GoT Season 8, Episode 5: The Bells
Warning: thar be potential spoilers in these here waters; if you're not up to date with GoT, sail with caution. GoT Season 8, Episode 5: The Bells The penultimate episode. Theoretically the biggy of the season. The biggest biggy of them all. In what has been a mixed season, I was anxious about how this may or may not be. As a spectacle, it was phenomenal, one of the best. It certainly has some shortcomings (once again, the writing fumble and stumbles), but within Season 8 , The Bells was wonderful. We open with Varys, our master of whispers. Episode 4 left it clear that his allegiance was firmly away from Dany now, and once Varys goes off you, it’s not long before he starts scheming. At face value, his conversation with the kitchen girl is merely some interesting fact-finding, Varys showing concern that Dany is no longer eating (who can blame her after her rough few days), and her concern of being watched, presumably down to her spying. Closer inspection tho...
