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Does a TV shows ending invalidate what came before?
A mishmash of poignant moments and puzzling turns, wrote theNew YorkTimesrecap.
Topples all of [the shows] carefully crafted credibility, ravedVulture.
Withsome notable exceptions, a consensus emerged thatThroneshad turned in one of the worst finales of all time.
But context is everything.
Before the finale aired, viewers were already primed for outrage.
In this heady atmosphere, the discourse was primed to amplify the finales faults, and overlook its strengths.
A year on from the finale, I attempted an experiment.
What if you stripped away all of this, and considered theGame of Thronesfinale with fresh eyes?
With 12 months of hindsight, is the episode really as terrible as it seemed back in 2019?
