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Originally Posted by edslunch
The white walkers may have been the true existential threat but they weren’t the main focus of the plot throughout the series, mostly a threat lurking in the background. That threat came to a head and was dealt with, now the series can get back to the main plot lines.
The difficulty with extending the WW story is that they are invincible until defeated. Unlimited numbers, every battle generates more, fearless, completely disposable and replaceable. Every episode with them south of the wall would be endless repetition of zombie swarms. Maybe a few sword fights with individual WWs but not much back and forth or question of who would win. The only question was can they be stopped and only conclusion is the NKs death. I’m not sure you can stretch that out in a meaningful way.
Instead they devoted one long episode to the absolute dread and horror of an unstoppable undead army rolling over everyone, skillfully built incredible tension over the 80 minutes and finally gave catharsis at the end. I can’t think of a better way of dealing with it.
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And this is the problem with an uncontrollable Zombie enemy that can re-animate not only the newly dead but those that have been dead for a long time - you almost need to kill them off in one episode.
If they win the first battle against the greatest army ever assembled that just means they are going to able to easily win every battle.
It's either a one episode arc or the white walkers kill everyone and that's how you end the show.