My point is this: I like Game of Thrones, I enjoy talking to other people who like Game of Thrones, and I appreciate the series enough to want to know more information about the series itself. Also unique to the books, Daenerys has a badass bodyguard named Belwas who eats an entire bowl of poisoned locusts meant to kill her (because he likes to snack), and he’s mildly inconvenienced by a tiny bellyache. Looking back, you remember the Red Wedding, don’t you? It might surprise some of you to know that in the books, Catelyn Stark transformed into Lady Stone, a zombie-like version of the Punisher, ruthlessly dispatching her enemies around the riverlands. We’ve been in uncharted territory for a while now, as the most recent book was released in 2011. I’m the annoying friend who points out, “Ooh, see that?! That didn’t happen that way in the books!” I promise not to be that person this season, friends.
Until I stumbled upon this dataset, I didn’t realize how much I was missing having this Game of Thrones tool at my fingertips. As you can see in the screenshot below, this allows us to get a feel for what people liked the most along the way:Ībove: Biggest winners early in the show appear to be Ned Stark’s execution (Baelor) and Tyrion’s defense against Stannis (Blackwater) I just wanted to build a tool that lets us take a step back and consider the show itself. I didn’t want to bake in any opinions or focus on the plot-there’s plenty of that out there already. The spirit of these dashboards is to help you see the information about the series in a convenient way. The average Game of Thrones episode rating stands at an impressive 9.1. Turning the frown upside down, look how good the last couple of episodes tend to be! Sometimes you need to build up that story base at the beginning of the season, so the later episodes can come out swinging. But where’s the fun in shying away from dishing out a little tough love? We’re fans of the show, and sometimes it’s fun to stack episodes against each other. The lowest-rated episode (Season 5, Episode 6: “Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken”) still stands at an impressive 8.1 on IMDB, according to this dataset.
Take a peek at one of the visuals from the dashboards below: Queue the sad trumpets as everyone’s balloon deflates … but, really! The data doesn’t lie. When the wine starts flowing and your friends finally take a break from preaching their favorite plotline conspiracies, it’s your moment to shine: “Did you know the first episode of every season tends to be among the lowest rated on IMDB?” Your question will linger in the air like the scent of stale Cheetos. As the masses flock to their couches to re-binge-watch all the episodes of Game of Thrones, salivating for the final season like a pack of ravenous wolves, add this dashboard to your meta nerd repertoire.