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"The Bells" is the fifth episode of the eighth season of Game of Thrones. It is the seventy-second episode of the series overall. It premiered on May 12, 2019 on HBO. It was written by David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, and directed by Miguel Sapochnik.
On Dragonstone
Varys is writing letters pertaining to the truth about Jon Snow's heritage when one of his spies walks in and tells Varys that Daenerys has not eaten anything in days. Varys responds they'll try again at supper and Martha tells Varys that Daenerys's soldiers are constantly on alert. Varys assures her that the higher the risk, the greater the reward. She is sent back to the kitchen as Varys gets word of the arrival of Jon and his men. When Jon arrives, he briefs Varys on the Northern army's progress. Jon asks how Daenerys is doing, with Varys responding that Daenerys is refusing to eat or leave her chambers. Jon replies that Daenerys shouldn't be alone and Varys admires that Jon is worried for her. When Jon asks Varys if he isn't worried as well, Varys says he's worried for them all and speaks of Daenerys's mental state, "They say that when a Targaryen is born, the gods flip a coin." Varys says that he knows not what side Daenerys's coin will land on, but that he knows which side Jon's will land on, implying that he wants Jon to take the Iron Throne over Daenerys. Jon vehemently refuses, to which Varys says that he has advised kings and rulers for many years, and knows how Daenerys will end up, given everything he has seen. Jon is still opposed to the idea, saying that Daenerys is his Queen now and forever. Tyrion meets with Daenerys in Dragonstone's war room, where she has been self-isolated for days. Having become paranoid, she surmises to him that someone has betrayed her and her Hand confirms this. When Daenerys names the traitor Jon Snow, Tyrion, however, reveals that it was actually Varys and Daenerys confirms that the Master of Whisperers knows the truth about Jon. She tells Tyrion that he told Varys, "You learned from Sansa. And she learned from Jon, though I begged him not to tell her," and thus feels Jon has betrayed her. Tyrion says he needs to be aware of this information so that he and Varys can be prepared for anything Daenerys might face, but Daenerys is suspicious of Sansa's motives for telling Tyrion. The dwarf admits it was a mistake to tell Varys without Daenerys's permission and Sansa told Tyrion because she trusts him. Daenerys responds, "She trusted you to spread secrets that could destroy your own queen. And you did not let her down." Tyrion asks for forgiveness, saying they want the better world she wants and their intentions were good, "Varys as much as anyone. But it doesn't matter now." and Daenerys replies, "No. It doesn't matter now." Later that night, Varys is writing more letters when he hears the approach of guards. He immediately burns the letter he is currently writing as Grey Worm and his men came into his room, shackles in hand. Seeing this, Varys knows what is about to occur. Without resistance, he is taken to the shores of Dragonstone, where Daenerys, Jon, and Tyrion are waiting for him. Tyrion tells Varys that it was him who sold his treachery out to Daenerys. Varys understands, and states that he hopes that he is wrong about everything he said about Daenerys. He bids one more farewell to Tyrion before Drogon burns him at Daenerys's command. Tyrion unhappily looks on while Jon looks at Daenerys in concern. In their room later, Jon comes to see Daenerys. She asks him what she said would happen if Jon told his sister about her parentage and Jon replies he doesn't want the crown and this is what he said to Varys. Daenerys says Sansa betrayed Jon's trust, "She killed Varys as much as I did. This was a victory for her. Now she knows what happens when people hear the truth about you." Daenerys confides that the people of Westeros love Jon more than her, that all she has here is fear, not love. Jon tells Daenerys, "I love you," and says she will always be his Queen regardless of how others feel about her. Daenerys asks, "Is that all I am to you? Your queen?" She and Jon start to kiss. However, Jon breaks off the kiss, still unable to get over their blood ties. In response, Daenerys accepts this but solemnly says, "Alright then. Let it be fear." In the throne room of Dragonstone, Tyrion consults with Daenerys, the latter of whom is now ordering Grey Worm and the Unsullied to sack King's Landing. Tyrion is strongly against it, saying that the citizens of the city are not Daenerys's enemy and are innocent, but Daenerys counters that the slaves in Meereen turned against their masters and liberated themselves. Tyrion responds that the smallfolk are afraid of Cersei because she will punish any rebellious acts. In response, Daenerys states they are hostages in a tyrant's grip, and Tyrion begs her not to burn the city, or thousands of children will die. Daenerys counters that Cersei is using mercy as a weakness against them but Cersei is wrong, mercy is their strength - her mercy for the future generations of Westeros, not those in the present. In a last ditch effort to get through to Daenerys, Tyrion bargains one last time: he will go talk to Cersei and convince her to surrender, saying, "Cersei's followers will abandon her if they know the war is lost. Give them that chance." When he does, he will ring the bells of King's Landing, indicating the full, unconditional surrender of Cersei and her army. Tyrion pleads with her to not attack unless he's done this deed. Daenerys reluctantly agrees. Before Tyrion leaves, she informs her him that Jaime was caught by her men trying to get past their lines before warning her Hand that the next time he fails her, it will be his very last.
