The 5 most disliked plot twists on Game of Thrones

In a show that did so many things right, there were a few things that it could've done better.
Season 8, episode 5 (debut 5/12/19): Lena Headey.
photo: Helen Sloan/HBO
Season 8, episode 5 (debut 5/12/19): Lena Headey. photo: Helen Sloan/HBO /
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Lena Headey as Cersei Lannister – Photo: Helen Sloan/HBO /

2) Cersei and Jaime's ending

Ah, the wildly underwhelming swan song of Westeros' most infamous lovebirds, Cersei and Jaime Lannister. In a show that tosses kings off their thrones like old socks, we see Cersei, the Queen of Mean, meeting her end under a pile of bricks while hugging her twin-brother-baby-daddy for comfort.

For seasons, Cersei Lannister was an icon. She was cunning, she was strategic, she was ruthless. She ruled with an iron fist in a velvet glove, a mastermind of manipulation. Fans foresaw her downfall being as dramatic as her rise, maybe a tricky death courtesy of Arya pretending to be Jaime or a trial by combat gone wrong, or at the very least something that came after she delivered a dramatic monologue. Instead, we got a rather anti-climactic game of "rock, paper, scissors" where the rocks clearly won.

And then there's Jaime, the Kingslayer, the man with a redemption arc so epic fans weep to think of it. He went from pushing kids out of windows to becoming a somewhat honorable and very likable man, only to end up back in Cersei's arms as if character development didn't matter. His ending, buried in the rubble of the Red Keep with his sister, felt like the writers decided to play it safe, squashing not just these characters but the expectations of what could have been an epic conclusion. We expected -- and, quite frankly, deserved -- a grand exit for the Lannister twins. Instead, their exit was quiet and tame, leaving us not with a bang but a whimper. Sad trombone.