GAME OF THRONES SEASON 2 ENDING SERIES

Rehashing the mess that is the Thrones series finale feels a bit like punching down, except that it did win that damn Emmy last year for Outstanding Drama Series. But even if we weren't living in a sad and scary era and the concept of time is completely in flux, it's still staggering to dive back into a show that, for a long time, deserved the world's attention.

Rewatching the series finale a year later is, by nature of the current state of our reality, an incredibly surreal experience. The history of any event, in short, lives on in what people say about it, which is enough reason to reconsider 'The Iron Throne' today. Except for this: Tyrion asks about how the Archmaester's version of events treats him in the final rundown, and Samwell basically says that despite eight seasons of scheming and the odd moments of heroics, he doesn't get mentioned. Weiss were trying to communicate with the final minutes of the series. It is also a moment that doesn't say anything about whatever message showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Martin's book series, which gave birth to one of television's most undeniably epic shows (at least for a significant portion of its run). This is, of course, a meta-reference to George R.R. However, newly appointed Grand Maester Samwell Tarly ( John Bradley) says proudly that he helped with the book's title: A Song of Fire and Ice. Towards the end, Tyrion Lannister ( Peter Dinklage), presiding over a meeting of the small council, is presented with a massive tome documenting the recent history of Westeros, written by Archmaester Ebrose ( Jim Broadbent). There's a detail in the Game of Thrones series finale, which aired for the first time one year ago today, that may or may not have slipped your mind.

Game of thrones season 2 ending