This was hands down the best Game of Thrones death from Episode 5 and its not up for debate

Warning: Contains skull-crushing spoilers from Game of Thrones Season 8, episode 5.

Forget the fiery culmination of Cleganebowl. Forget Cersei and Jaime’s last moments. Forget Euron’s grinning demise.

There’s only one Game of Thrones death from episode five that I want to talk about, and that’s Qyburn’s.

The fact is, as much as I don’t want to describe an elderly man getting his brains bashed out as “perfect”, there’s simply no other word for it.

Apparently I’m not alone, either.

Did love Qyburn taking the L. Would recommend 10/10

— Dad (@fivefifths) May 13, 2019

Qyburn getting tossed like a rag was the best part of the episode.

— adna (@Adna_xoxo) May 13, 2019

Let’s not lose sight of the fact that Qyburn got murdered for telling the Mountain to use his indoor voice when talking to Cersei #DemThrones

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— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) May 13, 2019

Qyburn’s death top 5 funniest deaths to me. even funnier cos it came from something he created

— Mohammed Dantata (@StillMoh) May 13, 2019

Fuck that little twerp Qyburn

— Big Cat (@BarstoolBigCat) May 13, 2019

Look, there’s even a Reddit thread with over 3,000 upvotes describing Qyburn’s death as the only “satisfying” one.

Really, the whole thing works on two levels. First, there’s just how impressively abrupt it was.

Second, there’s the sweet irony of knowing that such a nasty character ultimately brought about his own demise.

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