It's hard to say if there's an ending that would make Game Of Thrones fans happy since they've already written a petition calling for the season to be rewritten, but remember that these alleged spoilers aren't confirmed. The only real way to know how Game Of Thrones ends is to hunker down with the rest of the world on Sunday night and cross our fingers that Ghost really does have a reappearance — and that, for the sake of these spoilers, Bran definitely isn't actually evil<doc-sep>The final episode of Game of Thrones hits HBO this coming Sunday, and fans are legit going crazy trying to figure out how the series ends. One fan on Reddit just suggested that the White Walkers might not actually be gone, which would be...problematic. Buckle up, friends, because the very last episode of Game of Thrones is next week, and fans think the creators still have lots of surprises in store. According to one fan theory on Reddit, the White Walkers might not actually be as donezo as we were led to believe. Spoilers ahead from last night’s episode. If you didn’t watch, quit reading this post RTFN. Or don’t, I don’t care, just don’t come crying in my DMs if you see something you don’t wanna see! The theory in question comes from a now-deleted Reddit thread, and it actually has to do with episodes 5 and 6. Basically, the idea is that Jon has fully witnessed Dany’s descent into craziness (ugh, eye roll) and he’s now faced with a dilemma. Here’s what this fan thinks will go down: “Dany accuses Bran Stark, Samwell Tarly, and Sansa Stark of treason, forcing Jon Snow to reluctantly proclaim himself Aegon Targaryen and the real heir to the throne. He’d then have to kill Dany and Drogon himself before relinquishing the throne to characters like Sansa, Tyrion, Gendry, etc.” “The final note of the series would be Jon reuniting with Ghost at the Wall while Bran uses magic to rebuild the hole in the Wall. Then as Jon searches for Tormund even farther north, he finds dismembered wildling bodies arranged in the White Walker spiral.” UM, SAY THAT AGAIN?? Basically, the idea is that after eight seasons of fighting for good, Jon will realize his efforts were basically for nothing, which is...depressing. The theory writer also noted that the show’s creators said in an interview once that they admired the ending of The Sopranos, which is an infamous cut-to-black with no closure whatsoever. It’s not looking good, guys. This content is imported from {embed-name}. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. Full disclosure, this theory had some inaccurate predictions for episode 5 (for example, the writer predicted Jaime would kill Cersei, which didn’t happen), so feel free to take this all with a major grain of salt. But damn, that’d be a truly crazy way to end this thing. Emma Baty Emma Baty is the Associate Entertainment Editor at Cosmopolitan who focuses on movies and TV. This content is created and maintained by a third party, and imported onto this page to help users provide their email addresses. You may be able to find more information about this and similar content at piano.io<doc-sep>HBO’s Game of Thrones is a dense series with a huge weight of history behind its story. So in practically every episode, something happens that could use a little explanation. Every week, The Verge will dive into a scene or event from the latest episode of the series and explain how we got here. Whether you’re basically a Game of Thrones maester or you need a little reminder about previous events, we’ll try to help you keep your history straight. This episode of Game of Thrones was… a lot. Bad decisions were made. People died. Seasons of buildup and character arcs came to their culmination. But instead of looking at that, let’s dive into what might be the least impactful (from a larger story perspective) but most anticipated (by certain fans) event: the Cleganebowl. Spoilers ahead for Game of Thrones in general, but especially season 8, episode 5, “The Bells.” GET HYPE “Cleganebowl” was perhaps the best Game of Thrones theory, somewhere at the intersection of plausible books / show development, internet meme, and incredible catchphrase: GET HYPE! (Which seems to originate in this 2013 YouTube video, at least according to Know Your Meme.) The long-speculated fan theory postulated that two brothers, Sandor “The Hound” Clegane and his older brother Gregor “The Mountain” Clegane, would eventually face off in a climactic duel. Fans dubbed this event Cleganebowl, a portmanteau of their shared surname and “bowl,” from the term used for many big football playoffs. In tonight’s episode, “The Bells,” fans finally got the showdown they’ve been waiting for, with the Hound and the Mountain confronting each other for the final time. This showdown has been a long time coming. Here’s how we got here. The brothers Clegane To understand why the Hound / Mountain face-off is important to fans, if not to the larger story, we have to go back to the beginning. Sandor and Gregor grew up together, and even in childhood, Gregor was cruel and inhuman. Gregor is infamously responsible for the horrific scars on his brother’s face. He shoved Sandor into a fire when they were young because Sandor played with one of Gregor’s toys. Sandor’s fear of fire