Game of Thrones FINALE Breakdown! Iron Throne Scene Explained! (8x06)

[00:00] hi I'm Erik Bosse and Game of Thrones

[00:01] concluded with the winner of the Iron

[00:03] Throne begin well no one thanks to

[00:06] drogon but the new seat of power in

[00:09] Westeros is one that rolls with tree

[00:13] wizard and awkward party guests bran the

[00:15] broken replacing the wheel that Daenerys

[00:18] broke with a set of wheels of his own

[00:20] let us take Willis ride and breakdown

[00:23] this finale episode with an in-depth

[00:24] scene-by-scene analysis putting out all

[00:26] the miserable callbacks to the 70s some

[00:28] of the episodes hidden secrets and the

[00:30] visuals and the music and how this show

[00:32] adapted from George RR Martin's books

[00:33] ended with subtle parallels to Martin's

[00:35] big inspiration jr. RR Tolkien's Lord of

[00:38] the Rings and really put the deeper

[00:40] meaning of all this is like does Branch

[00:42] winning mean I should be nicer to trees

[00:44] I would be nicer if they stop laughing

[00:46] at me

[00:47] shut up trees let us start this deep

[00:49] dive at the opening scene in which

[00:51] Tyrion Lannister silently surveys the

[00:53] ruins of King's Landing destroyed by

[00:55] Daenerys a war criminal it is dark times

[00:59] and the first element of this dark

[01:00] nightmare that Tyrion notices are

[01:02] falling snowflakes

[01:03] despite Arya defeating the night King

[01:05] and the Battle of Winterfell winter is

[01:07] still coming now arriving and heavy

[01:09] snowfall that blankets this destruction

[01:11] further burying the dead and mixing

[01:13] ominously with the drifting ash of the

[01:15] city's remains snowfall on Game of

[01:16] Thrones has always represented coming

[01:18] death in darkness but now the element is

[01:21] reassigned from the White Walkers to the

[01:23] true arch villain of the series Daenerys

[01:25] Targaryen as long as she breathes

[01:27] Westeros remains under the threat of a

[01:29] long night Tyrians eyes drop to the

[01:31] carnage on the ground a little girl a

[01:33] naked burn victim limping away

[01:35] helplessly evoking the napalm victims of

[01:38] the Vietnam War

[01:38] another soldier sits in the rubble and

[01:40] sobs into his hands and of course the

[01:42] charred horse toy of the girl Arya tried

[01:44] to save this young victim reminds us of

[01:46] Shireen Baratheon terrible fates and for

[01:48] Davos and the others a haunting sign of

[01:51] the danger at the innocent face under

[01:52] Danny's rule

[01:53] Tyrion goes ahead alone Pasi a cracked

[01:55] Bell one of the many bells that he hoped

[01:58] would signal surrender but went not only

[02:00] ignored by Daenerys weaponized when

[02:02] drogon collapsed this bell tower onto

[02:04] Arya Tyrion gazes up at what is left of

[02:07] the red keep with the big change to its

[02:09] skyline being the missing Tower

[02:10] of the hand which was demolished in the

[02:12] battle it reflects how Daenerys his

[02:14] actions have made it literally

[02:15] impossible for Tyrion to serve as her

[02:17] hand John tries to stop grey worm from

[02:19] executing Lannister POWs Zane gray WA

[02:22] awkward John grey worm actually goes by

[02:25] his original Valyrian name now torgo

[02:27] nudho Jon should have remembered

[02:29] Daenerys calling him that last episode

[02:31] and later you'll notice their Davos

[02:32] actually tries to correct this mistake

[02:34] total included am I saying that properly

[02:37] Tyrion passes over the mat floor

[02:39] courtyard the past battle fissured this

[02:41] map right down the middle of the

[02:42] continent while shadowing the North's

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[03:48] okay back to Tyrion here he picks up a

[03:50] torch and descends the tunnels and the

[03:52] red keep echoing the torch lit escaped

[03:54] the Jaime led him to in season 4 but

[03:56] sadly Tyrion could not repay the favor

[03:58] as he uncovers Jaime's golden hand and

[04:00] Cersei space finally composed the Ramin

[04:02] Djawadi breaks the silence with this

[04:04] music

[04:06] [Music]

