Every Sunday coming up for the next couple of weeks is going to seem a little empty. It's easy to focus on this sort of underwhelming finale and feel cheated, but this season and the show as a whole have changed us as a culture. The ending, as polarizing as it might be, was doomed to be sad and a little lackluster, because this is a story millions of people didn't want to end. Oscar-worthy performances delivered by actors who seemed just as in love with the show as we were. Moreover, it should seem obvious but the silver lining in all of this is that Game of Thrones has been such an amazing part of our pop culture zeitgeist. The silver lining: Arya is going to see the world! Sansa is the Queen of the North! Tyrion is alive! Good things did happen this episode, and for that I am grateful. But I would trade all of the symbolism in the world for a more satisfying death scene. I wanted some powerful last words! A monologue! Swearing to somehow seek revenge! Something! Instead she was given nothing but a tearful goodbye to Jaime and sure, born together, die together. Look I get it, the writers wanted symbolism - Cersei being crushed by the sheer size of her ill-fated ambition - but was it worth it, be honest? Lena Headey could've turned that rubble into dust with one look. And how was she thanked for that? Crushed by rocks in the basement tunnels of the Red Keep. Maybe even beyond television! Season after season, she ate every single scene she was in and brought the wit, smirks and wine sipping that the show desperately needed. Cersei has to die, fine, but did she have to die like that? Though she died in episode 7, it must be said: Cersei Lannister was the absolute baddest bitch in all of the seven (now six) kingdoms and possibly even all of television.
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