Lady Olenna Confesses Her Crime | Game of Thrones | HBO

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[@LyraTyrell]

"Will there be pain?" "No, you wont be alive to see season 8" "Thats good"

[@Rick_Sanchez_C137_]

Underrated comment.... hopefully that changes....

[@darwinawardcommittee]

Lol

[@marykay8587]

😂😅☺️💯

[@wagnerlacerda5854]

Good joke

[@slicktop2jz855]

😂😂😂

[@juliantapia1407]

She snatched one final victory, and reveled in it, even as she lost. A real Queen

[@violax3735]

She did go out with pride and even grace, but overall, I always thought Olenna was kinda overrated. Sure, she's smart, ambitious and full of witty comebacks - but plenty of her plots failed, and her "legacy" is her house wiped out and her grandchildren dead. Utterly brilliant performance by Diana Rigg, though.

[@juliantapia1407]

@@violax3735 that's a fair estimate, but let's not forget the context. She's old, she's survived, she's maintained power even as her family took 'control' after they came of age. While most of her schemes may have went awry (after the one with joffrey), that had more to do with the growing chaos of the situation where Everybody was losing something. In the end, no longer in her prime, she wasn't able to play the Game quite as well, but to see how much she was able to accomplish, from helping margaery get with joffrey, going toe to toe with tywin, ending joffrey, keeping her involvement secret, and teaming up with the others (only for bad writing and characterization with tyrion to undo it in the show) she was a force to be reckoned with.

[@TheStapleGunKid]

@@violax3735 Well this game of Thrones, a series where everyone fails at everything.

[@ShadowBlade79]

@@violax3735 If you're a character in Game of Thrones, you're going to fail. What makes the difference is how you learn from that failure.........which is where the last two or three seasons lost me.

[@kwaaaa]

@@violax3735 They used Olenna to elevate and contrast how unhinged Cersei was. You can be cunning and intelligent, but against a psychopath, you cannot live in their headspace to predict their next move. "That was my prized mistake, a failure of imagination". In a level playing field, Olenna would dominate Cersei, but Cersei indiscriminately blowing up all of her enemy in one fell swoop was just beyond the realm of politics that Olenna operates in.

[@peppercat1887]

Olenna and Tywin were basically the grandmasters of playing the game. Olenna even goes out in giving one last middlefinger. What a Queen.

[@ragingshibe]

Ikr. Too bad Tywin wasn't so lucky....

[@thatonea-hole]

​@@ragingshibe Killed on the crapper

[@bdleo300]

Giving one last middlefinger to someone who just granted her merciful death instead of torturing and humiliating her. Total nonsense.

[@brianreiss2288]

@@bdleo300 The middlefinger was to Cercei, not Jaime.

[@ryanblack9540]

100% best pound of pound fighters in a verbal contest, underrated fighter- high sparrow, literally think he was undefeated until he exploded 😂

[@SuperZalina95]

Love that she says "your son". She knows about the relationship of the siblings

[@Razia10376]

what are you talking about? At this point, there was not a single soul who didn't know.

[@Rolleboks]

@@Razia10376 thats true lol

[@johnbishop9621]

Stannis literally sent out letters to every lord in the realm once Ned Stark told him. Actually, he literally started his war because of that reason.

[@Gagakki]

@@johnbishop9621 stannis knew way before ned He never told Robert cuz he would've massacred the Lannisters He was waiting til Robert died and for someone like Ned to reveal it because if Stannis were the one to reveal it, it would look like a regular power grab and no one would back him up

[@mcvenne8935]

Their children were probably the only ones who didn't know or simply refused to think of it.

[@charliefromstarkvillemissi1852]

Mic drop. She entered and exited the game better than anybody else.

[@stephensmith4025]

“Mic drop” as a phrase is tired played out and cringe.

[@MuxMaxmou]

@@stephensmith4025 ok stephen, you must be fun at parties

[@StopReadingMyNameOrElse]

@@MuxMaxmou You think that loser gets invited to parties? You need friends for that to happen.

[@SergeantExtreme]

@@stephensmith4025 You edited your comment, and STILL forgot the commas in your list?

[@bjbinmke]

To Charlie's post: She's Diana Rigg. Always did. And to Stephen, Pinguin, RB and Captain: Go away.

[@DorkJedi96]

"Tell Cersei... I want her to know it was me." Even years after Joffrey's death, this was just the icing on the cake

[@Alknix]

How? Now Cersei will know that she didn't simply remove a political opponent but also avenged the death of her son. How is that supposed to anger her? And don't tell me it was the poison - there was no way for Jaime to stop Olenna from drinking her own poison.

[@DorkJedi96]

@@Alknix I meant for us, as viewers. Pretty much everyone despised Joffrey, so this whole scene for many of us was incredibly satisfying

[@adad-ec6ht]

fake, no one acts this cool before death - if you knew you would die in 5 minutes, you would be freaking terrified and praying to God even if you were a non-believer.

[@DorkJedi96]

I love how I'm not even referring to Oleena's response, yet that's the comments I'm getting. Again, a satisfying scene for an audience who hated Joffrey

[@fenrir2188]

@@Alknix One of Cersei's character traits was about slow, agonizing deaths or torture to whoever she hated or felt wronged her. When jothrey first died she wanted to find out whoever did it and make sure they suffered at her own hands. As slow and painful as possible considering how agonizing his own death was. Of course she'd be angry when she found out about this. Olenna died with no pain, Cersei was quick to anger enough already anyways.

[@doktarr]

Jaime's obvious embarrassment while saying "Widow's Wail" is one of my favorite little bits from this scene.

[@purplefood1]

Her response is my own favourite.

[@johnrobinson1762]

Jamie was really the only likable character in the whole show

[@ShawnRakar]

@@johnrobinson1762 such disrespect to Sam

[@I_am_a_cat_]

​@@johnrobinson1762 he really wasn't, especially at the beginning... and then, at the end, they completely ruined his arc... as well as everyone else

[@OXIR]

@@johnrobinson1762what a joke lol. There may have been a few things he has done right but they don’t change the terrible things he has done. There were far more likable characters in the show.

[@JM-hj3sm]

One of Jaime's most noble acts. Giving Olenna a proper send off before David and Dan got to her.

[@spacecase8888]

They wrote the scene.

[@samanthastephens9720]

Hahaha yes!

[@KKSBETRAY]

​@@spacecase8888because they didn't know what to do with her in the the show so instead of forcing her in season 8 they just peacefully wrote her off . D&D are great at handling emotional scenes but anything that involves the story will get fked up by them

[@spacecase8888]

@@KKSBETRAY Didn't know what to do with her? She had a perfect ending. I swear, the ridiculous things D&D haters will say. They were the scapegoat for GRRM not finishing the books. Turns out it's hard to adapt books that haven't been written in a sprawling series. Many of the best scenes in the show were their doing and not in the books.