[04:12] this is the Lannister victory song the

[04:14] rains of castamere the lyrics described

[04:16] their father Thailand's brutal massacre

[04:18] of house reyne Indian house rains

[04:20] bloodline permanently but here the music

[04:22] scores the end of House Lannister at

[04:24] least the bloodline through Cersei and

[04:25] Jaime Tyrion is devastated and later

[04:28] when he resigns by tossing his hand to

[04:30] the Queen pin it's almost as if he's

[04:32] slapping Daenerys in the face with the

[04:33] golden hand of his brother that she

[04:35] killed

[04:36] Arya and John witnessed the unsullied in

[04:37] Dothraki celebration with a massive

[04:39] Targaryen banner now draping the red key

[04:42] now the red cape was built by Daenerys

[04:43] his ancestors it's really a home that

[04:45] belongs to her and reclaiming it like

[04:47] this reflects John reclaiming Winterfell

[04:49] with the white stark banners after the

[04:51] Battle of the bastards but this victory

[04:52] feels far more ominous Danny and drogon

[04:55] arrive with a perfectly lined up shot of

[04:57] Daenerys with dragons wings spreading

[05:00] out from behind her making it look as

[05:01] though the wings are her own this

[05:03] metamorphosis invokes Daenerys his

[05:05] father the Mad King who would like

[05:07] Daenerys his brother Viserys would

[05:09] threaten to physically transform into a

[05:11] dragon and burn his enemies another

[05:13] example of how Dany has become the ruler

[05:15] that her father was Danny's speech to

[05:17] her troops gives us a glimpse of what

[05:18] rule under her would look like and it is

[05:20] fully she begins by address saying of

[05:22] all people the Dothraki

[05:24] shefket either these dogs get an email

[05:26] okay good on you she could be moti

[05:28] shapka at the beasts oh come on again

[05:31] buddy

[05:32] Dany is calling back to the moment she

[05:34] fired up her blood riders in season six

[05:42] but by opening her speech with a shout

[05:45] out to the most uncivilized pillagers of

[05:47] ranks Daenerys is suggesting that

[05:49] chaotic violence will be a major feature

[05:52] of life with Danny Danny also makes grey

[05:54] worm her new master of war which is kind

[05:56] of bad sign because the position of

[05:58] Master of War is new Cersei invented it

[06:01] when she reorganized a small council

[06:03] after Tywin's death as an attempt to

[06:04] consolidate power and win over uncle

[06:06] Kevan it would please the King if you

[06:08] would serve as his master of war I did

[06:10] not return to the capital to serve as

[06:12] your puppet

[06:13] so Daenerys is keeping the more

[06:15] dangerous aspects of Circe's legacy

[06:17] intact

[06:18] Daenerys didn't free anyone from the

[06:19] grip of a tyrant she just replaced

[06:21] Cersei with a worse tyrant and as she

[06:23] addresses the general on Sully

[06:24] their formation frame sir as an

[06:26] authoritarian dictator kind of the way

[06:28] Hitler Mussolini would address their

[06:30] army formations notice Mountaineers

[06:32] calls them liberators which echoes the

[06:34] Bush administration talking points

[06:36] during the US invasion of Iraq

[06:37] remember Dick Cheney promised the

[06:39] Americans would be greeted as liberators

[06:40] a statement it was later brought up by

[06:42] critics of the invasion remember these

[06:44] are the same showrunners who used a

[06:45] dummy head of George W Bush in the

[06:47] background of season one on a pike they

[06:49] said it wasn't a political statement

[06:51] they later apologized but however he has

[06:53] slice said the anti-war themes are very

[06:55] present in this episode and here in the

[06:58] judgment of Daenerys hawkish sentiment

[07:00] rewards to the unsullied are in valyrian

[07:02] which Jon doesn't speak one of the many

[07:03] nothings he knows he's just really

[07:05] getting the dictator vibes from her tone

[07:06] and body language but his head does turn

[07:08] when Daenerys brings up Winterfell hen

[07:11] vanes better value about Gordon not

[07:13] Winterfell led by Sansa poses a threat

[07:15] to Daenerys as does Dorne which is a

[07:18] kingdom that historically the Targaryen

[07:19] struggled to conquer Tyrion does speak

[07:21] some valerian even though he thinks the

[07:23] word for rusty is word for nostril no

[07:26] Valyrian Mila Louisa but his head does

[07:29] turn when she brings up his home city of

[07:31] Lannisport

[07:32] hey dog that lame yacht Ana's

[07:35] interesting that she brings up carved

[07:36] the Esso city that she left in season 2

[07:38] because it reminds us of the promise

[07:40] that she made to Qarth city leaders the

[07:42] 13 we will take back what was stolen

[07:44] from me and destroy those who wronged me

[07:48] we will lay waste to armies and burn

[07:51] cities to the ground as Tyrion is

[07:53] arrested after his resignation John and

[07:56] Danny's eyes meet with some choice music

[07:59] here

[08:01] [Music]

