Opinion: Maybe George R.R. Martin wouldn’t know how to end 'Game of Thrones,' either
Peter Dinklage in a scene from the"Game of Thrones" episode that aired May 12. By Megan McArdle Megan McArdle Columnist Bio Follow Columnist May 17 at 5:29 PM Usually, when a beloved series approaches its end, there’s a feeling of wistful anticipation at the prospect of resolving loose ends and saying goodbye to something special.
Characters do things, not because that’s just what they would do in a given situation, but because the chess pieces need to move toward the next dazzling display of battle choreography. You can blame Benioff and Weiss, who clearly seem bored, and eager to move on to other things. They can get away with this only because the writers, at this point, are essentially working from Cliffs Notes: They know what the endpoint is, but lack Martin’s deft plotting to get the story there.
Main characters die, horribly, often as a direct result of their noblest gestures. When they’re not dying, they’re suffering in myriad and inventive ways. And that was a great part of the appeal, because there’s so much more suspense when you know, as real people do, that any given battle could end with the hero’s entrails spilled.
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