After Dany quickly becomes another totalitarian ruler and Game of Thrones briefly becomes a sci-fi dystopian instead of a fantasy epic, the dragon queen's march towards the Iron Throne is snuffed out by her lover/follower/nephew.
Despite standing next to the throne she's been chasing this whole series, Dany never even got the chance to sit on it.
Jon Snow, after pleas from Tyrion, does the only thing he can — he puts a knife through her mid-embrace, bringing to an end her brief reign of terror over the innocent people of the realm.
You can't pledge to bring your so-called "tyranny busting" to all corners of Westeros after murdering thousands of them. It doesn't look good.
Drogon, wailing in agony, burns down the Iron Throne but not Jon, perhaps instinctively recognising that power is what ultimately killed Dany.
He takes her in his talons and carries her body off to east, possibly to that acid-trip cave from How to Train Your Dragon 3.
Game of Thrones is over. How did it all go down? Photo / HBO
But Jon doesn't replace Dany. Instead, the remaining lords and ladies of Westeros decide to vote, but only among themselves, to decide who the new King or Queen should be.
We see the return of Yara Greyjoy, who's miffed that her Queen was killed, but then again she didn't witness all the wanton death and destruction of the previous episode.
Robin Arryn is here to vote, and so is Edmure Tully, who puts his name forward before he's laughed down by his own niece. Poor guy.
Gendry was present.
Sam briefly flirts with the idea of extending the choice to everyone — democracy! More like demo-CRAZY, smirk the others.
Roll forward, Bran Stark, who already comes with his own throne. Bran the Broken, the First of His Name, King of the Andals, Ruler of the Six Kingdoms.
Oh yeah, now there are only six kingdoms after Sansa declared the North will once again be an independent kingdom.
