The âGame of Thronesâ finale aired months ago, but the controversy around the contentious final season is not.
The series finale script is now online â and although some social media watchdogs are claiming itâs âleaked,â thatâs actually not true.
Itâs standard practice for the TV Academy to release the scripts nominated for âbest writingâ Emmy Awards, so this is through the official site. Now, itâs more fodder for the many fans who disliked the eighth and final season.
Thereâs a throwaway stage direction in the âIron Throneâ script that has fans firing up the old meme machine again.
The offhand aside inspiring ridicule: âJon and Sansa both failed geography.â
In the context of the show, this occurs right after the action has calmed down (Jon has already killed Daenerys; Bran has already been proclaimed King) and Arya announces her intention to roam the world instead of returning to Winterfell.
âWhatâs west of Westeros?â she asks. Thatâs when much-derided show-runners D.B. Weiss and David Benioff drop their snarky, anachronistic âstage direction.â
So, âGame of Thronesâ might be over â but our meme watch has never ended. Here are some of the derisive responses floating around the Twitterverse now: