‘Game Of Thrones’ Series Finale Synopsis: How Will The Show End?

The time has finally come--”Game of Thrones” is going to end. Following a battle that saw nearly every person in King’s Landing die, the time will officially come for a new regime to take control. But will it be the one that everyone thinks?

Spoiler Alert: The events of Season 8, Episode 5 are discussed in great detail below.

Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke) officially made her move to attack King’s landing and made sure that no one stood in her way on the HBO series. After first taking her traitorous advisor Varys (Conleth Hill) and sentencing him to die, she prepared to do battle and take down Cersei (Lena Headey) once and for all—on a promise to Tyrion (Peter Dinklage) that if the troops surrendered the city, she would stand down. However, after that did happen, something changed inside of the Dragon Queen, and she officially embraced the mad side of her Targaryen roots and made it personal—burning everyone in King’s Landing to a crisp. As a result of her attack, Cersei did fall to the rubble, after getting one final embrace from Jaime (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) before they died. In addition, an old score was poetically settled as The Hound (Rory McCann) finally got to get his revenge on his brother and two died after falling into the fires of the burning city.

Now, after embracing that side of her personality, the aftermath will be faced as she prepares to take over. However, her actions will come with consequences, especially as her advisors who stood by her wonder where to go next.

In a preview clip for the episode, as Dany prepares to take her throne with her Unsullied and Dothraki soldiers welcoming her reign as Queen of the Seven Kingdoms, those who are left after her vicious and brutal attack are wondering if they made the right decision by supporting her. Jon (Kit Harington), Davos (Liam Cunningham) and Tyrion are all seen walking amongst the ash-filled streets and surveying the damage. Will they still support Dany after what she’s done now, or will they all team up to instead give the throne to the true Targaryen heir?

Meanwhile, Arya (Maisie Williams) is also still in King’s Landing after surviving the attack on the city as well—but she seems ready to make a move as well after seeing the true extent of Daenerys’ tyranny.

The “Game of Thrones” series finale airs Sunday, May 19 at 9 p.m. EDT on HBO.