One of the show's creators says they'd be "very drunk and very far from the internet" for the finale. That's for the best.
After eight years and eight seasons, "Game of Thrones" came to an end on Sunday night with a finale that -- as this season as a whole has done -- divided viewers.
Going into the last episode, a good number of the show's audience was already ticked off following Dany's heel turn last week, as she became a Mad Queen and burned King's Landing to the ground. Let's just say this hour didn't help things for stans of the Mother of Dragons.
You can check out our full recap here -- for now, here's what everyone can't stop talking about on social media from the final episode ever.
'Game of Thrones' Series Finale: Who Lived, Who Died and Who Sits On the Iron Throne?!
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After making BBQ out of King's Landing, Dany made her entrance this week in epic fashion, in one of the show's best shots ever. As she walked out of the shadows, Drogon's wings spread behind her -- and, for an instant, the two appeared as one. It was great.
She then revealed her plan to forge ahead and "liberate" all the other kingdoms. Of course, by "liberate," she really meant kill everyone. Tyrion was the first to step up to her, basically telling her he was extremely disappointed, before throwing his Hand pin to the ground. For that, she had him locked up.
As it became clear to Jon that he wouldn't be able to change Dany's mind, he played her by faking his devotion, kissing her and plunging a dagger into her chest. With that, we all said goodbye to Daenerys Stormborn of the House Targaryen, First of Her Name, the Unburnt, Queen of the Andals and the First Men, Khaleesi of the Great Grass Sea, Breaker of Chains, and Mother of Dragons for good.
She never even got to sit on the damn throne.
Regardless of happens in the #GamesOfThrones finale tonight, this will go down as one of the all-time great shots in TV history pic.twitter.com/qxcEn4nhPl
@JarettSays
I kind of expected to see Jon kill Dany after her big evil speech in front of everybody, then get fire-breathed by Drogon, which wouldn't work, revealing him as a Targaryen and the rightful king, but then I realized that would have him fully nude and only the lady rulers get that
@JennyENicholson
Dany joining the other Targaryeans in hell pic.twitter.com/2CSRsKcVoK
@majtague
#GameOfThronesFinale Jon Snow and Dany pic.twitter.com/Mmx4j8gDHC
@Hinrek1306
Jon going to have a chat with Dany #GameOfThronesFinale pic.twitter.com/EjtQM3SaI2
@OdolNugget
Me when Jon kissed Dany only to stab her five seconds later #GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/IbjXX1JznL
@isthatdejavuu
confirmed this is kit when he found out about dany's ending pic.twitter.com/nW9gySfoDo
@herondaenerys
the legendary house targaryen is going extinct while house tarly's got a future pic.twitter.com/hJLBH1xKX9
@Igbtdany
Sansa after Jon killed Dany #GamefThrones pic.twitter.com/nLtCFe23o7
@valeriealexa13
Dany:*gets the throne*
@PrisonMikeJr
Jon:#GameOfThronesFinale#ForTheThrone pic.twitter.com/fZmQ6mCESH
AFTER ALL THIS TIME SHE DIDN'T EVEN GET TO SIT ON THE THRONE #GameOfThronesFinale pic.twitter.com/drCM2tnyyP
@natatttackk1
Drogon Brings the Tears
Can we give Drogon the MVP Award for tonight's episode? That CGI dragon really brought on the feels when he realized Dany had been killed. First, he kept nudging her, only to find she wouldn't wake up. Then, in anger, he melted the Iron Throne to the ground and put an end to the game that consumed his mother.
He then flew off with Dany's body, never to be seen again. The big guy's emotions clearly had viewers feeling them too.
drogon gave us THEATRE. DRAMA. EMOTION. ACTING.
@XavierDLeau
drogon gave the same performance sally field gave in steel magnolias when shelby died.
@XavierDLeau
give drogon an emmy.
