And for many fans, that’s the best that can be said about its final season. Based on the immediate reaction on social media and by professional critics, the episode offered moments of fan service — Ghost! — but did little to wipe away the problems that have plagued the final season. (It also offered one last apparent continuity error to get raven-eyed watchers riled up, a blink-and-you-miss-it moment you probably didn’t catch on first watch.) For years, guessing who would sit on the Iron Throne — or, at least, who would lead the Seven Kingdoms — at the end of the series has been among the central questions of the show.

Source: New York Times May 20, 2019 12:11 UTC