How else to explain this premiere’s doling out of superlatives? Jon Snow called the late Ned Stark the “most honorable” man he ever met, which is awkward because Sam was telling him that Ned had lied all his life. Weiss in the wistful mind-set of a high-school-yearbook editor. Spencer Kornhaber: Game of Thrones’ ending has apparently put David Benioff and D.
Because no screeners were made available to critics in advance this year, we’ll be posting our thoughts in installments. Every week for the eighth and final season of Game of Thrones, three Atlantic staffers will be discussing new episodes of the HBO drama.