[08:07] it's a minor key version of their love

[08:09] theme the dragon and the wolf except now

[08:11] the cello strings moans sadly as if

[08:13] mourning the death of their relationship

[08:15] arias sneaky sneaks behind John making

[08:18] this the third time she got the drop on

[08:19] Kings this season and she warns him

[08:21] about Danny no no I can't know that I

[08:23] see what she's echoing her words to

[08:25] Gendry earlier this season I know dad

[08:30] he's got many faces one of those faces

[08:33] of death was the night king and now Aria

[08:35] is saying that the new face of death is

[08:37] Daenerys John visits Tyrion who says so

[08:40] is the knife off to death not that I've

[08:43] seen Tyrion is recalling that John

[08:45] freaking resurrected and John's response

[08:47] is what he told lady Melisandre what did

[08:49] you see there was nothing at all

[08:53] by bringing this up here this show

[08:55] clearly wants us to remember that Jon

[08:57] Snow was resurrected by the Lord of

[08:59] Light they don't want us to forget it as

[09:00] some random never explained thing that

[09:02] just happened seasons ago so the folks

[09:04] were complaining that John was

[09:05] resurrected for no reason and that

[09:07] prophecies were ignored hold onto those

[09:09] butts John and Tyrion debate over the

[09:11] morality and motivation behind Danny's

[09:13] war crimes and Tyrion assesses his own

[09:16] record I strangled my lover I shot my

[09:19] own father with a crossbow this is a

[09:21] confession by Tyrion for killing Shaye

[09:23] and Tywin he's a doomed man making peace

[09:25] with the gods before his execution

[09:26] remember Jaime actually made these same

[09:28] kind of a confession to Brienne before

[09:30] heading off to his death I pushed a boy

[09:32] out of town and OH

[09:34] crippled him for life I strangled my

[09:37] cousin with my own hands

[09:38] but Syrian is comparing his worst deeds

[09:41] to Daenerys she liberated the people of

[09:43] slavers Bay she liberated the people of

[09:46] King's Landing he'll go on liberating

[09:49] and to the people of the world her free

[09:52] periods argument reflects the famous

[09:54] words of German pastor Martin niemoller

[09:56] the passage reflecting how to moderate

[09:58] Germans during World War two were

[10:00] bystanders excusing the rise of fascism

[10:02] in Germany first they came for the

[10:04] socialists and I did not speak out

[10:05] because I was not a socialist then they

[10:07] came for the trade unionist but I did

[10:08] not speak out because I was not a trade

[10:10] unionist then they came for the Jews and

[10:12] I did not speak out because I was not a

[10:13] Jew then they came for me and there was

[10:15] no one left to speak for me tear

[10:16] is now that speaker he did not speak out

[10:18] against Authority until it was too late

[10:20] he's now facing the same fiery

[10:22] liberation that Danny's other victims

[10:24] have tyrion tells John that love is more

[10:26] powerful than reason and John responds

[10:27] of his the death duty he's quoting

[10:30] maester aemon at the wall in season one

[10:32] love in that moment Eamon foreshadowed

[10:36] to John be exact choice that he now

[10:38] faces sooner or later in every man's

[10:42] life there comes a day when it is not

[10:45] easy a day when he must choose in that

[10:49] moment season one John was struggling

[10:51] with a bloody transfer of power down in

[10:53] King's Landing and an unjust arrest of

[10:55] Ned Stark but he surrendered his love

[10:57] for family killing the boy inside him to

[10:59] let the man be born which he does again

[11:01] in this episode after a bloody transfer

[11:03] of power in King's Landing and an unjust

[11:05] arrest he reaffirms his Night's Watch

[11:07] vows he does his duty to kill that which

[11:10] she loves and ultimately this episode he

[11:12] returns to take the black just like a

[11:15] man once did he was rightful heir to the

[11:17] Iron Throne as well but he stepped aside

[11:19] to allow a younger family member to take

[11:21] his place

[11:21] Tyrion ends a debate with this

[11:23] interesting question who is more

[11:25] dangerous than the rightful heir to the

[11:27] Iron Throne this finale episodes title

[11:29] is the Iron Throne and here Tyrion is

[11:32] sardonically hinting at the deeper theme

[11:34] the evil of right that those who believe

[11:37] that they have the right to power that

[11:39] they deserve power and are within grasp

[11:41] of that power are the most vulnerable to

[11:44] moral corruption and that they become

[11:46] the most desperate and the most violent

[11:48] and their attempt to take that power in

[11:50] this regard Game of Thrones is

[11:51] thematically linking its iconic image

[11:53] the Iron Throne with the equivalent in

[11:55] the Lord of the Rings the Ring of Power

[11:56] just like the Iron Throne the Ring of

[11:58] Power is a man-made treasure forged in

[12:00] fire that corrupts anyone who occupies

[12:03] it will see this comparison play out

[12:04] throughout the final episode John

[12:05] marches to the red keep blocked by

[12:07] drogon rising up in the snow guarding

[12:09] the Queen a wide shot of Jon facing

[12:11] dragons massive head bret presents his

