Which, by the way, is a bizarrely horrific scene that seems to come from an entirely different movie about ghosts.
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In Game Of Thrones' Last Two Seasons, Everyone Sucks At Betrayal
Come on, you knew this was coming. In the course of Game Of Thrones' eight seasons, it offers a textbook contrast in how twists like this can be handled. In the first few years, we got betrayals that actually stemmed from characters' logical motivations. In the final couple of seasons, they occur purely because there was a blank spot in script that said "PUT SHOCKING TWIST HERE."
Let's start with master manipulator and sexposition expert Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish. The show's entire plot really kicks in once he betrays Ned Stark (which will ultimately lead to his shocking execution and, well, everything else that happens). He then spends the next few seasons acquiring power purely through the art of playing mind games and pulling strings. At every step, we know what he's doing and why he's doing it. Then comes Season 7.
Purely because the show seemed to not know what to do with a certain trio of characters, Baelish hatches a plan to drive a wedge between the Stark sisters, Sansa and Arya. One of them commands an army and the other is the world's deadliest assassin, but really, what can go wrong? Oh right, the sisters quickly discover his plan and have him killed. (In a scene which itself is played as a shocking twist.)
And then there's Varys, the show's other alleged expert manipulator (there were a lot of characters who were kind of the same guy). His whole thing is using information as a weapon, always keeping people guessing which side he's on. But by Season 8, years after the writers realized they had run out of things for him to do, they threw in a clumsy failed betrayal. He blabs all of his treasonous plans to a guy who is well-known to be honorable, and who is also dating the subject of the betrayal. It's like he forgot "Master of Whisperers" insinuates that you're supposed to be quiet about your mastery. He then gets cooked by a dragon.