[@astartesfanboy5294]

@@spacecase8888really dosent matter that they have good scenes. “D&D haters” hate the fact that they gave up and horribly ruined their show with a forgettable, mediocre, and insultingly bad final season

[@yashpandya1367]

The Wall was built to protect White Walkers from Olenna Tyrell.

[@NitsP2208]

😎

[@nothingtoospiffy7913]

@@bigboy6191 irrelevant

[@nothingtoospiffy7913]

@@bigboy6191 but ok

[@mistermonologue2442]

No, they built it to keep the lady of boar island out.

[@JasmineLindros]

There is good, there is great, there is awesome, there is absolutely epic - and there is Olenna Tyrell.

[@mrpPp18]

I like how she was smart enough to drink the poison first and then reveal the truth about Joffrey's death.

[@DaLiJeIOvoImeZauzeto]

She confesses to it to her granddaughter sometime in season 5 or 6.

[@j.vinton4039]

@@DaLiJeIOvoImeZauzeto but not to the Lannisters.

[@westmcgee9320]

I can’t deny that the moment is impactful. What I don’t get is why people think it was so smart when he still could have (and probably would have) flayed and dismembered her before it took effect.

[@MesaperProductions]

@@westmcgee9320 She probably knew which poison it was when Jaime said there'd be no pain and knew it was fast acting. But yeah, he could have still rammed his sword through her.

[@Judaris]

@@westmcgee9320 when he said "i talked her out of those". He was giving his WORD of a painless death. He'll be betraying his own word if made her suffer after that. TO ME!!!

[@johnny_vannykay]

“Help the poor boy” said the lady that poisoned him 😂😂

[@josharguello4313]

Yes!!! Give her an Oscar for that performance. Olenna nailed the worried old lady act. 😆

[@JimK-jg3qr]

YOU IDIOTS HELP YOUR KING!

[@bernbabybern89]

Yes! Favorite part of Joffrey's elimination. I also think she followed that up with "Idiots, help your king!" House Tyrell 4 ever

[@pghsteelers4950]

Idiots help your king 😂🤣

[@rosabellaalvarez-calderon4586]

However, she did say that she did not know that the poison would have such effects. Even the poison that Arya used on the Freys worked faster and did not have such terrible effects.

[@ChadeGB]

What I really love about this scene is how Olenna just grabs hold of the glass and without a moments hesitation, knocks the entire thing back in one go, then a hand to her mouth in a seconds thought of what she's done before spitting out some brutal truth that Jamie can now do nothing about. What an absolute boss.

[@andrewkohler3707]

I love the hand to her mouth; she's just chugged a glass, but doesn't want to be disorderly by having some of it drip out of her mouth. A little bit of dignity even at that horrible moment, although nothing compares to what follows. Also, something just now occurred to me: earlier in the series, she objects twice to being served too much wine!! "Gods, boy, that's enough! We're not in a tavern!" to Podrick, and putting her hand over the top of her glass when Tywin goes to refill it!

[@nunyabiznes33]

​@@andrewkohler3707 funny that a Redwyne is a light drinker.

[@TheOfficiaITristam]

I mean he could still drive his sword through her there and then before the poison actually worked.... cause some pain for what she did.

[@Held_im_Chaos]

@@TheOfficiaITristam true but still she escaped the punishment of cerseis "imagination"

[@IsaiahRichards692]

1,600th Like!

[@ashleyhansen9009]

Olenna: "...not at all what I intended." Audience: that's ok, we preferred his death that way.

[@thepragmaticexistentialist]

Yes indeed. 😁

[@cjwrench07]

Yes, Joffrey’s actor did an AMAZING job in making us hate him, even to the point of hating his mere image.

[@bilboomer1105]

Nah it was too good and smooth .

[@Gamer_Mama_0611]

I swear! 😆

[@beatlemania8945]

I would have preferred he got the same treatment Theon got in Season 3.

[@astoriasenju6162]

Not only is Jaime furious about Olenna being the one to poison Joffrey, he’s more mad because he realizes Tyrion’s confirmed innocence

[@NotAGoodUsername360]

And that he did the right thing by freeing Tyrion after all. That Cersei had always been wrong in everything she did.

[@EzraDair]

Nah, he knew Tyrion didn’t do it

[@PeachDragon_]

In the books jamie always knew Tyrion was innocent

[@alilweeb7684]

to be honest everyone knew tyrion was innocent

[@KydzPlays]

Not really. It confirms that Olenna was involved in Joffrey’s death but it doesn’t confirm that she didn’t have an accomplice.

[@NychusX]

"Widow's Wail." "He really was a c**t, wasn't he?" Pointlessly edgy naming of weapons is fine in some universes but I'm glad they pointed out how ill-fitting it was here

[@capitanoholla5032]

It's a nice foreshadowing though, as it will be the sword that knights Ser Brienne. Who'll later mourn Jaime, the man she loved. I'm pretty sure something like that will happen in the books as well. GRRM is the master of foreshadowing. Widows Wail might have been named by the c**t, but it carries his unusual name for a reason.

[@andrewkohler3707]

Such amazing delivery from both actors: Jaime knows that Olenna is right.

[@LeAndre_McCoy]

Doubt it being edgy is the issue. He didn't do it for cool points, so it's not all that edgy. A widow is the wife of a dead man. A wail is a cry. For him to proudly call his sword by this name suggests that he delights in the suffering of others. He was a truly cruel being.

[@vincegalila7211]

@@LeAndre_McCoy it's named in reference to Catelyn dieing last.

[@Arcanecide]

He didn't even come up with the name, it was a suggestion and he just liked it

[@joink25]

The fact we never see her die (though it's obviously inevitable) is pretty genius directing. It shows how truly victorious Olenna ended up here.

[@onebigadvocado6376]

Contrast that with Tywin's final seconds

[@joink25]

@@onebigadvocado6376 Utterly defeated.

[@tld91]

I love that even in her last moments she gets the last word and last laugh. SAVAGE 😎

[@bridgetrobinson76]

Olenna tyrell went out like a boss. 🧐

[@tiffanycastiglione8522]

Legend

[@elibell19]

@Dhum tana na na Olenna stopped feeling pain soon after, while Jamie suffered far longer. Exactly what Olenna wanted.

[@westmcgee9320]

She risked a lot. He could’ve flayed and dismembered her in the spot. It’s shocking that he didn’t.

[@gemfaisan7766]

@@westmcgee9320 Jamie has always been a coward

[@scittw22]

What a great show. Too bad they never made an 8th season...

[@Jordan-os5cp]

boy do I have news for you

[@Altoryu]

@@Jordan-os5cp That was fanfiction at best, real bad fan fiction

[@feliciafromshrek1562]

@@Jordan-os5cp do you know what is sarcasm

[@theburnix]

@@Jordan-os5cp the earth king has invited you to lake laogai

[@soulbrotha6969]

We should really make an 8th season ourselves

[@ColonelBragg]

Book Jaime didn't give a squat about Joffrey, Actually in the books the only person who was actually sad over his death was Cersei.

