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DarthAragorn posted...

I know everyone praises the end of season 6 but it was so insanely fucking stupid I could never comprehend it

Cersei murders hundreds of lords and the bulk of the primary religious order of Westeros and everyone just goes along with it

Honestly it was more how that scene (and the episode as a whole) was presented rather than the plot itself. To the best of my recollection, up to that point GoT had never been a soundtrack-driven show; it had a great soundtrack, sure, but it was more subdued and incidental. Then all of the sudden you have this beautiful somber piano playing dominantly over the opening act that keeps going and building the tension throughout the entire 12-15 minute scene. About halfway through that scene it's not hard to figure out exactly what's going to happen, but the rising dread and swelling soundtrack kept me on the edge of my seat anyway.

There was a particular level of care and artistry present in the s6 finale (and not just in the opening act) that honestly hadn't been in the show up to that point, even the 'good' seasons; it single-handedly convinced me to stick with the show after almost giving up on it entirely, just in case they ever put out another ep that was so finely-crafted (spoilers: they, um, did not).