--- title: Game of Thrones Showrunner Recaps Dance of Dragons Episodes description: There was plenty of Internet hate for Stannis Baratheon after Sunday night's Game of Thrones canonical: https://time.com/3912264/game-of-thrones-dance-of-dragons-recap/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-06-08T11:29:37.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:03:10.297Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: 'Game of Thrones' Showrunner on the Horrifying Death Scene: 'It's Supposed to Be Awful' og:description: “Horrible things happening to people in this show" og:url: https://time.com/3912264/game-of-thrones-dance-of-dragons-recap/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt401f12ffc64bf438/6988535555a859620fa8c612/shireen-davos-got.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Ser Davos and Shireen in Game of Thrones' "The Dance of Dragons" og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 'Game of Thrones' Showrunner on the Horrifying Death Scene: 'It's Supposed to Be Awful' twitter:description: “Horrible things happening to people in this show" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt401f12ffc64bf438/6988535555a859620fa8c612/shireen-davos-got.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # _Game of Thrones_ Showrunner on the Horrifying Death Scene: 'It's Supposed to Be Awful' by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Jun 8, 2015 11:29 AM CUT  Helen Sloan—HBO by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Jun 8, 2015 11:29 AM CUT **Warning: Spoilers for Sunday night’s episode ‘The Dance of Dragons’ to follow** There was [plenty of Internet hate for Stannis Baratheon](http://time.com/3912116/game-of-thrones-stannis-baratheon-shireen-season-5-episode-9 "undefined") after Sunday night’s _Game of Thrones_, which saw the character oversee the burning at the stake of his own daughter Shireen, a sacrifice he hopes will turn his flagging fate around. But showrunner Dan Weiss says it’s all part of what makes _Game of Thrones_ the show it is. “Horrible things happening to people in this show, and this is one that we thought was entirely \[narratively\] justified,” Weiss told Entertainment Weekly. “It was set-up by the predicament that Stannis was in. It will be awful to see, but it’s supposed to be awful.” [Read more at Entertainment Weekly](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/06/07/game-thrones-Shireen "undefined") ### See The Real-Life People Who Inspired Game of Thrones Characters  From left: Cersei and Margaret of Anjou HBO; Getty Images  From Left: Khaleesi and Queen Elizabeth I. HBO; Getty Images  From Left: Melisandre and Bloody Mary Helen Sloan—HBO; Getty Images  From left: Talisa Stark and Anne Boleyn. Helen Sloan—HBO; Getty Images  From left: Brienne of Tarth and Joan of Arc. HBO; DeAgostini—Getty Images  From left: Henry VIII and Robert Baratheon. HBO; Getty Images  From left: Joffrey and Caligula. 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