[@roseolivas08]

At the end of the day, Cersei is a mother. After all her kids were killed off the writers had no motivation for her so they just perched her on a window to sip wine and hallucinate a pregnancy or two

[@ColonelBragg]

@@roseolivas08 They also fused her with Aegon/Griff because book Cersei will not be proclaiming herself queen and living more than 30 seconds

[@stevefilms1997]

@@ColonelBragg when you walk into a room with the king and he conveniently falls out a window then seconds later proclaim yourself queen of his same relatively loyal subjects you don’t tend to live very long.

[@ColonelBragg]

@@stevefilms1997 Also after nuking the center of Westerosi religion mind you

[@auser2721]

In show I didn’t see much emotions at his death moment

[@byronic-heroine]

"She'll be the death of you." This is what we call foreshadowing, kids.

[@colepeltier8472]

Lady Olenna, one of the very few players that made it through without the writers completely destroying their character.

[@justinharvey7398]

Season 8: "Give me something for the bad writing, and let me die."

[@josharguello4313]

True. I would also add Jorah, Theon and Melisandre to that category. All of them died with dignity in the same episode before the train completely derailed like it did in subsequent episodes.

[@treehann]

well said. There are still a few show-only moments that I enjoy and this is one of them. I also have a soft spot for the chapel explosion in season 6 because the scene was done so artfully.

[@josephnjuguna1986]

Agree 💯

[@PandaMonium92827]

This turned out to be Dame Riggs final role before she died in 2020 😢 absolute LEGEND! And it wasn't covid. She was a chronic smoker and cancer caught up to her.

[@michaelermcgowaniv]

Even Dany’s dragons couldn’t cast the kind of burns that Olenna summoned.

[@anixes]

@Dhum tana na na I mean, she is the one, who stabbed cersie in first place.

[@kreideprinzye15]

I bet Olenna could have melted the Night King lol

[@SirAdrian87]

The only kind of fire that could burn a Targaryen

[@drifter266]

@@kreideprinzye15 In a yo mama fight, may be..

[@ansonma7351]

RIP

[@laurielongo6760]

My favorite part was when she said, "I'd hate to die like your son" AFTER she drank the poison. What a statement and contrast as Joffrey dies in excruciating pain while Lady Olenna gets none. It was Lady Olenna's way of saying, "You should never have shown me mercy. Because I certainly didn't." BADA@$!!

[@unusualbydefault]

Not quite, she said she didn't know the poison would act gruesome like that. I really do think that's not her "style"

[@I_am_a_cat_]

That's not what she was saying, at all. Did you not listen to what she actually says?

[@MechaLeo]

My favorite part of the scene, she seemed so grateful for Jaime giving her the easy way out, it was wholesome. Then she proceeds to drop a massive bomb on his conscience before fading away into the sunset. Farewell evil grandma.

[@thatguybutitsactuallyagirl5384]

@@unusualbydefaultyeah but I mean she didn't even pay it a mind to investigate how the poison would work. That's why she didn't show mercy unlike him who actually made sure of it

[@abohsukampret]

In the afterlife Tywin: "Did you really do it?" Olenna: "No, but the look on his face was priceless."

[@micheleford4282]

she did do it though lol

[@Torbid22]

​@@micheleford4282in the books it was Baelish who was actually trying to poison Tyrion so that Baelish could marry Sansa. But Joffrey drank from Tyrion's cup of wine and was the one who was poisoned. That's why Baelish had an exit strategy ready immediately

[@peterluhoway3498]

Now that😂

[@serenerhapsody]

Olenna: Drinks the poison and immediately goes for her final attack, her swan song. Oh, how classy did the Tyrells play the game. I love it.

[@TripperTours]

Jamie could easiky have bashed her head in with his right hand or cut her up with his sword. Instead he just walked away.....if anything him turning his back on her had the last laugh.

[@natashadixon8470]

@@TripperTours not really. it wouldn't have changed the fact that she'd outsmarted them all and set in motion their downfall while they all turned on eachother. if anything it would have just showed how petty he truly was, and like all narcs, he thinks himself better than that.

[@jessicacampbell4142]

She went out on top. She got to have a peaceful death and figuratively stab Jamie and Cersei in the gut with that confession. Cheers to you Olena. 👍💪

[@zolikoff]

Imagine if the poison were very fast acting and cut her off :)

[@jessicacampbell4142]

@@zolikoff I remember having the same thought.

[@ImmaPandaRawr]

“Tell Cersei, I want her to know it was me” Probably my favorite line in the entire show. A nice little bit of revenge and laugh that they can’t take away from her. After she drank the poison too, so Jamie can’t change his mind on how she dies 😂

[@Gsoup83]

it was. just some satisfaction that accidently gave us.

[@ChristopherJones-qm2nw]

Indeed, he kinda sorta thought she probably did it (mainly because Cersei was totally convinced), but that moment so beautifully captured, when he finally KNEW... Best scene in the entire series, and one of the best dramatic scenes ever put on any screen.

[@HK-gm8pe]

its the most "Game of thrones" line in my opinion :D

[@jaroslavzaruba2765]

if I was Jamie I would've told Olenna just _No, I don't think I will_ 😀

[@Trev0r98]

The correct wording would be: "...it was *I* " - especially if Olenna was as smart as she thought she was.

[@sftheletters]

I love this scene for the fact that you have two characters on completely opposing sides yet you can see the respect they have for one another. As savage as Olenna is, I really think her line “she’ll be the end of you” is coming from a familial place. She knows Jaime isn’t bad like Cersei and that Cersei has driven him to make awful choices. You can even hear the change in her voice like a Mother telling her son to do the right thing. And you have Jaime, who could have easily given in Cersei’s wishes to brutalize Olenna but respects that she was doing things to support her house and family. It’s sad in a way because Jaime would’ve been the perfect son for her

[@missbelled6700]

And at the same time, she's clearly trying to get under his skin the whole conversation as well. She can tell he's covering some uncertainty with bravado and callousness: even when he's trying to be clever and regain footing with the "no point discussing it with you, is there" line she just turns around and taunts him again, telling him that he'll never have another chance to really be honest with himself as long as he stays with his sister. She was the best.

[@Heigxion]

​@@missbelled6700 My guess is that at first she thought Jamie was aware he was on Cersei's spiderweb, but then she realized he is blinded by love and he doesn't see he's just another pawn in Cersei's game.

[@robertpalatsky5017]

One thing about Jaime in this scene is that, despite knowing Olenna was responsible for his son's death, he still has the decency to grant her a painless and private death, rather than the painful, public, dishonorable death Cersei would've given him. I also think that as much as he loved his son, he KNOWS what a monster Joffrey was.

[@pittland44]

It makes you wonder what would have happened had Joanna Lannister lived.

[@MrKardany]

She still had the last laugh.. what a character

[@Bigboss-fr2kg]

“He really was a c**t wasn’t he” love that bit

[@Schmoityface]

It's okay to spell that word out here.

[@aden_light]

oh he really was

[@oljimeagle6779]

She wasn't wrong... Even Jamie is thinking "well, yeah kinda hard to argue after he named his sword after the sound a wife makes as her husband is killed..."