Drogon should get a Best Supporting Actor nomination. https://t.co/AdMSMJIBab
@theferocity
Drogon nudging and trying to wake Dany up was the most heartbreaking scene! #GameOfThonesFinale pic.twitter.com/mqZ4I6EYcM
@SaloNikumbh
He didn't kill Jon because he didn't blame Jon, he blamed the iron throne. Drogon knew that the throne killed his mother. That scene was heartbreaking 💔. He finished his mother's wishes and broke the wheel. #GameOfThrones 💔https://t.co/wTu6I1UmHg
@GodspowerTalks
This was the most heartbreaking scene. Drogon trying to wake his mom.
@SamKelvin5
Jon was ready to be roasted to ashes but Drogon went for that iron throne that caused all these.
Besides what's the need of killing whom his mom loved.
Dragon so smart. #GameofThrones #GameOfThronesFinale pic.twitter.com/xGHdpRprPY
Drogon said if my mama can't sit on it no one will #GameOfThronesFinale pic.twitter.com/wB2Q1Ie2on
@RickysMichy
Drogon minding his business then feeling Dany getting stabbed pic.twitter.com/WyVe4KWNL0
@JianPiero
The dragons' grasp of physical metaphor is way stronger than I had been led to believe
@hels
when drogon tried to wake daenerys up i fucking lost it fuck y'all he better have a secret stash of dragon eggs hiding so he can have a happy ending #GameOfThronesFinale pic.twitter.com/9kyTshSNKu
@nahtchristine
Daneryes watching drogon not kill Jon after he just stabbed her #GameOfThronesFinale pic.twitter.com/oIig4F0dJc
@_Saadaq__
Bran the Broken Rules All
With Dany dead, the Unsullied kept both Tyrion and Jon Snow captive in what was left of King's Landing. Some time later, the leaders of the Seven Kingdoms convened and decided Bran would be the best King of them all. Those Seven Kingdoms went down to Six though, when Sansa decided to rule the North as its own kingdom.
Of all the people on this series, Bran was definitely one of the most unlikely to take the throne in the end ... and the show's fans certainly had some thoughts about that one.
Sansa won the popular vote but Bran had the electoral college.
@markhoppus
The fact that they literally put a line in there saying “People love stories. And no one has a better story than Bran” proves how far up their own ass they were because literally every other character had a better story than Bran #GameOfThrones
@JennaGuillaume
TYRION: People love stories. And nobody has a better story than Bran.
@jwoodham
JON SNOW, WHO WENT FROM STARK BASTARD TO LORD COMMANDER TO KING IN THE NORTH, WHO WAS LITERALLY KILLED AND RESURRECTED, WHO SLAYED HIS QUEEN/AUNT/LOVER FOR THE GOOD OF THE REALM: [Jim Halpert look to camera]
Bran watching Dany burn innocent people in King's Landing but knowing his time has arrived pic.twitter.com/YwXKl89UfG
@AsteadWesley
Good morning to everybody except Bran, who despite being a wack archer, sending Hodor and Theon to their deaths, and chilling next to a cozy fire while everybody was fighting, got to be king. pic.twitter.com/9FwwcQLanV
@jemelehill
So if Bran knew the future the whole time wasn't he just complicit in the murder of a million people in King's Landing?
@benshapiro
What if Bran was actually the most evil person on the show? He uses the threat of the Night King to knock off a couple of Dany's dragons, then randomly spills Jon's lineage just in time to prevent a happy ending and precipitate Dany going nuts and Jon killing her. Boom, king!
