More than anything else, “turns out, it didn’t matter” was the running theme of “The Bells,” an episode that tossed aside seven-and-a-half-seasons of careful groundwork and character development in favor of unearned shocks, dizzying twists, and hasty resolutions. The bells did indeed ring, but Daenerys torched the city anyway. In scene after scene, we see Tyrion plead his case to Daenerys, Grey Worm, Jaime Lannister, Jon Snow, and Davos Seaworth, repeating his mantra of, “If you hear the bells ring, they’ve surrendered,” so many times that we half-expected him to self-actualize into a bell and ring himself. Poor Tyrion Lannister spends the first thirty minutes of “The Bells,” the penultimate episode of Game of Thrones, doing everything in his power to prevent the slaughter of the innocent people of King’s Landing. These final two seasons feel very much like the writers knew the endpoints for each character and had to write backwards.Note: This post contains major spoilers for the fifth episode of Game of Thrones Season 8, “The Bells”
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On rewatching the whole series I expect I'll love it even more and not miss the fact I didn't get to see a dragon eat Cersei or Jaime killing her. I'm not totally on board with giving Cersei (and Jaime) such an anticlimactic death as being crushed by some rocks, but that scene was still SO, SO GOOD. LoadingĭAN: How dare they make me feel sympathy for Cersei *sheds tear*. The heroes you're rooting for are only as good as the villains they're fighting against, and you're lying if you didn't enjoy watching the baddest lady in Westeros play the game of thrones.Īnd if Peter Dinklage can get a consolation Emmy a season later than he should have, Lena Headey should get one for almost a decade of top-shelf wine drinking GIFS. The rise and fall and rise again of the elder Lannister twin has been a joy to watch. Her performance as Cersei is one of the key reasons the show has grown into the pop culture behemoth it is today. But with word out there about Jon's parentage to constantly threaten her and Jon showing no interest in an aunt-nephew marriage, "let it be fear" instead.īran was pushed out the window, the War of the Five Kings was waged, great houses of Westeros crumbled and a chance at redemption was wasted because nothing else mattered.īefore we go any further, everyone get on your feet and give Lena Headey the BIGGEST round of applause. To be fair, she did try to do things the right way, and she did plead with Jon. Fixated on Cersei and the Red Keep, she wants to burn down the whole city and most of its inhabitants. We even had some awesome dragonfire moments already with the fleet burning and Drogon ringing the front doorbell.īut no. It was not long after this that I scribbled in my notes that "dragons are terrifying", and that was *before* those bells started to toll and everything went south.ĭAN: The bells tolled, the Lannisters put down their swords and Dany is the new Queen. One of Bran's visions from all the way back in season four came true, as the shadow of Drogon finally descended on King's Landing. ( HBO)ĭrogon exploding the Iron Fleet and decimating the Golden Company were such perfect fist-pumping moments that put you on a high, right before this episode started to kick you in the guts again and again and again.
There was so much to enjoy - the cinematography, Evil Queen Dany being totally sick of it and taking out the city, Cleganebowl, fights in the streets and yes, maybe even Jaime and Cersei's end. Some deep book lore may feature.ĭAN: I have incredibly mixed feelings about this episode.
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