Game of Thrones Had an Opportunity With Daenerys Targaryen. The Show Squandered It
(WorldNews Entertainment)

Warning: This post contains spoilers for Game of Thrones season 8. Game of Thrones is a rare example of mass entertainment that took the time to build compelling character arcs over the course of several seasons. The redemption of Jaime or the Hound were slow, carefully plotted evolutions — until they weren’t. So Daenerys’ turn from hero to villain should have been a triumph of plot development. If the showrunners wanted to argue that power corrupts everyone, carefully tracing Daenerys’ descent from Breaker of Chains to Mad Queen killed by her lover could have been a smart, honest, compelling storytelling choice. Instead, the creators of the show decided to evolve...