@benshapiro
Bran waiting for them to finish fighting so he can be king#GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/l653RTUMby
@TheIgboWolf
When you don't contribute the group project and still get an A #GameOfThronesFinale pic.twitter.com/k639VfriD0
@Thami_Ngcobo_
Bran trolling everyone this entire time #GameofThrones pic.twitter.com/GtaImekBci
@me89280847
TYRION: People love stories. And no one has a better story than Bran
@gilbertjasono
ARYA, WHO LEARNED SHAPE-SHIFTING AND MURDERED THE INVINCIBLE ICE KING OF DEATH: Bran has what now
Bran when he's voted King of the Seven Kingdoms, even though he read the leaks already #GameofThrones #GameofThronesFinale pic.twitter.com/fWSn7P01EF
@rossbhriain
ABSOLUTELY NO ONE:
@HitmanNick047
SANSA: BRAN'S DICK DOESNT WORK #GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/fkuPuO6F3L
Out of everyone.... Bran? #GameOfThronesFinale pic.twitter.com/E9bF8OK6gD
@datguymarquise
Bran knew he was gonna get the throne the whole time. That's why he never did shit. He had nothing to worry about. #GameOfThronesFinale pic.twitter.com/66SG6Er2QM
@_EghosaB13
DID I SERIOUSLY WATCH EIGHT SEASONS OF THIS GODDAMN SHOW FOR THEM TO MAKE BRAN THE KING #GameOfThronesFinale pic.twitter.com/HsxGBt5IdL
@starbeamswift
Drogon destroying the iron throne because new king Bran got his own seat#GameOfThronesFinale#TheFinalEpisode#GameOfThronesFinale pic.twitter.com/trDvMxuSab
@waltermurimi92
Robin Arryn's Glowup
We haven't seen too much of Stark cousin Robin Arryn since he was still breastfeeding off his crazy mother Lysa at an unnatural age. But when the Lord of the Eyrie popped up at the council, it looked a little different than he did when he last graced our screens.
FYI, actor Lino Facioli is 18 now, and there were many who were glad to hear it.
Robin Arryn: a glowup #GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/WQ3uyV2KZc
@bcdgonzalez
Robin Arryn went from 'why is that grown ass boy sucking on that booby' to 'why is that grown ass boy NOT sucking on THIS booby' pic.twitter.com/yqSNBbWWmC
@annabel_meschke
This kid Longbottomed so hard...now I feel bad I fed my kid formula 😂 #GameofThrones pic.twitter.com/fXkMWraZdo
@barbie_ova
the breastmilk did Robert Arryn good and that's all I have to say about that do not @ me #GameOfThrones
@VictoriaAveyard
did robin arryn become a whole snack while no one was watching? #gots8 pic.twitter.com/bpNZQC71Ap
@SerJaimeOfTarth
why are you all thirsting over robin arryn while gendry waters baratheon is right there looking like THAT pic.twitter.com/Lu2grKI2pv
@plutoon_
Sansa, Queen In the North
While there was a lot left to be desired by this series finale, one moment that seemed to make everyone happy was Sansa finally being crowned Queen In the North. Sure, we would have loved to see her on the Iron Throne, but this will do!
Also fantastic: Seeing her shut down her uncle, Edmure Tully, when he tried to make a case for himself to rule all.
1x01 || 8x06
@woIgang
SANSA STARK WENT FROM WANTING TO MARRY A PRINCE TO BECOMING QUEEN IN THE NORTH ON HER OWN.
SHE 👏DID 👏THAT #GameofThrones pic.twitter.com/Buhgjkmfm4
*SPOILER*
@eliesaaab
Sansa outlived her abusers and went from being little bird to QUEEN IN THE NORTH.
SHE👏DID👏THAT!👏#GameOfThrones #TheFinalEpisode pic.twitter.com/qoCApKPEsW
Why is no one talking about Sansa? First off, Sophie played the HELL out of the role. She was one of the few characters who wasn't useless in Season 8 and we watched her become that bitch. She went from being Joffrey/Cersei/Ramsey's toy to ruling her own kingdom. #GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/jNewi2GW0s
@clarkereign
I'm Sansa Stark of Winterfell. This is my home. And you can't frighten me.
@paraculage
The Queen in the North. #GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/TDHhjcK5gz
sansa stark truly won tonight #gameofthrones pic.twitter.com/nzNBTlqwVz
@danversturner
I HAD TO PAUSE THE SHOW. SANSA HAD ME YELLING.#GameOfThrones#TheFinalEpisode pic.twitter.com/Bp8FZkzKGr
@eliesaaab
all hail sansa, queen of winterfexit
@MattBellassai
#GameofThrones
@_VeniVidiVeci_
Sansa: “Uncle, please sit.”
Edmure Tully: pic.twitter.com/QNqd57mKb8
Sansa a few years later #GAMEOFTHRONES pic.twitter.com/KaGGMWQ84M
@Idoiaa99
Arya Goes West
What's West of Westeros? That's what Arya's on a journey to discover now that she's seemingly given up being an assassin for good.