In King's Landing
Ser Davos and his men are prepping for the siege outside King's Landing, when Jon and Tyrion arrive. Tyrion asks Davos if he can smuggle something specific for him. He gets past the guards surrounding Jaime's tent and enters to see his brother shackled to a post. Tyrion reveals that he smuggled the key to Jaime's shackles and unchains him, saying that he wants him to be the one to go to Cersei and convince her to surrender, saying it will be much easier for him than it would be for Tyrion himself. Tyrion has arranged with Davos a boat for Jaime and Cersei to escape to Pentos. Jaime agrees but argues that Daenerys will kill Tyrion for this, but Tyrion replies he considers his life a fair exchange if it allows Daenerys to take the city without slaughtering thousands. He thanks Jaime for everything he has ever done for him before the two brothers share a tearful goodbye for the last time. The next morning, the united army of the Unsullied, Dothraki, and Northmen are waiting outside the walls of King's Landing. Tyrion instructs Jon to call off his men when they hear the bells ringing. Meanwhile, a select few citizens of the city have been crowded in the Red Keep to protect them from the coming invasion. Cersei overlooks the city and sees her plan coming to fruition: she intends to keep a vast swath of innocent smallfolk in the path of the Red Keep, seeing if Daenerys will truly burn the city and all the inhabitants with it. In Blackwater Bay, the Iron Fleet waits in silence, when Daenerys, riding atop Drogon, ambushes them by diving directly out of the sun. The ironborn fire their scorpions, but are unable to land a hit, for their target is far too fast for them. With his flames, Drogon all but destroys the Iron Fleet, including the Silence, though Euron Greyjoy is barely able to escape by jumping into the sea. As the armies wait at the gates for the bells to ring, Daenerys and Drogon suddenly burst through the gates in a fiery blast, scattering the Golden Company. Grey Worm and the united army immediately charge at the gate and take care of what remains of the Golden Company. In the mayhem, Grey Worm impales a fleeing Captain Strickland in the back with his spear, killing him. As the united army takes to the streets of King's Landing, taking out any and all enemy soldiers in their path, Daenerys and Drogon strafe the city walls, destroying the remaining scorpions. They then make their way to the gates of the innermost part of the city, where Lannister soldiers are waiting. The two opposing armies come to an intense standstill until Daenerys perches Drogon atop one of the walls. Realizing their chances of winning are dwindling fast, the Lannister soldiers threw down their weapons and surrender. Tyrion and Jon are visibly relieved as the battle is seemingly done and the citizens of the city cry out for the bells to be rung. After a long amount of time passes, the bells are finally rung, signaling what appears to be the end of the sack of the city. While the bells keep ringing, Daenerys gazes at the Red Keep with a look of pure hatred in her eyes and becomes more and more unstable, eventually succumbing to the infamous Targaryen Madness. Without uttering a single word, Daenerys takes Drogon to the skies, and in a terrifying display of rage, begins to burn the city, incinerating entire buildings and neighborhoods, killing both soldiers and innocent civilians alike. Outside the city, Tyrion is horrified by what he has witnessed. Following his queen's footsteps, Grey Worm, filled with vengeance and a lust for blood, takes his spear and throws it at the Lannister Captain, killing him. With that, it becomes the call to arms as the Targaryen, Stark, and Arryn forces begin attacking and killing surrendered forces. In horror, Jon orders his own men back and tries to get them to stop fighting. Unfortunately, the Northmen are in no mood to be merciful towards House Lannister, the house who are almost single-handedly responsible for every single atrocity the North has suffered over the years (Ned Stark's execution, the War of the Five Kings, the Red Wedding, the rule of Roose and Ramsay Bolton and their refusal to support them in the fight against the dead) and they join their new allies in the slaughter. Chaos erupts as the Unsullied, Northmen, and Valemen alike charge into the innermost parts of the city, killing anyone, soldier or civilian, and raping women they come across. A horrified Jon is caught up in the disorder, deflecting attacks and shouting at his men to stop fighting while Davos tries to usher people to safety. An increasingly fearful and alarmed Cersei looks on from the Red Keep in shock as the carnage continues and fire comes down from above. On the ground, Jon finds one of his own men grabbing an innocent woman and intervenes before the soldier could even rape her. Completely blinded by rage and vengeance, the soldier attacks Jon, who is forced to kill him. Meanwhile, in the air above, Daenerys begins destroying parts of the Red Keep, sending tons of debris falling to the ground below. Around this time, Jaime sneaks around the cliffs on which the Red Keep is situated and encounters Euron, who survived his brush with death. Jaime urges Euron to help him save Cersei, but the