The Mad Queen has arrived on Game of Thrones.
**Spoilers for season eight, episode five “The Bells” ahead**
Daenerys Targaryen, the Breaker of Chains and Queen of the Ashes, has burnt King’s Landing down and now reigns as the ruler of Westeros. No person stands in the Targaryens way.
How exactly the next episode – the final episode of the entire show – will end remains anyone’s guess. Here’s everything you need to know about season eight, episode six.
Release date and how to watch
Game of Thrones returns Sunday, with the next episode airing 19 May.
Viewers in the US can watch on HBO. Sky Atlantic and NOW TV will simulcast the episode in the UK. You will also be able to stream each episode via NOW TV.
Has episode six leaked?
Despite the huge security measures put in place by HBO, episodes one, two, three and four leaked a few hours early than their scheduled broadcast.
A description of episodes five and six also appeared online following episode four and has reportedly been true so far. Find The Independent’s report on the leaks here.
What we have seen so far
Every week, HBO release a trailer and a set of images from the forthcoming episode. Watch the trailer above. The network only released two images from the finale, which can both be seen below.
Runtime
HBO previously confirmed the runtime for each episode before the season aired, with the third episode being the show’s longest ever at one hour 22 minutes. The final episode will match episode five, being 120 minutes long.
Also of note: each episode cost a rumoured $15 million to produce. Reports vary on how much the cast have been paid, but Variety previously claimed Emilia Clarke (Daenerys Targaryen), Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Jamie Lannister), Peter Dinklage (Tyrion Lannister), Kit Harrington (Jon Snow) and Lena Headey (Cersei Lannister) all got $500,000 (£384,000) per episode.
Episode six writers and directors
Showrunnesr David Benioff and DB Weiss have written the finale and, following in the footsteps of Breaking Bad‘s Vince Gilligan and The Sopranos‘ David Chase, will direct the very last episode of their show.
