Game Of Thrones: 10 Things That Would Have Fixed Season 8

Does not include signing a petition.

Night King Game Of Thrones
HBO

Hello there, noted Internet Defender of Game of Thrones Season 8 Adam Clery here. Sword brandished, teeth bared, ready once again to swing mindlessly at people who think a TV show somehow owes them something.

You see, it's very, very important that I start all this off by saying that, overall, I thought Season 8 was broadly good. As good as it could have been? Nope. As good as it should have been? Nope. But nonetheless when you're trying to wrap up a 71 episode epic that's drawn from over 5000 pages of as-yet-unfinished printed literature, it's hard to please everyone. All things considered they got pretty close.

But, but but but but but, there are ways - glaring ways - on which it could be improved upon.

From practical things like the limitations on the show's run, to creative decisions over what did and didn't make the final story, there are a few tweaks that would have kept a lot more smiles on a lot more faces. Why they didn't make them is anyone's guess, and they just feel so blindingly obvious, but here they are anyway.

10. Don’t Throw Away The World Building

Game Of Thrones Trailer Cersei Jaime Westeros Map
HBO

Westeros is, arguably, the most richly developed fictional land in television history. Over the course of it’s preceding 7 seasons there have been dozens of vibrant towns and cities, all distinctively written, and with entire storylines flourishing within them.

However Season 8 divided our time almost entirely between Winterfell and King’s Landing, with a few brief stops at Dragonstone. Now, yes, these two are the most well developed locations in the show and, yes, the two central to the entire story being told now, but life does go on in the realm.

With so much travelling to do between the two big set pieces, the show could easily have moved some events to other locations, if only to remind the audience exactly what it is our heroes were firstly fighting for and then fighting over.

If nothing else, it might have added a bit of variety to the opening credits…

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