Warning: this article contains major spoilers for Game of Thrones Season 8, Episode 5! Consider yourself warned!
Game of Thrones just gave us one of the darkest episodes in the show’s eight-year run, but the ride isn’t over yet. The upcoming series finale may be even darker still, at least if HBO’s new promo teaser is any indication.
Read onto find out what this footage tells us about the show’s final episode and why the cycle of death and misery isn’t over yet.
The Survivors of War
A number of major characters died in Episode 5, but the focus of the promo is instead on those who survived. We can see both Arya Stark and Tyrion Lannister wandering the smoldering ruins of King’s Landing dumbstruck by the pain and suffering around them. Arya saw countless innocent civilians die. Even those she tried to save were just more victims in Dany’s savage conquest. Both characters are clearly disillusioned, and Tyrion has no doubt realized at last that he backed the wrong champion in the Game of Thrones.
Source: IGN.com Game of Thrones Teases a Bleak Series Finale