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- Though they were separated for the majority of this season, Jaime and Cersei reunited symbolically over the crumbling map of Westeros. It was over this map that Jaime had previously tried to talk Cersei into honoring her word and marching to help the North defeat the Night King. When she refused, he left for Winterfell on his own.
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Nov 11, 2019 · The scripts for Game of Thrones season 8 have clarified Jaime Lannister's reasoning for leaving behind Brienne in Winterfell while he ran back to his sister, Cersei. Brienne's reaction to Jaime's decision was clouded in controversy considering her previous character development.
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May 15, 2019 · It looked like Jaime Lannister might be redeemed in Game of Thrones, but in the end he went back to Cersei. Why is that? For Jaime and Cersei Lannister, nothing else mattered but being together despite Cersei's scheming and Jaime's shot at redemption.
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Posted: May 7, 2019 6:00 pm
This interview contains spoilers for Game of Thrones Season 8, episode 4, "The Last of the Starks."
Jaime Lannister's slow-burn relationship with Brienne of Tarth has been one of the most satisfying storylines in Game of Thrones throughout the show's run, but in episode 4 of Season 8, just when it seems like the disgraced Kingslayer might finally be ready to embrace the possibility of a happy ending, he ends up sneaking out in the middle of the night to return to King's Landing and his "hateful" sister, Cersei.
Luckily, Brienne wakes up and catches him before he leaves, allowing them a revealing (and potentially final) moment together. In the gut-wrenching scene, Brienne insists, "You're not like your sister - you’re better than her. You’re a good man, you don’t need to die with her."
"I think there’s a real calling that basically his soul calls to him and... when he hears about what happened from Sansa and Brienne, and finds out that Cersei has done what she’s done, I think he realizes that he needs to go to her no matter what, and it’s a force that he can’t control," Nutter told IGN. "It’s almost like his cross to bear in some respects, and I think that he can’t help himself and he basically says that. He says 'I've done this and this because of Cersei' and I think this is him letting Brienne know that although he must try to free himself and although he tries to love another, this is a force that is greater than he."
It's worth noting that while Nutter emphasizes that Jaime can't help but go to Cersei, the director doesn't say that Jaime intends to support Cersei, or betray the alliance he's joined. When Brienne tells Jaime that Daenerys and Cersei will end up destroying the city in their fight for dominance, he notably doesn't say, "I don't care, I have to be with Cersei." Instead, he remarks, "Have you ever run away from a fight?"
This doesn't seem like a Jaime Lannister who intends to forsake all of the character growth we've seen over the past five seasons - this is a man who doesn't think he deserves happiness, and would rather die trying to make up for his mistakes than allow himself the possibility of peace, because he believes himself unworthy of it. Bronn offhandedly jokes that Jaime being intimate with Brienne must be like looking into a mirror, but that throwaway line probably hits a nerve with Jaime, because in spite of all the mockery that defined their early interactions, she's probably the person he most aspires to be like - someone honorable and honest, even when it's dangerous or inconvenient; a knight who's actually worthy of admiration.
Speaking of Jaime and Brienne's sex scene (and how modest it was compared to some other hook-ups on the show), Nutter explained, "I thought it was important to be sensitive and also be fitting to their relationship that it wasn’t a scene about being gratuitous or anything of that nature... I think we shot it in exactly the right way in some respects, it really gave a chance for these two characters to physically bond to a point that, emotionally, they’ve probably been to before, but now they’ve had the opportunity to let that out and to relax and fall into something that actually they both have been dying for to happen for a long time." That definitely doesn't sound like Jaime's still hung up on Cersei.
He may not be able to admit it to Brienne - or even himself - at this stage, but it seems like he's going to King's Landing to kill Cersei himself, or at the very least confront her about her actions, even if it gets him killed. It's telling that his decision to go back to King's Landing comes not after he has sex with Brienne for the first time, but after he hears about Cersei's cruel actions. Sansa makes a comment that she always hoped she'd be there to witness Cersei's execution, and it's easy to interpret Jaime's reaction as a desire to rush back and save his sister, but it could be equally possible that he knows Cersei won't go down without a fight, and he doesn't want Daenerys and her allies to underestimate the damage Cersei can do, as it seems Sansa is doing when she speaks of Cersei's execution like a foregone conclusion.
There's always the possibility that Cersei might lure Jaime back in with words of love or promises that things will be different, as she did at the end of Season 7, but as Tyrion noted in "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms," Jaime has never been under any illusions about his sister: "She never fooled you," Tyrion pointed out, "You always knew exactly who she was and you loved her anyway."
Maybe he believes he can reason with her and somehow save her life and the life of their child, as Tyrion attempted to do in episode 4, but Cersei has made it crystal clear that there will be no negotiating her off the Iron Throne - and she's prepared to sacrifice every man, woman, and child in King's Landing just to keep Daenerys from winning. We saw how Jaime reacted to the possibility of that kind of collateral damage when the Mad King was in charge, and given everything else he's been called over the years, would Queenslayer really hurt him any worse?
Whether he attempts to negotiate with Cersei or kill her, it seems that Jaime - like Arya and the Hound - doesn't expect to return from this particular journey. Perhaps the most honorable thing he can do in that situation is to convince Brienne he doesn't care about her, to prevent her from following him into the jaws of almost certain death.
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For more on Game of Thrones, check out our episode 5 preview trailer breakdown for our predictions on Daenerys and Cersei's showdown; find out why Jon decided to tell Arya and Sansa the truth even though we all knew it would backfire spectacularly; why Jon abandoned Ghost so callously (a lot of questionable decisions from the rightful heir this week); and why Missandei's last word, "Dracarys," is so important.
May 7, 2019 · Here’s why we think Jaime will return to Cersei’s side like the loyal brother-lover he’s always been. Not convinced? Read up on why Jaime might actually be planning to kill Cersei...
Apr 21, 2019 · On the verge of tears, Jaime looks at his Queen, struggling for words. “I don’t believe you,” he says before escaping. He rides away as Cersei looks in in visible torment.