[12:13] vivid scale jon is a classic dragon

[12:16] slayer hero for mythology like Beowulf

[12:18] but the shot actually mirrors the wide

[12:19] shot of Tyrion facing the skull of

[12:21] balerion the dread below earlier it's a

[12:23] sign that Jon has already made up his

[12:24] mind poised to be Tyrians champion in

[12:27] his trial by combat in this trial

[12:28] against the dragon queen

[12:30] Brown looks into Jon's soul similar to

[12:32] the cryptic look that he gave John back

[12:33] in the season premiere and he lets him

[12:35] past surrendering now this is huge

[12:38] drogon only trust John because John has

[12:41] Targaryen blood if you think about that

[12:43] makes John the only person in the world

[12:45] right now with striking distance access

[12:47] to Danny and the only one with the moral

[12:49] cause to stop her had John not been

[12:51] resurrected and not been a Targaryen no

[12:53] one would be able to stop Daenerys from

[12:55] plunging the world into darkness inside

[12:57] the red keep Daenerys his approach to

[12:58] the throne fulfills the imagery from her

[13:00] permission in the house of the undying

[13:01] in season two her damage to the walls in

[13:03] the roof allows snow to drift in just as

[13:06] it did in her vision and there's this

[13:07] close-up of her hand reaching to the

[13:09] throne except in that vision she pulled

[13:11] away but now she touches it

[13:12] that vision foretold Danny never fully

[13:14] gaining the Iron Throne instead becoming

[13:17] queen of the ashes and leaving that

[13:19] behind in an afterlife with Drogo

[13:21] similarly in the scene Daenerys will

[13:23] return east with drogon the dragon named

[13:26] after Drogo and her son will set in the

[13:28] east the moment Dany touches the throne

[13:31] this wave of catharsis hits earth

[13:33] much like the drunk trance caused by the

[13:35] Ring of Power when John appears behind

[13:36] her she turns to meet him but her eyes

[13:38] for a moment cling to the throne as if

[13:40] she can't break away from her precious

[13:42] Danny tells the story about learning a

[13:44] throne was made from a thousand swords

[13:46] and she laughed that as a girl she could

[13:47] only count to 20 but John angrily cuts

[13:49] her off because the same way a thousand

[13:51] melted swords from Aegon's conquest was

[13:53] hard for her to imagine a million melted

[13:56] bodies of her conquests don't look like

[13:57] anything to her either

[13:58] John begs her to reconsider but Danny

[14:00] just smiles and says it's not easy to

[14:04] see something that's never been visible

[14:06] Emilia Clarke plays this moment with

[14:08] such conviction speaking as an idealist

[14:10] asking for blind faith but her phrasing

[14:13] also hints at her insanity preceding

[14:16] hallucinations that do not exist echoing

[14:19] the convictions of her Mad King father

[14:21] John brings up others out there might

[14:23] also believe that they know what's good

[14:24] but Danny responds she's repeating the

[14:28] choice words that Tyrion spoke to John

[14:30] moments before about Sansa doesn't get

[14:33] to choose no but you do and the choice

[14:37] words that bran spoke to John in the

[14:39] godswood

[14:39] it's your choice it all goes back to the

[14:42] choice that aim

[14:43] foreshadow to John in season 1 John has

[14:46] already made this choice he chose duty

[14:49] to the Nights Watch duty to his family

[14:51] by telling them he's half Targaryen duty

[14:54] to Tyrion by confronting Daenerys right

[14:56] now John kisses Dany and he stabs her

[14:58] repeating Jaime Lannister's history as a

[15:01] Kingslayer and now John is the queen

[15:03] Slayer saving the realm from a mad

[15:06] Targaryen monarch one could interpret

[15:07] this murder as John fulfilling the

[15:09] prophecy of azor Ahai Dany in a sense is

[15:12] the sacrificial missa missa figure the

[15:14] flaming swords of the Iron Throne as

[15:16] Lightbringer and Daenerys is death and

[15:19] Dragons departure is an away John

[15:21] vanquishing darkness from this world

[15:23] Daenerys his final breaths are tragic

[15:25] john cradles her body with her head

[15:27] craned back still staring at the iron

[15:29] throne the way Gollum died cleaned to

[15:32] his precious Emilia Clarke said that in

[15:34] her final moment she included a hint of

[15:36] vulnerability the little girl that we

[15:37] met in season 1 drug on arrives sadly

[15:40] nuggie and Dany like Simba an undead

[15:42] Mufasa and rather than torching John he

[15:44] took horses the iron throne dragons are

[15:47] magical creatures so perhaps he has the

[15:49] cosmic wisdom to recognize the true

[15:51] source of evil among them the throne was

[15:53] forged by dragon fire from a gods dragon

[15:56] balerion and now the throne is undone by

[15:58] drogon with the swords melting down into

[16:01] indistinguishable lava just as the Ring

[16:03] of Power was this throne was the symbol

[16:06] that Aegon used to bind the Seven

[16:08] Kingdoms together causing them to war

[16:10] against each other over and over again

[16:12] throughout the ages in pursuit of this

[16:14] throne so its destruction signals the

[16:16] end of the game of Thrones drogon takes

[16:19] Dany and departs signaling also the end

