Game of Thrones season 8: The internet reacts to the absolute madness of episode 5
Things got pretty crazy in there folks.

The Mad Queen?
It's been an up and down season for Game of Thrones. A dragon was killed in ways that frustrated and annoyed everyone, everyone got extremely angry when Jon Snow didn't pet Ghost and then the internet found a coffee cup on set and went buck wild.
This episode was all about the insane carnage.
OK, goes without saying but...
It started early with the burning of Varys. And the burning just didn't stop.
The question going in was simple: Was Dany about to become the Mad Queen, or was it all just a big swerve?
Yeah, they answered that pretty definitively.
Daenerys Targaryen basically set all of King's Landing on fire. The Bells rang out for surrender but Dany wasn't trying to hear that noise.
Soldiers: The bells are ringing!
— Ron Snow (@RonMorrisse) May 13, 2019
Danny: Are they though? #GameofThrones pic.twitter.com/8ieNiW10BM
Everyone in kings landing. #GameofThrones pic.twitter.com/pnf4uB8Ua4
— Danish Khurshid (@ShahDanish_) May 13, 2019
#gameofthrones
— madz🦋✨💫 (@maddyackerburg) May 13, 2019
me: dany won’t murder all these innocent people they rang the bells we’re all good!!!
dany: (: dracarys
me: pic.twitter.com/OVGjw8wT8S
Bran chilling in Winterfell while Daenerys kills everyone: #GameofThrones pic.twitter.com/KQKBLoAGL1
— MWV Highlights (@MWV_Highlights) May 13, 2019
Me, The entire episode #GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/Ss3l6yx4cT
— 𝑨𝒓𝒊 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐤 (@solangev_a) May 13, 2019
Drogon after that episode #GameofThrones pic.twitter.com/hUQtS8Btya
— church (@COFFINBORNEGOD) May 13, 2019
Dany after this episode#GameofThrones pic.twitter.com/3u935UflEp
— Jonas Ryan (@jonasryan_) May 13, 2019
“I probably should’ve told someone the dragon lady was crazy.” #GameofThrones pic.twitter.com/YK3d6j5N27
— Diane N. Sevenay (@Diane_7A) May 13, 2019
Yep, Dany basically burned everything down and killed thousands of people. Not sure if King's Landing as we knew it even exists any more.
missandei, in heaven looking at kings landing. #GameofThrones pic.twitter.com/mjBFEdbM0z
— Justin Jay, Conclave Liasion 💚💙💛 (@_DubzyWubzy_) May 13, 2019
#GameofThrones #GoT
— Ali (@Ali_Givenchy) May 13, 2019
All the parents who named their daughter khaleesi or dany: pic.twitter.com/qf9EwTp6Ha
It's a nice little throwback to this:
This was from a Season 4 promo. We all thought it was snow.. little did we know it was ash. #GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/ieVUaaQPV8
— Chris Brown (@chriscbrown) May 13, 2019
The carnage was insane and dramatic and very Game of Thrones , but did it make sense? Hmmmmm.....
I can't believe I had to watch that bullshit of an episode with my own two eyes #GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/ue4hf0J18t
— jedi in training (@totallyxtaylor) May 13, 2019
Me trynna figure out did I really watch all them seasons for this #gameofthrones pic.twitter.com/XpZCTA0TuS
— tingz (@_Inez__) May 13, 2019
Even if Dany was pissed and wanted to destroy Cersei why wouldn’t she just go straight to the Red Keep instead of zig zagging destruction through the city IT MAKES NO SENSE #GameofThrones
— Jenna Guillaume (@JennaGuillaume) May 13, 2019
I've been working very very hard not to do any spoilers but I will say this: I look forward to reading the book and seeing how #GameofThrones really ended.
— Steve Spohn (@stevenspohn) May 13, 2019
Because this isn't it.
Jon Snow halfway through the episode#GameofThrones pic.twitter.com/eSVnbqEADW
— T (@I_Gas247) May 13, 2019
Waiting all these years for main character deaths and we see stone crushing them. #GameofThrones pic.twitter.com/Vh76HcdKBG
— Shay (@shayycs) May 13, 2019
Jon, Sansa and Tyrion plotting to kill Danny next week: #GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/lCBVvJ9EDF
— Ebony Barzilay (@o_hon_ey) May 13, 2019
Us spending the last 10 years of our lives emotionally attached to a TV show only for the writers to just give us the worst ending possible. #GameofThrones pic.twitter.com/CNcmVm4H0S
— Caleb (@CalebKesler) May 13, 2019
The writers destroying the entire show in the final season #GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/vXtJgAyDTs
— Valentina ☕️ (@ValsCappuccino) May 13, 2019
Thoughts? Well, Mad Queen Dany is bad and everyone should feel bad. Very disappointed we spent a decade watching a really great female leader emerge, with a very cool and consistent "break the wheel" message only to have it completely turned around at the last, crucial minute. Not sure it entirely made sense, but I sure had a lot of fun watching it all unfold.
I do get the sense that a backlash to the backlash is imminent.
All the haters should just go to sleep. That episode was phenomenal. I’m sick of people’s negativity. Get outta here. #GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/XBDqjDBJWi
— Seth Nelson (@RealSethNelson) May 13, 2019
So you all just going to act like you didn’t see this coming? Danys been whack from the start and you’re all fools if you didn’t think this was going to happen #GameofThrones pic.twitter.com/GMQdOKXPWf
— clara maxwell (@claramaxwell99) May 13, 2019
That game of thrones episode was wild
— timthetatman (@timthetatman) May 13, 2019
everyone say THANK YOU LENA HEADEY for her phenomenal perfomance as cersei lannister, one of my favorites ever.
— lucca (@davnerys) May 13, 2019
power is power. you will be missed.#GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/ycwauGBjFh
HBO & the 3 fans that are actually enjoying this season of #GoT
— VS (@valon_sej) May 13, 2019
pic.twitter.com/VgxQbvNdcQ
Next week is going to be extremely interesting.
Meanwhile...
meanwhile tormund and ghost #GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/x9WQH2tLDH
— 💌 (@hugehoops) May 13, 2019