Is Game of Thrones too big to fail?

The Guardian

The HBO series showcased in its season seven finale that it can be so spectacular, yet so flawed. There was a moment in last night’s episode that, Archie Bland explains, “stretched disbelief past all possible suspension – and yet, here I still am, perplexingly enthralled; here, if you are reading this, you still are, too. We are invested now, and there is no backing out. Like the Iron Bank’s real world analogues, something deeply unhealthy but oddly sustaining has happened to this story: it has become too big to fail. This isn’t even anyone’s fault, really. It’s mostly a symptom of vaulting ambition, and Game of Thrones still goes wrong better than most TV shows succeed. And so we must prop it up, and take our returns where we can get them.”

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