[16:21] of magic in Westeros this episode marks

[16:24] this dramatic climax with a fade to

[16:25] black similar to the fades to black that

[16:28] Peter Jackson used in Return of the King

[16:29] after the rings destruction so this

[16:31] primary conflict has come to an end

[16:33] and everything that follows is a sort of

[16:35] epilogue that resets the game board so

[16:37] then a few weeks later Tyrion is brought

[16:38] to the King's Landing dragon pit to face

[16:40] the council returning them all to the

[16:41] same location in last season's finale

[16:43] the roll call includes same while Tarly

[16:45] is water-bottle another unnamed High

[16:47] Lord may be Howland Reed some are

[16:49] suggesting it could be theirs ed Murtagh

[16:51] Lee from the Riverlands Arya bran and

[16:53] Sansa Brienne Davos his water bottle

[16:56] and ginjury now lord of storms end then

[16:58] two more unnamed Lords may be from the

[17:00] reach or the rack yar a Greyjoy the new

[17:03] Prince of Dorne and then from the Vale

[17:04] sweet Robin grown up mama's milk done

[17:07] his body good Lord Royce and another

[17:09] unknown arya threatens Yara probably

[17:11] hates her for putting the letters Arry

[17:13] and a in the wrong order say another

[17:15] word about killing my brother and I'll

[17:17] cut your throat

[17:18] it's answer shuts down her uncle ed

[17:20] murrow stood he said these stark sisters

[17:24] are setting the table for the younger

[17:26] generation to take over and fix the

[17:27] problems of the previous generation

[17:28] Sansa reminds grey worm that her

[17:30] northern forces have surrounded King's

[17:32] Landing which could explain why only the

[17:34] north is granted independence in the

[17:35] scene places like the Iron Islands and

[17:37] Doran might not have the military might

[17:39] to put pressure on the crown like this

[17:41] Sam proposes that future leaders of

[17:42] Westeros be elected democratically to

[17:44] get the big belly laugh from these

[17:46] elitist Lords now it is a little odd

[17:48] that Yara laughs this off - since the

[17:51] Ironborn do traditionally select new

[17:52] leaders with a fairly democratic process

[17:54] called the king's moot although to be

[17:56] honest the Ironborn also consider

[17:57] themselves much stronger than a land

[17:58] dwellers and will probably look down on

[18:00] some ocean from flea bottom having any

[18:02] say and who rules it for them so instead

[18:03] the council adopts an oligarchical

[18:05] system of rule by the few with these

[18:08] elite representatives from across the

[18:09] kingdom selecting the ruler in the real

[18:11] world the ancient Greeks had an Oleg our

[18:13] key system that they eventually balanced

[18:15] with a more randomized democratic

[18:16] systems I don't know maybe we can look

[18:18] at this collapse of bloodline dynasties

[18:20] as a sort of baby step in the right

[18:22] direction or maybe considering that

[18:24] America is essentially a financial

[18:26] oligarchy these days step in a very dark

[18:28] timeline

[18:29] Tyrion makes a case for who he wants a

[18:31] new ruler to be there's nothing in the

[18:33] world more powerful than a good story

[18:34] and who has a better story than brand

[18:37] the broken now you might not agree that

[18:39] bran has the best story I mean Ari has

[18:42] been pretty fun to watch but Tyrion is

[18:43] right that bran is the best choice bran

[18:46] is impartial not prone to rage or

[18:48] violence pride or jealousy or lust Rand

[18:50] isn't one to anything other than maybe

[18:52] sunlight in a pot of fresh soil and the

[18:54] council selecting brand parallels the

[18:56] fellowship and a ring selecting Frodo

[18:58] Baggins to carry the burden of the Ring

[18:59] of Power

[19:00] the humble figure who least once power

[19:02] is the safest hands in which to rest

[19:04] that power and their best chance at

[19:06] lasting peace and by naming him bran the

[19:08] broke

[19:08] Tyrion isn't just being a jerk he's

[19:10] alluding to the wheel that Daenerys

[19:12] aimed to break and the breaking of the

[19:14] old system and yes the breaking up of

[19:16] the continent into six kingdoms in the

[19:18] North since in brans eyes that would

[19:20] lead to a more lasting peace between

[19:21] them and let's remember the North was

[19:23] historically independent only ever

[19:25] annexed by Aegon the conquerer but now

[19:27] that the Targaryen czar finished and the

[19:29] dragons are gone it makes sense that the

[19:30] north be restored to its longtime

[19:32] independence and with the first episode

[19:34] of the series ending with brands iconic

[19:35] fall the fall that broke him his rise

[19:38] here is a mere reflection of that fall

[19:40] an ascendancy to king bran the broken

[19:43] tyrion alludes to the words of

[19:44] three-eyed Raven he knew he'd never walk

[19:46] again so he learned to fly you'll never

[19:49] walk again

[19:50] but you will fly this ascent is scored

[19:54] with the main game of Thrones theme

[19:56] music but with each measure changing key

[19:58] to scale up and up and up all right

[20:09] brands responses of course a head

[20:12] scratcher

[20:12] why do you think I came all this way so

[20:15] this implies that brand knew that this

