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From the moment Daenerys burned the entire city of King's Landing to Cersei's underwhelming death, here is your Game of Thrones season 8, episode 5 recap, as told by Twitter.
Well, here we are. The penultimate episode of the final season of Game of Thrones has aired... and everyone hated it.
Following the absolute carnage that was the Battle of Winterfell and the traumatic deaths of Rhaegal and Missandei in episode 4, Daenerys has officially lived long enough to see herself become the villain. This episode took place in King's Landing... or should we say, what's left of it. Jon may have finally realised that Dany has lost it, Jaime proved himself to be exactly who we always knew he was and Tyrion - once the most intelligent man in Westeros - turned out to be nothing but Boo Boo the Fool.
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A lot of underwhelming and disappointing things happened in this episode and Twitter had a LOT to say about it. So, without further ado, here is your season 8, episode 5 recap - complete with salty memes, brutal draggings and several hilarious tweets about Cersei excusing herself from Cleganebowl 2k19.
The episode opens with Queen of the Messy Bitches who live for drama Varys writing down all his tea on Jon Snow's parentage in his Burn Book, with the intent to let the entire realm know the truth. He's also apparently bribing a very small child (!!) to try and poison Dany and stop her in her tracks. Classic Varys.
It really hasn't been Dany's day, or week, or month, or even her year but Tyrion will be there for her. She's stressed, she's depressed and she hasn't eaten since Rhaegal and Missandei died (same, to be honest). Tyrion tries to help but by this point, Dany's fate has already been sealed by the men in the writers room. Mad Queen it is, we guess.
Dany is 100% sure that Jon has betrayed her but Tyrion tells her that it was actually Varys. They agree to disagree but rules dictate that someone must die for this betrayal! It's Varys. His time has come. He loses the lip sync to Jon Snow and is DRACARYS'D by Drogon.
Honestly, Dany should have seen this coming. She should have never hired someone called the "Master of Whispers"... AND THAT'S THE TEA.
Varys writing to tell everyone Jon is the heir to the throne pic.twitter.com/zzfR9X7YAz
— Lord Demetrius of House Stark (@DemetriusHarmon) May 13, 2019
Lmao Varys..... #GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/5pIm4aEj2y
— Ira Madison III (@ira) May 13, 2019
Varys died doing what he loved: snitching #GameofThrones pic.twitter.com/TksJMZypYK
— Stanphen Standheim (@standheim) May 13, 2019
Dany after killing Varys. #GameofThrones pic.twitter.com/B08Q1btQXb
— مینا مهرداد (@MinaMehrdad5) May 13, 2019
At the camp just outside King's Landing, Tyrion learns of a prisoner that was caught. Surprise bitch, it's Jaime. He made it all the way to King's Landing.
They sit down and have a heart to heart. After 87 failed attempts, Tyrion just really wants Cersei to see sense to he asks Jaime to handle it but Jaime knows his twin sister/lover and he knows she's not gonna surrender to ANYONE, especially not the Dragon Lady.
Tyrion thanks him for being the only one who ever looked out for him as a kid, they hug, I cry and then Tyrion unshackles him and off he goes, on his merry way to either kill Cersei, or run away with her forever. They also didn't mention Brienne's name once. SO WHAT WAS THE POINT OF THAT WHOLE ARC?
*Jaime and Tyrion hugging each other*
— The Many-Faced God (@IsaacJoab) May 13, 2019
Me:#GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/i6l03u74ir
After killing Varys and deciding that everyone hates her, Dany opts for full carnage. She's about to do the damn thing. Euron is still out there, sailing on the seas with his dragon crossbows and his fleet. The odds are looking good. It's one dragon Euron, how many arrows would it take? NINE? Turns out, yes.
Dany and Drogon manage to set the entire Iron Fleet on fire. Once she's done with them, she moves on to the Golden Company who are posted up at the gates ready to charge on Jon, Grey Worm and the unsullied. She barrels through the walls and sets them on fire too.
ONWARDS, TO THE ENTIRE CITY!
On campaign trail // in government #GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/0XOsHNKPLa
— 🥴 (@its__kojack) May 13, 2019
Daenerys: “I didn’t come here to be queen of the ashes.” #GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/g4DuNfXAi3
— Cowboy Beep Boop (@ruizsteez) May 13, 2019
Khaleesi: I'm going to burn King's Landing to the ground!!
— Rachael Lang (@Racahelang) May 13, 2019
Viewers: Yes!! Fucking Do it!!!!
Khaleesi: *Does it*
Viewers: #GameofThrones pic.twitter.com/r2gwXdesYx
The elephants : oh boy thank God we didn't cross the narrow sea #GameofThrones pic.twitter.com/GscfUsUlKT
— andinoyiki nonke (@kendour___) May 13, 2019
After WEEKS of not believing a single soul when they told them about their precious Queen, Jon and Tyrion are shocked to see the mad one Daenerys is now on! FUNNY THAT!
