Game Of Thrones Season 6 Finale: 10 Ups And 2 Downs From 'The Winds Of Winter'

8. Jaime Continues Towards Redemption

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Jaime Lannister's story has long been one of redemption, as he tries to be the good person that he is inside, somewhere, rather than the Kingslayer everyone bar Brienne knows him as.

While his story in the Riverlands had seemingly concluded with him wanting to get back to Cersei, the detour to the Twins shows the other side to him. As Walder Frey gleefully talks about how they're both Kingslayers, the pain on Jaime's face at being thought of as such is clear to see, and there's even a chance we're going to see him simply kill the Frey on the spot (thankfully he doesn't, and leaves that particular death for someone else).

Then there's his arrival back into King's Landing, just in time for Cersei's coronation. His face isn't of a man seeing the woman he loves achieve great power, or of the Lannister family rising again. He looks apprehensive, maybe even fearful of what Cersei has become, and now she's on the Throne, a Mad Queen, the time is approaching when Jaime has to either fully redeem himself, or commit to the woman he loves, rest of the Kingdom be damned. Unfortunately for him, redemption more than likely means repeating the thing he's known and scorned for.

Queenslayer, anyone?

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