Game Of Thrones Season 7 Episode 5 Episode Name Revealed: "Eastwatch"

4. Dany Makes A Point, Loses Points

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Though her decimation of the Lannister forces was almost spell-binding to watch, Dany has another important decision to make now that the fighting has stopped. What does she so with the survivors of the battle?

The trailer shows her demanding fealty - again, she's pretty obsessed with bended knees, even despite Missandei quite poetically confirming that she's a great leader because people choose to follow her rather than being forced. And when she says the alternative is to die, she definitely means it, which is rather unfortunate for the Lannister loyalists who would rather do that than follow a murderous Targaryen again.

It seems likely that Dany will deliver on that threat of death - at least for a couple of scapegoats - and Cersei's propaganda campaign against her will receive an accidental shot in the dark. For now, Dany really needs not to appear to be her father reborn, and sadly, burning her enemies for effect isn't going to fill any of her potential subjects with confidence.

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