Jon and Tyrion when they have to go back and admit that Sansa was right#GameOfThrones #GoT pic.twitter.com/5evBWFT98W
— Varys was right (@connor_254) May 13, 2019
#GameOfThrones #DemThrones
— Game of Thrones Memes (@IronThroneMemes) May 13, 2019
Sansa: Daenerys is crazy.
Arya: Daenerys is crazy.
Varys: Daenerys is crazy.
Jon & Tyrion: Nah, you don’t know her.
Daenerys: *kills thousands of innocent people*
Jon & Tyrion: pic.twitter.com/wb04BivZQK
Jon was looking at Dany like:#GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/4yTzGNtzQi
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) May 13, 2019
Before she started her residency at King's Landing on the Fire Breathing tour of 2019, Tyrion made Daenerys promise that she would cease if Cersei rang the bells. When the bells ring, it means surrender. The city will be Dany's and no more innocent lives will be killed.
After decimating most of the city, the bells start ringing. Dany and Drogon are perched upon a building, watching everyone below scramble. For some reason, she doesn't stop. Instead of channeling that anger into flying up to Cersei's window and torching that bad wig of hers, Dany takes it out on the civilians below. She ignores the bells and carries on.
#GameOfThrones
— Gaelle (@KilziGaelle1) May 13, 2019
The bell when daenerys started barbecuing king’s landing: pic.twitter.com/K1sJ3VnWvF
daenerys for 7 seasons: has never harmed anyone innocent, stopped cultures of rape and violence against women, her priority was always the people
— ً (@targarcyn) May 13, 2019
daenerys season 8: hears bells of surrender and for some fucking obsurd reason starts killing innocents#GameofThrones
Dany after the bell rang #GameofThrones pic.twitter.com/pIPJURkzoO
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) May 13, 2019
The Targaryens in the afterlife when Daenerys started burning King’s Landing into the ground despite hearing the bells ringing for surrender#GamefThrones #GOTS8E5 #DemThrones
— ًًًًً (@GianNarisma) May 13, 2019
pic.twitter.com/e6b1syt1CH
#GameofThrones
— Bye Habibi (@byehabibti) May 13, 2019
Daenerys after burning everything down pic.twitter.com/OhceO4WuVu
Daenerys in the throne room with Jon Snow next Sunday #GameofThrones pic.twitter.com/AouCGUEKb6
— Ramsey (@sigmaramsey) May 13, 2019
Drogon after Dany says ‘Dracarys’ for the 538th time:#GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/frnjqpjErP
— 🅰️ GoT stan (@awizardharreh) May 13, 2019
Missandei in Heaven like: "I know I said Dracarys but this isn’t what i meant..”#GameofThrones pic.twitter.com/QBj8tdU1GD
— c (@chuuzus) May 13, 2019
Missandrei: Burn them bitches fool
— Swaggy B (@6_questions) May 13, 2019
Dany: #gameofthrones #DemThrones pic.twitter.com/89yCfgQPyB
Missandei in heaven like..this ain’t what I meant when I said “dracarys” #GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/1KaIrxOzXX
— K (@ktgonkt) May 13, 2019
After arriving in King's Landing together to kill Cersei and The Mountain, Arya and The Hound part ways. She's reluctant at first but she finally gives in, turning around calling The Hound by his real name, Sandor, for the final time.
BUT ENOUGH OF THAT - IT'S TIME. THE MOMENT WE'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR. THE HOUND. THE MOUNTAIN. IT'S CLEGANEBOWL.
After leaving her perch, Cersei is ushered to safety by a few guards, Qyburn and The Mountain. On their way, they come across The Hound who promptly slaughters her guards. The Mountain squares up, throws Qyburn against some rocks and the showdown begins! The fight ensues, The Mountain tries to do an Oberyn and burst The Hound's eyeballs but The Hound stabs him in the eye and then drags him off the tower, falling to both of their deaths, and straight into fire. RIP!
Cersei, meanwhile, managed to completely evade having her head swiped off by The Hound by simply... tip-toe-ing around him and excusing herself quietly from the situation!? The Most Wanted person in King's Landing and he just... let her go?! Smh, Arya is fuming!!
THE FUCKING CLEGANE BOWL. #GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/8UVj8gMZDz
— The Man Who Sold The World (@LordBalvin) May 13, 2019
When you realize the poetic justice wherein The Hound takes The Mountain into the Fire to end it all.#CleganeBowl #GameofThrones pic.twitter.com/mCq4oIPOpY
— Shatrugan Joukani (@Shots_22) May 13, 2019
Cersei walking past The Hound and The Mountain #GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/T1mrZvTYqI
— Hi, I'm Jo (@kiddo_54) May 13, 2019
Cersei walking past #CleganeBowl #GameofThrones pic.twitter.com/u74mZN7TdL
— Melanie Brown (@MelanieMcCull) May 13, 2019
Remember when we all thought Jaime had left Brienne at Winterfell to go and kill Cersei in King's Landing? LOL, HOW WRONG WE WERE.
