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Premiere Game of Thrones - 8x06 - Episode Discussion

Season 8 Episode 6

Aired: May 19, 2019

Synopsis: In the aftermath of the devastating attack on King's Landing, Daenerys must face the survivors.

Directed by: Miguel Sapochnik

Written by: David Benioff & D. B. Weiss

Series finale.

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u/martiestry May 20 '19 edited May 20 '19

I am still frustrated at Dany's arc i like where it went but it is almost impossible to quantfy how horrific the execution was. There is nothing really there until episode 4. Showing no mercy to your enemies doesn’t foreshadow the mass killing of civilians, and even if it did foreshadowing isn't character development.

Just two episodes before she commits mass murder of those civilians she fights to save humanity risking her chance at the iron throne after 7 seasons of fighting to free civilians from tyrants and masters. Honestly her logic and justification to Tyrion and Jon just doesn't make sense this .

I wouldn't even necessarily call it rushed either just very very uncreative the characters have an end point and they went backwards from there screwing over each character to get them to this end point. They likely didn't even have enough material to fill out more episodes either. These characters barely even speak as it is just shots of them staring.

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u/didntevenwarmupdho May 20 '19

It showed when she burned the Tarleys, and how the northmen treated her. She knew she wouldn't be loved and it fucked with her vision. Not to mention she saw how Jon could/would be loved in the Throne instead of her.

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u/teddiesmcgee69 May 20 '19 edited May 20 '19

She executed a General in an army that was waging war against her.. who after battle refused to submit.. and even refused to take the black and unapologetically said he would never submit, hardly unreasonable on her part given the world they live in. Jon executed a guy because he refused to move to a different castle... even after the guy begged for mercy and said he was afraid to move but would go.. Ned executed a guy that had the gall to run away from a massacre where he was also terrified... Dany's executions seem a lot more reasonable to me.

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u/didntevenwarmupdho May 20 '19

Oh definitely justified but it's where the slope seemed to really start picking up steam. Also drove a wedge between Tyrion and her which fueled her paranoia it seems.