TV Show Review - Game of Thrones (Season 8, Episode 5)

Season: 8
Genre: Adventure/ Fantasy/ Family
Episode: 5
Episode title: The Bells
Air date: May 12th 2019
Starring: Kit Harrington, Emilia Clarke, Peter Dinklage, Lena Heady Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Maisie Williams, Sophie Turner, Liam Cunningham, Nathalie Emmanuel, John Bradley, Gwendolyn Christie, Conleth Hill, Rory McCann, Jerome Flynn, Kristofer Hivju, Joe Dempsey, Jacob Anderson, Pilou Asbæk, Gemma Whelan, Richard Dormer, Anton Lesser, Daniel Portman

Description: Forces have arrived at Kings Landing for the final battle.

Review: The penultimate episode of “Game of Thrones” is all about Daenerys trying to get to her destination: the Iron Throne.
The episode “The Bells” starts with Varys, writing a letter where he states that Jon Snow is the true heir to the throne. We all knew that, after he got the news from Tyrion, he wouldn’t keep it quiet very long. Since Varys is one of the few people that sees the true intentions of Daenerys and that she won’t be a good queen. And he wants Jon to take the throne. Off course, Varys’ treason isn’t a secret for long either and Daenerys sentences him to die. He knows the minute the unsullied enter his room and he is brought outside. Tyrion is honest about it being him who told Daenerys. Varys might be the master of whispers, but he went out with a bang. It’s pretty hard to see him go, although I never had a strong opinion about him. I never knew if I liked him or disliked him. What I do know, is that he has been one of the most important characters. A key character actually.
At the end of episode 4, Jaime left Brienne to go back to Cersei. He is captured by Daenerys’ army before he can enter King’s Landing. Tyrion manages to talk to him and this is truly one of my favorite moments of the episode. I loved seeing the two together and both actors did a fantastic job. A very emotional moment for both characters, even without them knowing it was the last time seeing each other. Back to Jaime going to see Cersei. I hoped that, when he left Brienne, he did it to push her away so he could kill Cersei himself. But instead, he actually went back to her because he loves her (in all the wrong ways possible). That really disappointed me. Because the past 7 seasons, Jaime went through a big change, eventually freeing himself from Cersei and her manipulative nature. Him going back to her and his old ways, make his character arch (which was one of my favorites of the show) a complete waist of time. It was all for nothing. As for the way he goes. That fight with Euron was unexpected and for Euron it was a more heroic death, instead of him just being blown up by Drogon. Jaime looks for Cersei and they try to find a safe place and flee the Red Keep. When there is no way out, the two hold each other and are killed by… bricks. I hoped it would’ve been Jaime killing Cersei and then Jaime dying from his wounds or something. Both character have been very important and their deaths were a bit lame.
Most people have issues with Daenerys and think her actions are out of character. I don’t agree. During this season, she has lost everything. Her most trusted servant Jorah, her best friend Missandei, one of her dragons Rhaegal and the fact she isn’t the true heir to the throne. And when she confronts Jon about her love, he simply rejects her. She has nothing left, but that goal in life: getting to the Iron Throne. Daenerys knows that she has to fight dirty to get there, so she does. And she burns King’s Landing and the people in it. Innocent citizens. Jon and Tyrion are looking at her actions, like they didn’t see it coming. Knowing that Varys was right after all. And with that, she is no better than her father, the Mad King, or even Cersei. She was a nasty bitch, but even Cersei wouldn’t have done this.
We saw, in episode 4, that Arya and the Hound left for King’s Landing together. Arya wants to kill Cersei and the Hounds wants revenge on his brother, the Mountain. The Hound convinces Arya she has to leave, because Cersei will die anyway. And if she follows him, she will die too. The Hound finds his brother and the moment we’ve all been waiting for happens. And it’s epic. The moment The hound walks up the stairs towards the Mountain, we see Drogon flying over them and it’s the most beautiful shot of the episode. And the fight is ruthless, sometimes hard to watch. But it was worth the wait.
At the end of the episode, we see Arya, one of the few survivors of Daenerys mental breakdown. She sees a white horse, standing in the fallen city surrounded by dead bodies. I think there is a hidden meaning behind this, but what is it? It was pretty poetic though.
I’m really excited to find out how it will all end. Jon will probably try and stop Daenerys. Maybe he will team up with Tyrion and Arya. Jon doesn’t want the throne, so I think he will live but someone else will end up ruling the seven kingdoms. I know this season was highly criticized, but it’s still one of the best (in my opinion THE best) show of the past ten years. And I can’t wait to see the end.