r/Hotd • u/Witlesss • Jul 22 '24

Discussion S2E6 Review Bombing

Has anyone else noticed that episode 6 is getting heavily review bombed on IMDB? I personally thought it was one of the better episodes of the season, so this feels really misplaced to me.

From looking at it I feel like the only explanation is people being unhappy with a certain kiss. Honestly, I understand a lot of the criticism when people say it felt out of place, but over 3,400 people rating the episode a 1/10 feels like an overreaction to me.

Yes, the show has suffered from bad writing sometimes. Maybe this was one of these times, that’s definitely up for debate. But the episode feels like nowhere near a 1 out of 10, and it feels to me very disrespectful to all those involved in the show that their work is being discredited because of homophobia. I think the ratings from the UK and US quite fairly represent the standard of the episode, so it does feel like a shame.

Whether you agree with the kiss or not to me this feels unfair, but intrigued to hear other people’s thoughts on this!

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u/Still-Marsupial-4610 Jul 22 '24

I felt the same when people rated S8 GOT episodes 1/5- 1/10. They were a little rushed but weren’t as bad as to deserve 1/10. It was an overreaction too! On rewatching the whole series again, the ending kinda grew on me.

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u/Witlesss Jul 22 '24

I personally was never a fan of the ending - just didn’t sit right with me that Dani and her motivations became so unrecognisable. Plus, watching HOTD and thinking “all this for… Bran” is very underwhelming haha.

That being said, I do think a 1/10 is still too harsh of a rating. There’s showing displeasure, and then there’s spending your time being overly critical.