Think about the last time Jaime and Cersei were together prior to this episode, at the end of season seven:Ĭersei had just seen irrefutable proof that the undead were real, and that the army of the dead was coming for all of humanity. Jaime and Cersei Lannister died as equals. Jaime’s death is a tragedy Cersei has become such a monster that her death is honestly worth celebrating. Cersei, by contrast, swung even more into villainy, playing the role of evil genius for most of this final season.įor the two to die together, still in love, and as equals - with Cersei even sympathetically pleading for her life - feels like the wrong end for them, narratively speaking. As the series progressed, Jaime embarked on a path of redemption, eventually becoming a reformed man and a hero of sorts. The siblings died in the same way they began the show - in each other’s incestuous arms - as the Red Keep collapsed onto their heads beneath the weight of Daenerys Targaryen’s dragonfire bombardments.Īnd I’ll be frank with you: The scene felt wrong to me.Īt the beginning of Game of Thrones, Jaime and Cersei were not only lovers but moral equals.

Game of Thrones season eight, episode five, “The Bells,” killed off two of the show’s most important and long-running characters: Jaime and Cersei Lannister.

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