[@richardlloyd2589]

Such a shame The Hound wasn’t present to hear it.

[@SergeantExtreme]

@@Schmoityface Nah. Ever since Joe Biden won the election, KZbin has quadrupled down on their censorship of comments.

[@briarpelt2333]

Some people confess their crimes on their deathbed out of guilt. Not Olenna. She confessed hers out of triumph. And I couldn't be happier about it.

[@MesaperProductions]

She left the Game of Thrones like a BOSS!

[@geiiger]

@@MesaperProductions Great Career also, this was one of the last big roles portrayed by Diana Rigg

[@professionalasshole-youmad2356]

@@MesaperProductions like a mfin boss man 💯💯💪🏾😈 I loved it

[@MalloryNewcomb]

That’s the perfect description: she confessed out of triumph. That confessing before she died revealed that she was more powerful than they ever were. Because they will get no justice by killing her for that crime. She told them when it would create the most disturbance to their life because it had the least disturbance on hers.

[@marrier9999]

She was my favorite character in this story. No nonsense, spoke her mind, and wasn't afraid to stick it to anyone that deserved it, right up to the end.

[@nekusakura6748]

That and a loving grandmother who wanted the best for her family (even if she enjoyed poking fun at them from time to time).

[@markusaurelius83]

And she managed to get old doing that, that's not an easy task. ^^

[@alexdredge655]

I love the small detail that even when she’s about to die she doesn’t rat out Littlefinger, instead she takes full credit. What a boss

[@seamusburke639]

Littlefinger was no longer a threat to the Lannisters. The Starks could and would take care of him. And nobody would be surprised if Littlefinger did such a thing. But Oleanna was indeed a shock.

[@RadekCrazy1]

@@seamusburke639 Don't forget the Lannisters have no idea where Littlefinger is at the moment. All they know is that he is now lord protector of the Vale. One of the powerful remaining kingdoms and has gained massive influence. Littlefinger is no joke to the Lannisters and is one of the primary threats. He doomed himself with his dumb schemes against Sansa. If he was not so greedy he could have made it far enough.

[@arijeetnath9236]

Jamie: "There are always lessons in failure". Olenna: "Hmm, you must be very wise by now" Olenna is pure savage.

[@tmd4951]

A way of telling Jamie, he is a failure. 😂 😂 😂 😂

[@sbh814]

Was*😭

[@jobowisheshewasnomo4171]

spooky thought

[@morbidlyobeserobocop3038]

@nick m. The definition of a power couple.

[@nasx618]

@nick m. Impossible. Who'll take the back seat? Can't have two tigers ruling the same mountain.

[@samanthastephens9720]

“You love her. You really do love her. You poor fool.” Such an accurate statement of how we overlook the red flags when in love.

[@joulupukki1607]

Jamie knew cersei was evil and so were jamie they was match made heaven..

[@freddiequinlan5952]

Like how people ignored the glaring red flags of season 5-7 and then were shocked by 8

[@joshlewis575]

I like to call it love blinders

[@Matlockization]

Some red flags are big and some are small.

[@samanthastephens9720]

@@Matlockization this is so true, probably why we get confused & overlook things at times.

[@pauljones77]

The change on Jaime’s face when she says: “Not at all what I intended” was perfectly done. That realisation that he’s just given the woman who murdered his son a quick and painless death instead of making her suffer 👌

[@floppydisksareop]

He could've still gutted her there. He had a sword, and the poison would probably take a while. Jamie wasn't really that kind of guy to just torture her even as such.

[@jk_d7837]

​@floppydisksareop yeah I agree, even though they ruined him at the end, at this point in time he definitely wasn't up for murdering Olenna, I feel like this horrifying look on his face is him realizing cersei and his father really were wrong about tyrion, and he was good like Jamie knew he was.

[@Meirstein]

In the books, Jamie hated Joffrey as much as everyone else.

[@CrimsonAlchemist]

It was awesome until the last scenes when there was no real story to work with

[@Hokum6]

@@Meirstein I mean the series kinda forgot that Jamie became the Kingslayer because he actually cared *enough to act*. God those finale seasons were really unspeakably bad.

[@StephersBeyond]

"Not at all what I intended..." RIGHT THERE...beautifully executed 😆👏👏👏👏👏 I'm still loving every second of how she did it. Also Jaime's face is priceless lol.

[@jonathandonley3299]

You can see right then the very corners of her lips lifting slightly when she says it. She knows she's got nothing left to lose so she's going to make sure Jaime and Sersi know who really killed their son as one last middle finger.

[@jessicacampbell4142]

​@@jonathandonley3299Olenna: I killed your son and now you can't touch me. I have peacefully died, so there is no way in the world you can torture me now. Haha I win.

[@elizabethcooper8598]

The definition of a boss right there.

[@codyking4848]

Diana Rigg absolutely CRUSHED the role of Olenna Tyrell, Queen of Thorns. She was easily my favorite character in the whole series. Rest in peace, Diana.

[@khaelamensha3624]

She was just amazing!

[@superdave8248]

Lyanna Mormont for the win. Olenna ... second place.

[@EspelhodaLuz]

I didn't know she passed away 😢 Rest in Peace.

[@ryanpepitone6272]

My mom met her in person at a broadway play back in the 70s.

[@mr.doctorcaptain1124]

I agree, she was amazing. The writers should have included some of her better scenes from the books.

[@Black_Rabbit_84]

I love how she just downed the poisoned wine with no hesitation like it was nothing.

[@MarkT1700]

She died with dignity.

[@MrDkgio]

You did hear the alternatives? 😜

[@Fraggr92]

She would have been a fool not to. It was her golden ticket. She wasn't getting out of that situation alive no matter what she did, and she knew that. If she was going to die either way, then she's much better off dying in a way that's as comfortable for her as possible. Besides she's no fool. She more than likely already knew that her time was coming. If old age didn't get her then it was only a matter of time until one of the stronger houses did. She's had time to prepare herself for it. A painless poison is an unusually gentle way of dying at the hands of your enemy in the world of Westeros, and an opportunity that shouldn't be squandered. Besides, now she wins. Her enemies want her tortured and mutilated. They want her to die screaming in pain. Instead she gets to die peacefully and painlessly in her room. She played her cards right, when you consider what cards were available to her.

[@RedRoseSeptember22]

Better than being killed in the other ways Jaime mentioned.

[@danieltobin4498]

Unbeknownst to everyone, that lady spit so much venom that she grew an immunity to it

[@nothosaur]

4:06. The way her hand went to her mouth after she drank the poison always got me. I see it as her subconscious reaction to self-harm -- her body saying, "no, wait" as self-preservation. Great acting and subtle.

[@joshuawidener8407]

Lol you are reading into things way too much. It's a bodies natural reaction to drinking lots of drinks genius lol

[@Kahuna_550]

​@@joshuawidener8407 Reaching breaking bad levels of thinking too much into it 😂

[@actually_curious4773]

One of the best scenes in the show. Diana Rigg absolutely killed it. That coquette look she gives Jaime when she asks him "how will it be", and he replies to her in a similar playful vein. There's no real animosity between them, just two players arriving at the end of their match. Only then she makes one final move.

