After eight seasons and 73 episodes, HBO's long-running smash 'Game of...
FILE PHOTO: The Iron Throne is seen on the set of the television series Game of Thrones in the Titanic Quarter of Belfast, Northern Ireland, Picture taken June 24, 2014. REUTERS/Phil Noble - After eight seasons and 73 episodes, HBO’s long-running smash “Game of Thrones” came to its conclusion on Sunday night, with one more shocking demise and an unlikely character named as king.
It brings to a conclusion a show that became the cornerstone of HBO’s primetime offerings, but its final season was also its most divisive, with both fans and critics finding specific plot developments - particularly its handling of one of the primary characters - troubling. The move angered fans, as the episode, titled “The Bells,” currently garners the weakest ratings amongst all episodes in the show’s eight-season run on Rottentomatoes.com, which aggregates critics’ reviews.
Without a ruler, numerous members of the show’s noble houses eventually go with an unexpected choice for king, that of Brandon Stark, played by Isaac Hempstead Wright. In the show’s premiere episode in 2011, Brandon was pushed from a high tower, crippling him, but awakening mystical powers that eventually allow him to see the past and the future.
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