[20:18] was his destiny and this is all

[20:20] according to his plan in season six

[20:23] brand did foresee many future events the

[20:25] explosion of wildfire in King's Landing

[20:27] bringing Cersei to throne that shadow of

[20:28] drogon over King's Landing bringing Dany

[20:30] to the throne he gave Arya the Valyrian

[20:32] steel dagger which she would later used

[20:34] to kill the night king and he and Sam

[20:35] determined that John was the rightful

[20:37] heir to the Iron Throne and bran and

[20:39] power Jon to share this information so

[20:42] that it would unravel his relationship

[20:43] with Danny and create a power vacuum

[20:45] but while brand saw all of this I don't

[20:48] think he necessarily wanted it all to

[20:50] happen the people of King's Landing

[20:51] Burnie and John killing Danny I mean

[20:53] maybe he's a little dirty bastard but I

[20:55] don't think it was really his plan just

[20:57] the predestined plan that bran was now

[21:00] following like a script remember Hodor

[21:02] had always said Hodor before bran was

[21:04] even born by working in - Hodor through

[21:06] time brand fulfill the destiny that was

[21:09] already written so similarly bran played

[21:11] the role that was already written for

[21:13] him a role that would one day nice for

[21:15] him lead him to a crown bran selects

[21:18] Tyrion as his hand which is really a

[21:20] kind of punishment he's made many

[21:22] terrible mistakes he's going to spend

[21:24] the rest of his life fixing them Tirion

[21:26] stuck back in this job reminds us of the

[21:29] punishment it was at the beginning of

[21:30] the series what's the line

[21:32] the king and the hand wipes this hand I

[21:36] assume will like trim hedges and spray

[21:38] pesticide this finale also restores

[21:40] season 1 punishment with the solution

[21:42] for Jon Snow with searing ordering him

[21:43] to join the Nights Watch just like Ned

[21:45] Stark was originally going to do before

[21:47] Joffrey chopped his head off John asks I

[21:49] still nights watch the world always need

[21:51] a hostage and broken men even know White

[21:54] Walkers appear to be destroyed the

[21:56] Nights Watch must remain to protect the

[21:58] realm against any unknown threats in the

[21:59] future because yeah that night remains

[22:01] dark and full of terrors in Tyrion is

[22:03] suggesting that will live on as a kind

[22:04] of penal colony its words actually echo

[22:06] is lying back in season 1 I've attended

[22:08] a spot in my heart those bastards and

[22:10] broken things and as we will see in

[22:12] these final moments cripples bastards

[22:14] and broken things do indeed inherit this

[22:16] world grey worm says the unsullied will

[22:17] sail to the Isle of not Natha isthmus

[22:19] Sunday's homeland which grey worm

[22:21] promised to take her back in episode 2

[22:23] of the season no I'd like to see the

[22:26] beaches again it sounds like grey worms

[22:27] bringing back Masson days remains to

[22:29] bury their and maybe the unsullied will

[22:31] stick around in the Summer Isles to

[22:32] protect the people of North and the

[22:33] other islands from being taken as slaves

[22:35] from the slavers of Essos the unsullied

[22:37] did begin the series of slaves it makes

[22:39] sense that that would be their future

[22:40] John leaves with the Nights Watch his

[22:42] hair back to its awesome shaggy look

[22:44] from his brotherhood days he bids

[22:46] farewell to Sansa Arya and bran from the

[22:48] port similar to Frodo saying goodbye to

[22:50] his three Hobbit friends when he sailed

[22:52] away with Bilbo in the elves at the end

[22:53] of Return of the King

[22:54] but really it's arias epilogue that's

[22:56] more in line with Frodo's she tells John

[22:58] that she is actually sailing away what's

[23:01] west of Westeros Arya is referencing her

[23:03] scene with lady crane back in season 6

[23:05] the first times she thought about a

[23:06] future beyond her conflicts as was his

[23:09] east in Westeros is West but was west of

[23:12] Westeros I don't know nobody does so

[23:15] they're all the maps to the edge of the

[23:17] world maybe I'd like to see that and by

[23:19] chasing this kind of dream R is actually

[23:21] parallel in the ancient figure Alyssa

[23:23] Farman from George RR Martin's fire and

[23:25] blood Alyssa was an explorer who sailed

[23:27] west of Westeros across the sunset sea

[23:30] on her ship called Sunchaser she

[23:32] actually found three islands which she

[23:35] named Aegon

[23:35] Rhaenys and Visenya and she continued

[23:38] sailing west but she was never seen

[23:39] again

[23:40] except her ship the Sun chaser was

[23:42] claimed to have been seen in the harbor

[23:44] of a shy in the Far East

[23:46] perhaps confirming that the world of

[23:47] Westeros is round as Jorge Ramon says it

[23:50] is and that may be ELISA circumnavigated

[23:52] it aria could be following in her

[23:53] footsteps Brienne of Tarth now Lord

[23:55] Commander of the Kingsguard flips

[23:57] through the book of brothers that's the

[23:58] document that tracks the life and

[23:59] accomplishments of all the Knights who

[24:00] served on the Kingsguard Jaime actually

[24:02] pointed this out to Brienne in season

[24:03] four the duty of the Lord Commander to