stemming from that moment never went away, nor did his hatred for his brother. He despises his brother, knowing he’s a monster even as he’s made a knight of the realm. Gregor is a killer, rapist, and general thug. And while the motives for his feelings about Sandor aren’t as clear, he clearly hates his brother just as much. Books versus show George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire novels haven’t reached the point of covering whether the Cleganebowl happens because they haven’t fully made it clear whether either brother is still alive. In the books, Cersei faces off against the humiliations of the ascendant High Sparrow, concluding with the now-infamous Walk of Shame through King’s Landing. She’s met on the steps by the ousted ex-Maester Qyburn and a towering, silent giant, Ser Robert Strong, whom she names her champion for her upcoming trial by combat against the High Sparrow and the Faith of the Seven. Fans theorized (and the show confirmed, at least for its own version of the story) that “Ser Robert” was the zombie-corpse of The Mountain, preserved and reanimated by Qyburn following Gregor’s poisoning by Oberyn Martell. The other side of the Cleganebowl, however, was where things got tricky. As book-readers and show-watchers alike know, Arya Stark left the Hound to die after a battle. The circumstances of said battle differ between Martin’s novel A Storm of Swords and the season 4 episode on the show. On the show, Sandor turns up again in season 6, revealed to have been saved by a septon played by Ian McShane. Later, he’s murdered, and the Hound avenges him. The story in the book is less clear, given that it’s incomplete. But in A Feast For Crows, Brienne of Tarth and Podrick Payne, while searching for the Hound (who they suspect has Sansa Stark in his custody), encounter a commune led by the Elder Brother, a priest who is extremely familiar with the Hound’s exploits and mindset. He claims that he encountered the dying Sandor and cared for him until he died. The Hound’s horse is also at the commune. But readers latched onto certain nuances in the Elder Brother’s choices of words (he refers to “The Hound” as dead, but says Sandor Clegane is “at rest”), as well as an unnamed gravedigger at the commune, with injuries similar to the Hound’s. It’s generally presumed that the gravedigger is Sandor, who’s put aside his violent past and joined The Faith. Trial by combat At this point, events between the book and show get muddier. The original Cleganebowl theory was that the reformed Hound, representing the faith of the Seven, would face off against his sort of-undead brother for Cersei’s trial by combat, resulting in her downfall. (That also gels with another book theory that revolves around a prophecy that Cersei would be killed by “the Valonqar,” meaning “the little brother,” which could refer to Sandor, who is Gregor’s younger brother.) And who knows? That still might happen in the books — if they’re ever finished. The show plays out differently. Cersei is unable to defend herself through trial by combat at all after her son King Tommen outlaws the practice due to the High Sparrow’s machinations. The resurrected Mountain never fights for her in single combat. Instead, she solves the problem of the Faith Militant by nuking the entire High Sept with wildfire. There were two Clegane brothers out there, and even without anyone else’s life riding on their face-off, fans were holding out to see the two siblings settling things once and for all. 100 percent confirmed Which brings us to “The Bells,” episode 5 of the show’s final season. After eight years of hating each other a lot, the Clegane brothers reached the end of their roads.<doc-sep>Spoiler alert! The following contains details from “Game of Thrones” Season 8 Episode 5, "The Bells." There may only be one episode of "Game of Thrones" left, but that won't stop fans of the HBO fantasy series from coming up with one last theory about how it all will end. Fans of "Thrones," and the "Song of Ice and Fire" books it's based on, have long relished in dissecting scenes and dialogue, looking for clues about the endgame. Sometimes they've been very right (Jon is indeed Rhaegar and Lyanna's son) and sometimes they've been very wrong (no, Bran was not the Night King). After Sunday's penultimate episode, it didn't seem like there was much left to predict (there wasn't much left of King's Landing, either), but the final scene has raised the eyebrows of anyone who is up on the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Arya was in King's Landing this episode to take revenge on Cersei, but after Dany starts destroying the city, the Hound convinces Arya to forget about vengeance and save herself instead, and she runs. After inexplicably surviving debris falling on her and fiery attacks from Drogon, Arya is left on the ash-filled streets of King's Landing among the dead bodies of people she tried to save, and she sees a white horse, who has also survived and found her. She rides the horse out of the city, seemingly with the intent to avenge those who died there. More:'Game of Thrones' recap: The series just burned itself to the ground On a show like "Thrones," a horse is not just a horse. The steed might be an allusion