The priest in “Fleabag” is of a type that has become, surprisingly, quite common in film and on television

If almost a decade of watching “Game of Thrones” has taught me anything, it’s that fairy tale endings are for children.

A political satire with Julia Louis-Dreyfus as a constant presidential candidate, “Veep” gleefully exposed the hollowness of unbridled ambition, and it was fun (if also dread-inducing) through Sunday’s finale.

Daenerys Targaryen embodies the element that makes the show so deeply compelling, namely, the quest to throw off the debilitating chains of social convention.

These two overachievers needed each other, even or especially when they were not together.

Jordan Peele’s incarnation of the show will certainly get people thinking—and talking.