By David Malitz David Malitz Deputy features editor overseeing coverage of culture, arts, entertainment. Email Bio Follow May 13 at 2:12 AM There will be no complaining about “not enough deaths!” after Sunday’s penultimate episode of “Game of Thrones,” like there was after the “Battle of Winterfell.
Daenerys has been holed up for two days with no communication and no food. She’s gaunt and looks somewhat defeated when Tyrion visits her, and she knows that she’s been betrayed. By Varys, yes, but really by a whole bunch of people — by Tyrion because he told Varys about Jon’s parents; by Sansa, who told Tyrion; and by Jon himself, who told his Stark siblings even after Daenerys begged him not to.
Come daybreak, both sides are ready for battle. But in another, more accurate way, Drogon and the Daenerys army are extremely ready for battle and Cersei’s forces are hopeless. Qyburn’s Scorpion, aka the Big Bow and Arrow, that worked so well in taking down Rhaegal misses the mark when Drogon swoops in and he quickly torches Euron Greyjoy’s entire Iron Fleet and all its dragon-downing devices with ease, destroying Cersei’s aquatic force.
Jon Snow is obviously appalled at this behavior, watching as innocent women and children are killed en masse by Daenerys as she commands Drogon, and his own soldiers. The killing continues unabated until the city lies in dust. Whether it was madness or merely strategy, Daenerys is now a conqueror with the blood of thousands on her hands.
They go toe-to-toe and while Euron stabs Jaime in the side twice, Jaime drives a sword right through Euron’s gut. That does Euron in, but his celebratory last words are, “I’m the man who killed Jaime Lannister!” Good for you? RIP, Euron, you represented so much about what was wrong with these last two seasons.
The Clegane Bowl This battle of the Clegane brothers — Sandor “The Hound” vs. Gregor “The Mountain” — had been hyped for so long and was dutifully squeezed into right before the finale. Would it have been better if it happened earlier and was given a chance to be one of the main plot points of an episode? Maybe. Does it not really matter because the Mountain is just some emotionless killing machine and it was obvious that they would both die when the battle came to pass? Most likely.
Stricter dragon control laws versus better access to mental health treatment. That’s the question. Many saw Dany’s gradual downward spiral into madness but most chose to ignore it.
Shorter version: The Lannister’s did a Pearl Harbor on Dany’s family and Dany bombed Nagasaki in return.
You mean changed for one more episode... This final season is dreadful. Good riddance.
Waste of time
Targeryan genes took over Dany and she could not control her madness. She razed the city to the ground. Genes to blame.
Why is this news? Either a person watched it already and doesn’t need a recap or someone hasn’t watched it and it’s just spoilers!
Ugh.
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