Game Of Thrones Season 8: 12 Huge Questions 'The Last Of The Starks' Leaves Behind

By James Hunt / May 6, 2019

6. Is Jaime Going Back To Cersei, Or Back To Stop Her?

Jaime and Brienne get together this week, in a move that's sure to delight fans right before ripping their hearts out and showing it to them.

Instead of staying at Winterfell with Brienne, he decides to head back to King's Landing, declaring that he's not a good man and that everything has always been for Cersei. So what's going on here?

On the one hand, this could be taken at face value: Jaime cannot kick his addiction to Cersei, and is going back to the woman he loves, where she'll likely be the death of him. On the other, better hand, he knows that he has to stop Cersei, someway somehow, and is sparing Brienne from having to join what is his fight and getting more hurt. Which will it be?