Jaime finds Cersei, they hug, they cry, he persuades her to escape with him and... that's it. And in that moment, all that character development and all those prophecies... gone. Cancelled. Don't know them. Never heard of them. Never felt that emotion.
I'm just going to pretend this man died at the Battle of Winterfell and his character arc ended right here: pic.twitter.com/PSR9FsXSr0
— Riley McAtee (@RileyMcAtee) May 13, 2019
In S1E1, Jamie Lannister pushes Bran Stark out a window. This is subtle foreshadowing for S8E5, where eight seasons of Jamie’s character development are similarly thrown out the window. #GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/Aq3umWiSk5
— G💩T S8 (@daMovieDude) May 13, 2019
Me thinking Jamie left Brienne to go kill Cersei #GameofThrones pic.twitter.com/nYeiRnxPI5
— That Fragile Capricorn (@http_stardust) May 13, 2019
Cersei Lannister's death was meant to be one of the most show-stopping and spectacular deaths in TV history. After several prophecies (the Valonqar, anyone?!), multiple enemies, traitors, dragons, potential face swapping activities and YEARS worth of bad karma, Cersei Lannister was killed by rubble... while crying.
After escaping to the location that Tyrion told Jaime about, Cersei soon realises that she's fucked. Jaime, already resigned to his death once he realises they're trapped, hugs her until they're crushed by the building that Drogon just burned down.
we waited 8 years for cersei to be killed by a bunch of rocks? #gameofthrones pic.twitter.com/XoHT2mcAAx
— Arman Singh Walia (@ArmanWalia) May 13, 2019
how we wanted cersei to die:
— antonio (@damianbelara) May 13, 2019
stabbed
drowned
bludgeoned
poisoned
burnt
choked
writers: rocks#GameofThrones pic.twitter.com/yyWeTqC58C
Best ways to kill Cersei #GameofThrones
— Free Thinker (@kamusigi9) May 13, 2019
1. Jaime kills Cersei
2. The Night King kills Cersei
3. Arya Kills Cersei
4. Drogon Kills Cersei
15. Bran wargs into Cersei and commits suicide
146. She gets Pneumonia and dies
1,672. Gets trampled by rocks
8 seasons. 8 whole seasons to plan the most mind blowing, out of this world death of Cersei Lanister.
— The Hénry Nevoír (@Hxnry_Nevoir) May 13, 2019
You'd think Arya would kill her
You'd think Jaime was going back to kill her
You'd think Drogon would burn her
Nope
Cersei was killed by some rocks #GameofThrones pic.twitter.com/5puSTESa9M
#DemThrones #GameofThrones
— reynold yumnam (@reynoldjag) May 13, 2019
‘So Arya is going to kill Cersei?’
GOT writers : Nope
‘Jaime, definitely Jaime.’
Writers : nah, but it’s gonna be glorious.
‘Dany and Drogon??’
Writer : not actually!
‘Then who?’
Writer : pic.twitter.com/egzd8Vf8Q4
how i look after years of saying jaime would kill cersei or that arya would kill cersei with jaime’s face #gameofthrones pic.twitter.com/sKmm2Swv57
— emily padula (@emilypadula) May 13, 2019
At the end of the episode, it looks like Arya might be dead. After being struck by rubble, and then burned by dragon fire, she SOMEHOW emerges and wanders off to find a single white horse still alive amongst the ashes. She jumps up and rides away.
BUT WHAT DOES IT MEAN? Is she dead? Is she alive and riding back to Jon? To Winterfell? Or is she about to plan her attack on Daenerys?
Someone said this was an uber Bran sent for Arya. https://t.co/SJzFFegOm6
— Darren (@DarrenNesbitt) May 13, 2019
When Arya gets back to Winterfell to tell Sansa what happened .. pic.twitter.com/UwuLAGmkh7
— 𝕜𝕚𝕠𝕟. (@MrFlyyyGuyyy) May 13, 2019
Sansa in Winterfell watching all the shit she said would happen, happen #GameofThrones pic.twitter.com/sznJUZdbIZ
— ivy (@isthatdejavuu) May 13, 2019
Meanwhile Bran is back at Winterfell like ... #DemThrones pic.twitter.com/6CLcsU5Eo8
— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) May 13, 2019
Thoughts? #GameofThrones pic.twitter.com/NIjhM882GN
— Landy Andrianjafy (@LandyAndrianja1) May 13, 2019
The real villains of season 8 #DemThrones pic.twitter.com/6Lvqiy5psW
— Cersei~ainna (@babs_c137) May 13, 2019