Der synes at være en klar tendens til, at nyere, langvarige tv-serier har overordentlig svært ved at lande ordentligt og lukke historien på en meningsfuld måde. Det mest iøjnefaldende eksempel er fortsat Game of Thrones, som på dramatisk vis gik fra at være verdens absolut største tv-fænomen til at levere en af de mest polariserende og omdiskuterede afslutninger i nyere tid - en begivenhed, der den dag i dag stadig vækker voldsom debat.
I den anledning har Kit Harington, der som bekendt blev verdenskendt i rollen som Jon Snow, sat ord på sine følelser omkring den udskældte ottende sæson. Skuespilleren slår fast, at han mener, showets skabere i sidste ende "the right thing" og at det er noget, han føler sig "very defensive" over for og "always will, actually."
Som mediet NME beretter, udtalte Harington for nylig: "It's not a small process. It's an incredibly complex and lengthy and intricate process. And I feel that the best people to be able to do that were the people who gave us the first seven seasons, that brought it to TV, that brought George's thing and brought it to TV. And so my feeling about it is, there may have been mistakes, as we can all decide whether we liked it or not, and what we liked about it, what we didn't.
"There's no doubt in my head that what they did was the right thing because they're the people who brought it to us. And I kind of stand by that. Like, I feel very defensive of it as a show and as a season. And I think I always will, actually."
Haringtons seneste forsvarstale kommer i kølvandet på, at skuespilleren <a href="https://www.gamereactor.eu/kit-harington-it-genuinely-angered-me-that-fans-asked-for-a-remake-game-of-thrones-season-8-1659093/" title="Kit Harington: " it="" genuinely="" angered="" me"="" that="" fans="" asked="" for="" a="" remake="" game="" of="" thrones:="" season="" 8"="" target="_blank">tidligere har luftet sin store frustration over de mange fans, der højlydt har krævet, at hele den sidste sæson af Game of Thrones skal genindspilles fra bunden.