This season of Game of Thrones [1] is already one of the best — with it being the second-to-last season, sh*t's been going down, but I think all of the exciting events are kind of distracting from us from something truly heartbreaking: the show is almost over FOREVER. Last year we learned that the final two seasons would consist of 13 episodes [2]; seven for the seventh season, and a paltry six for the final season.
So let me remind you how few episodes we actually have left: six. Six! Six. When season eight is finally back in 2019, there will be fewer episodes in the season than ever before, and on top of that, it will be the last season [4] ever. I guess we still have those spinoffs [5] to look forward to, but still: it's appropriate to start the despairing now.