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Spoilers ahoy. If you've not seen game of thrones, read on to get the disappointment out of the way now

I disagree wholeheartedly. As much as "who's got a better story than bran" sucked, I think that was likely the ending that was intended in the books as well (and the extreme backlash against it is why we'll never see the last books). GRRM stated on multiple occasions that he was working closely with HBO and that they knew the general shape of the story he was trying to tell.

I feel like the majority of the problem with GoT was Benioff and Weiss. GRRM wanted at least two more seasons in which to tell the story (and, knowing what we know now, to delay the revelation that he didn't really have a way to untangle the story he tangled), HBO made it clear that they would keep riding the money train no matter how far the station, but D&D wanted to wrap the series up ASAP so they could work on producing some Star Wars films. That's why Jon goes from Dragonstone to the wall in a single cut. That's why the entire war with the nights king that was central to the whole series was over in an episode. That's why Dani went psycho in her moment of victory. That's why cersei's death was so predictable that it's a cliche in ttrpgs, that's why cleganebowl was ultimately disappointing, that's why the resolution to dragons being in westeros was "idk he just left lol", that's why the resolution to aryas story was "idk she just left lol" (even after several seasons developing her character as someone who believes that if Starks don't stick together they'll be destroyed), that's why the resolution to the war in the north was "idk the north...won? but also surrendered? lol", that's why LRJ didn't matter at all, that's why the spider went from being the most politically adroit character on the show to doing a whole musical number entitled "Do You Wanna Do A Treason?", that's why littlefinger's whole trial was "we know he's a dick just kill him", and the fact that House of the Dragon is being made by people who want to make it is why its almost as good as the first 5 seasons of GoT

It all comes down to the fact that they wanted the show to just be over, and now it is I suppose.

I was gonna binge this show after it ended but I can't bring myself to watch a show that I know has a shit ending, so it will forever be one of those shows I missed

I would've been really pissed off if they just stopped and didn't even take a stab at it. Now I'm disappointed with the seasons that came after that point but at least the series has come to some kind of conclusion.

I was looking for someone else to mention Futurama. The new season is just so mediocre. You hit the nail on the head, they're leaning so hard on social commentary but most of the references are already dated (Bitcoin mining, lol) and in general it's just rather cringey. I've yet to hear one joke that actually had me bust out laughing, and the writers seem to have forgotten the subtlety that made Futurama stand out from other animated sitcoms.

Billy West sounds like he's lost his voice and it feels like the rest of the cast are phoning in their performances a lot of the time. And what's with the release schedule? A Christmas episode in August? I remember there being delays but I don't understand why they would rush to get it out, they had so long to get it right and they still messed it up.

Should have stopped the show when Michael left, and made a TV movie of Dwight's wedding.

I still think the way Jim handled being (or technically not being) the best mensch is worthy of being canon.

But Nellie and Robert were just too bizarre. Will Ferrell was just awkward. It could've been good but he was just very strange. No one was a worthy replacement. Even Ray Romano would have been weird if he hadn't gotten scared off.

I would watch the Michael session on loop if I wanted to pay for peacock.

I am in an opposite camp on that & would happily watch more seasons.

Original Scrubs was one of the best shows ever made in my opinion - great cast and chemistry, genuinely funny whilst also bringing in the drama and tragedy of a hospital and it's patients, great writing, kept up momentum until the end (the original end not the crap that come after), great acting, one of the most faultless TV shows ever made.

I often wonder who's still watching it. Like obviously someone is, because it's doing well enough to keep getting renewed. But what's the demographic? I don't know many young people, but I'd assume they're not watching it. Certainly nobody in my age range ever talks about it (or if they do, then they just say what the people in this thread are saying - it used to be great, haven't watched it in years), and I don't know of anyone in the boomer/parent age group who ever talks about it.

Of course, just because nobody I know watches it doesn't mean nobody at all is watching it. But just like... who are they?

The remaining can’t voice characters outside their ethnicity.

This fucking overcorrection has got to stop. If every fictional character must be portrayed by a person who is as close to being that character in real life as possible, it's no longer "acting."