Ironborn king points out that the city and Cersei are lost. He and Jaime begin fighting, saying that he will personally deliver Jaime's severed head to Cersei so she can kiss it one last time. Although Euron stabs Jaime multiple times, the latter is able to overpower him and impales him through the stomach with his sword. He walks away, severely injured, as Euron, while smiling, utters: "I'm the man who killed Jaime Lannister.", before dying from his wounds. Meanwhile, Arya and the Hound sneak into the Red Keep and reach Maegor's Holdfast, the walls crumbling around them. Sandor urges Arya to go home, arguing that Cersei is as good as dead but Arya insists that she is going to kill Cersei. Before she continues on, Sandor grabs her by the arm and urges her to choose life over vengeance, saying that he himself has been seeking revenge his entire life and tells Arya to be better than someone like him, a living embodiment of the vengeance she is seeking and what it will do to her. When Arya tries to continue onward, Sandor warns her that if she goes with him she'll also die. As he goes to deal with his brother, Arya calls him by his name for the first time, and thanks him before they both go their separate ways. Having convinced Cersei that all is lost, Qyburn evacuates Cersei and her Queensguard from the Red Keep, but they come across Sandor before they reach Maegor's Holdfast. The Hound effortlessly dispatches the Queensguard before standing face-to-face with his brother. Cersei orders Gregor to protect her. When the Mountain, defies her, since he wanted to fight his brother, Qyburn repeats the order, causing the Mountain to smash his head against a wall, killing Qyburn. Cersei flees as the Clegane brothers stare each other down. Meanwhile, Arya continues to escape through King's Landing, nearly being trampled by civilians who are trying to escape Daenerys' wrath. As Sandor attacks his brother, which has little effect, he knocks Gregor's helmet off his head, revealing his face, causing Sandor to mock him. Provoked, Gregor unsheathes his sword and, in his fury, begins to madly fight his brother, but Sandor proves to be a better fighter and manages to drive his sword into Gregor's chest, though it does not kill him. After pulling the sword out and discarding most of his armor, Gregor beats down his brother and lifts him up against the wall, putting him in a choke-hold. The Hound tries to free himself by stabbing Gregor several times with a knife, which proves to be ineffective. Just as Gregor is about to gouge out his brother's eyes, Sandor stabs his brother clean in the left eye. Even this does not stop Gregor, who begins pulling the knife from his eye. Knowing that none of his attacks will truly kill his brother, Sandor knows what he must do. Mustering up enough courage to face his fears, he tackles Gregor, shoving them both through the badly damaged wall behind, sending them plummeting hundreds of feet into the fiery remains of the city. Davos and Jon are reeling at the carnage and fire surrounding them as caches of wildfire explode while Daenerys and Drogon burn up the city. Davos and Jon share a look and Jon orders his forces to fall back. He and Davos rush people out of the city as fire rains down upon them from above. Cersei herself is alone in the Red Keep when she sees Jaime, bloodied and badly wounded following his fight with Euron. The two of them go deep into the lower chambers of the Red Keep, where Tyrion had told Jaime to go where there would be a boat waiting for them on the beach to take them away from the city. Unfortunately, however, they find their path has been blocked by rubble. A frightened Cersei begins to cry in fear, saying that she does not want to die. Jaime tells her not to look at the crumbling keep, saying, "Look at me, just look at me. Nothing else matters, nothing else matters, only us." Hearing the weakened structure above them caving in, the twins embrace for the last time as the ceiling caves in, crushing them. Meanwhile, Arya regains consciousness after she was left incapacitated by a concussive blast. She manages to get into a building full of women and children and convinces them to keep moving, lest they perish where they stand. They begin to escape, but most of them, save a mother and her young daughter, are killed by the roving Dothraki. The mother collapses and tells Arya to take her daughter to safety. Arya grabs the child and begins to run, but the girl refuses to leave her mother and goes to her side just as Daenerys and Drogon swoop down one last time and unleashing another torrent of fire upon the innocent civilians. Arya awakes later and sees the devastation around her. She looks and sees that the mother and daughter were burned alive. She stumbles around the city and sees the dead bodies of many innocent men, women, and children, all at the hands of her cousin's lover. She then spots a white horse among the throes of the dead. She goes up to it and is able to calm it before mounting the horse, riding out of the city to an uncertain future, leaving the devastation of King's Landing behind her, in what has become an unrequited order fulfilled: the last words of the Mad King, "Burn them all," coming to life at his daughter's hand as King's Landing burns.
