As she burns innocent people (and 7 years of character development in the process), the rest of Dany’s army begin killing the soldiers while Jon stands back and watches. Calling for the bells to be rung, the sound sends Dany mad. As the two armies stare each other down, the Lannisters throw down their weapons and surrender. Drogon single-handedly destroys Euron’s fleet before burning the battlements.Ī fireball destroys the gate which leads the remaining Dothraki inside, half of which survived their slaughter during the Battle Of Winterfell. Outside the geographically changed, barren landscape of the city, Dany’s army waits, preparing for battle.
A now-freed Jamie heads for the Red Keep but the gate shuts before he can get in. Arya and The Hound walk casually through the streets while the people lock down their houses. It’a a really nice moment and one of the few highlights in an otherwise tumultuous season.ĭay breaks and Kings Landing prepares for battle.
However, the one shining moment of the past few seasons comes from the goodbye these two share. Tyrion pleads with him to try and convince Cersei to call off the attack, knowing Dany is likely to burn the city. Tyrion then pleads with Dany to be merciful but it falls on deaf ears, leading to a potential betrayal in the future.Īfter some light comedic relief with Tyrion, he goes and sees Jamie whose stopped from going near King’s Landing. This leads Grey Worm to come to his chambers and escort him outside…where Dany lies waiting to burn him him alive with her remaining dragon. Hearing him conspiring behind the Queen’s back, Tyrion heads to the war room to tell an exhausted Daenarys the news. After speaking to one of his spies, he goes right to Jon and tries to get him to betray Dany but he refuses, telling him defiantly that he doesn’t want the throne. We begin on Dragonstone with Varys writing a letter about the true heir to the throne.
Now onto its penultimate episode, the world’s biggest TV phenomenon returns with an episode chock full of violence, twists and questionable character motives. Last week on Game Of Thrones, Daenarys “kinda forgot” about the Iron Fleet leading to the show suffering its worst rated episode in its storied history and a now-infamous quote to haunt Benioff and Weiss for eternity.