In her final moments, she was seen heading off on a ship to places unknown, setting up what we think would be an excellent spin-off should HBO decide to keep the "Thrones" shows coming.
Will watch Arya the Explorya.
@bessbell
Arya spin-off of her exploring West of Westeros is a must!!!
@mine_rocker
#GameOfThonesFinale pic.twitter.com/gOLHzWlwuK
reason why i love arya:#GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/ah5kvSuJ3b
@duduttttttt
wait why can't bran just tell arya what's west
@ashleyfeinberg
everyone say thank you arya stark for the last time please #GameofThrones pic.twitter.com/lg0BjD1AhO
@martalzgc
me waiting for "whats west of westeros?" season 1#GameOfThonesFinale pic.twitter.com/wB7IHagUMm
@antvnio
Anyway, no interest in the prequels, but I would probably watch ARYA: WEST OF WESTEROS.
@vondoviak
Arya went from ruthless assassin to Dora the Explorer. #gameofthrones
@cbouzy
#GameofThrones If Arya got her own Spinoff I'd totally watch that. pic.twitter.com/38aGE8H1PS
@BlueKlok
Arya sailing "west" of Westeros.#GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/vLItsiApBm
@darealtcc
When gendry hears Arya is going west #GameofThrones pic.twitter.com/EW5ryh58So
@LostWhiteZebra
Coming soon!
@kevinsolrzano
Arya and the new world!#GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/kyIf84ltrq
Arya is off being a pirate. Call her ARR-ya now 🏴☠️ #GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/oGCiTtHcjQ
@EsaNena26
Lord Baratheon looks stupid hot though. That's why it's entirely unrealistic that Arya wouldn't hit that a few more times before taking off on her Semester at Sea. #GameofThrones pic.twitter.com/Vt6scTmO32
@fatherdowling
Arya is finally going to see what is west of Westeros, she deserves it. #GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/IDb6ZXDcGe
@springsansa
Jon's Tragic Ending
Even though Jon Snow (AKA Aegon Targaryen) was the true heir to the throne, that didn't mean anything to the Unsullied, who kept him prisoner for killing Dany. As part of a compromise to keep him from death, but not from punishment, he was banished back to Castle Black to live out his days as a member of the Night's Watch.
But he decided to keep going once he got there, joining the Free Folk (and GHOST, thank goodness!) for a journey beyond the wall.
9 years
@DeJayathri
8 seasons
73 episodes
You deserved better #JonSnow #GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/LFhxeIpV8Z
Me when Jon Snow finally pet Ghost.#GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/S20SvMuAXr
@JDab113
Jon Snow. Aegon Targaryen. Not everyone who wants to make the world a better place needs a crown to make it happen. You don't need a position to be a leader #GOT pic.twitter.com/Rl9Lltk1mM
@Omojuwa
Jon Snow probably in the forest somewhere tryna catch dinner thinking damn I should have just stuck with Dany #GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/MYUuo3Q9Xf
@oyinbo_pepper
Jon snow trying to figure out what he will be watching as the night watch now. #GameOfThronesFinalepic.twitter.com/62b3u4qfLf
@wittygold_
Jon Snow never really got what he deserved. He was the Prince Who Was Promised but lived as A Bastard.He was the Rightful King of the Seven Kingdoms but he was sent to the Night's Watch. He took a knife in the heart for saving lives. No Justice for Jon Snow.#GameOfThrones #Got pic.twitter.com/6APktT6MBs
@Severus_tweets
Jon Snow after getting told he's being sent to the Night's Watch #GameOfThrones #GOTFinale pic.twitter.com/kysD5Kb9GV
@kaitlyn_olyvia
All that build up of Jon Snow being Aegon Targaryen just for him to go back to the Night's Watch!?!?#GameofThrones#GameOfThronesFinale pic.twitter.com/iZ70md5L00
@1LifeOfDeen
Me really thinking Jon snow would rule the 7 kingdoms #GameOfThronesFinale pic.twitter.com/oecBuX29DQ
@morgann_tucker
I can't believe after becoming King of the North, winning battle of the bastards, finding out that he was the rightful heir to the iron thrown and defeating the night army these mfs sent Jon Snow BACK to the night''s watch??? WTF??? #GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/NP219pJsTT
@TabithaLiyah
So they really made Jon Snow half Targeryen for nothing? #GameOfThrones #GameOfThronesFinale pic.twitter.com/gSMYQ2Rdwb
@AlchemystThe
Brienne's Burn Book
When Brienne got to King's Landing, she took it upon herself to fill in the rest of Jaime Lannister's legacy in the history books, adding some of his noble achievements before saying he died protecting his queen.
