We’re all Mad Queens after the penultimate episode of Game Of Thrones

“Let it be fear.” Daenerys Targaryen’s transition from benevolent breaker of chains to burner of King’s Landing was abrupt, to put it mildly. In this episode of Winter Is Here, Senior Writer Katie Rife and Managing Editor Caity PenzeyMoog discuss the hasty character moves that will probably work a whole lot better over 500 pages of George R.R. Martin’s books than it does in the course of two episodes. But hey: CleganeBowl! Plus Jaime and Cersei’s relationship, Arya’s Walking Dead-esque survival through the city streets, and our predictions for what the final episode could hold in store.

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