The Bells

"The Bells"
	Game of Thrones
Original air date	May 12, 2019
Running time	78 minutes
Credits
Directed by	Miguel Sapochnik
Written by	David Benioff & D.B. Weiss
Episode chronology
"The Last of the Starks"	"The Iron Throne"
	List of episodes

Warning
Season 8 of the television series Game of Thrones is partially based on material from the unreleased seventh novel, A Dream of Spring. Therefore, this page might contain spoilers for this book.

"The Bells" is the fifth episode of the eighth season of HBO's fantasy television series Game of Thrones, and the 72nd overall. The episode was written by David Benioff & D.B. Weiss and directed by Miguel Sapochnik. It first aired on May 12, 2019, and had 12.48 million viewers.^[1]

Official synopsis

Daenerys and Cersei weigh their options as an epic conflict looms at King's Landing.^[2]

References

↑ Sunday cable ratings Game of Thrones, The Bells (May 14, 2019)
↑ HBO.com: Game of Thrones: Season 8

External links

[1] Sunday cable ratings Game of Thrones, The Bells (May 14, 2019)

[2] HBO.com: Game of Thrones: Season 8

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