to the Book of Revelations in the Bible: "And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on it was Death." The ending of the episode seems to imply that Arya is now Death, and she's coming for Dany. As we handily were reminded earlier this season, Arya has a long history with death. In Season 1 she got her mantra from Syrio Forel: "What do we say to the god of death? Not today." Arya almost died a few times after fleeing King's Landing at the end of Season 1, and killed freely even before she became an assassin. In Episode 3 of this season, she killed the embodiment of death, the Night King. Trying to escape King's Landing, she is confronted by pointless, graphic and devastating death. She couldn't say "not today." She only could desperately try to survive. And now she's appears to be bringing death to the woman who caused all that pain. More:Those shocking deaths from 'Game of Thrones' King's Landing battle, ranked The theory that Arya will kill Dany in next week's finale is further supported by Melisandre's prophecy about Arya from Season 3. Melisandre saw a future where Arya killed people with brown eyes, blue eyes and green eyes, and Arya has already killed the first two: Walder Frey, the architect of the Red Wedding, had brown eyes; The Night King had blue eyes. And Dany has green eyes. As likely as this theory seems, the episode also set up the possibility that Jon, who was as horrified by his lover/aunt's actions in the battle as anyone else, will kill Dany to save the Seven Kingdoms from her tyrannical rule. Or, perhaps in one more celebration of nihilism, Dany will survive to terrorize Westeros for years. Or something even more senseless and out of character will happen, just like it did in "The Bells." The thing about "Thrones" at this late hour is that it's barreling ahead toward a pre-determined ending and throwing out plot, character and logic to try to get there quickly. So as much that beautiful pale horse seemed like a symbol of impending death, it could also just be one more far too convenient plot device left hanging around the episode.<doc-sep>
The Game of Thrones finale is almost here, and there’s no shortage of theories and speculation around Season 8, Episode 6. However, there’s one GoT leak out there that could actually reveal what happens in the show’s final episode before it even airs. Warning: HUGE Game of Thrones finale spoilers below. This leak comes to us from redditor u/afraidpart, who shared several posts full of Game of Thrones spoilers roughly nine months ago. At the time, they were ignored, but midway through Season 8, those claims started to come true. Subscribe for free to Multiverse and get Game of Thrones coverage delivered to your inbox the night the episode airs. Here’s a list of Game of Thrones Season 8 leaks from u/afraidpart that already happened: The Mountain kills Missandei. The Night King dies in Episode 3. The Hound and the Mountain both die in Cleganebowl. Jaime and Cersei Lannister die together in a somewhat unsatisfying way. So what’s next? Redditor u/afraidpart’s intel on Game of Thrones Season 8, Episode 6 was a little bit less clear, but we do have a few juicy details. Here’s my personal favorite: “The Iron Throne gets melted by the dragon.” Actually, it’s possible that already happened. Daenerys and Drogon basically leveled King’s Landing in Episode 5, and that may have included the Iron Throne. We never got a look into the throne room during last night’s episode. Could the Game of Thrones finale open on an image of the throne melted or destroyed? We wouldn’t be surprised if that’s exactly what happens. On a similar note, the Season 8 leak claims that “Jon Snow finally sees Arya after they get to the throne.” We’re guessing this means Jon will see his sister using her Faceless Man training, possibly right after she assassinates someone else (Dany?). As for Tyrion, it looks like he’ll do exactly what we expect and turn on Daenerys in the Game of Thrones finale: When Daenerys is making her speech everyone is mad at her. Tyrion makes some comment (he doesn’t get sound) and throws his pin (?) on the ground and she sends him to the prison? Idk what was going on here. Finally, when it comes to Jon and Dany, it’s unclear exactly how Game of Thrones Season 8 will end. Based on this leak, it seems HBO might have actually filmed multiple different versions of the finale. However, we do get one pretty awesome description of how Daenerys could die: Danaerys actually DOES die, she’s killed (stabbed I think) by Jon Snow. She goes back to the throne room and touches the throne. Has no idea WHY he kills her, there’s a missing chunk. But it happens in the throne room. I asked him why and he said he doesn’t know and I don’t even think they saw the actual death scene, just the fact that she’s dead. So he’s only assuming she gets murdered, otherwise she commits suicide but that doesn’t make much sense. Then the dragon flies away with her body but doesn’t kill Snow. Either way, she dies. That’s a lot to pack into a single episode of television, but with an 80-minute runtime, it’s possible that Game of Thrones Season 8, Episode 6 will be able to get the job done. The Game of Thrones finale airs Sunday, May 19 at 9 p.m. Eastern on HBO.