As we approach the end of 2017, many sites and publications are creating their “best of” lists. As such, Game of Thrones season 7 made many of those lists, which should come as no surprise to anyone. To start, Highlark placed the show all the way down in the 15th spot on its best shows of 2017, citing the reason for such a low placement as “Game of Thrones Season 7 wasn’t it’s strongest.”
Season 7 was still good and the visuals and fight scenes were fun. Who doesn’t love Dragons? But I for one am getting a little sick of all this incest and the writers uncomfortable relationship with sex.
I’m not entirely sure the person responsible for this list actually watched season 7, but I digress. TV Guide also placed Game of Thrones season 7 in a much lower spot than we think it deserved, coming in at 22 out of 25.
It appears as if TV Guide’s main problem with season 7 was “that it would have probably benefited from more episodes.” Not a fair reason for sandwiching the show responsible for ushering in the Golden Age of Television between Twin Peaks: The Return and ABC’s Black-ish. I suppose there’s no accounting for good taste.
Rolling Stone put season 7 at 10 on its list of 20 of the best shows of the year.
But this season packed an entire epic into seven crazed weeks: battles, betrayals, ice dragons, blue fire, White Walkers and Arya Stark finally avenging the Red Wedding.
Yeah, season 7 was a thrill-ride from Arya Stark’s cold open to the season, all the way to the Night King and his army destroying the Wall and pouring through to the realm of the living.
Time ranked episode 703, “The Queen’s Justice” as one of the best episodes of 2017, rightfully so. The main reason? Lena Heady’s masterful work as Cersei, a mother seeking revenge against the women who murdered her daughter.
Lena Headey delivered perhaps her best work yet in an episode that stood as a moment of contemplation in a fiery season. Cersei may not be the central character on an ensemble show, but she yearns to hold the show’s spotlight by holding onto her throne, and Headey—tormenting her prisoners, brazenly flaunting her incestuous relationship—sold Cersei’s desperation, as her familiar world keeps on melting away.
LOS ANGELES, CA – JANUARY 06: Writer/producers David Benioff (L) and D. B. Weiss attend the 17th annual AFI Awards at Four Seasons Los Angeles at Beverly Hills on January 6, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)
Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and Dan Weiss landed at #21 on Recode’s list of important people in tech, business, and media.
Another way of putting it: They’re the most important assets at HBO, and HBO is the most important part of Time Warner, and AT&T thinks Time Warner is worth $86 billion
Emilia Clarke (Daenerys Targaryen) made the top three, on IMDb’s list of 10 biggest stars of 2017.
Finally, according to Tech Crunch, Game of Thrones was the most downloaded television show on iTunes, for 2017. The show shares the same rarefied air as The Walking Dead from AMC, HBO’s limited series Big Little Lies, NBC’s This is Us, ITV’s Victoria and FX’s The Americans.
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