The penultimate season of “Game of Thrones” continues flying through plot like fire breathing dragons through Slavers Bay ships. And unsurprisingly in episode 3, “The Queen’s Justice,” more than one longstanding character met their end. But one death in particular left a deep impact on both the show, and on fans.
Warning: Stop reading if you want to avoid spoilers for tonight’s “Game of Thrones.”
At the end of the episode, Lannister armies led by Jaime Lannister easily conquered Highgarden, seat of House Tyrell and home to the last surviving Tyrell noble, Lady Olenna (Diana Rigg). After the battle, Jaime marches up to Olenna’s quarters, where the two engage in a final conversation before, it’s obvious, Olenna is to be put to death.
Olenna asks how it’s to be done. Jaime tells her Cersei had several extremely cruel ideas in mind, but in the end he convinced her to opt toward a kind of mercy. Olenna is given the option to die painlessly by drinking specially-made poison.
Olenna drinks the poison without hesitation. But it’s not her death that had fans freaking out — it’s how she died. In her final moments, she repays Jaime’s mercy with incredible cruelty: she tells him that she’s the one who poisoned Joffrey back in season 4 at the purple wedding.
“Tell Cersei,” Olenna rasps at Jaime. “I want her to know it was me.”
Cue Twitter, which erupted into digital cheers at Olenna’s final, glorious F-You to the Lannisters. Read on for a sampling.
LADY ๐ OLENNA ๐ IS ๐ THE ๐ BADDEST ๐ BITCH
— tofutti cutie. (@nici) July 31, 2017
Olenna just went out like a boss. #GameofThrones
— Jose (@Namaste2TheDome) July 31, 2017
Jamie: Im giving you a peaceful death
Olenna: *chugs poison*
Olenna: I killed your son by the way
Jamie:
Olenna:
Me: …#GameofThrones pic.twitter.com/ync8kFLIOo— ใ ใธ (@mujiplgr) July 31, 2017
https://twitter.com/SalimAlSamar/status/891845891560222722
Jaime: "There are many lessons in failures."
Olenna: "You must be quite wise by now." #GameofThrones #ThronesYall pic.twitter.com/dbo0f3k43X
— Deniz S. (@MrFilmkritik) July 31, 2017
https://twitter.com/marybaumgard/status/891846727757594625
https://twitter.com/susdyfire/status/891844172721733632
me when lady olenna admitted to jaime that she murdered joffrey before she bit the dust #GameofThrones pic.twitter.com/0JzjdKmWyw
— becccca (@becca_musante) July 31, 2017
Olenna Tyrell: I killed your son, tell cersei #GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/1GWTe9QGcv
— JB Design Studio (@jb_designstudio) July 31, 2017
Plenty of other moments had fans freaking out too. Particularly the first meeting between Daenerys and Jon Snow, Sansa’s adventures running Winterfell in Jon’s absence, and a newly-cured of greyscale ser Jorah.
https://twitter.com/Luvvie/status/891828616392306689
"You look a lot better brooding than I do." #GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/qE0yQPDrm6
— Kerri Copello (@WXgirlKerri) July 31, 2017
They need to go ahead and cut to this Sex scene with Jon and the mother of boobs #GoTS7 #GameOfThrones #PainOfThrones
— T-Pain (@TPAIN) July 31, 2017
Sansa already proving a sensible leader #GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/fcwtFkm2AY
— Nivea Serrao (@NiveaSerrao) July 31, 2017
https://twitter.com/dilemmalord/status/891837729067106304
"Hello Sansa, I'm, like, 40 now. I know it's weird." – Bran #GameOfThrones #DemThrones
— Imani Gandy Corn ๐ (@AngryBlackLady) July 31, 2017
Jorah #GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/m6cvo58Cfs
— Anthony Stewart (@StuMunrue) July 31, 2017
๐ข๐ข๐ข @GameOfThrones
— The Jacque Reid Experience (@jacquereid) July 31, 2017
And of course, there was the moment when Daenerys revealed she didn’t watch the finale of “Game of Thrones” Season Six.
https://twitter.com/YourBabyVacuum/status/891851485239283712
"I am the last Targeryan, Jon Snow." heeheehee!! #GameofThrones7 #GoT
— EB (@LizEB13) July 31, 2017