[@Kozuu7]

The older actors and actresses carried this show through insane talent. You could feel the show decline in quality each time one of them died.

[@el34glo59]

That's a truth

[@-Gilver]

Sad truth agreed Some of the younger actors did good for a while but after this season Yeah it just tanked

[@B-26354]

Classically trained British actors VS the modern, feckless, nonsense Hollywood and the US belch out. It's jarring when you can see it for what it is.

[@aritzsedano5205]

All started with Catelyn's death

[@doraglasberg1287]

Diana Rigg clearly wanted a long acting career like so many English actors. I assume that's why she never had her teeth capped as they aged with her, Often kills a character having big white caps in a role like this.

[@tomryan4556]

Jaime remains calm even after she calls Joffrey a c***. When she's talking about Cersei his entire mood changes. Great acting

[@mousepariah3884]

I was impressed with his 'look' when she says "Not at all what I intended." Like he says nothing, he makes no big show of it, yet it's so clear he did not expect that (either that she was the one behind it or for her to outright admit it) and he's just on a full roller coaster of thoughts/emotions in that brief moment. That this woman who just accepted his mercy is telling him she's the one that made his son suffer such an undignified and painful death.

[@samueljoseph4462]

The things he do for love

[@kylelyle4976]

In the books he doesn’t really care about Joffrey at all. He doesn’t see him as a son, nor does he really see the other two as his children either, so it makes sense. He doesn’t have an attachment to Joff but he does to his sister.

[@RedRoseSeptember22]

@@mousepariah3884 Oh it was perfectly dignified after everything he did. The little twerp deserved it.

[@tbalmer1207]

well ye he was a C**t even if he is his dad.. lol

[@seattlevixen]

3:56 I love that she confirmed no pain and just chugged it, waited a few for it to start to kick in before she told Jaime the truth so he couldn't get any pain out of her. 100% I'd do the same. A beast, a triumph of a character ♡♡♡

[@ragmority]

Nah. She just held back a burp like a lady should.

[@teptime]

It makes me so happy to know that Ms. Rigg had a chance to shine in such a compelling role at that late stage of her life. A remarkable actress to the very end, bless her soul.

[@sethbender2863]

This woman is a savage. Literally dying. And she gets the last word

[@jdee8407]

@reena mola no he was in shock

[@regandonohue1782]

@reena mola As if it matters what happened after. She was dead whether he did something or not.

[@Bolt6604]

@@jdee8407 I like to think that in the end of things. Jamie was essentially a good guy. He tried to live an honorable life for the most part. Sure he had done horrible things, but they were in essence for the woman he loved. Its an admirable trait, even if his acts were disgusting. He received a lot of hate from the other characters, much of which were undeserved. I don't think he wanted Olenna to die painfully, he gave her the easy way out because of it, and she took it happily. She was part royalty, part of their royal family at one point. That is not something you openly mock and defile in front of the population. You let royalty die with some dignity. That is what Jamie did.

[@Carneades2012]

@@Bolt6604 I agree with the second half of your comment: the writers have him displaying aristocratic control, rather than rage, after Olenna's "confession,"because that's what the "code" requires. Noblesse oblige!

[@diggs5518]

Well...........she is a woman.

[@rrdbrooks3929]

Joffrey's death scene was one of the most satisfying scene in GoT

[@rrdbrooks3929]

@@martindonohue900, thanks for catching that.I can always count on the spelling police 😆

[@ksec6631]

That was what I thought..........until Ramsay Bolton.

[@rsync9490]

I enjoyed the demented little snot, it was ramsay and Cersei whom I truly despised.

[@rrdbrooks3929]

@@rsync9490 I thought Ramsay and Joffrey were both so deranged that they were unpredictable and that made them more unstable than Cersei.

[@adeebh.s1915]

And Ramseys too

[@DanFromHR]

God, she is the perfect character. I love how polite he was and how calm she was "Did we fight well?" "about as well as expected" "God! Goldren roses! That was never our forte"

[@noneyabis]

She was outstanding! The only queen who actually acted like a queen instead of a psychopath.

[@Orchid_1026]

She turned a "loss" into a win. Even in death, she was a BOSS!!

[@MrBiggles53]

An Avenger!

[@stephenolder4552]

Far from it. She died and her house was destroyed, her heirs dead. She may have got one twist of the knife in before she died, but she still lost

[@ctzpsycho8]

To die with a smile is a victory in itself.

[@nicbentulan]

Antifragile! Kinda like how little finger was until s7

[@MrLuis85698]

@@stephenolder4552 I dont think there was one true winner in the GOT, perhaps the only Dragon that escaped alive.. the few survivors , they did not Win at all they all lost

[@anwarjangaraza6183]

Lady Olenna taught us how to feel victorious even in the verge of dying and losing.

[@doggowar]

please. she's as evil as every one else in this show.

[@PR--un4ub]

@@doggowar Why do people like evil?

[@kabeperry6774]

@@doggowar when your evil towards evil people….it’s just not as bad

[@shadowrain3513]

How is that victorious her whole family is dead her blood line had ended

[@trisamieinsilay6259]

There's a reason why you should leave a path for retreat to the beaten enemies, otherwise they'll muster their last strength and inflict you heavy losses you never should have. It's in the art of war by Sun something dude.

[@AllOfTheHallows]

Rest in Peace Diana Rigg. She gave an unforgettable performance for sure.

[@cali-guy9015]

I miss this show, except the way it ended

[@benjammin5252]

I miss the show, except when it ran out of book material.

[@Nephilim12340]

No noooo the 8th season was never made!

[@MrPie]

I just love when she asks if there will be pain. She couldn't have cared less if there was pain. She didn't flinch at all during her final conversation. She was just more excited to share how a particular brat's poisoning was sheer horror. Talk about a last laugh.

[@FireAngelChris]

Lol facts 🤣🤣🤣

[@andrew_4747]

She just wanted to make sure that once she drank the poison she would have enough time/composure to tell him what she'd done.

[@MyMrOwn]

I still did see a very brief hesitation in her eyes and movements when she lifted up the cup - as in she probably thought for a brief second "Okay... there we go"

[@RageOfTheTiger]

Brat is one of the more milder titles you can give Jeffroey, he was a monster. Its a miracle almost that he didn't torture Ed. I think it would have been too much for the fans though. Same as if Ramsay would have flayed the skin off of Rick and hung him up. Would have been insane, and showed that he really had no boundaries (him and George).

[@SimsinWonderland]

She wanted to ensure they would not have the luxury of knowing she died painfully/wanted to rob them of vengeance before confessing.

[@hera7884]

“Your Sister has done things I wasn’t capable of imagining” Gave me goosebumps.

