Genre: Adventure/ Fantasy
Episode: 6
Episode title: The Iron Throne
Air date: May 19th 2019
Starring: Kit Harrington, Emilia Clarke, Peter Dinklage, Lena Heady, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Maisie Williams, Sophie Turner, Liam Cunningham, John Bradley, Gwendolyn Christie, Jerome Flynn, Kristofer Hivju, Joe Dempsey, Jacob Anderson, Gemma Whelan, Richard Dormer, Anton Lesser, Daniel Portman
Description: In the aftermath of the devastating attack on King's Landing, Daenerys must face the survivors.
Review: It’s here, the moment we’ve been waiting for for eight seasons: the final episode of “Game of Thrones”. We finally get to find out who ends up on the Iron Throne. This season was highly criticized. And although I get why and I do agree on some points, I think some people are just nitpicking. The final episode was never going to satisfy everyone. Was it the best show ending? No. Was I happy with it? Yes, for the most part I was.
The episode starts with Tyrion, Davos and Jon walking down the streets of King’s Landing, with dead people all over the place and everything covered in ashes. Daenerys’ destructive rage has left its mark and now she’s got what she always wanted: the Iron Throne.
Tyrion finds Jaime and Cersei, his brother and sister, dead in the crypt. It’s a very emotional moment for Tyrion. He weeps for his family and we join him. When the camera zooms out, we see the Lannister twins died in each other’s arms.
Jon walks up to Daenerys, who is about to step in front of her people. The moment we see her, Drogon is behind her and it looks like Daenerys has dragon wings. This is a beautifully shot scene. Daenerys speaks to her people, how she is planning to free the world from tyranny. Afterwords Tyrion walks up to her and tells her he was the one who freed Jaime. Daenerys knows Tyrion betrayed her and he confirms by throwing his pin, that made him the hand of the queen, away. A very important and brave moment for Tyrion. Daenerys holds him captive.
Jon visits him and Tyrion tries to convince him to do the same. We see that Jon is still struggling and he wants to defend his queen. But you can see that he knows Tyrion is actually right.
When Daenerys walks into the throne room, we see her smile and enjoying the fact she finally got what she wanted. Jon joins her and Daenerys tells him stories of when she was little. Jon confronts her with her actions and Daenerys is trying to convince him that what she did, was the right thing. For a second we think Jon believes her and that the two will rule together and join forces once again. But Jon stabs Daenerys and she dies in his arms.
The most heartbreaking moment follows, when Drogon flies up and sees Daenerys’ lifeless body. I balled my eyes out. Not because of Daenerys, but because of Drogon’s pain, which he is clearly feeling. Right when we think Drogon is going to burn Jon, he burns down the throne. And this is actually very logical. Because Jon might have stabbed Daenerys, but her hunger for power was what actually killed her.
Knowing that Daenerys didn’t end up on the throne, there are still some unanswered questions. When Tyrion is joining all the lords and ladies of Winterfell in the Dragon’s Pit, he claims to know who should be on that throne: Bran Stark, Bran the Broken. This is somewhat surprising, which is what I wanted. I didn’t necessarily want Bran on the throne, because he is one of my least favorite characters. But I did want someone on the throne we never expected to become king or queen. And I think Bran would make a good king. He is the Three-Eyed Raven and is able to avoid the mistakes that previous rulers have made.
One decision will change Westeros forever. Sansa doesn’t want the North the be part of the Seven Kingdoms anymore and form a separate kingdom. Bran agrees and Sansa will rule as the Queen of the North. Jon will go back to the Night’s Watch. And I think this is a logical move. Because if we look back, Jon was happiest there. This is where he belongs. And with him returning, this time as Lord Commander, we get what we’ve been wanting since he left Winterfell the last time: a reunion with Ghost and the hug we wanted to see. The best moment of the episode for me.
I also loved the moment where Jon, Sansa, Arya and Bran said their goodbyes. We’ve seen it before, but this time there are far better futures ahead of them.
Arya’s fate was perfect. She decided to travel to the west of Westeros, the part where all the maps stop. This is what she always wanted and what she was meant to do.
When the small council gets together for the first time, we see Tyrion (as the hand of the King) meeting up with Master of coins Bronn, Master of Ships Davos, Grand Maester Sam and Brienne of the King’s Guard. This is a great scene. One moment I didn’t really like, is the book that Sam presents, which is called “A Song of Ice and Fire”. A bit to meta for me.
Tyrion was the star of the episode, he had the best moments. All thanks to Peter Dinklage’s great performance.
It felt like they took more time this episode, to round it all up. To say goodbye to all these beloved characters and their stories. Like predicted, the ending was bitter sweet. It wasn’t a happy ending, because that just wouldn’t fit. Bran ends up on the throne, but he doesn’t really want to be there. Jon is right back where he left off, in the Night’s Watch and no one will ever know that he is actually the true king we all need. And Daenerys, the one who wanted the throne more than anything, is dead. But it’s not all drama. Sansa gets her own throne and Arya does what she was always meant to do. And Tyrion can finally do the right thing for the king he chose himself.
I don’t care what everyone says, I was happy with the ending. “Game of Thrones” is and will probably always be the best show I have ever witnessed. All the times I cried, laughed, was shocked, felt fear, felt nervous, all the excitement I felt after and before each episode. Never has a show done this much with my emotions. No show will ever give me that feeling again and I’m very thankful to have been a part of this fantastic journey. There is only one upside to the ending. We can now watch it all again, from the beginning and start that journey again. And again.
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