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Warning: Contains spoilers for Game of ThronesSeason 8.

If you've been anywhere near social media since the start of the final Game of Thronesseason, you'll probably have noticed the criticism. There's been quite a lot of it.

The show has had its defenders, too, but at the very least it seems clear that Thrones' fiery final outing has largely divided people.

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Some fans are sticking by it, though. And if you're going to have anyone standing in your corner, the king of horror himself is probably a good place to start.

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He has a point -- it was always going to be very, very hard to bring a show as popular as Game of Thronesto its conclusion. Especially one with such a huge fan theory culture.

But hey -- at the time of writing, we have one episode left to go. Maybe that's still enough time to blunt the worst of the criticism with a finale to remember.

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