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So the episode most fans hate the most - the final episode "The Iron Throne," - is the one that got nominated for the Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series Emmy. Talk about rubbing salt in a wound.

It was also very amusing to see the show's stunt coordinator who got to play the Night King discover how boring it is to be an actor, as you spend 90% of your time either in make up or waiting in a trailer for the ten minutes you actually get to do your scene. He was used to actually doing stuff...

I enjoyed the approach of the two hour documentary which was to showcase and follow several of the production crew as if they were miked players in an NFL game. You really get a sense of the fatigue and wear and tear and dedication of these no glory players. And for those who criticized the...

I'm also wondering if there's a generational aspect to this. With the Internet and the 'published' validation of everyone's opinion and the millennials growing up with an enhanced sense of entitlement (hey, I parented one, guilty) there is a feeling of ownership about the content that was never...

Yeah, who was there to see what happened other than Jon? And Drogon took her away so... no evidence. Corpus Delicti. No body, no crime.

One last twist is Arya sailing west across the ocean and confronting.... the Statue of Liberty. "You burned them all to hell, Dany, damn you! Oh, and what's this?"

Tyrion (Dinklage) owned the episode, which is right since he was always the star of the books and the series.

Jon bent the knee and hugged Ghost. Mic drop. I'm good.

Of all the conversations to be had discussing the outcome of the series and opinions, good or bad, these are not the debates I would be expecting to go on and on. It's dragons, folks, move on. But I'm just happy to once again see a series provoking water cooler discussions again, whether pro or...

I think the show metamorphosed from novels on television to, inevitably, a TV series. Toward the end, they cut to the chase, with action and character development tailored toward shorter attention spans. But they really had to. Could they really keep going with the long travel periods on and on...

No way the books are done. That's just not the way it works (marketing-wise, or Martin-wise). We'll never see the last book.

For me, pretty much went as expected. I'm fine with it. I was entertained. Technically, Cersei died in Jaime's arms, if not by his arm. Euron's survival and wash ashore was ridiculous, but if you're going to save him for one last fight, have the fight, Jaime mortally wounded, leading Cersei to...

The Iron Throne will indeed survive and go into the Smithsonian beside Archie Bunker's chair.

Here I am discussing dragon strategy. Sigh. Beats calibration arguments. But in the last episode didn't we see dragons dive-bombing straight down? Why can't Dany do that right at Cersei's palace before the big crossbows get turned around? (And likewise with the fleet) And, as far as predictions...

I watched the episode again on HBO GO, and without 17 million people streaming at the same time the picture was a lot better and I could see everything. I don't know why the broadcast version was so smeary and terrible, but this time around was significantly improved, with no adjustments to the...

Most of us are not engineers, we're film and television enthusiasts. I've been through the whole 'calibration' nonsense with previous sets, going back to my first HD set in 1997, where you constantly had to reset the convergence. Many of my friends are professional video editors or cameramen...

I enjoyed what I was able to see, but most of the action was murky and smeared and I couldn't tell what was going on. This is a 65" Samsung QLED set with the advanced motion blur on to supposedly avoid streaky or pixilated action (e.g. sporting events) . What is this calibration some here are...

And here the creators talk about it... https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/game-thrones-arya-stark-sex-scene-explained-1203604

The Night King doesn't appear leading the dead in the preview or in this episode. Could it be that he has tricked Winterfell and he is actually heading to King's Landing instead with an army, leaving part of the army to attack Winterfell? Wouldn't that be a twist, and a nice karma shock to...

I was satisfied. They have to get the reunions out of the way before the action starts. I wasn't a fan of the cheesy How to Train Your Dragon section, though. I think they should have saved Jon first riding the dragon for the big fight against the White Walkers.

It's fun to finally really have an EVENT series moment again, and I don't know how they'll measure viewership, but I expect the live viewing to be the highest for a series in ages. My son even came home from college just to watch with me on the big screen at home.

Not that we didn't know.... he's been 'struggling with it' (finishing the next book). https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/nov/10/game-of-thrones-george-rr-martin-the-winds-of-winter-interview

As a writer who's never tasted that level of success, it's hard for me to blame Martin, who's like, what, 70-something... and the last thing he wants to do after all this attention, glory, money, etc.... is go back into a room alone, sit at the keyboard and plod away in seclusion for several...