Firsts Deaths
•Varys •Harry Strickland •Euron Greyjoy •Alanna •Boros Blount •Preston Greenfield •Arys Oakheart •Balon Swann •Osmund Kettleblack •Qyburn •Sandor Clegane •Gregor Clegane •Nora •Jaime Lannister •Cersei Lannister •Ellaria Sand (presumed, off-screen) •Unella (presumed, off-screen) •Many Lannister soldiers •Many citizens of King's Landing
Starring
•Peter Dinklage as Lord Tyrion Lannister •Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Ser Jaime Lannister •Lena Headey as Queen Cersei Lannister •Emilia Clarke as Queen Daenerys Targaryen •Kit Harington as Jon Snow •Maisie Williams as Arya Stark •Liam Cunningham as Ser Davos Seaworth •Conleth Hill as Lord Varys •Rory McCann as Sandor Clegane •Jacob Anderson as Commander Grey Worm
Guest starring
•Pilou Asbæk as King Euron Greyjoy •Anton Lesser as Qyburn •Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson as Ser Gregor Clegane •Laura Elphinstone as Nora •Marc Rissmann as Captain Harry Strickland •Alexis Raben as King's Landing Citizen •Matthew Wolf as Lannister Soldier •Bronte Carmichael as Martha •Tipper Seifert-Cleveland as Nora's Daughter •Frank Blake as Northern sentry •Ryan McKen as Lannister Soldier •Owen Whitelaw as Lannister Soldier •Mairi Hawthorn as Young Woman •Oliver Devoti as Lannister Soldier •Jim Tighe as Lannister Soldier •Derek Dubery as Lannister Soldier •Luke McQuillan as Lannister Soldier •Nicky Harley as King's Landing Citizen •Hayley McQuillan as King's Landing Citizen •Adam Devereux as Lannister Soldier •Thomas Martin as Lannister Soldier •Brian Patrick Kennedy as King's Landing Citizen •Luna Kalo as King's Landing Citizen •Caitlin Pharro as King's Landing Citizen •Louis McCartney as King's Landing Citizen •Rosie McClelland as King's Landing Citizen •Isaac Heslip as King's Landing Citizen •Jack Morgan as Lannister Soldier
Uncredited
•Aaron Rodgers as King's Landing Citizen •Lorenzo Antonucci as King's Landing Citizen •Kim Chapman as Alanna •Andrew McClay as Aberdolf Strongbeard •Patrick McGilligan as King's Landing Citizen •Michelle O'Flaherty as Grieving Daughter •Stephen Presley as Lannister Officer •Mark Quigley as Northern Bannerman / Golden Company •Andrew Watson as Unsullied
Daenerys: "Far more people in Westeros love you than love me; I don't have love here. I only have fear."
Jon Snow: "I love you. And you will always be my Queen."
Daenerys: "Is that all I am to you? Your Queen? Alright then:
Sandor: "Go home girl. Fire will get her. Or one of the Dothraki. Maybe that dragon will eat her. Doesn't matter: she's dead. And you'll be dead too if you don't get out of here.
Arya: "I'm going to kill her."
Sandor: "You think you've wanted revenge a long time? I've been after it all my life; it's all I care about. And look at me - LOOK AT ME! You want to be like me? You come with me, you die here."