[24:05] fill those pages there's still room left

[24:08] in mine Brianna's flip passed the pages

[24:10] of Sir Arthur Dayne the legendary Knight

[24:12] Ned Stark fought and killed outside the

[24:13] Tower of joy and Barristan Selmy what

[24:15] she finds Jaime's sadly pathetic blank

[24:18] pages that just kind of talked about him

[24:20] like a slain book remember this is the

[24:21] location that Jaime started to rewrite

[24:23] his new destiny the place that he gave

[24:25] Brienne his sword which she named

[24:27] Oathkeeper and now that same sword rests

[24:29] on the table before her she writes this

[24:31] heroic account of Jaime's defense

[24:33] against Danny throughout season seven

[24:35] and his fighting alongside them in the

[24:36] Battle of Winterfell and she finishes it

[24:38] with died protecting his queen so that

[24:41] instead of being remembered as the

[24:42] Kingslayer Jaime Lannister will be

[24:44] remembered as a knight who did his duty

[24:46] even if that Queen he was protecting was

[24:47] like toxic and like wrong for him sorry

[24:51] it's gonna take me a while to get over

[24:52] Jaime in the small council chamber

[24:53] Tyrion straightens the chairs

[24:55] I like the clutter that this room was an

[24:57] earlier Tyrion is cleaning up his

[24:59] mistakes remember when he was handed a

[25:00] king in season 2 he played political

[25:02] games of the small Council he's shrunken

[25:04] member by member to consolidate power

[25:06] but now he takes it seriously he wants

[25:08] it to function properly Davos is a new

[25:10] master of ships run master of coin Sam

[25:12] the new grand maester he'll notice that

[25:14] sam has two links on his chain implying

[25:17] mastery of two subjects perhaps a

[25:19] history may be master of medicine given

[25:21] his expertise curing greyscale he

[25:23] presents Tyrion with this new aptly

[25:25] named historical text a Song of Ice and

[25:27] Fire

[25:28] acht mystery Bros history of the walls

[25:30] following the death of King Robert

[25:31] remember archmaester ebro's was jim

[25:33] broadbent character of season 7 he told

[25:35] Sam about this new history book he's

[25:36] working on you didn't like the title

[25:38] what would you call it then possibly

[25:41] something a bit more poetic I guess it

[25:44] makes sense that Sam's new poetic title

[25:46] is exactly what george RR martin calls

[25:47] this book series but it Evo

[25:49] the ace of the battles up north the fire

[25:50] of the battles down south as well as of

[25:52] course the ice and the fire reflected in

[25:54] John and Daenerys Tyrion is not

[25:55] mentioned in his book but similar to his

[25:57] brother Jaime the pages of Tyrion story

[25:59] remained blank perhaps this just means

[26:01] that Tyrians most significant

[26:02] contributions to history are yet to be

[26:04] written

[26:04] Brienne inserter Podrick enter with King

[26:07] brand but notices some vacant positions

[26:09] we appear to be missing a master of

[26:11] whisperers and a master of laws and a

[26:15] master of wool and a master of gardening

[26:17] how will I survive really the lack of

[26:19] any rush to fill those spots suggests

[26:21] that bran and Tyrion Earl is focused on

[26:23] war on prosecution on espionage then

[26:26] they are with rebuilding the

[26:27] infrastructure the economy and health of

[26:29] Westeros which is a really good sign

[26:31] bran leaves the management of the

[26:32] kingdom to them as he prepares to search

[26:34] for drogon perhaps hinting at a future

[26:37] for brand of war gain inside a dragon

[26:39] Davos and bran bicker assume the won't

[26:42] be normal coin any more you master of

[26:44] grammar now to Thomas's correction as a

[26:46] habit that he picked up from serving

[26:48] Stannis Baratheon and it's foolish

[26:50] fingernails to clean fewer less enemies

[26:52] for us

[26:54] whew what an Tyrion brings up his

[26:58] experience with the Casterly Rock sewers

[27:00] - Sam who says the autumn a sister has

[27:02] done some research on this subject yeah

[27:03] Sam is referring to his experience

[27:05] clean-out maester in season seven in the

[27:07] Citadel this scene really ends like the

[27:10] final shot of a sitcom with Tyrion and

[27:12] teasing his famous joke I once brought a

[27:14] jackass and a honeycomb into a brothel

[27:16] and he doesn't tell us the punchline

[27:18] Tyrion has set up this same joke twice

[27:21] before once during his trial in the

[27:22] Eyrie another while trying to make some

[27:23] small talk with Masson day and grey worm

[27:26] really the best pitch for the punchline

[27:27] I could find online and I'm sorry I

[27:29] couldn't find the source of this I won't

[27:30] support a jackass and a honeycomb into a

[27:32] brothel the madam says what's with the

[27:33] honeycomb I say I wish for a house fit

[27:36] for a queen and she asks what about the

[27:37] jackass and I tell her I wish for the

[27:39] finest ass in Westeros so I wish to work

[27:42] that hangs below my knees and it came

[27:44] true so I came to this brothel madam

[27:46] says that's not so bad and I say yes but

[27:48] I used to be six foot three

[27:50] Jon Snow returns to Castle black finding

[27:52] tormund who foreshadowed that Jon would

