worst yet. It's too rushed. Needs MORE episodes. Ugh so disappointed."

Another user named Casey chimed in: "This series has been so good and then it got dumped into a trash fire this season. The characters deserve better, the actors deserve better, George RR Martin deserves better and frankly the fans deserve better."

Viewers and critics, including USA TODAY's Kelly Lawler, have complained throughout Season 8 that the show's writers – which include Benioff and Weiss, who penned all but the first two – have trashed 7½ seasons worth of character development in their rush to end the epic fantasy series in just six episodes.

Listen to this week's episode of USA TODAY's podcast, The Mothership, to hear our Film and TV Critic rate the "Game of Thrones" series finale.

Many havebeen especially dissatisfied with the final character arc for Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke). While the Iron Throne has been her goal practically since the beginning of the series, she was previously able to curb her worst impulses in favor of doing what was right.

In previous seasons, Dany spoke of how she wanted to leave the world a better place than her evil father, the "Mad King" Aerys II.

Reaction: 'Thrones' fans fume over handling of Daenerys' 'mad queen' arc

But since the Battle of Winterfell ended, she has been impatient. And in last week's penultimate episode, she went full mad queen.

In a survey of more than 133,000 "Thrones" fans in Reddit's popular r/gameofthrones community, 86% thought Dany's actions weren't justified.

"The series just burned itself to the ground," Lawler wrote in