GoT to find another obsession

Game of Thrones is the most-perfect series I've ever seen (Starbucks coffee cup excepted).

Jacob Anderson as Grey Worm and Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen in a scene from Season 8 Episode 4 of Game of Thrones. Picture: HBO

WHAT will life after Game of Thrones be like?

I'm the first person to preach against an obsession with anything, let alone a TV show. But GoT is the most-perfect series I've ever seen (Starbucks coffee cup excepted).

With still two episodes to go in this 8th and final series, I will rush home on Monday night, sit down with my husband with a wine before even contemplating what we'll have for dinner to watch the taped 11am HBO offering on Foxtel Showcase. We'll sit there mesmerised in front of the big screen as the penultimate script plays out, only adding short comment or explanation between scenes and staying in our seats until after the "Next Week” tidbits.

We have watched this modern-medieval fantasy with the world. At work on Tuesday, small groups will discuss the plot nuances and speculate on the ending in hushed tones - careful not to give the game away to those who have yet to see the episode.

GoT has given us all a reason to gossip about the characters, recall earlier giveaway clues, the momentous scenes and how much we: hate Cersei, love Jon, champion Arya, wonder what Sansa will do, have almost forgiven Jamie, are distrustful of Daenerys's win-the-Iron-Throne-at-all- costs motivation, wonder if the dragon will go the way of the dodo, and hope Tyrion is still there at the end. Power, lust, greed, revenge, redemption, incest and sacrifice make compelling viewing. It's given us a reason to put down our phones, step away from the emails and have a conversation with others (some we've never spoken much with before) - however shallow a conversation that may seem.

So what do we do now?