--- title: The Best Memes of Game of Thrones Season 8 Episode 4 description: Here are the most hilarious Game of Thrones season 8 episode 4 memes from Brienne and Jamie to Jon Snow snubbing Ghost canonical: https://time.com/5565396/game-of-thrones-season-8-episode-4-memes/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-05-06T03:28:38.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:46:08.408Z og:title: These Are the Best New 'Game of Thrones' Memes og:description: Laughter is poison to fear og:url: https://time.com/5565396/game-of-thrones-season-8-episode-4-memes/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt12be402dab12617c/6989497a656a3f24b2bd7129/gameofthronesbestmemeslastofthestarks.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3150 og:image:height: 1772 og:image:alt: GameofThronesbestmemeslastofthestarks og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: These Are the Best New 'Game of Thrones' Memes twitter:description: Laughter is poison to fear twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt12be402dab12617c/6989497a656a3f24b2bd7129/gameofthronesbestmemeslastofthestarks.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Chuckle at These New _Game of Thrones_ Memes Forever Because 'Laughter Is Poison to Fear' > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. ### Sources * TIME Newsletters: [time.com/newsletters](/c/time-nl-brief-2026q3/newsletters?i=bca71c3b-bebf-40a9-86b8-c0ce53e7a469&cr=time-nl-brief-2026q3-v1) by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman May 6, 2019 3:28 AM UTC  The Best Memes of the Last of the Starks on Game of Thrones The Best Memes of the Last of the Starks on Game of Thrones HBO/Helen Sloan by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman May 6, 2019 3:28 AM UTC **Warning**: This post contains spoilers for _Game of Thrones_. “The Last of the Starks,” the fourth [_Game of Thrones’_](http://time.com/4920396/game-of-thrones-jaime-lannister-kingslayer-night-king/) episode of season 8 on Sunday night, was filled with so many unintentionally comical moments thanks to all those power moves. After some Winterfell celebrating and deliberating, the action eventually headed to King’s Landing where just about all the key players were clamoring for a [slice of power](http://time.com/4933669/game-of-thrones-night-king-gods-eye/) or at least unacknowledged craving for some personal agency. As usual, it was bleak central, but even if the story’s far from a laugh riot, the memes are. With the Westerosi in a near-perpetual state of sparring, lusting, or key decision-making, the show still somehow felt like comedy gold on Twitter. Finding the joke opportunities between the true shockers of the evening like Missandei’s execution and Jamie and Brienne of Tarth sleeping together, people sapped the comedy out of the moments to quickly fire out the memes that spread on the wings of joy. Don’t worry. Catelyn Stark was right when she said “laughter is poison to fear.” Here are the most delightful of the bunch in this round-up of the best memes of _Game of Thrones_ season 8 episode 4: ## The ‘coffee cup mistake’ > [](https://twitter.com/ira/status/1125302824634445824) > [](https://twitter.com/zane/status/1125289538845327361) > [](https://twitter.com/JennaGuillaume/status/1125291475699290113) > [](https://twitter.com/vladsavov/status/1125355423995969538) ## Dany and Jon’s awkward moment > [](https://twitter.com/binge%5Fmode/status/1125206721037660160) ## Lord Gendry > [](https://twitter.com/ilianacucu/status/1125207671391576066) > [](https://twitter.com/55mmbae/status/1125210056855834625) > [](https://twitter.com/pixelkitties/status/1125212353551839232) > [](https://twitter.com/BlackGirlNerds/status/1125207168020570113) > [](https://twitter.com/originalgenome/status/1125207306457821184) ## Dany and Jon’s intense fireside chat > [](https://twitter.com/bobbyfinger/status/1125211893336035339) ## The Hound and Tormund, buddy comedy edition > [](https://twitter.com/azorahaizayn/status/1125218654776430593) > [](https://twitter.com/FanSided/status/1125209142736506880) ## Gendry proposing > [](https://twitter.com/sapphire%5Fscout/status/1125209701669638148) > [](https://twitter.com/brittany%5Fomg/status/1125228479908282370) ## Fun Party Brienne > [](https://twitter.com/farahlynormal/status/1125208923781378048) > [](https://twitter.com/ryeisenberg/status/1125208264608583680) ## Jamie Lannister and Brienne of Tarth’s moment > [](https://twitter.com/kat8906/status/1125211032610328576) > [](https://twitter.com/coreykindberg/status/1125210832416202752) ## Sad Brienne > [](https://twitter.com/JillianSed/status/1125222857435299845) > [](https://twitter.com/Princess%5FJMH/status/1125225090138898437) > [](https://twitter.com/CaitrinRoss/status/1125231295846649857) ## Sansa’s chat with The Hound > [](https://twitter.com/loveemedon/status/1125210012530429952) ## The Hound and Arya > [](https://twitter.com/Banesseee/status/1125215645166198785)  Missandei awaits her fate on Game of Thrones season eight episode 4 Helen Sloan/HBO ## The Mountain beheading Missandei > [](https://twitter.com/jemelehill/status/1125229070327771137) > [](https://twitter.com/givemearefund/status/1125225244283867137) > [](https://twitter.com/ellievhall/status/1125227921059274752) > [](https://twitter.com/Marie121K/status/1125230115963711489) ## Euron Greyjoy killing Rhaegal > [](https://twitter.com/bnolan92/status/1125219283792015360) > [](https://twitter.com/parakeetmeat/status/1125219799930421248) > [](https://twitter.com/GoTthings%5F/status/1125219642442747905) ## Jon and Samwell > [](https://twitter.com/annemargaretj/status/1125216983266422784) ## The Goodbye for Ghost that never was > [](https://twitter.com/HelenKennedy/status/1125228837292396545) > [](https://twitter.com/fivefifths/status/1125230639656132608) > [](https://twitter.com/Malik25091651/status/1125216982541000704) ## Tyrion’s splashy moment > [](https://twitter.com/mike%5Fzanca/status/1125232487419056128) > [](https://twitter.com/mike%5Fzanca/status/1125226136013873158) ## Sansa “keeping” Jon’s not-so-secret secret > [](https://twitter.com/expressblog%5F/status/1125226063871774721) > [](https://twitter.com/tagaryren/status/1125226879927984130) > [](https://twitter.com/Suttyyy/status/1125227045015834624)  The Stark Siblings urge Jon to reconsider his loyalty Helen Sloan/HBO ## All-around great guy Bronn’s deciding not to shoot Jamie Lannister with that crossbow > [](https://twitter.com/patrickhosken/status/1125215148652859393) ## The Hound in dining hall mode > [](https://twitter.com/sarahisnothere/status/1125206005237800960) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5565396/game-of-thrones-season-8-episode-4-memes/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5565396/game-of-thrones-season-8-episode-4-memes/"},"headline":"Chuckle at These New Game of Thrones Memes Forever Because 'Laughter Is Poison to Fear'","datePublished":"2019-05-06T03:28:38.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:46:08.408Z","description":"Here are the most hilarious Game of Thrones season 8 episode 4 memes from Brienne and Jamie to Jon Snow snubbing Ghost","url":"https://time.com/5565396/game-of-thrones-season-8-episode-4-memes/","keywords":["Newsfeed","onetime","overnight","game of thrones 2019","clickmonsters"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt12be402dab12617c/6989497a656a3f24b2bd7129/gameofthronesbestmemeslastofthestarks.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ashley Hoffman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt12be402dab12617c/6989497a656a3f24b2bd7129/gameofthronesbestmemeslastofthestarks.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"GameofThronesbestmemeslastofthestarks","caption":"The Best Memes of the Last of the Starks on Game of Thrones","creditText":"HBO/Helen Sloan","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5565396/game-of-thrones-season-8-episode-4-memes/","name":"Chuckle at These New Game of Thrones Memes Forever Because 'Laughter Is Poison to Fear'"}}]}] ```