▁through ," ▁sh un ting ▁the ▁interaction ▁between ▁female ▁characters . ▁Additionally , ▁Fran ich ▁critic ized ▁Cer se i ▁doing ▁nothing ▁this ▁season , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁the ▁ult imate ▁focus ▁" on ▁Jon ▁Snow , ▁the ▁least ▁complicated ▁main ▁character ." ▁ ▁H uw ▁Full erton ▁of ▁Radio ▁Times ▁wrote ▁that ▁the ▁e ighth ▁season ▁was ▁not ▁" T hr ones ▁at ▁its ▁best " ▁but ▁still ▁had ▁" some ▁sort ▁of ▁ending ▁for ▁the ▁characters ." ▁For ▁Full erton , ▁the ▁season ▁was ▁" like ▁the ▁finale ▁— ▁some ▁bits ▁I ▁liked , ▁one ▁or ▁two ▁I ▁loved , ▁an ▁awful ▁lot ▁that ▁leaves ▁me ▁scratch ing ▁my ▁head ." ▁ ▁Rat ings ▁ ▁A udi ence ▁response ▁A ▁pet ition ▁to ▁H BO ▁for ▁" comp et ent ▁writers " ▁to ▁re make ▁the ▁e ighth ▁season ▁of ▁Game ▁of ▁Th ron es ▁in ▁a ▁manner ▁" that ▁makes ▁sense " ▁was ▁started ▁on ▁Change . org ▁after ▁" The ▁Last ▁of ▁the ▁St arks " ▁a ired , ▁but ▁went ▁vir al ▁after ▁" The ▁B ells " ▁a ired . ▁The ▁pet ition ▁described ▁show run ners ▁David ▁Ben io ff ▁and ▁D . ▁B . ▁We iss ▁as ▁" wo e fully ▁in comp et ent ▁writers ". ▁As ▁of ▁September ▁ 6 , ▁ 2 0 1 9 , ▁it ▁has ▁am ass ed ▁over ▁ 1 . 7 3 ▁million ▁sign atures . ▁Digital ▁Sp y ▁reported ▁that ▁fans ▁of ▁the ▁series ▁critic ized