[@smellypatel5272]

And then danaerys steals her fire by burning an entire city's inhabitants alive

[@aryastark111]

@@smellypatel5272 still Daenerys was loads better than cercie

[@chunkymonkey170]

@@smellypatel5272 that was so out of the blue thinking about that episode just annoys me they always have to ruin the best and most developed characters 😕

[@kyupified2440]

@@aryastark111 cersei was much more entertaining

[@benn454]

@@chunkymonkey170 It was not out of the blue. You were just in denial because you loved Dany. She was showing signs of being a tyrant just like her father ever since Meereen.

[@Brucehumphrey]

Even in her last moments, she managed to have the last laugh and make the Lannister’s blood boil. One last victory before peacefully going. What a legend.

[@Starkiller2725]

There's no coincidence in the fact that the Night king didn't attack the Wall, while she was alive. He waited for her to die, because he was too scared.

[@redbullcj]

She was the only one capable of giving the only burn that could harm him

[@minecraftherobrine1234]

The Night King waited for -Olenna -Stannis -Tywin to die. It is said the Wall was built long ago by the Others; the White Walkers, to protect them from these three prophetized heros. The last hero, the most dangerous, was Olenna. With her dead now, nothing could stop the Others from attacking the Wall.

[@oneleaf6884]

Is it the sarcasm or fact ? Can't get it.

[@minecraftherobrine1234]

@@oneleaf6884 Real fact. It's simple, just think about it for a second. The Others, also known as the White Walkers, are ancient wargs that exist in the north, in the Lands of Always Winter. As I said, they are wargs, this means that during the 8 thousand years where they have not been seen, they spied on Westeros, waiting for the perfect moment. The Age of Heros passed, then the coming of the Andals, and the Age of Valyria. Then the Seven Kingdoms, Aegon the Conqueror, and the Targaryen Dynasty. Then the Dance of Dragons, and the Fall of the Dragons. This should be remembered as the day the last dragons died, and the magic went out of the world. This severely weakened the Others (White Walkers) magic. Then House Targaryen's collapse. Then King Robert's Reign. And then the birth of Daenerys Targaryen's dragons, which caused magic to return. This meant that the Walkers could use their warging abilities and spy on Westeros. The War of the Five Kings was the perfect opportunity for the Walkers to attack, but they waited, because they were still three people in Westeros to fear : -Tywin Lannister -Stannis Baratheon -Olenna Tyrell The first was killed by his monstruous son : the Imp. The second was murdered by Brienne of Tarth (at least in the show). In season 7, the only dangerous person remaining in Westeros was Olenna. And she was killed because of Cersei's stupidity. Now the White Walkers can attack, because they believe that Westeros is between Cersei's hands. And they know that Cersei's stupidy has no limits. However, this is a mistake, because their magic cannot go beyond The Narrow Sea, to Essos, where Daenerys and her dragons are taking control of Slaver's Bay...

[@anwarabdullah2979]

can't agree much cuz the battle with white Walkers depends more on good strategies with allies Jon snow could do the nice job !

[@BleedingGrafitti]

Wanna know how aggressive the strangler poison is? In the books, when Joffrey was dying, he clawed at his neck so badly that he tore flesh off of his throat.

[@heavyda5788]

That happens to me whenever I have marmalade

[@brianao.316]

Must be apart of Popeyes biscuit recipe...

[@diamondcook9334]

@@brianao.316 Bol frfr popeye's Idk how many times I almost got choked felt like an episode of Tom and Jerry.When Tom got that apple stuck in his throat.

[@alabamaal225]

@@heavyda5788 Do you like marmalade that much, or do you just enjoy tearing the flesh off your throat?

[@diggs5518]

@@alabamaal225 Fruit fetish is a real thing.

[@ryanorielly5617]

“Tell cersei, I want her to know it was me.” One of the last truly good pieces of dialogue in the series

[@joshuawidener8407]

Nah, it was good until the end

[@AnneBoleynRome]

"Tell Cersei. I want her to know if was me " Olenna may have lost that battle but she was still triumphant

[@UWUwatchxoxo]

Olenna was actually the nicest to Jaime, the only one that didn't judge or make fun of him for his relationship with his sister, they both value family and she sees that in him

[@vincenthammons6705]

both of them were the reason their families are dead well cersei played that role more then jaime

[@Strobenz]

She did though. When speaking to Tywin in season 3 she mocks their incestuous relationship after Tywin expressed his disgust about Loras being a homosexual

[@ruipinho619]

@@Strobenz That's just playing the game with Tywin. But given her general personality, if she wanted she would have said it to his face here, and she did not. She only said that to Tywin to sting him.

[@Synthwave89]

@@ruipinho619 Exactly! With Jamie, she only wanted to get him to wake up a bit, even if pointless, due to how blind "in love" he is or was with his sister. Cersei was the worst possible woman for him to be with, and not just because they're siblings.

[@zakadams762]

She was used to dealing with matters of forbidden love.

[@muscleuzumaki9135]

Olenna Tyrell was the Only women who could troll the Night king so much that he starts talking back

[@mihugong3153]

haha nice one

[@amakabeibe]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@NPCrash]

He wouldn't dare.

[@eddiewinehosen6665]

Woman* One man, many men, one woman, many women.

[@maskedmarvyl4774]

@@eddiewinehosen6665 , what if they're all gender nonbinary?

[@chadwickerman]

Rest in peace Diana Rigg. Such a powerful performer and a masterful performance in Lady Olenna.

[@BatmanHQYT]

"What better guarantee could you have that the things you say will never leave this room?" Superb line.

[@jimsannerud6254]

RIP Diana Rigg. She was absolutely brutal in this role, and as the only Bond girl who became Mrs. James Bond.

[@RubenEsq]

...which is why she didn't make it to the end credits.

[@Aeroldoth3]

I liked her in the Avengers, a very old show. I also enjoyed her cameo in Extras, with that Potter boy.

[@MrBopeel]

OMG! She was Emma Peel. That's why her face looked so familiar. Just couldn't put my finger on it.

[@salvyv]

The great Mrs. Peel!

[@mrsnulch]

I can’t believe she’s dead, what an incredible actor.

[@deedarz]

“He really was a cu**, wasn’t he?” 😂 One of my favorite characters on GOT. A real one for sure.

[@TheStapleGunKid]

It would have been even better if Jaime responded with "Yes he was". Even Jaime can't deny it.

[@skippy8696]

😅😅😅

[@jasonwilliams6765]

Hi Dee Dee!

[@STAYFRESHBABY]

When she said that I laughed so hard.

[@deedarz]

@@jasonwilliams6765 👋👋

[@kamicloudss]

I love how casually she calls Joffrey jaime’s son

[@sancheezzzy2712]

“I want her to know it was me” ATE THAT LINE UP. QUEEN.

[@lucasjones5397]

I love how Jamie finds out after she'd taken the poison, but still lets her have a peaceful death.

[@foooooof]

well, what is he gonna do about it. Stab a practically dead woman?

