Ep.39: Game of Thrones - 805 - The Bells
Game of Thrones: On the Throne Podcast
Shat on Entertainment
4.6 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 14 May 2019
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
"The Bells" should have been the triumphant climax for "Game of Thrones." It was the battle we all were waiting for. The good guys finally made it to King's Landing, and justice would be done.
But "Game of Thrones" Season 8, Episode 5 gave fans something different: a look at the horrors of war, the power of legacy, and the unsatisfying end to some of our favorite characters.
Sunday was the day many viewers said "enough," but a small contingent said, "Let's take a second look." And some even said, "We don't want justice. We want destruction."
Join Gene Lyons and Dick Ebert as they debate whether Daenerys is truly a Mad Queen or simply a brutal conqueror who is perfectly sane. Examine which deaths were deserved and what happens now that the fires have turned to ash. Learn more about character arcs and why some of them feel less gratifying than others.
And, of course, we've gotta talk about that Euron's and Jaime's Knife Party at The Cove.
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| 0:00.0 | You get a little bit of Maverick, he's dodging the bolts. |
| 0:03.1 | Highway to the danger zone. |
| 0:07.6 | It is so good, so good. And the Welcome back to Shatt on TV Game of Thrones edition, the unofficial |
| 0:28.7 | podcast companion piece of the Juggernaut HBO series Game of Thrones. |
| 0:33.0 | I'm one of your host, Gene Lyons, and alongside me is my co-host, Big D. |
| 0:36.7 | Dick Ebert. |
| 0:37.7 | Good evening. |
| 0:38.7 | And this is our deep dive episode where we look back at this week's episode of Game of Thrones and share our insights, research, and opinions. |
| 0:45.8 | This week's episode was titled The Bells, Big D, what do you think? |
| 0:50.8 | So obviously on yesterday's cast, was a bit conflicted and once we |
| 0:54.8 | were done recording you know I did some social media stuff you edited then we |
| 0:58.5 | we posted my wife works for Delta and she works late night so she got home I think like 1 o'clock. |
| 1:04.8 | And I said, you go to bed and she's like, why? |
| 1:06.4 | I said, if you're going to watch Game of Thrones, I'm going to stay up with you. |
| 1:09.9 | And she's like, yeah, yeah, I'll watch it. |
| 1:11.4 | So I sat down there probably like 1.15 in the morning and watched it a second time. |
| 1:16.4 | My second viewing was different than the first and I don't want people to think I'm |
| 1:22.0 | changing to what the general |
| 1:25.2 | audience thinks or what a majority of the watchers think but second time through I |
| 1:29.9 | kind of removed all my personal expectations where I I thought it should have gone, and just let it go where it was going to go. |
| 1:36.0 | And for the sheer spectacle of it, just to sit back and take your side of it and be like, you fuck yeah, Burn Kings Landing, let's do it. |
| 1:45.3 | It was much more enjoyable. |
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