The final episodes of 'Game of Thrones' were slaughtered by critics - here's a chart that shows its dramatic fall from grace

Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 88%

What critics said: "Last week's season premiere was all about setting the table — reunions, recriminations and churning out great big meaty chunks of plot to get everyone up to speed. Now that the table's set, the series decided to take a step back to admire its handiwork — how well they lit the candles and folded the napkins into the shapes of swans or what have you." — Glen Weldon, NPR

Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 75%

What critics said: "I do love 'Game of Thrones,' but in the middle of 'The Long Night,' my love was tested. The effort to pepper the battle with human set pieces lost out to shadowy bluster." — Matthew Gilbert, Boston Globe

Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 58%

What critics said: "If, at the end of 'Game of Thrones,' the story somehow twists back around to Arya's point of view, if it finds a way to suggest that pain is not noble and that trauma is not inherently important, then perhaps the damage this show has inflicted on its women will be mitigated, at least a little. Even under that best-case scenario, though it's hard to imagine the last two episodes of Game of Thrones could fully recover from the way 'The Last of the Starks' betrays Brienne, Sansa, and Missandei." — Kathryn VanArendonk , Vulture

Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 47%

What critics said: "The show is hitting viewers in the nose, extremely hard, with an idea that has been latent since the beginning: that rooting for anyone is a loser's game." — Willa Paskin, Slate

Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 57%

What critics said: "Daenerys, once the show's ostensible hero, ended up feeling like a plot point to be dispensed with, rather than a great and tragic figure to be truly mourned and reckoned with." — Alyssa Rosenberg, Washington Post