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Originally Posted by ThaVirus
About the most recent episode, any ideas why this dude beat the gay guy to death?
One minute they're talking about protecting their paramours and the next, dude's beating his face into a pulp for no apparent reason.
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They had been building up a slow burn of tension and things going awry for Cole the whole episode (and really for the last few).
Being confronted with a too-smiling, smarmy knight who has a big/loud mouth and makes it apparent he knows your secret just pushed him over the edge.
All Cole has is the name he has made for himself, his service in the Kingsguard. His attempt to build something more was somewhat coldly shoved back in his face by the woman he loves and respects.
By killing Flowers and then himself, he protects his secret (better to be a murderer who kills himself out of guilt than a kingsguard who has "befouled" the Princess of the Realm). Except Alicent steps in.
I am enjoying the way they are filling in all the little pieces of context that were left mysterious about the Dance of Dragons, Cole's turn against Rhaenyra being one of them.