General
•The soundtrack playing over the credits is a rendition of the House Lannister theme and Cersei's theme. On the official soundtrack release it is titled "For Cersei." •Three long-standing fan theories are referenced in this episode: •"Cleganebowl," a final showdown between Sandor and Gregor Clegane; •"Mad Queen Daenerys", with Daenerys apparently succumbing to the notorious Targaryen madness; •Daenerys as the "younger, more beautiful queen" prophesized by Maggy, who would cast Cersei down and take all she held dear. •Winterfell and Last Hearth both appear in the title sequence despite not appearing in the episode while Dragonstone once again does not appear despite being a major setting for the episode. •With the deaths of Sandor and Gregor Clegane, all known members of House Clegane are dead, rendering the house extinct. •With Jaime and Cersei's deaths, Tyrion has become Lord of Casterly Rock and head of House Lannister as the sole remaining offspring of Tywin Lannister. This is ironic given Tywin's resentment toward Tyrion and refusal to make Tyrion his heir. •With the death of Euron, Yara Greyjoy's rule of the Iron Islands is now uncontested. •The pale white horse found by Arya at the end of the episode may be a reference to the Book of Revelation from the Christian Bible: Revelation 6:8 refers to a rider of the white or ashen horse being death, and where ever the white horse goes, death follows with it. Arya was affiliated with the Many-Faced God of Death, and the horse is leaving behind a burning city with thousands dead. •The exact text reads: "And I looked, and behold, a ashen horse! And its rider's name was Death, and Hades followed him." •An interesting theory, however, an ashen or pale horse is more grey in color. A white horse has a different meaning in the Book of Revelations: "So I looked and saw a white horse, and its rider had a bow. And he was given a crown, and he rode out to overcome and conquer." Then a later verse states, "And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war…" •The City Watch of King's Landing doesn't appear in the episode. A likely reason for this is that Cersei assimilated the City Watch into the Lannister army to replenish their badly-depleted numbers after the Battle of the Goldroad. •Ironically, the episode in which Cersei Lannister dies aired on Mother's Day of 2019. •Similarly, the episode in which Cersei's father Tywin Lannister died aired on Father's Day of 2014. •Even more ironically, Daenerys Targaryen, mother of dragons went "mad" during maternal mental health month. This international awareness month will include the finale. •The destruction of the Red Keep in this episode leaves the fate of prisoners in the Black Cells, like Septa Unella and Ellaria Sand, uncertain. One can assume they were crushed/suffocated in their cells, as the damage was enough for the basements of the Keep to be crumbling, suggesting the entire structure was compromised. •The fates of members of the royal court, such as Bernadette or Ser Ilyn Payne, are also uncertain, but assuming they were in the Red Keep during the battle, they were just as unlikely to have survived as the prisoners in the black cells. •Two songs can be heard playing simultaneously during the end credits: "The Light of the Seven" and "The Rains of Castamere." Both were originally odes to Lannister triumphs: "The Light of the Seven" first being played alongside the destruction of Cersei's enemies in "The Winds of Winter", and the latter being the unofficial anthem of House Lannister, commemorating their destruction of their renegade bannermen. So it's ironic that they play in an episode that sees two Lannisters killed in a similar manner to the Reynes, and House Lannister seemingly on the brink of extinction. •"The Rains of Castamere" has been used in this way before to mark moments of strife for House Lannister, including Tyrion's wounding during the Battle of the Blackwater, Joffrey's death ("The Lion and the Rose"), Tyrion's trial ("The Laws of Gods and Men"), and Tywin's death ("The Children"). •Qyburn is the seventh consecutive Hand of the King to be killed: prior to him were Qarlton Chelsted, who was executed at Aerys's order; Rossart - slain by Jaime; Jon Arryn - poisoned by his wife; Ned Stark - executed at Joffrey's order; Tywin - shot by Tyrion; Kevan - incinerated when Cersei blew up the Great Sept of Baelor. •The fight between Gregor and Sandor Clegane (known commonly as "Cleganebowl") was choreographed by Vladimír Furdík who also portrayed the Night King in Seasons 6-8.
