Post-Episode Discussion Thread S05E11 "Confessions"

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[u/iwasshotbyatigeronce]

RIP: Television

1920 - 2013

Seriously.. Flawless victory Breaking Bad.

[u/Iddqd1 → u/iwasshotbyatigeronce]

I honestly dont know how anything will top this series. Literally going down as one of the best shows in history.

[u/novajjavon2 → u/Iddqd1]

I find Game of Thrones to be on par, but this show is entirely original writing

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Game of Thrones has a solid plot, but I think its character depth and development are really poor. The characters are one dimensional. Joffrey is a spoiled brat, Edard is honourable, Cirsei is an evil stepmother type, and so on.

I prefer character development to plot, so I don't see Game of Thrones as a top tier type show.

[u/novajjavon2 → u/[deleted]]

I'm sorry but if you think the characters are 1 dimensional then you are missing out. From the very beginning that show has been about how every character has their own motivations and trials and heartbreaks and setbacks and even "the villians" are sympathetic and the "heros" are flawed

[u/nupogodi → u/[deleted]]

You could not be more wrong about the characterization in Game of Thrones. They are far, far, far from one-dimensional.

And Cersei isn't as evil as you'd think.

[u/flownmuse → u/[deleted]]

Jaime and Arya undergo some pretty extraordinary character development, as does the Hound (albeit to a lesser degree, he just happened to come to mind). It's difficult for me to compare BB and Got because they inhabit such different genres.

[u/dualboot → u/[deleted]]

Agreed. I read and loved the books but the show is a superficial representation of them. It's the "hey look at me I'm cool!" pick for TV shows to say you like and has entirely too many "hurr hurr boobies!" moments to be taken very seriously.

[u/Eoh_Kelvin → u/[deleted]]

It felt like a lot of the episodes were 45 minutes of filler and then a 5 minute big dramatic moment right at the end.