The Iron Throne

"The Iron Throne" is the sixth and final episode of the eighth season of Game of Thrones. It is the seventy-third and final episode of the series overall. It premiered on May 19, 2019. It was written and directed by David Benioff & D.B. Weiss.

Plot
The living make their last stand against the Night King.

Summary
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Summary (abridged)

 * Daenerys emerges from rubble, injured but alive, finding herself alone in the Great Hall aside from Bran Stark seated on the Iron Throne. She finds Rhaegal deceased, having crushed Bran's defenders on his crash landing, as well as finding the primary entrance blocked by rubble, seemingly leaving her as the sole line of defence between the Dead and Bran Stark.
 * The battle begins to draw to a close as the Night King enters the dead streets of King’s Landing, raising dead wherever he walks.
 * The last of defenders retreat inside the Red Keep for a final stand.
 * Jon meets the Night King in the courtyard and the two begin to duel for a second time.
 * Before long, the Night King knocks Jon’s sword from his hand and plunges his blade deep into Jon’s gut. Blood gushes from the wound, landing on the Night King, before Jon collapses to the floor, seemingly dying.
 * Wights begin breaching the rooms containing the women and children, forcing those who can to take up arms to defend each other. Missandei is among those killed in the massacre.
 * The Night King and his generals enter the Throne room, where Bran is still sitting on the Iron Throne while Daenerys waits in front of him, clutching a dragonglass tipped spear.
 * Daenerys looks back at Bran and the Iron Throne with tears in her eyes, before charging at the Night King with her spear. The Night King easily parries and breaks the spear in half - before stabbing Daenerys through the heart and leaving her to die.
 * The Night King smugly approaches Bran.
 * Simultaneously, Bran watches the beginnings of the duel between Rhaegar Targaryen and Robert Baratheon. His vision is interlaced with other visions he has seen from Robert’s Rebellion, including Rhaegar’s trip to the Isle of Faces and Jon Snow’s birth, as well as the duels between Jon and the Night King.
 * The Night King climbs the steps to the Iron Throne, just as an injured Jon Snow desperately dashes into the Throne room, and smugly thrusts his sword straight towards Bran. However, Bran catches the blade with his bare hands, and using the sum of his powers, combined with the blood of Rhaegar Targaryen’s son and sibling on the Night King’s body, Bran shatters the ruby in his hand and forces the Night King to partially warg into Rhaegar Targaryen… mere moments before Robert Baratheon brings his war hammer down upon him. The action is mirrored in the present and the Night King is thrown off the steps, shards of ice flying, landing on the ground at the feet of a dumbfounded Jon Snow. The Iron Throne, due to its contact with Bran acting as a conduit for the Night King's power, shatters in unison with the Night King.
 * The White Walkers follow their leader in shattering where they stand, and the millions-strong army of the dead fall. Jon also collapses, weakly clutching his fatal wound. At the same time, Bran ceases to be the Three-Eyed Raven and regains his old personality. Bran tearfully crawls to his brother, embracing him in his dying breaths. The surviving defenders enter the Throne room to find Daenerys dead and Jon dying in Bran's arms. Arya joins her brother in embraces Jon as he dies in their arms. Finally, Bran plants a kiss on Jon's forehead.
 * A mass funeral is held for the war’s fallen among the ruins of King’s Landing. Among the corpses burned are those of Theon, Jorah and Lyanna, who were turned into wights and marched south by the Night King after their deaths at Winterfell. After the funeral, Drogon leaves King's Landing and flies east across the Narrow Sea.
 * Several weeks later, Gendry has been crowned king and King’s Landing has begun rebuilding. A small tourney is held beneath the walls of King’s Landing, marking the first moment of celebration over the end of the Great War, before the battle participants return to their own lands to begin rebuilding themselves. The tourney comes to be known as the Tourney of the Dragons, in honour of the recently deceased House Targaryen. During the tourney, Arya ultimately decides to remain in King’s Landing and become Queen of the Seven Kingdoms.
 * Sansa returns to Winterfell, adopting Ghost in light of Jon’s death, and watches over as her family’s home is rebuilt. Arya is crowned by Davos in the Red Keep.
 * A small council meeting is held, including Davos as Hand of the King, Tyrion as Master of Coin, Brienne as Lord Commander of the Kingsguard, Bronn as Master of Ships, and Samwell as Master of Laws. Gendry and Arya leave the meeting, and Tyrion walks to the window to brood over past events.

First

 * Lord Theodore Tyrell
 * Lady Lia Serry
 * Ser Luthor Tyrell
 * Prince Manfrey Martell

Deaths

 * Missandei
 * Queen Daenerys I Targaryen
 * Rhaegar Targaryen (In vision)
 * Night King
 * Jon Snow
 * Ser Boros Blount (off-screen)
 * Ser Preston Greenfield (off-screen)
 * Ser Balon Swann (off-screen)
 * Ser Osmund Kettleback (off-screen)
 * Ellaria Sand (off-screen)
 * Unella (off-screen)
 * Ilyn Payne (off-screen)
 * High Septon (off-screen)
 * Bernadette (off-screen)
 * White Walkers
 * Wights
 * Many Lannister soldiers
 * Many Baratheon soldiers
 * Many Tully soldiers
 * Many Arryn knights of the Vale
 * Many Stark soldiers
 * Many wildings
 * Many Unsullied
 * Many Dothraki
 * Many Golden Company sellswords
 * Many citizens of King's Landing

Events

 * Battle of King's Landing
 * Battle of the Trident (In vision)
 * Tourney of the Dragons