[GGG]

I don’t think Dany’s Mad Queen was earned.

She just flipped and went crazy becuase Jon wouldn’t kiss his aunt so she had to rule by fear. This does not fit with the 7 seasons of building her up. Her statement before the Battle of her Mercy being her strength for future generations was completely lost when the bells rang.

This total heal turn was completely avoidable. Just have her army begin to lose and the other Armies hide behind human shields and have Dany make the difficult decision to roast civilians to win the war. The out come could be the same, the episode could have almost been the same but with much more grey as to what Dany doing was right or wrong. Instead they turned her into just the Mad Queen, As one dimensional as the night king. They took away her agency by making her just another crazy Targ who lost a coin flip.

I did like that the Valenqor prophecy came true but not in a way that would be expected. Cersei died with Jaimie’s arms around her. They also didn’t show Jaimie’s wounds long enough that the Arya faceless Jaimie kills Cersei was still in play for the first half of the scene when Jaimie found her.