The internet, however, had a few other ideas when it comes to what she really wrote there.
can't believe brienne of tarth became.....a blogger
@aaronmedwards
Brienne spending her last scene editing Jaime's wikipedia page is a robbery
@eveewing
Brienne: Jaime is the nastiest skank bitch I've ever met in the seven kingdoms. Do not trust her, she is a fugly slut #GameOfThronesFinale pic.twitter.com/fixemDqi9T
@victoriaabera
i cried when brienne wrote the rest of jaime's achievement in this book. she still loves him. ser brienne deserves so many pages in it for herself too. #gameofthrones pic.twitter.com/MoI9fV9qhS
@emiliacIarked
What I really thought Brienne was going to write.. #GOTFinale #GOT pic.twitter.com/OzZmjBDv1h
@Annamarie2426
I can't stop making Brienne writing memes pic.twitter.com/FkoZW3Exdl
@TheWilderThings
What Brienne was really writing #GameOfThrones #GameOfThronesFinale pic.twitter.com/Lrq5AdEidL
@coryiams
“And also Ser Jaime died while telling Cersei that he was in love with Brienne who was super hot the end” pic.twitter.com/9yr5i3lvHK
@DGoforth918
brienne tries to draw a chameleon from memory pic.twitter.com/4eb0wfxCmm
@elliesunakawa
Everything Else
Here are all the other tweets we saw that made us LOL or thought were worth a mention ... like, yes, that water bottle Sam snuck onto set!
People coming back to Kings Landing from vacation in Dorne pic.twitter.com/Lla3zZdHNT
@AJ_10Q
a water bottle in King's Landing!! #got #gameofthrones pic.twitter.com/mwGQlsLwnh
@bethisloco
Meanwhile in Meeren:
@sevnty1
“I wonder if I should send a Raven... Nahhhh, don't want to be too needy”
#GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/smbgLZAGj8
2/ I really hope we mature past this Governing-By-Personal-Drama-And-Vengeance that, while entertaining, is UNLIVABLE. Banking, government and police work should be BORING. That's the sign of an evolved society. Quietly planning, anticipating & getting it done.
@pattonoswalt
me after watching #GameOfThonesFinale pic.twitter.com/GSpXKv9nST
@Janeluscious
#GameOfThonesFinale Bran know everything and does nothing. Jon known nothing but he does everything. Dany does everything and get nothing. That sums it all up this season pic.twitter.com/uLcH60Mhz1
@Nellyzul66
The most loyal trust worth and goodest boy in the whole show. And the only ray of light in the darkness of season 8 #GameOfThonesFinale pic.twitter.com/6a0IV3OQp9
@mattythomas60
This's what they should've done instead of wasting everyone time looking for who is the real heir to the throne. #GameOfThonesFinale pic.twitter.com/Lej58XJCaA
@UROMIS_FIRSTSON
My dumbass kept looking for characters with green eyes after Jon killed danerys #GameOfThonesFinale pic.twitter.com/a2hOIuB7zF
@hillarykiptoo34
Raise your hand if you felt personally victimized by the #GameOfThonesFinale pic.twitter.com/oIYfPyAbWx
@annaganut
“Love is the death of duty” & sometimes “duty is the death of love”#GameOfTrones #GameOfThonesFinale pic.twitter.com/OPUWksYFk8
@AleguSunday
These characters deserved better this season 😭😭#GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/HN2A01R2qB
@evan__lloyd
me after final episode #GameOfThrones #GameOfThronesFinale #GoTFinale pic.twitter.com/nSdFeNzjU8
@theoguzhan1