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House of the Dragon: The Queen Who Ever Was (2024)
A decent finale, setting up the next season, as GoT has done before.
A lot of people seem to complain that this is not a season finale worthy episode. I understand this, though I do not agree. Looking back at early GoT seasons, the penultimate episode has mostly been the action packed one, followed by an aftermath + setup episode for the season to come. This season seems in line with that approach in my opinion and I am not against it.
Visually this was a great episode and the sound was once more amazing, as it always has been with Ramin Djawadi.
Story-wise, I think the choices made were okay. The book isn't always followed, but the changes do not seem bad in my opinion (as they have been a few times this season). I like where this is going.
The season in its entirety was not as good, though this finale was one of the better episodes i think.
Gen V: Guardians of Godolkin (2023)
Underwhelming finale for an otherwise great show
I really liked this show and had hoped for an awesome finale to top it off.
Unfortunately, this did not do it for me. The action was there, as was some of the gore you'd expect from a show in this universe, but overall, it was way too predictable. The new 'bad guys' seem to go on a very radical killing spree with no good reason IMO.
Everything kind of played out as I'd expected except for the very ending. But this was not the ending I had hoped for either and it was waaaay too rushed without any explanation for the final twist.
A lot of arcs were also not fully developed in my opinion and I feel this episode was more of a setup for the Boys season 4 than a Gen V finale. They even seem to start a plot point for Andre and his powers, but a series finale is no place for such a development I think.
Anyways, it wasn't awful and maybe I expected too much, but this was the worst episode of the season for me.