And now The A.V. Club’s watch is ended: Final thoughts on the Mad Queen, Team Stark, and who won the great game

By Caitlin PenzeyMoog, Katie Rife | May 21, 2019 | 2:52am

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The ash has settled and new dawn rises over Westeros. The A.V. Club gives our final thoughts on this season of Game Of Thrones, how “The Iron Throne” did and did not work for us, and who the real winner of this whole game was. (It’s Sansa.) Senior Writer Katie Rife and Managing Editor Caity PenzeyMoog are joined by special guests in this final episode of Winter Is Here: Our writer Alex McLevy, who has been recapping the show all season, and our TV Editor Erik Adams join the show for some parting thoughts.

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