The final season of the epic television series Game Of Thrones may not air before 2019
This is the year that Game of Thrones most fully realized its ambitions to explore what it means to survive rape, forced marriage and other aspects of patriarchy and slavery. Women rose to power on Game of Thrones, but at a great and terrible cost that illustrated how little power individuals have over the systems
Based on George R R Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series of novels, the show has been distinguished by steadily rising audience figures. Just three million tuned in for the finale of Season one
Winter has come - and gone almost as soon as it arrived. Fans now have the arduous task ahead of killing time until Season 7 next year