acting is spot on. Harington is never better as he plays Jon wondering if he has the strength to do what he has to do. The look on Clarke's face once her lover stabs her is heartbreaking, even after her villainous turn.
Additionally, although the motivations revealed in the script make no sense, Drogon destroying the Iron Throne perfectly ends the game of thrones. Drogon is believed to be a reincarnation of Balerion the Dread, the Dragon whose flames helped forge the throne after Aegon's conquest, so seeing the same dragon destroy the throne years later is a wonderful and symbolic close to the Seven Kingdoms.
Though many of the criticisms directed towards this scene are valid, this moment is the Song of Ice and Fire for which George R.R. Martin's book series is named, and it's an incredibly well done sequence in an otherwise lackluster episode.