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13th May 2019

Game of Thrones: season 8 episode 5 receives… mixed reviews

Not everyone was pleased with how Game of Thrones' penultimate episode went down, with many criticising Daenerys' character arc

Reuben Pinder

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And so, King’s Landing fell. The inevitable sacking of the city came just as Daenerys promised, through fire and blood. This much we could have predicted. But many aspects of the show’s penultimate episode greatly disappointed fans, who have tweeted their rage.

Some took aim at the show creators known as D&D, David Benihoff and D.B. Weiss for disappointing and ill-judged character arcs. One tweeter channelled their rage through the medium of notorious Manchester United fan, Andy Tate.

https://twitter.com/yxngb15/status/1127765108451676160

Such is the beauty of social media, disappointed fans did not let a sub-par episode (or season) get in the way of them finding creative ways to slam its downfall.

https://twitter.com/nhdxo/status/1127758350857515010

https://twitter.com/ocincj/status/1127762239627374594

Many fans were disappointed with Jaime Lannister’s decision to reunite with Cersei, his sister whom he has always loved, given how much time went into his redemption arc.

Others were just plain disgusted.

Still, at least the cinematography was good.