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Henry McKenna

‘Game of Thrones’ fans were stunned by an absolute fire episode

Spoiler alert: This article shares fans’ reactions to episode 72 of Game of Thrones from Sunday, and will include spoilers from the episode and all episodes prior.

Fire.

Literally, Sunday’s episode featured an enormous amount of fire.

With help from Drogon, Daenerys Targaryen burnt King’s Landing to a crisp, and leveled Twitter in the process. Game of Thrones fans seemed displeased to see so many of their favorite characters die during the fire-filled episode. Chalking it up to poor writing, many fans took to Twitter to criticize the show-runners. That said, some folks embraced the show’s exciting — although predictable — episode with significant anticipation for the series finale next Sunday. Let’s dive into the reactions and the memes.

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