The episode 5 of Game of Thrones is bigger than the Battle of Winterfell

By Matt Fowler

Warning: spoilers for Game of Thrones through "The Long Night" follow …

With Night King on the safe side and the long night avoided, it could be surmised that the greatest danger of Game of Thrones was defeated in the middle of the final season. Queen Cersei is a tough guy, certainly, but it's not a mystical monster from a frozen hellish landscape that can command the dead.

That being said, this could be an opportunity for the show to prove how Cersei can be awesome and cunning. We know that she owns the Iron Fleet, Lannister's Army, the Gold Company (without elephants) and a lot of forest fires. And Qyburn is working on something nasty for Dany's dragons. In addition, what she intended to achieve at the end of season 7 happened. Jon and Daenerys have spent thousands of lives thwarting the army of the dead.

Some stars have already been in defense of the last three episodes, apparently outstripping critics that the season had culminated with "The Long Night" (at least when it was not too dark to see what was happening). Emilia Clarke, while appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live, not only stated that the last three chapters were "mental" and "foolish", but also that "episode 5 was bigger". Insinuating that, from the point of view of the size and the theater, it is bigger than "The Long Night" (read our review here).

"Find the biggest TV possible," she suggested – without going into details, of course. So, is that when the battle of the king 's landing happens? Because given the size of the city and all its moving parts, it could certainly be a gigantic moment (without mammoths).

Meanwhile, star Kit Harington said it was one of his favorites "because the characters apparently got what they needed" after the Battle of Winterfell.

"The world is safe now," Harington offered. "They celebrate and say goodbye to lost friends, but as an audience, you will say," It's only episode 4, something is going to happen. " "And that's a good thing, because I think the characters are also aware of it.There is something crooked and unpleasant about it.That's so Shakespearian."

the Something Cersei, it will happen naturally. And who would know better than to fear Cersei than the actor Conleth Hill, who plays Varys? S addressing TVLine, Hill said that there was no doubt that Cersei was the biggest threat to the world. "Even at the end of [Season] 7, "he says," there seems to be a gathering of everyone except her. "And Varys would certainly be" aware of the dangerousness and gravity of his situation ".

"The Long Night" is the highest rated episode of Game of Thrones and the most tweeted television episode. To find out more about this epic episode, find out why Lyanna Mormont needed this huge moment during the Battle of Winterfell, the cast that answered the takedown of Arya Night King, our trailer for her. episode 4 and the preview of Battle of Winterfell photos, and how to tune your TV if the episode was too dark.

Matt Fowler is a writer for IGN and a member of the Television Critics Association. Follow him on Twitter at @TheMattFowler and Facebook on Facebook.com/MattBFowler.