[27:54] return to the north the last time they

[27:55] saw each other you've got to Nathania

[27:59] the real off the final montage centers

[28:02] around John Sansa and Arya each of them

[28:04] in a close-up as they ready themselves

[28:06] John with Longclaw

[28:07] Oreo with her dagger Sansa dressing and

[28:09] fine embroidery echoing her opening

[28:11] moments on the series to cheat

[28:12] impressive embroidery in Winterfell her

[28:14] dress here has a pattern with red

[28:16] weirwood tree leaves looks awesome these

[28:18] intercutting images reflect the opening

[28:20] of the season six finale which similarly

[28:22] showed characters dressing up for the

[28:23] day but it was set to the music of light

[28:25] of the seven this montage is scored by

[28:26] new music this track is titled the last

[28:29] of the Starks and it blends light motifs

[28:31] from the House Stark theme and the main

[28:33] game of Thrones title music

[28:34] [Music]

[28:44] so the way that light is 7 was Circe's

[28:46] great victory moment this montage is a

[28:48] victory for House Stark finally on top

[28:50] after their long suffering throughout

[28:52] the series the editing syncs up the

[28:54] movement of these three figures

[28:55] reminding us of the northern saying

[28:57] about moving and survival keep moving so

[29:01] these three northerners success at

[29:03] stayin moving has kept them alive and so

[29:05] they in this series in a March onward

[29:07] Game of Thrones ends really with the map

[29:09] expanding and all four compass headings

[29:11] beyond Westeros John heads north Arya

[29:14] heads west drogon and Dany head east in

[29:16] grey worm head south Sansa is crowned

[29:18] queen and turn off the first ruler of a

[29:21] North that's actually recognized by the

[29:23] Westeros crown in over a thousand years

[29:25] very much deserve Arya heads out on a

[29:27] ship that also bears the sigils of House

[29:29] Stark the direwolf on the sails and

[29:31] carved into the bow of the ship she

[29:33] sails west to channeling great explorers

[29:35] like Alyssa farmen and real world

[29:37] Circumnavigators like Ferdinand Magellan

[29:39] and Amelia Earhart her final image shows

[29:41] her gazing off at the horizon just like

[29:43] the last time she sailed away from

[29:45] Westeros east to Braavos the final shot

[29:47] of season 4 now she's heading west into

[29:49] the sunset like these start sisters John

[29:51] also reimburses his direwolf sigil a

[29:54] literal direwolf ghost giving the good

[29:56] boy a good boy Pat and he leads the wild

[29:58] lanes north of the wall in a final scene

[30:00] that echoes the very first cold open

[30:03] imagery of the pilot episode shot

[30:04] Prashad including the first shot of the

[30:06] series of the gate rising and the wide

[30:08] shot of the horses heading out north of

[30:09] the wall except now in this final scene

[30:11] there are some key differences the first

[30:13] episodes expedition was essentially a

[30:15] crime scene investigation hinting that a

[30:17] winter coming a winter that would take

[30:19] wildling families and children with it

[30:21] but now the wild lien families marched

[30:23] north with their children the icy threat

[30:25] has been defeated there's even a tiny

[30:27] green plant rising from the snow hey a

[30:29] friend for king branch it's a nod to the

[30:31] title for George RR Martin's final book

[30:33] of the series a dream of spring and an

[30:35] elemental counterpoint to the

[30:36] snow-covered death of the opening

[30:38] imagery of this episode Jon's future is

[30:40] a mystery will he stay with wildlings up

[30:42] north or is he just leading them on an

[30:44] expedition considering his status as a

[30:46] resurrected champion of the Lord of

[30:47] Light could he follow in the footsteps

[30:49] of the night's king from the books not

[30:51] the night king from the show but the

[30:53] legendary Lord Commander of the Nights

[30:54] Watch who is half alive half too

[30:57] fell in love with a woman with white

[30:58] skin and blue eyes it's fun to

[31:00] hypothesize about these mysteries but

[31:02] really if you look at this final imagery

[31:04] it's filled with peace with life hope a

[31:06] dream of spring John is one of many

[31:08] supernatural forces who are now leaving

[31:10] Westeros behind if you think about it

[31:12] Arya Stark is really a ninja assassin

[31:14] pulling off impossible feats but her

[31:16] power is too much for the continent to

[31:18] handle so she moves on Brogan the dragon

[31:21] flies off in the opposite direction from

[31:23] arya and john as the one resurrected

[31:25] person the person who seems to plot

[31:26] armor that defies all kinds of death

[31:28] he's leaving north these forces

[31:30] departing means peace and Westeros can

[31:32] finally last and with the evil

[31:35] represented by the Iron Throne finally

[31:37] destroyed the bloody Game of Thrones can

[31:39] end comment down below with your

[31:41] thoughts on this game of Thrones final

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[32:06] I love the final shots being scored by

[32:07] Roman Jawad E's new Song of Ice and Fire

[32:09] theme I wouldn't mind it if Jon Snow

[32:11] walked off to dire straits walk of life

[32:13] [Music]