![]() ![]() ![]() The full dataset (filtered to remove game shows and series that are still airing) doesn’t offer any evidence of a pronounced tendency for shows to end in unsatisfying fashion. ![]() (It might seem strange that scores toward the middle of the 1–10 scale would rank so low, but IMDb user ratings tend to skew toward the high side, probably because users are more likely to rate shows they enjoy.) The final season of Thrones places in the bottom 10 percent of all seasons in that group, and the series finale ranks within the worst 1.5 percent of all episodes. In fact, the drastic differences between the average ratings for Thrones’ final season and episode and the show’s combined average rating for its previous seasons are almost unprecedented among popular shows.įor comparative purposes, we gathered episode-by-episode ratings for more than 1,600 shows with at least 5,000 user ratings on IMDb, which resulted in a sample of approximately 130,000 episodes over more than 7,400 seasons. Considering that the combined average for the series’ previous seven seasons was 9.1, that’s quite a comedown. The average combined rating for the last six episodes is 6.7. Until recently, a fifth-season dalliance with Dorne had been the series’ nadir, but the six lowest-rated episodes in the series’ run are now all from the final season.Īs of the Wednesday after the finale’s first airing, the average IMDb user score for “The Iron Throne” sits at 4.4. Thrones’ user ratings were consistently strong throughout its first seven seasons, spiking in Season 4 and at the end of Season 6, but Season 8’s user ratings nose-dived more dramatically than the Clegane brothers amid the destruction of King’s Landing. The average scores-especially for the second half of the season-are notably low not just by Game of Thrones’ previously lofty standards but compared to all oft-rated series on IMDb. The Ringer’s Definitive 'Game of Thrones’ Episode Rankings The ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 8 Finale Exit Survey The ‘Game of Thrones’ Series Finale Was Cynical and Idealistic, Satisfying and DisjointedĮach of the final season’s six episodes has received more than 100,000 IMDb ratings. ![]()
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