[@devams1]

He didn't care about Joffrey

[@pie9568]

@@foooooof if only Cersei was there she would have done something im unable of imagining

[@WilliamPrietoM]

@@foooooof She was still able to feel pain so yes, thats exactly what he could do.

[@darth856]

Jaime was upset, but not enough to do anything. As Daniel Evans said, he didn't care about Joffrey. He was only mad about the cycle of events that his death caused.

[@heysoulsister6247]

This will always be my favorite scene of Olenna. She knew that there was no way she could make it out alive, but she owned her death by willingly drinking the poison. I also love how she waited until afterwards to tell Jaime that she killed Joffrey, leaving him and Cersei with more tension between them since she originally wanted Olenna to die in a horrible way, but Jaime talked her out of it.

[@chilling_at_pontiff]

I didn't get why she'd admit it and also why Jaime didn't just cut her up then and there Never wanted to see her die in pain but I thought it was weird he just walked out

[@Heart2HeartBooks]

He is better off never telling her that Olenna did it.

[@ladyremy8783]

@@chilling_at_pontiff The Lannisters just wiped out the entirety of her Tyrell household from the destruction of the Great Sept to this sacking of Highgarden. I'd imagine that she wanted him to know the first of his line's end was her doing.

[@tomm1109]

She's a helpless old lady and Jamie has a little bit of chivalry.

[@Taiko-THC349]

@@tomm1109 Not helpless before that point though.

[@jcmee91]

This scene never fails to bring me satisfaction. The reminiscing over Joffrey's death, her awesome monologue, Jamie's face, everything.

[@im2arrogant118]

The actors carried this show so hard even when the writers lost the plot.

[@DeeonleeCobb373]

This scene is surprisingly strong in dialogue, considering it's Season 7.

[@Larencia91]

There are some ideas for the Season 7 from Martin, is there not? I'd be suprised if Olenna's death has not written already by Martin himself. Season 8 had to be winged, for there literally is nothing there yet, but Winds of Winter is ... maybe coming someday.

[@abbymitchell5948]

@@Larencia91 there were some ideas for literally the rest of the show, but once they passed aDwD and cut out young griff, lady stoneheart, dorne and the iron islands, it was a downward trajectory with occasional excellence

[@davidr3857]

@@Larencia91 No

[@darth856]

​@@Larencia91 GRRM gave them some things, but definately not anything as detailed as dialogue. Just some major developments, like the Hodor reveal. Dan and Dave actually can write decent dialogue when they apply themselves. They just got lazy towards the end becaus they wanted to write for Star Wars.

[@LordProteus]

@@Larencia91 Wings of Winter will come in 2055.

[@darrowoflykos4909]

“Tell cersie it was me”, epic character, epic scene. So bummed she couldn’t get revenge for her house. Still got one good last laugh though.

[@ladyK747]

She did, through Dany; she told Dany to burn King's landing in season 7.

[@budakbaongsiah]

Her house doesn't even exist on the show.

[@Innomen]

Her revenge was season 8.

[@jenbialek]

That isnt even the correct quote

[@kimmyfreak200]

@@jenbialek its called paraphrasing

[@85inexact]

Possibly one of my favourite characters from the show. She really was playing the game.

[@Equint77]

Her and maergery played the game great up till cersi went batshit and blew them all up.

[@PsillySC]

I loved Olenna. She was smart, loved her morals. How she took care of her family.

[@testodude]

Morals? Really? She took care to protect her family's holdings and power. You don't need wealth to be a happy family.

[@simplylethul]

What delusion.

[@markboston8179]

This is what happens when an actor meets a character they were born to play-masterful

[@Aeroldoth3]

This is what happens when an excellent actor is given a role.

[@deadponic117]

this woman could play Kreia from KOTOR 2 if given the chance, that's how amazing her acting is.

[@Aeroldoth3]

@@deadponic117 I could see her as Kreia... unfortunately Diana Rigg is dead. And of course nobody's going to make a movie of KOTOR 2.

[@deadponic117]

@@Aeroldoth3 patience grasshopper....wait, that's diana rigg? the same diana rigg who played a bond girl?!

[@Aeroldoth3]

@@deadponic117 The same Diana who was in the Avengers show, and did a cameo in Extras with Daniel Radcliffe. Brilliant. As to K2, if they're not going to remake the games, I can't see them even thinking of making movies of them.

[@drgnslyr221]

Dragons take lessons from Olenna on how to burn people.... True story.

[@mohammedArif-qg2jj]

@@stephaniesnitily1734 it is known

[@bloodyuseless7677]

It is known

[@NotDuncan]

It is known

[@andrewrogers9236]

2:33 “You really do love her. You poor fool. She’ll be the end of you.” I bet she was smiling in her grave after the last episode

[@sarahf111]

"you poor fool, she'll be the end of you." - AND SHE WAS. I love these subtle hints

[@shawnbbunbbbybbb3942]

Jaime constantly shows how he’s not the sick monster that everyone thinks he is. Instead of killing her in a brutally painful and public humiliating way like his sister definitely would have done he made sure that her death was quick and painless so she wouldn’t suffer and be dishonored or publicly shamed.

[@brucejedilee5290]

And then regrets that mercy once she confesses her crime and rubs it in his face

[@VulpesChama]

That's the weird thing about this kind of personality. He's ambitious, but not for power, for fame. So he seeks a profession he things will give him his fame. So he became a knight and joined the Kingsguard, the most prestigeous and honorable of all Knightly Orders. And there he's stuck at being a glorified sentry. When the time came, he killed the King, to be the Knight who saved the people from the mad king, so he became the Kingslayer. But he wasn't praised for that, quite the opposite, by his peers he got ridiculed for it. Because even though he did the right thing, he thereby acted against the "knightly tenets". He acted dishonorable by doing the right thing. But as he grew older and more experienced, he became less and less obsessed with fame and the values of Knighthood, which he learned even though he ignored them, manifested more and more, because these values are what is left if you take away the ambition. He *is* the most honorable Knight since the beginning. But at the beginning, he was the most honorable knight for the wrong reasons and in time he just was honorable. It's a rather smooth and consistent development of an aging man that seeked fame in his youth.

[@GlacialScion]

@@VulpesChama Until he turns back to Cersei, at which point the arc is almost entirely deflated.

[@andreidanilov9925]

@@VulpesChama in the books his transformation into the genuine knight is done really well

[@bliss448]

@Shwan bb un bb By bbb, while that is true that doesn't make him a good person either bc at the end of the day he makes sure she dies regardless.

[@darshanpatel5932]

Jamie’s facial expression after Olenna’s “not at all what I intended” was spot on - well done everyone

[@lebbo88]

His AND Olenna's acting in this scene was SUPERB! The raw emotion on his face after she told him and he realized "Of course." Then the anger when he realized she got off easy. Utterly amazing.

[@shroudedgrove4679]

That's kind of his job. He's an actor you see...

[@SuperiorBrick]

@@shroudedgrove4679 And that makes commenting on a job well done moot?