Callbacks
•The title of the episode recalls what Varys said to Tyrion shortly before the Battle of the Blackwater in "Blackwater": ‘’I’ve always hated the bells. They ring for horror. A dead king. A city under siege.’’ Strangely enough, in the same episode, Davos states that he has never known ringing bells to mean surrender of a city, which is precisely what they are supposed to mean in Tyrion's plan. •Varys paraphrases his belief that "power resides where men believe it resides," something he first talked about in "What Is Dead May Never Die." •Varys's last words to Tyrion are "Goodbye, old friend", which echoes how he greeted him when they were reunited in Meereen in "Mother's Mercy", saying "Hello, old friend". •Varys is seen writing a letter addressed to an unknown recipient informing them of Jon Snow's true parentage and that he is the rightful heir to the Iron Throne. This is a reversal on what Eddard Stark did in "You Win or You Die", when he wrote a letter to Stannis Baratheon informing him that Joffrey was not truly Robert's son and had no claim to the throne. •Varys is burnt alive by Daenerys for his treason, just as Daenerys threatened him in "Stormborn". Moreover, just like Melisandre prophesised in "The Queen's Justice", Varys does indeed die in Westeros, far from his native land. •Tyrion once again shows his Valyrian leaves much to be desired, mixing up words like he did in Season 5's "Mother's Mercy" and Season 6's "The Red Woman" and "Book of the Stranger." •Jaime recalls that Cersei once called him "the stupidest Lannister", which she did in "The Dragon and the Wolf". •Drogon's shadow is seen flying over King's Landing. Bran saw this image in a vision way back in Season 4's "The Lion and the Rose" and again Season 6's "Blood of My Blood." •It had previously been said that the Mad King ordered caches of wildfire placed all over King's Landing ("Kissed by Fire"). These caches are ignited by Drogon's dragonfire. •Jaime's final words to Cersei are "Nothing else matters," echoing what he had said to her in "The Red Woman." •Jaime dies in Cersei's arms, the woman he loves, which is how he said he wanted to go out in "Sons of the Harpy." •Gregor attempts to gouge out Sandor's eyeballs in the same way he did to Oberyn Martell in "The Mountain and the Viper." •While being lifted in the air, the Hound repeatedly stabs the Mountain, but to no avail, as Jon did while fighting Othor in "The Pointy End". •The Hound drives a dagger through the Mountain's eye, as Jaime did to Jory Cassel in "The Wolf and the Lion". Driving a dagger "through his eye and out the back of his skull" is also how Arya described how she would kill the Hound in "The Rains of Castamere". •The Mountain grabs hold of the Hound's blade with his bare hand, as the Hound did while fighting Brienne in "The Children". •The Hound eventually kills his brother, as he said he would in "The Dragon and the Wolf". •Varys tells Jon "They say every time a Targaryen is born, the gods toss a coin and the world holds its breath" - similarly to what Cersei said in "A Man Without Honor". •Tyrion visits the pen in which Jaime is held prisoner, in order to release him, as Catelyn did in "A Man Without Honor". •Tyrion and Daenerys refer to the liberation of the slaves in Meereen ("Breaker of Chains"). •Daenerys warns Tyrion "The next time you fail me will be the last time you fail me". It echoes what she said to Viserys in "Cripples, Bastards, and Broken Things": "The next time you raise a hand to me will be the last time you have hands". •Tyrion says that he defended King's Landing the last time it was attacked, referring to the Battle of the Blackwater. •Daenerys devastates King's Landing by burning much of it with dragonfire, as her father had sought to do with wildfire, when the city was sacked during Robert's Rebellion.
On Dragonstone
•The dialogue of Varys and Martha implies that Varys tried to poison Daenerys. •Martha tells Varys that "she isn't eating", presumably referring to Daenerys, and Varys appears pensive before telling her "we'll try again at supper", implying that Varys had some sort of plan regarding Daenerys's food. Given his recent misgivings about Daenerys's sanity, poison seems the most likely answer. •Martha also notes how the soldiers at Dragonstone are watching her, perhaps suggesting that Daenerys suspects someone may try to poison her. •Additionally, Varys removes multiple rings from his fingers prior to being taken by Grey Worm - it's possible the poison was kept in these rings, similarly to how Olenna Tyrell and Petyr Baelish smuggled poison into Joffrey's wedding, using a hairnet. •It is the third unsuccessful attempt to poison Daenerys, following the attempts in "You Win or You Die" and "Valar Dohaeris". •Similarly to the executions of Randyll and Dickon Tarly, Daenerys's method of executing Varys is perhaps more impressive than a simple beheading, but in both cases it could have caused the spectators to associate Daenerys with her father, who used to burn people to death - which is exactly what she has been trying to avoid so far, till the point she decides to destroy King's Landing.
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