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Game of Thrones: Who Died in the Battle of King’s Landing
Warning: full SPOILERS ahead for Game of Thrones Season 8, Episode 5 “The Bells”!
Game of Thrones’ Battle of King’s Landing ended up being an entirely one-sided affair as Danerys Targaryen used Drogon to make quick work of the Iron Fleet and the city’s anti-dragon defenses before laying waste to the city and its people — citizen and soldier alike. As the chaos unfolded, several principal characters met their end.
Here’s who died in the episode.
Cersei Lannister
Cersei met her end in the arms of her brother Jamie. The pair tried to escape through Tyrion’s secret passageway, but the exits were all blocked thanks to rubble falling as a result of Danerys’ dragon siege. All of the horrible things Cersei has done have largely been done for her children, so in her final moments she could do nothing but hope for her unborn child to somehow survive. Many fans theorized it would be Arya who would assassinate Cersei when she face-changed her way into striking distance or that it would be Jamie who finally put an end to his sister based on the Valonqar Theory, but in the end it was the cave-in of King’s Landings’ lower levels that finally killed her along with her brother. Though the falling rocks technically killed Cersei, it was Danerys who caused it by savagely attacking King’s Landing in order to get revenge on Cersei both for betraying her and for beheading her best friend and trusted adviser Missandei.
Game of Thrones: How Jaime’s Scene Was a Major Callback
SPOILERS AHEAD for Game of Thrones Season 8, Episode 5.
Jaime Lannister spent his final moments holding and comforting Cersei, the woman that meant the most to him, and the scene was a major callback to a previous episode that foreshadowed the deaths of two characters who have been with us since the beginning.
Speaking on HBO’s Inside the Episode for episode 5 of the final season of Game of Thrones, showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss discussed how Jaime’s ideal path always had an ending similar to this.
“You know, there’s a scene, several years ago, where Jaime and Bronn are talking about how they wanna go, and Jaime’s talking about dying in the arms of the woman he loves. And this is it.” Benioff explains.
Game of Thrones: Why Daenerys Made THAT Choice
Full SPOILERS ahead for Game of Thrones, Season 8, Episode 5, “The Bells”!
The Mother of Dragons, the daughter of the Mad King, finally went to the dark side on.the penultimate episode of Game of Thrones’ final season, “The Bells”.
Daenerys Targaryen destroyed King’s Landing, killing nearly every man, woman, and child, combatant or not, and unleashing her dragon-son Drogon to utterly level the city in wave after wave of fiery destruction.
Many fans will no doubt be torn by this decision to have a character who had been so beloved by so many at times — a protagonist that people in real life even named their own kids after — committing such atrocities. On HBO’s “Inside the Episode” aftershow, showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss explained why Dany did what she did.
Game of Thrones Teases a Bleak Series Finale
Warning: this article contains major spoilers for Game of Thrones Season 8, Episode 5! Consider yourself warned!
Game of Thrones just gave us one of the darkest episodes in the show’s eight-year run, but the ride isn’t over yet. The upcoming series finale may be even darker still, at least if HBO’s new promo teaser is any indication.
Read onto find out what this footage tells us about the show’s final episode and why the cycle of death and misery isn’t over yet.
The Survivors of War
A number of major characters died in Episode 5, but the focus of the promo is instead on those who survived. We can see both Arya Stark and Tyrion Lannister wandering the smoldering ruins of King’s Landing dumbstruck by the pain and suffering around them. Arya saw countless innocent civilians die. Even those she tried to save were just more victims in Dany’s savage conquest. Both characters are clearly disillusioned, and Tyrion has no doubt realized at last that he backed the wrong champion in the Game of Thrones.
Game Of Thrones: Aaron Rodgers Cameo In Episode 5 Revealed
The penultimate episode of Game of Thrones aired tonight on HBO, and it might have featured a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it cameo appearance by NFL superstar QB Aaron Rodgers.
Viewers think they spotted Rodgers as a Lannister archer or someone who got torched by a dragon. Here are some screencaps of the supposed cameo in question:
Rodgers himself confirmed a while back that he would appear in the fifth episode of Game of Thrones Season 8, so that might indeed be him. His team, the Green Bay Packers, hyped tonight’s episode with a tweet of its own suggesting Rodgers would have a cameo.
Rodgers would be just the latest celebrity to have a cameo in Game of Thrones Season 8. Country music star Chris Stapleton and his bandmates played White Walkers in Episode 3. Showrunners D.B. Weiss and David Benioff appeared in Episode 4 during the dinner scene.
Previous seasons of Game of Thrones have included cameos by musicians like Sigur Ros, members of Mastodon, and Ed Sheeran.
Game of Thrones comes to an end with next week’s series finale–check out a trailer for Episode 6 here.
Read next: Game of Thrones Creators Explain All The Key Scenes From Episode 5
Game of Thrones S8 Ep 5 Review
Since we haven’t seen Game of Thrones Season 8, episode 5 in advance, this review is in progress and will be updated when complete. In the meantime, refresh your memory of where we left off with our episode 4 review; revisit every character who’s died on Game of Thrones so far, check out our live post-episode Watch Party for our real-time reactions, and hit the comments with your thoughts on Game of Thrones’ penultimate episode.
Game Of Thrones Creators Explain All The Key Scenes From Episode 5
The penultimate episode of HBO’s Game of Thrones aired tonight–and it was dramatic.
As it does for each episode, HBO has now released a cool behind-the-scenes mini-feature in which showrunners D.B. Weiss and David Benioff break down all the key scenes and moments from Episode 5. A lot happened in Episode 5, and it’s very interesting to hear directly from Weiss and Benioff about the pivotal moments from the episode and how they might impact next week’s series finale. You’ll want to have seen Episode 5 before watching this breakdown. Here you go:
Next week’s Episode 6 is the 73rd and final episode of Game of Thrones. It is 80 minutes long, and given it is the final episode, we may finally learn who wins the throne.
Read next: Game Of Thrones Episode 6 Trailer Teases How The Show Ends
Game Of Thrones Next Episode Trailer Teases How The Show Ends
HBO’s popular fantasy show Game of Thrones is almost over.
Following the penultimate episode that aired tonight, the network has now released a trailer for Episode 6, which is the very last one of the entire series. As the trailer alludes to, the series finale is expected to be a dramatic conclusion to the show that began back in 2011.
Episode 6 is the 73rd and final episode of Game of Thrones. It’s written and directed by Game of Thrones showrunners D.B. Weiss and David Benioff. The episode is 80 minutes long.
While Game of Thrones is coming to an end, HBO is producing a two-hour documentary called The Last Watch that airs on May 26. In addition, HBO is working on multiple prequel spinoffs, one of which stars Naomi Watts and will begin filming later this year. According to author George R.R. Martin, three of the five prequel series are coming along well.
Read next: Game of Thrones Creators Explain All The Key Scenes From Episode 5
Labor Promises to Restore the Australian Interactive Games Fund
Labor has announced plans to inject $85 million into Australia’s creative industries if elected in this weekend’s election, including $25 million to reinstate the Australian Interactive Games Fund that was axed by the Abbott Government back in 2014.
“Our creative industries have huge potential to deliver significant economic, employment, creative, cultural and other benefits for Australia and the world,” the party said in a statement. “But there are worrying signs that our local sectors are missing out on the global expansion in the creative industries, which are projected to grow exponentially.”