[@shroudedgrove4679]

@@SuperiorBrick "Moot"? What are we, in the 17th century? I was merely commenting on how unusual Darshan's comment was - considering it is his Nokolaj's job to make us believe in his character. I'm sorry that my comment lead to you becoming triggered. When I get extremely upset over something, I tend to go for a walk and listen to my music. See if that helps.

[@SuperiorBrick]

@@shroudedgrove4679 Imagine being so butthurt you write a couple of paragraphs about how "triggered" someone is because they used the word moot hahahahahahhahahahaha

[@kosherun]

RIP Diana Rigg - one of the best actresses in the show!

[@NewExile]

Years later and this scene still gets me every time. That final, defiant look as she says "I want her to know it was me". And even though Jamie tells her, Cersei still blames everything on Tyrian.

[@DeityToons]

"She'll be the end of you" Great foreshadowing.

[@brandyadams1439]

Yeah I guess

[@i_live_under_a_bridge3454]

Knowing D&D probably unintentional too

[@ForsakenForWhat]

I think it was rocks that were the end

[@zacharydonnachie1]

I saw no bricks nearby?

[@paradoxicallyexcellent5138]

Not really.

[@LxSteelman]

I love that you can pinpoint the exact moment in which Jamie understood that Olenna just admitted to poisoning his son. You can see his expression shift. Truly a wonderful acting.

[@VicInNocal]

I mean, it's just basic standard acting done by any halfway competent professional actor.

[@katakurifan5213]

@@VicInNocal No not exactly

[@1Chasg]

@@VicInNocal Showing emotion through tiny mannerisms and face expressions in a believable way is different to an actor just simply acting shocked. He did very well here.

[@iconicfury]

Not just that! His more subtle shifts when Olenna talks about Cersei are exquisite.

[@motodog242]

Yep... when the camera is pointed at him... I and everyone else saw it, lol.

[@jakeherter]

I haven't watched a moment of this show other than this scene, and this woman delivered such a unbelievable presence it stuns me.

[@juwe7143]

Trust me, this hits way harder when you know the context

[@jakeherter]

@@juwe7143 oh I bet

[@victoiresouledelafont3428]

I just love how when she starts talking about Joffrey’s death after drinking the poison, you can see a mix of reminiscence on Jaime’s face about his memories but also of confusion, obviously thinking « why is she talking about that now ? » and then the change on his face when he realizes what was her poiny 🤩🤩🤩🤩

[@oros321]

Will there be pain? -No **Proceeded to drink it like she was dehydrated for days**

[@oros321]

@People Choice I didnt kek

[@timothydaugaard6457]

Well she knew the more she drank and the sooner she drank it, the less time Jaime would have to do anything in response to what she was about to reveal.

[@michaelm.1947]

A lesser amount drank might not have the full effect, so she could possibly end up suffering. By drink it all, she ensured that she was going out as fast and as smooth as possible.

[@EricMustardman]

@@timothydaugaard6457 What was Jaime going to do, take his sword and behead her? Besides, Jaime wasn't the type of man to torture women just for fun or out of spite.

[@Rakushi_Snea]

She drank it like a 6 year old coming in from playing outside 🤣

[@mtlson]

Olenna: "a schocking scene... Not at all what I intended." Jamie's face: "Wait, what?"

[@mousepariah3884]

2nd best part of the scene (first is Olenna herself) the amount of emotion conveyed in that moment is just insane.

[@Nords55]

Didn’t she admit is way before tho?

[@henriknielsen6998]

@@Nords55 Only to Margaery, as far as I recall. It wasn't a surprise to the people watching the show, but Jamie didn't know.

[@Nords55]

@@henriknielsen6998 that was it thank you! Good point about Jamie was a funny scene

[@ziloe]

"She'll be the end of you." His going back to her, was.

[@joshuawidener8407]

I mean, it's literally mentioned immediately in the beginning of GoT that he was gonna die

[@---Rin---]

Olenna was the highlight of the entire show.

[@karenobyrne8060]

Olenna is probably my favorite character, then Podrick. Practical and savagely protective of her family. She was a great loss.

[@jacquelinepayne4737]

Here Here 🍺🍻

[@Schmoityface]

I love Podrick too. And Bran Stark and The Hound. I love all the characters, the acting is just so good.

[@Inaresco]

@@Schmoityface bran huh... I find it hard to like a character that expresses the same amount of emotions as a pet rock but to each their own i guess

[@liamb5378]

@@Inaresco They probably meant bran in seasons 1-6

[@CHIVAC0LA]

Mine is the onion knignt

[@godlessheathen7200]

Jaime's acting in this scene is on point. The expressions he makes and the way he moves his head and subtle facial movements in this scene are just perfect. He delivers a list of emotions, right after each other and you know exactly what he's thinking all the time. Olenna's acting is as always, on point. One of may favorite scenes for the acting alont.

[@aktchungrabanio6467]

Wow! What an analysis!!

[@irismac2442]

Dame Dianna 👏👏👏👏

[@shalvisingh8361]

He was the best actor in the entire series. Remember his facial expressions when he saw Bran after all these years. My god his face was full with regret and fear. Can't forget

[@bdleo300]

Actors in general did amazing job with mediocre writing, including this nonsensical scene.

[@LplusRatioLol]

It’s just that his Hair and Armour were no long those Beautiful Golden colour.

[@goldenshower8210]

" you must be very wise by now " always gets me

[@farhatik]

This dialog here is one of the greatest in the show; an underrated one also.

[@adamrobinette6832]

I loved their dynamic here. I think Olenna deep down saw Jaime like he was in the wrong family. That in a different time and place they could have been like Mother and Son. She always gave him respect when most didn't go out of their way.

[@nicholasdupont9097]

Aside from using her dying breaths to taunt him about his son's death

[@iditarod4081]

@@nicholasdupont9097 how would she know that joffrey was Jamie's son are you sure?

[@sandwichjones6995]

@@iditarod4081 it was an open secret at this point, she clearly knew about Jamie and Cersei's affair so it wouldn't take much of a leap to realize who the true father of the several blonde heirs was.

[@mayacarraway8953]

@@iditarod4081 She even told him she knew in this scene. "Must have been hard as a king's guard and a father...."

[@adad-ec6ht]

fake, no one acts this cool before death - if you knew you would die in 5 minutes, you would be freaking terrified and praying to God even if you were a non-believer.

[@jakobfromthefence]

“You see, I’ve never seen the poison work before.” She almost managed to make herself innocent with that bit. 😎

[@Smratboy]

Yeah I like how after everything savage she just said to Jaime she lets him know that she didn't intend it to be so gruesome but she also didn't regret it one bit.

[@luket3452]

She even died like a champion

[@fatdaddyeddiejr]

Two King slayers sitting down at the table talking to each other.

[@rickmaffei]

Diana Rigg just killed this role. Every time she came on screen was a delight and she stole pretty much every scene she was in.

[@dc-vw4qm]

She was by far, and no exaggeration here, the BEST actress/actor in the show. Pure class, absolute ability. If you ever wanted to be an actor, just watching her scenes will make you a better one.